I’ve been super busy for the last few months, seeing massage clients, working with coaching clients and setting up a series of workshop in Norwich (if you’re interested, read more about those here). This week, we went to see a movie called Walk With Me – about a monastic community that practises the art of […]

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It’s hot again – looks like summer is here. Which is excellent! But it is hot and drying and our bodies need liquid to work properly. So – drink water. I know that boring and everyone says it and blah, blah, blah. But it’s true, important and easy to do. Here’s my simple tips for […]

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As an experienced massage therapist, I see folk in pain daily.  Without blowing my own trumpet too much, I’m a really good therapist and I know I can almost always help.  So it comes as something of a shock to me when I come across someone who’s been putting up with pain. Recently for instance, […]

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A different blog this time – it’s a book review.  The book is called “The Telomere Effect” written by Drs Elizabeth Blackburn & Elissa Epel. As a Life Coach and Massage Therapist I know from my many clients the effects that stress – especially long-term stress – has on our bodies and wellbeing.  This book […]

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Over the past 2 weeks I have seen several regular clients who have been on the verge of having problems again – physical aches and pain problems that we have kept at bay for months (years in one case). What struck me as I was listening to them prior to the treatment was that each […]

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Spring might just about be in the air and I’m already seeing people who’ve hurt their backs with the seasons first lawn-mowing, car-washing, garden digging and patio-pot-moving.  So here’s a quick guide to how NOT to hurt yourself while you’re working. First, pace yourself and do not try to do in 1 day what you […]

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Quite apart from the benefits and the physiological effects, I believe that the main reason massage works is because of “decompression”.  These are my thoughts on the matter and my experience as a regular massage client myself. What do I mean by “decompression”?  Literally, decompression means “the act or process of releasing from pressure”, “a […]

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I’ve written before about the benefits of regular massage – and the fact that I myself have regular treatments twice a month.  I’ve written in my bio about my background and the fact that I had a breakdown some years back.  What I’ve not done is to draw the link between those facts for you. […]

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Previously I have written about 5 Tips For Preventing Neck & Shoulder Pain which contains some powerful strategies for lessening and keeping neck and shoulder pain at bay.  This time I thought I’d actually say more about how I help clients to resolve their neck and shoulder pain. Upfront I want to say that some […]

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This may well be the shortest blog I have ever done! As we come up towards Christmas, I’m looking forward to having a rest myself.  I plan to walk, make nourishing food, read and just be.  What do you do to rest? I heard it said somewhere that we are Human Beings, not Human Doings.  […]

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