A Beautiful Moment

As I was walking my dog around the docks in Bristol yesterday, I had been reflecting on a recent discussion with students about the stories we tell ourselves and the redundant beliefs that impact...

Love is a Healing Energy

When we connect with a feeling of love it allows us to raise harmonious frequencies in our bodies. The heart is 100,000 times stronger electrically than the brain, so opening our heart to feelings...

Feeling No Fear

Franklin Roosevelt said that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself  … and with that in mind we wanted to share this video of a doctor giving an infant an injection in a way where the...

We Love Yanley Court

As another Kinesiology Foundation course ended this weekend we gathered as we always do to take our group photo outside our gorgeous training venue in Long Ashton – and we think you’ll...

Grounding for Protection

One of the questions that is often asked on our training courses is how can I protect myself from other people’s energy and one of the first ways we always suggest is to practice staying...

Atlas Explained …

In Greek mythology Atlas was a God who was responsible for bearing the weight of the heavens on his shoulders – but did you know that the top cervical bone in your neck also has the same name and...

The Meaning of Colds

I’m seeing a lot of students on our training courses,  friends, family and clients with extremely heavy colds at the moment and nearly every day someone asks me ‘what does it mean when you catch a...

Kinesiology Rituals

I have just read Austin’s latest blog about rituals and how to use them at Christmas to ease difficult situations that many people find themselves in at this time of year … and it made...

The Power of Demonstrations

‘Everything that happens mirrors a part of you’ – Alberto Villoldo  Have you ever signed up to a workshop or a training course and taken part in a demonstration for the rest of...

How To Let Go

More and more people are aware that Autumn is a time to reflect on what we no longer need and to release our ‘baggage’ just as the trees drop their leaves, so reading a blog about...

Connection and Presence

It’s been a very thought provoking few months for us, as during the summer we (myself and Jo) have been attending specific training courses focused on personal growth. We do this because it...

Student Success Story

We have had a lot of interest in our Practitioner Training course of late, especially as a last-minute place has just opened up … and as powerful as our Practitioner course is, this latest...

What Does Feminine Mean?

We’ve been having a lot of discussions with students this summer on the subject of the ‘feminine’ but what does the term ‘feminine’ actually mean? Well Jo Wyse the coordinator here at Essence (and...

Triple Warmer

According to traditional Chinese medicine, there are 14 main energy channels that transport our life force energy (also often referred to as chi or prana) throughout the body called meridians...

The Wonder of Waiting …

Jo and I recently attended a meditation retreat in Ireland, and one of the quotes the teacher gave to the group was ‘moments where you appear to be waiting are actually wonderful...

Breathing Space

Have you ever had an experience so profound that you needed to take half an hour out just to sit quietly on your own to process it? After one of my conscious breathing sessions with Alan Dolan at...

Marketing Messages

‘The best marketing strategy ever is to care.’ –  Gary Vaynerchuk Following an orientation weekend, an intensive four day workshop, hours of case study work, a clinic assessment...

Healing Tools

It’s hard to believe that we are now over half way through our first Practitioner Training in Bristol. Some of the subjects covered so far include advanced Kinesiology techniques, how to...

Winter & Kidney Energy

Kinesiology practitioners often utilise the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) theory of ‘The 5 Elements’ when working with clients and according to this ancient philosophy the season of Winter is...

Nature Restores Balance

I am yet to meet a parent who isn’t concerned about the amount of time their children spend staring at and scrolling screens … and I can understand why. One of the main reasons...

Cross Crawl B4 School

The summer holidays are almost over … and if you feel you might have trouble getting yourself or your children out of bed in the morning after all those lie-ins, you may want to give the...

Transforming Fear #Brexit

If the past few weeks have taught us anything, it has taught us how easy it is to get ourselves whipped up into a frenzy … and that isn’t a judgement of you if you did feel the fear...

Loving Your Adrenals

Have you been told your adrenals are shot, severely fatigued or in need of some TLC? In this blog, I will give you 8 quick facts about the adrenal glands and then offer 8 ideas on how you can love...

Create Space

Have you ever been for a natural health treatment and gone into sensory overload from the amount of stuff going on in the room? Common mistakes include: Clutter – too many irrelevant...

Become An Alchemist (with Bach)

‘The simple things are the most extraordinary things and only the wise can see them.’ – Paulo Cohelo, The Alchemist Giving the people who come to see you for a Kinesiology...

We Recommend (and so does NASA)

Anyone who has studied Kinesiology or has had a Kinesiology treatment themselves will know all about Neuro Lymphatic (NL) rubbing, NL rubbing is a technique where a Kinesiologist will stimulate...

Seeing is Believing

For those that don’t know already Kinesiology uses painless muscle testing to detect imbalances in the body and mind. It works from the perspective that different muscles relate to different...

Light is Life

Every moment of light and dark is a miracle – Walt Whitman British Summer Time has officially ended which means of course that the nights are getting longer and darker. Keeping your spirits...

Lunar or Loony?

The lack of information that women and girls are given about how sacred their periods are is an enormous reason why our planet is in such a state of upheaval (because so much powerful feminine...

Yin & Yang

Level 2 of my Kinesiology Foundation Course got underway this weekend and one of the subjects we have been covering is Yin and Yang. Often compared with the Einstein’s e=mc2 theory of...

My Box of Bach

‘Health depends on being in harmony with our souls.‘ – Dr Edward Bach If you look at the image of me treating a client in my clinic below, you will see an open wooden box containing 38 tincture...

Sugar Rush

Quite a few people have mentioned Jamie Oliver’s latest TV programme to me called Sugar Rush in which the TV chef examines sugar’s contribution to health problems like Type 2 Diabetes...

Thank You Wayne

Really sad to hear that the author Dr Wayne Dyer has passed away at the age of 75. However I must clarify that although I am certain Wayne is delighted to have moved on to his next adventure, my...