About In Touch

While our other four senses (sight, hearing, smell, and taste) are located in specific parts of the body, the sense of touch is found all over, the hands are one of the most sensitive parts of our body.  We move our arms to express ourselves and to manipulate the outer world.  They are particularly human limbs since most other animals use their fore limbs primarily for getting around. We see the world in these five different ways; these are five ways of feeling.  Touch is the simplest fundamental basis of our awareness of being alive.  We are "touched" in our hearts by many things - a rose, a sunset, a new born baby, or love, for example.  A blind person uses touch to ‘see’ the face of another person.  We have all touched a loved one with a caress, a subtle squeeze of the hand or a gentle stroke. It is by touch that intention is relayed.

We are not as a whole a very ‘touchy feely’ sort of nation and for many touch is missing from there lives-those who live alone for instance.  Many people have experienced ‘unsafe’ touch in the form of abuse. So the quality of touch used by a therapist is really important. Touch is essential to the way we establish trust between the giver and receiver. Only when trust is present can we really let-go and reconnect to our own feelings and needs of the body, mind and spirit.

Touch has a great healing power it brings huge benefits and value to the healing process. As in the Deepak Chopra quote on the right I see myself as an Alchemist.

I am a certified Zero Balancer (Cert ZB), Creative Kinesiologist (KFRP), Reiki Master / Teacher (MUKRF) and also hold a Diploma in Indian Head Massage (from the London College of Champissage) and Certificates in Tibetan Acupressure Head Massage and Ayurvedic (Yoga) Massage.

I am currently studying Deep Massage with David Lauterstein.   No oils are used with this massage; therefore the skills can readily be used to compliment Zero Balancing and other modalities. The effect of the work is unique. It doesn’t just relax muscles; it is deeply satisfying to the mind and spirit and gives clients a new sense of themselves.