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, DOMP, RMT, CLT, Certified LensenTM Instructor
Osteoarticular Instructor
Petra has been practicing massage therapy since 2010 and practicing Manual Osteopathy since 2013. Petra practices out of Associate Massage Therapy 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 is the owner/ operator of the Pain Neutralization clinic in Calgary, AB. He is also a founding member for the John McTimoney School of Chiropractic in Oxfordshire, England.
Joanne Guenther, DOMP, RMT, 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 visceral manipulation.
Joanne currently divides her time between Vancouver Island and Alberta as a practitioner and instructor.
In 2012, she was fortunate to travel to Vietnam with the Liddle Kidz Foundation and teach infant massage at orphanages.
Zarko Svetanov, DOMP, RMT
Advanced Fascial Release Instructor
Zarko has been practicing massage therapy since 2012 and practicing Manual Osteopathy since 2018.
Since 2015 he has specialized in fascia and connective tissue. Zarko is the owner/ operator of Unity Manual Osteopathy in Calgary, AB.