My personal healing, spiritual path and life long affinity with animals brought me to Reiki healing. I had been intending to take the Reiki attunements and training since my 20's. This was inspired through my many experiences of receiving hands-on healing since age 16, plus several healers commented that while I was receiving healing, that I was also healing them. I also noticed how animals felt calmer when I touched them. But rather than dive right in, I felt it would be wise and respectful to others, to first address my own 'stuff', and delve deeper into clearing, so my biofield was healthier and beneficial to be around. So I spent a couple of decades on this. In Jungian psychology and astrology, the archetype of Chiron, the wounded healer, relates to the painful experiences in our life and how the healing process is not only transformational for ourselves, but helps us to feel empathy and compassion when others share their stories of trauma or illness. I have found this to be true. Healing and health have always been my key motivation, and so I delved even deeper into learning about and experiencing healing modalities, personal development and spirituality. A way of life that had blossomed in my late teens from the roots and shoots of my early childhood faith and broad spiritual education.  In my early years, my mother introduced me to other faiths and the power of prayer and thought. Both my mother and grandmother spent part of their career life as nurses and yoga teachers. The religious and dogmatic teachings of my Christian primary school and Sunday School were both character building but also triggered internal conflict between what I was being told and what felt True for me. I had many questions and these were the first moments of developing discernment. I would borrow books from my family and the library, learning about all sorts of fascinating esoteric subjects. Sacred sites and energy lines were a teenage interest, allopathic and alternative medicine, psychology and mindfulness including NLP and life coaching. After becoming ill again in my 20's, I switched to a healthier lifestyle and diet, and I loved learning about health supplements, herbs, self treating with these and homeopathic remedies, and trying a broad range of healing modalities and learning about energy. I feel this was a major element of my soul's life purpose. I am grateful to my mother and maternal grandmother for my broad spiritual education which helped me cope with many tough times throughout life. Also I'm thankful for the resilience and inner strength inherited from both sides of my family and spiritual bloodline. Although I have always been involved with creative pursuits, it was inevitable the University of Life Experience would lead me into energy healing. In mid-life, synchronicity led me to a wonderful Reiki teacher, Brighitta Moser-Clark. I took her professional accredited training in the Japanese and Western lineages of Usui Reiki.  My Faith, which I am usually private about, has been the most important part of my life, since early childhood. Helping me to feel supported, protected, hopeful, happy, contented and so much more; even in the midst's of illness, disability and traumas. With regard to the inclusion of intuition within my healing practice - I do feel such gratitude to have been blessed with clairs since a young age (clairaudience etc); still very much developing though. Plus something called a 'differentiated perception' that is intertwined with my 'sigma empathy'. My sensitivity and connection to nature allows me to feel the energy of plants, trees, places, animals and people. A connection that has been there since I was a little girl. It wasn't until mid-life that I started to meet kind and wise souls who were generous with sharing their knowledge; people who could gently guide me in managing these extra sensory aspects of my being. The natural world has always felt like food for my soul. I was fortunate to spend my formative years in a house adjacent to a small woodland and stream; which was sadly demolished to make way for a cul-de-sac. I then spent part of my childhood in South West England, within driving distance of the coast, three magical moorlands, Dartmoor, Exmoor and Bodmin Moor, all with numerous sacred sites and springs, and beautiful clear rivers my siblings and I swam in. These days I love the combination of living near the sea, woodlands and rolling hills. But I am also close to vibrant urban centres that can re-charge and inspire me in different ways and bring me in to contact with other beautiful souls and groups. The year prior to the global pandemic crisis, Reiki brought another intense phase of spiritual awakening that has now eased in intensity and the path has opened out into a beautiful vista where key people from my past lives are walking in and new teachers are appearing. A special time of life indeed. Of course, growth is always ongoing and I continue to have a passion and commitment to my own personal healing, and Continuing Professional Development. I will share a list of training courses I have taken to support my practice; for those who like reading these details when choosing a potential practitioner. RELEVANT TRAINING - Usui Reiki Professional Accredited Licensed Practitioner Level 2 - Practitioner Consciousness led by Prune Harris (co-create a healing field to enable the transformation of clients., plus activate their template of health within their energy systems; so that the healing and transformation continues after the session.) - Studied the Trust Technique for working with nervous animals. - Tellington Touch for working with animals. - Recently became a Dragonfly Champion via training with the Dragonfly Project; an educational training in signposting clients who are experiencing DV, stalking or harassment, to support services in Sussex and Hampshire and enable them to make a plan. - After helping a potentially suicidal in-mate on his way home from prison release, I immediately took several online trainings with the Zero Suicide Alliance to upgrade my suicide awareness skills to include specific basic training about prisoners, veterans and students. - Animal Welfare & Behaviour with the Royal Veterinary School at the University of Edinburgh. - Equine Behaviour - Equine Care. Plus various CPD mini trainings on equine health topics. - Canine and feline health topics. - Small Animal Hydrotherapy, Gait Analysis & First Aid - Animal Acupressure - Canine & Feline Anatomy & Physiology. - Quantum Touch Healing - Understanding Pet Bereavement - The Link Between Abuse of Animals and Abuse of People - Canine Raw Food Diet - Health Concerns for small pets like rabbits, guinea pigs. - Pigeon rescue, PMV rehab and de-stringing skill Training has also included learning about heart coherence via the Heart Math Institute; including heart coherence skills for veterans. Past membership of two distant healing groups and training in Quantum Touch Healing. In the past I also undertook extensive studies with an ascension school, plus philosophical knowledge via Tibetan Buddhist, Taoist and Druidry teachings. I am a member of the International Remote Viewing Association, several dowsing groups, and support local wildlife charities and rescuers.