Meridians Japanese Healing Arts

Senior Practitioner BAc MBAcC

Meridians senior practitioner Oran Kivity graduated in 1987 from the International College of Oriental Medicine in the UK after a three-year full-time course. He ran a successful acupuncture practice in London from 1987 to 2004 and completed further postgraduate studies of acupuncture in Europe, China and Japan, qualifying in Toyohari Japanese acupuncture in 2000. He lectured in acupuncture at Westminster University in London from 1994 to 2004.

In 2005 he relocated to Kuala Lumpur. A member of the Federation of Chinese Physicians and Acupuncture Associations of Malaysia (FCPAAM), he has practised in Kuala Lumpur since his arrival and together with co-founder Bill Deng, opened Meridians in July 201. Outside Japan, Oran is the only Toyohari practitioner in Asia.

Director BA MA MSc

Meridians director and co-founder Bill Deng studied journalism in Taiwan and the USA. He worked for the BBC World Service in London till 2003.

After setting up Do Different Sdn. Bhd. in Malaysia in 2005, he studied anatomy and physiology at Pacific Spa Academy in Kuala Lumpur. He first trained in Shiatsu in 2006 with the renowned British teacher Graham Crisp, founder of Ki Kai Shiatsu School in London. In 2008 he did further intensive study in Tokyo with Master Susumu Kimura at the Kimura Shiatsu Institute.

Ian Jin Yap is a mind-body coach and therapist who specialises in creativity, humour and self-nurture. Drawn to be a guide and coach from an early age, he studied in Malaysia with Dr. Buathon Thienarrom Ph.D and also Body Intelligence Training. His focus is to help people find health and happiness through gentle creativity, so that they can live a life they value. With a Bachelor of Arts specialising in communication and writing, he now brings his abilities to Meridians to make holistic care simple and easy to understand. Ian offers Zenatai therapy at Meridians, integrating this with his knowledge of breath work and craniosacral rhythms. He is available twice a week, on Friday afternoons from 2pm till 7pm and Saturday mornings from 9am till 1pm.