Trainings & Accreditations
Current
Traditional Chinese Medicine / Acupunture / Qi Gong healing - Tantraya
Vitalist Herbal Practitioner - School of Evolutionary Herbalism
Ritual and Ceremonial Magick - Tantraya
Qi Gong / Bagua teacher training - Tantraya
Previous
Counselling Skills - College of Cognitive Behavioural Therapies
Fairy and Dragon Magick - Aziz Shamanism
Various magic and healing courses - Aziz Shamanism
Thai Massage therapy - Tantraya
Yoga Teacher Training - 500 hrs + - Various Schools
Meditation Teacher Trainings - Yogacampus and Bodhi College
Pilates Instructor & Personal Trainer REPS 4
Naad Yoga (Sound Healing) Teacher Training 200hr - Leo Cosendai
Reiki Practitioner - Private Tutor
Integrative Health Coach - Institute for Integrative Nutrition
NLP Practitioner - The Brain People
PMP and PRINCE2 Project Managment
BSc (Hons) Philosophy and Economics - London School of Economics
Influences
Bill Plotkin / Animus Valley
This soul and nature-based approach to personal development has played a huge role in my transition into a more empowered expression of myself. Having read the series of books by Bill Plotkin, I undertook a Vision Quest (4-day shamanic rite of passage in nature, involving no food, limited shelter etc.). This then prompted a process of ‘leaving everything behind’ and embracing the mystery of life, by moving into a van and seeing where life took me. There’s a powerful psychological framework behind this work, rooted in post-Jungian thought as well as ancestral widsom from around the world, which I reference a lot in my coaching, along with my personal experiences.
Eastern Sprituality
Over my 20 years of yoga practice and 8 years of teaching I’ve studied and practiced the teachings of the yogic tantras and vedas and their associated non-dual philosophies and they have formed an integral part of my world view.
I also trained in buddhist forms of meditation - my main teacher Michael Stone being of the zen tradition, and then the esteemed teachers of Bodhi College schooling me in a secular form of buddhism, based on the original cannon of teachings from Gautama Buddha. I also stayed at Thich Nhat Hahn’s Plum Village, where I received the precepts. More recently, I am exloring Tibetan, tantric forms of buddhism which have a more shamanic flavour and which align more with my current medicine work in Peru.
Finally, I draw on profound taoist insights, immersing myself deeply into the theory and practices of qi gong, nei gong, and internal martial arts, and through my studies of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Shamanism and Magick
I’m now under the direct long-term tutelage of shaman, spiritual teacher, magician and healer, Paul Diamond, and train also with one of his teachers, the legendary Peter Aziz.
As part of this, I work regularly with powerful plant medicines to open and develop my consciousness, and under Paul’s unique guidance am building up my potency in energy healing, spirit chanelling, psychic communication and manifestation.
This allows me to bring a unique perspective and set of skills and capacities to the work of facilitating personal development.