BSc (Hons) FBSc, Dips, Reiki Master Practitioner Certificate - MOBILE INTUITIVE HOLISTIC THERAPIST: Specialist in Precision Reflexology, Massage, Reiki & Indian Head Massage; Reiki Levels 1 & 2 (12-weeks each) and Reiki Master Practitioner Course (1 yr) with Learn Reiki Bristol; FHT, GRCCT & CTA membership & Insurance. Mobile to home or work.
10 years experience in Bristol; Level 3 Diploma in Holistic Therapies; 2-year Level 4 Foundation Degree in Complementary Therapy from City of Bristol College, and a BSc (Hons) in Specialist Practice (Psychology & Healthcare) from UWE in Bristol. I am interested in the mind/body/spirit connection (the holistic approach - looking at a person as a ‘whole’), including bio/psycho/socio and emotional elements, and how how they contribute to, or impact on, our overall health & wellbeing. Reiki kickstarted me completely retraining from years in corporate Environments, to over 8 years of studying Complementary Therapies
As an Holistic Therapist I work on an individual basis. If you come to me with a specific pain or injury, I will use Reflexology to pinpoint the problem and then various other techniques to help resolve it. We will work together. In general most clients are dealing with stress and poor-posture-related problems from desk-jobs (or sitting uncomfortably with a laptop For hours) 😏 I could treat them regularly, but it would only help them in the short-term. If nothing else changes we could go on like this forever. This could be a good business model, but not my approach; I would rather equip you with relaxation and posture techniques to help you change your negative posture habits into positive ones and feel the difference in your tension and stress levels. Thereafter needing less manipulative massages and be so happy you recommend me to all your friends. 😏
Some clients choose deep tissue to avoid a softer ‘beauty massage’. I can understand the need to feel as if you’ve ‘had something done’ but this does not mean you have to leave feeling sore. A combination of intuitive release techniques using differing pressure, I find can be more effective than just battering the knots into submission and leaving you feeling sore for days. But it’s your choice 😀
It up to you - IT’S YOUR MASSAGE, your way, and I am there to make you feel as relaxed as possible, and then give you the massage you are comfortable with. I will ask you beforehand what outcome you would like (ease tension, sort out troublesome knots, to relax, etc), with some suggestions....but at all times during the treatment, you are in control and can change things. I am an intuitive therapist, but not a mind-reader 😉 I can feel where you need work and how, but pressure is personal and subjective - What is too much for some, is too little for others - deep pressure for you, might be too light for someone else. Therapists cannot always tell, unless you flinch!
As clients are expecting me, they are already in a dressing gown. Then, a large blanket is held up to protect modesty, while you disrobe and get face-down on the table - or I can leave the room, and you can try to pull the blanket over you 😉
I tend to do a combination of techniques - lots of pressure work and then winding down to a blissful zone-out, and an Indian head and face massage to finish.
How Reflexology works can be difficult to comprehend, and however I explain it, I find that by experiencing it is the best way to show you. Come to me in pain, and go away pain-free or drastically reduced - then you don’t care how it works!
It’s the same with Reiki. It can be powerful or subtle, depending on how sensitive you are, but still doing its job - going where it is needed.
Think of it his way - on a molecular level we are all energy. At all times electric currents are firing in our muscles to make us move. This process is called ATP (back to Biology 101) and supplies the current or Energy Of Life. I believe Reiki helps me tap into this energy and create a connection that enables me to make subtle energy shifts to aid rebalance and flow.
Please feel free to message or ring me for a chat.
I look forward to aiding your journey to wellbeing.
Namaste.
Caroline
DEGREE MODULES AND CPD COURSES ACQUIRED:
Including: Level 3 Anatomy & Physiology; Level 4 BioMedical Science; Research (evidence based); Complementary Therapies; Energy Therapies; Health Psychology; Communication in Cancer Care; CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy); Counselling; Cupping Therapy; myofascial release; Gokhale Method Posture Techniques; Reiki Levels I & II and Reiki Master Practitioner Certificate (I year accredited).
