Let me introduce myself: my name is Martine Ricard, I am French and born in Nice. 

My journey started in 2016 with the separation from my husband, leading to a complete shift of my life. 

After dedicating many years to my family (3 children), I decided to pursue a career aligned with personal core values. 

Naturally, I am interested in holistic practices and the mind-body connection, particularly the interaction between emotions and physical activity. 

I started to study Shiatsu in 2017. A 4 years Shiatsu training at the Shiatsu School of The Hague (CSMBK), a course that lasts in fact 6 years.

For six years, I attended monthly masterclasses with our Japanese teacher, Yoshinori Miyashita, who has been teaching shiatsu at our school for forty years. This training is a matter of self reflection and practice, relying on consistency in the treatments and observation of the body. The teaching of our school is based on the philosophy of the founder of Namikoshi Shiatsu, Master Tokujiro Namikoshi.

 In 2022, I followed additional training with another Japanese master Junichiro Tamori in Haarlem, the Netherlands.

For the last part of my studies, in 2023 I followed three people for four months, during ten sessions. My focus was to observe and monitor the symptoms of these 3 clients during the Menopausal transition. After dedicated treatments, the results showed a reduction of 60% of the symptoms, hot flashes, cramps, shoulders tension, muscular stiffness and the chronic fatigue reduced, improved quality's life style and sleep quality increased.

Until now, I am attending every year Conference on western medicine and regular hands-on therapy, as well as intervisions sessions with fellow therapists, to maintain an optimal level of knowledge and professional practice.