Our Instructors
Instructors of the program are either fully qualified Manual Osteopaths or have years of experience treating and teaching in the modality they are presenting.
Petra Bierkos Post, DMO, RMT, CLT, Certified LensenTM Instructor
Osteoarticular Instructor
Petra has been practicing RMT since 2010 and practicing Manual Osteopathy since 2013. Petra works in a busy, multi disciplinary clinic in Red Deer, AB.
She is a founding member of the Fascia Research Society and is interested in encouraging the dialogue and collaboration between clinicians, researchers, and academicians.
Richard Stuart, DOMP, CBI, CBP, DNM
CranioSacral Instructor
Richard has a doctorate in Natural Medicine, is a Manual Osteopath, and is a Certified Body Talk System Instructor for Advanced Modules.
Richard operates a busy multidisciplinary clinic in Calgary, AB. He is a foundering member for the John McTimoney School of Chiropractic in Oxfordshire, England.
Joanne Guenther, VST
Visceral Manipulation Instructor
Joanne has expanded her knowledge by taking numerous specialization courses all over North America with a primary focus on the art of viseral manipulation.
She has retired from her private practice to educate others and to travel the world.
Joanne was fortunate to travel to Vietnam in 2012 with the Liddle Kidz Foundation and teach infant massage at orphanages.
Zarko Svetanov, DMO, RMT
Advanced Fascial Release Instructor
Zarko is a skilled therapist, an RMT since 2012. He’s held leadership roles at large multidisciplinary clinics and was a Massage instructor at
Mount Royal University. Since 2015 he has specialized in fascia and connective tissue. Zarko runs his own manual osteopathy and massage practice.