John Kirkwood
John Kirkwood has been working, living and playing with Five Element Acupressure since he discovered this work in England in 1985.
Receiving his very first treatment began a process of inner transformation that continues to this day. John later moved to California where he founded a successful bodywork practice in the San Francisco area in 1989. He studied with Iona Teeguarden, and later at the Traditional Acupuncture Institute with Bob Duggan and Diane Connelly, who were students of J.R.Worsley.
A graduate of TAI’s SOPHIA program, John was a founding member of Five Hands Clapping, a group of practitioners teaching Five Element workshops to lay people throughout the 1990’s. These experiential workshops provided learning and healing to practitioners and students alike, and some of the material of these workshops finds its way into the current series in Melbourne.
John is also a long time student of the Diamond Approach to spiritual practice, and brings the process of compassionate inquiry to the treatment process. He now practises in Adelaide and the Adelaide Hills, where he lives. He teaches four levels of acupressure classes at the Natural Health Academy in Adelaide and is now offering these classes in other states.
John is the editor of Bubbling Spring, a quinterly electronic publication for the Five Element community in Australia.
John can be contacted on 0410 779 159 or mailto:john@acupressure.com.au.