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. eg. Visceral Manipulation.

Petra Bierkos Post, DMO, RMT, CLT, Certified LensenTM Instructor
Osteoarticular Instructor
Petra has been practicing RMT for over 8 years, and practicing Manual Osteopathy for over 6 years. 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, ia a Manipulative Osteopath, and is a Certified Body Talk System Instructor for Advanced Modules. Richard operates a busy multidisicplinary clini in Calgary, AB. He is a foundering member for the John McTimoney School of Chiropractic in Oxfordshire, England. 

Joanne Guenther, RMT
Visceral Manipulation Instructor
Joanne has expanded her knowledge by teaching numerous courses with NIMT and NMOC. She has retired from her own homebased clinic 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 bringing over seven years of experience as an RMT. He’s held leadership roles at large multidisciplinary clinics and he was an instructor at Mount Royal University’s Massage Therapy Program. Since 2015 he has specialized in fascia and connective tissue and has trained under an advanced fascial release instructor. Zarko runs his own manual osteopathy and massage practice in Calgary, AB.

Our college is licensed by Alberta Advanced Education as a Private Vocational School to provide a Diploma of Manual Osteopathy.