People often come to therapy wanting to change something. I believe in supporting rather than fixing. The journey to healing begins when we start from a place of self-acceptance. I am a registered & insured practitioner, with the Shiatsu Society for over 20 years, after training at the British School of Shiatsu-Do London for 3 years.

Studying advanced Myofascial Release at JING School of advanced massage in Brighton, increased my understanding of how the body keeps the score, how to support release of these lifelong tensions. I continue to feed my practice with regular learning in Meditation at The Orchard in Herefordshire and Qi Gong & Movement Shiatsu in Frome, with Bill Palmer& Teresa Hadland www.seed.org. This ongoing study feeds my passion and commitment to bodywork.  Training with Wise Goose Coaching, in 2023 on their advanced diploma, coaching for success with a soul, I found my way to offer body-informed informed coaching.

My interest in a meditative approach to life started at fifteen, when I was introduced to Aikido, by a forward thinking English teacher. Aikido is a martial art based on a philosophy which focuses on harmonizing with your opponent to bring peaceful resolutions to situations involving conflict. It fuelled my belief that a strong mind-body connection is essential to health. Since then, meditation and experimentation have underpinned my life as a creative, in film-making and in practicing body work.

I value working with people to support their wellbeing and over many years have much experience of supporting people looking for: stress relief and relaxation; improving sleep and digestion; reducing anxiety and tension and addressing musculo-skeletal and myofascial aches and pains. Shiatsu is a particularly effective way to feel more connected and navigate the ups and downs of life. It was this realisation that led to my becoming a shiatsu practitioner.

Prior to training in Shiatsu, I worked in Scotland and England in community development and as a documentary film-maker in the often unpredictable and stressful broadcast industry. It was through having regular Shiatsu treatments that I learned to reset, and balance my energetic state to meet the various stresses and strains of working long hours at a computer, and in unpredictable and challenging situations.