I started my deep dive into Holistic Health in 2007 when I arrived at a healing centre in Switzerland. I was fortunately able to stay for many years, learning Chi Gong, Internal Martial Arts, Weapons practice, Meditation, Shiatsu, Cranio and wholefood cooking.

This was an incredibly transformative time for me, reconnecting me to my body, healing from trauma, building internal resilience and supporting my nervous system.

When I moved back to England I continued my studies of Shiatsu at the Bristol School and alongside this my deep dive into living with the land began, following the cycles of the seasons and working with the land. I have a deep respect for nature and those that dwell within it and a keen interest in home herbalism. I regularly use plants for support and am proud to be a part of the women led project Land, Food, Medicine. We promote cultivating our relationship with the Earth and support people through workshops or outreach programs.

I co-facilitate Roots to Resilience. A mental health support group delivered in the nature. Here we bring together a combined knowledge of meditative movement, plant medicine, ancient farming methods and wholefood cooking. And have spaces to support those who wouldn’t be able to access this otherwise.

I have stayed close to holistic health practices spending some years working regularly with Shiatsu at the Macmillan centre at South Mead Hospital, Bristol. I have supported classes at the Bristol school, assisting the teachers.

I’ve always been a keen meditator and through my adult life have been influenced by Taoist and Buddhist practices such as Vippassana, Microcosmic orbit and Dharmic teachings.

I have supported many people to develop their skills in Chi Gong and Internal Martial Arts, as a group or more specified one-to-one tutorial. I hold regular blocks of classes with a main focus for the sessions.

I continue to attend regular professional development courses to keep my work informed and progressing, and also because I love to learn.

Some of the CPD’s I have attended focus on embodied dialogue, pre, pregnancy and postnatal support, women’s health, body tuning, counselling, group therapies, structural work and integral studies at the Concorde Institute.

All of my work continues to influence how I understand health – not as an isolated state, but as a dynamic, living relationship between body, environment, and community.

Be yourself, everyone else is already taken- Oscar Wilde