For anyone who doesn’t know my personal story, it may be important for you to know a little bit about me first. This can be useful in helping you to feel comfortable about making a decision for a treatment with me.
Ok, so my healing story started around 1988 when I visited an aromatherapist named Tara. I booked in for a treatment to help me deal with stress from the pressure of my work and family life.
I was really impressed with how I felt after the aromatherapy treatment and that became my initial introduction into the wonderful world of healing and therapies.
From this experience I then attended regular yoga sessions with her and several introductory massage workshops. After a while of doing this, I then found out about an amazing foundation that ran regular yoga classes near me and weekend retreats in Wales. The foundation was called Dru Yoga.
One of the teachers there named Rosemary, introduced me to the wonderful world of Shiatsu. That was it, I was hooked and soon after, around 1990 I signed up for a three year course with the Shiatsu Society.
I did these two intensive courses side by side with the intention of becoming a Shiatsu practitioner and yoga teacher. My yoga and Shiatsu training each lasted two and a half years before a family issue turned my world upside down.
While picking up the pieces from this point, I studied and tried many other things such as Transendental Meditation, Vedic Science, Feng Shui and then onto several massage courses at the local colleges. In total, my massage training covered around two years.
My appetite for learning new treatments continued when I signed up for a Spiritual Healing course in 2004 with the NFSH. I completed two and a half years of this.
All of these therapies were for my own personal growth and development and allowed me to meet many amazing people along the way and grow as a person. These were all done while working full time as a carpenter, kitchen fitter and bathroom fitter.
Holistic therapies and treatments have played a big part of my life since 1988 and they have been very important to me. I have always been interested in them and I was constantly learning and practicing along the way. You can’t buy or rush experience and I have it in abundance.
Over the years, I have personally tried many different forms of holistic therapies in order to guage how effective they are. My personal favourites are Shiatsu, Chair Acupressure, Spiritual Healing and Body Massage.
Now, fast forward to September 2023 and a recurring knee injury stopped me dead in my tracks. This literally turned my world upside down again which resulted in an operation and forced me into the decision to quit my job in the building trade. I didn’t have a choice about this.
While I was off work, I decided to gain some up to date diplomas for Crystal Healing, Reiki 1, Reiki 2 and Chair Acupressure. These were easily achieveable for me because of my previous experience and background.
I have been interested in crystals for a long time, so this was an easy and enjoyable course for me. Reiki is a very similar concept to the Spiritual Healing. Again, because of my previous in – depth training and familiarity with energy work, this was a suitable holistic therapy which matched my previous background.
On to the Chair Acupressure. Again, this was so familiar territory due to my Shiatsu experience. There are a lot of similarities except that it is carried out on a specially designed chair instead of lying down on a futon. This is a very useful healing technique for me and compliments my experience with meridians and pressure points.
My life took a very different path resulting in a change of vocation. So, apart from the building trade, the only other thing that I have a lot of experience in is alternative therapies. I’ve not just learned something and decided to give it a go. I actually have more than 35 years of experience working hands on with different therapies and developing my understanding of energy.
There you have it – a round up of my own personal journey. So if you feel happy with my “About Me” story and would like to receive a treatment for your aching muscles, back ache, migraine or whatever, then please feel free to contact me.