Mira Reijonen

My first contact with Shiatsu goes back over 20 years, when I had my first Shiatsu treatment. In 2005 I did a short course in Shiatsu in Helsinki, which allowed me to do simple treatments on friends and family, who enjoyed the relaxing and rhythmic massage.

Having practised different martial arts since my teens, I rediscovered Taiji in 2008 after I moved to the UK. In 2010 I joined London College of Shiatsu to become a Shiatsu practitioner. That same year I started teaching Taiji and Qi Gong and finally left my City job in 2011 to solely focus on learning Taiji and Shiatsu.

I graduated as a fully qualified Shiatsu practitioner in 2013. In 2019 I studied Sei-Ki with Alice Whieldon, who kindly came to Helsinki for a Sei-Ki workshop in 2022.

After moving back to Finland in late 2019 I began studying physiotherapy at Metropolia University of Applied Sciences in 2021 and graduated in May 2025. Since 2023 I've been working as a physiotherapist in elderly care, where my clients have dementia and / or somatic (physical) conditions, such as Parkinson's disease, stroke related symptoms or heart disease.

Over the years my approach to health has become more holistic and the role of emotions, past experiences and long held tensions in the body have become my main focus. Physical and mental health are connected in many ways, and I believe that sometimes the body needs a gentle reminder of its power to set things right. This is the aim of my treatments – to help you reconnect and relax your body and mind, so that you can find balance.

I am a board member of Shiatsu Finland ry and I attend workshops and extra training regularly to develop my skills as a practitioner.

3 year Shiatsu therapist training 2010-2013, London College of Shiatsu (London, UK)
Structural Alignment 1 & 2 2013 & 2014, Devon School of Shiatsu (Totnes, UK)
Reflexology short course 2015 (London, UK)
Studied with Michael Rose 2015-2019 (London, UK)
Sei-Ki practitioner diploma 2019, Living in Resonance (Manchester, UK)
The Art of Ampuku 2022, Philippe Vandenabeele (Helsinki)
Physiotherapist 2025 (Metropolia UAS)
Shiatsu and Trauma 2025, Mihael Mamychshivili (London, UK)
Previous working experience in Insurance and IT in Finland and the UK