My journey into healing began at a difficult point in my life. When my late father passed away, I began searching for ways to deal with the grief that was having a profound impact on my wellbeing. It was through reading Angels in My Hair by Lorna Byrne that I began to open myself to an entirely new and refreshing outlook on life and the world. Looking back, I suppose this was one of the first seeds to be planted.

Before becoming the person I am today, like many people in the Western world, I was a sceptic. I needed proof. I served as a Vehicle Mechanic with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, leaving at the rank of Corporal after twelve and a half years of service. Drive and commitment are two qualities I took from my military training, alongside the invaluable ability to maintain my cool whatever the situation — qualities that remain very much part of my work as a healer today.

After leaving the military, I spent fifteen years as a Sales Manager for a large company before being promoted to Area Manager, prompting my move to the Midlands. Later in life, for better or worse, I also decided to “have a go” at being the landlord of a pub! Throughout this time, I had also developed a keen interest in martial arts, eventually teaching Dynamic Self Defence in the Derby area. With more than fifteen years' experience, I've found there is a surprising amount of crossover between martial arts and my work as a healer.

Many of the points I was originally taught to use to cause pain are points I now work with in a very different way — to help rather than hurt.

As I transitioned from sceptic to believer, I eventually had the pleasure of meeting Sally Wathen at Rainbow Bridge. It was here that I first began learning meditation and exploring healing practices, which led me to enrol on a number of Sally's courses. I went on to qualify in Spiritual Healing, Kinesiology and Crystal Therapy, and my learning has continued ever since.

I have studied Shamanism under the tutelage of Jeannie Rogers and continue to deepen my understanding of shamanic practice as part of an ongoing process of learning and exploration. For me, this work has never been about reaching a point where there is nothing left to discover.

Over the years, I've continued to explore different approaches through teachers, practitioners, courses and my own experience. My training also includes recognised continuing professional development in nutrition and supplementation, and I continue to use Bach Flower remedies as part of my wider healing toolbox where appropriate.

More recently, that curiosity has led me into the history and practice of Purple Ray Therapy — an unusual high-frequency electrical device whose origins reach back to pioneering experiments with electricity and the human body in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It has become another tool I can draw upon intuitively within my wider healing practice.

For me, learning about healing has never really stopped.

Every teacher, practice, experience and person I've encountered has planted another seed — sometimes changing my understanding completely, sometimes simply giving me another way of looking at something I thought I already knew. I think healing can work in much the same way.

My role isn't to tell you who you should become or to give you all the answers. Sometimes it is simply to help plant a seed — an insight, a different perspective, a moment of recognition or another possibility that you can take away with you.

What happens with that seed belongs to you. It may begin to make sense immediately, or it may take time. It may lead you somewhere unexpected. Like everything I've learned through my own journey, growth doesn't necessarily happen all at once.

Sometimes we plant the seed, give it what it needs, and allow it the time and space to bloom.

My practice has developed through many years of training, study and hands-on experience.

Alongside the practices I continue to explore, my training and qualifications span a number of healing disciplines:

APPLIED KINESIOLOGY
Basic · Intermediate · Advanced

CRYSTAL HEALING
Basic · Advanced

SPIRITUAL HEALING
Rainbow Bridge · Corinthian Church

SHAMANIC HEALING
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