The Equine Shiatsu Association Membership

How to join tESA

Membership of tESA is open to everyone involved in or interested in Equine Shiatsu.

Membership runs from February to February each year. If you join during or after September you will be credited with the following year’s membership.

To find current Membership fees and an application form for membership please download this form for the UK and this form for European membership.

Existing members can also access these when you log into the member page where you can find lots of other great resources for tESA members.

If applying for Full Membership Registration please also ask for the Checklist form for Registration so that you can send the relevant extra information.

Benefits of joining the Equine Shiatsu Association

Ok, so you practice Equine Shiatsu you have insurance and you have some clients, so why should you also be a member of tESA? I hope the information below will help answer that question, and possibly also encourage you to persuade anyone else you know who is not a member to also join:

• You will be a member of the ONLY PROFESSIONAL BODY to represent Equine Shiatsu in the UK and Europe. We regulate the standard of Equine Shiatsu practice and teaching to a very high professional level.
• You will be listed on our find a practitioner directory
• NEWSLETTERS that are circulated by email keeping you up to date with the latest news and events. (Postal newsletters are available if requested at renewal).
• tESA members only Facebook Group for you to share your news, views and interesting case studies.
• WEBINARS that are run over the winter season, free to tESA members – these have been very popular and count towards your CPD
• ANNUAL CONFERENCE – an inspiring and informational weekend away with your Equine Shiatsu friends and peers. There are organised presentations and workshops and an ideal place to share your experiences with like-minded people.
• ACCESS TO SMART BRANDED tESA CLOTHING so you can look professional in your work.

So my question to you is – how can you afford not to be a member?

Types of Membership

The Equine Shiatsu Association offers three types of membership.

• Full Membership of the Practitioners Register

  This is a recommended listing of those practitioners who meet the requirements and standards set by tESA (Ask the Membership Secretary to send you Appendices A, B & D of Equine Practitioner Standards). It is tESA’s aim to encompass within its Practitioners Register practitioners from different training establishments and training routes. There is no necessity to train with members of tESA or in schools ratified by tESA members. So long as you meet the requirements for Full membership you will be welcomed onto the Register. Members of this Register must hold insurance to practise Equine Shiatsu.

• Student Membership

  For students in training and open to students from any training establishment. Students from schools whose final assessment papers / procedures have been ratified by tESA and which fulfil the Equine Practitioner Standards can move from student membership to Full Registration on successful completion of their course. Any school run by tESA members may apply to tESA to have its final papers / procedures checked, so enabling their students to benefit from this direct route to recognition of their professional status.

• Friends of tESA

  This category is for people who are not studying or practising Equine Shiatsu, but who are interested in supporting the Association and its aims. Vets, bodyworkers of other disciplines, riders, human Shiatsu practitioners may be among those who would be in this category. Friends will receive newsletters.