I came to Shiatsu in the early 2000s when – during a personal crisis – I booked a session with a friend who was a Shiatsu practitioner. I felt a sense of peace and relaxation I had rarely experienced before. After that, I started having regular Shiatsu sessions and eventually decided that I wanted to become a practitioner myself. I qualified as a Zen Shiatsu practitioner at the Shiatsu College Brighton and have also been teaching there since 2017.

I am particularly interested in the impact stress, anxiety and trauma have on the body-mind and the support and relief Shiatsu can offer.

My background is in linguistics and I love language. The body may not use words but it has its own language and to me reading these details and translating them into what my clients might need and how to meet those needs is infinitely interesting, exciting and – when done successfully – satisfying.