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It is late June 2023 and one year into my Highland adventure…..time flies! I am looking out of the window, watching a red kite (bird of prey) soaring against the mountain backdrop, in the stunning landscape that I am now so privileged to live in. If anyone had told me as 2022 began, that I…

I can’t quite believe that it is mid-February 2022, time is flying by, and the winter storms have certainly been piling through – like a metaphor for life in these crazy times. After a long period of deep reflection, and a blissful few months of avoiding social media, I decided it was time to hit…

If you have been drawn to read this blog article then I am assuming that you have read some of my previous blogs and have an interest in the art and science of energy medicine, or perhaps you are a fellow therapist, nurse, or carer. Alternatively, you may be one of the growing number of…

    As a therapist specialising in energy-based techniques, I have spent the past 10 years studying, researching and developing my own unique therapeutic approach to working via the feet; Zu Qigong- Foot Energy Work, and I would like to offer some advice to those reflexologists who are now experimenting with “distance reflexology”, based on…

I am very privileged to be employed as a complementary therapist working in palliative care within the NHS. As part of a multidisciplinary team where complementary therapies are well regarded and fully integrated into the routine care for patients, it is easy to forget that in other areas of the NHS there is much less…

We should never underestimate the benefits of simple touch for our physical and mental health……..medicine quite literally at our fingertips. If you have ever received or delivered a Zu Qigong session then you will be aware that despite the simplicity and gentle touch of this modality it has the potential to be extremely powerful at…

This is a brief account of why and how Zu Qigong (Foot Energy Work) came about…… the story that lies behind the technique! “………the real dilemma is what to do when you love working on feet but find yourself at odds with the mainstream reflexology world?” Love them or hate them where would we be…

Those of you who are familiar with my previous blog articles will know that, until now, I have focused primarily on my personal attempts to try and make sense of and unravel the mechanisms and theories involved in reflexology – the “science” of reflexology. In this article however, I would like to turn my attentions…

Encouraged by the positive response I had to my previous blog post back in March, I have decided to put a few more of my thoughts about reflexology down “on paper”. I know that once again there will be those who strongly disagree with what I have to say but if it gets the reflexology…

This is the first time I have used this website blog to publish my thoughts on reflexology. I know that many who read this will disagree with my train of thought but at the very least I aim to spark debate, get the reflexology community thinking! Yes this is a long post, in excess of…