I qualified in 2005 with the British School of Shiatsu-Do London, and have been a practising and registered practitioner with the Shiatsu Society for over 15 years.

I studied advanced Myofascial Release at JING School of advanced massage in Brighton. I continue to feed my practice with regular learning in Meditation at The Orchard in Herefordshire and Qi Gong & Movement Shiatsu with Bill Palmer www.seed.org. This ongoing study feeds my skill and passion for bodywork. People often come to therapy wanting to change something. My preferred way of working is by supporting rather than fixing, as we seem to have more chance of healing ourselves when we start from a place of self-acceptance.

An 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.