Hi, I’m Claire.
I help clients to heal, transform and grow so they can feel more resilient and cope with life's challenges with a deeper sense of inner calm and peace.
I work with people who are experiencing physical pain, tension, discomfort, recovering from illness or injury and/or are feeling overwhelmed, stressed, tired to relax and restore health and energy levels.
My Values
Honesty, Integrity, Respect, Support, Connection, Compassion
Strengths & Personality
Virgo: earth sign, practical, down to earth, analytical.
INFJ: Introverted, Intuitive, Feeling, Judging Personality Type (Myers-Briggs) - Sensitive to the needs of others, creative and ambitious, values close, deep connections and relationships.
A bit about me
From a young age I have always felt drawn to helping others and working with my hands, the how of that varied over the years but massage has been the interwoven thread throughout my life.
I always had a strong sense that there was more to life than what we could see, and I experienced and felt things around me deeply. I loved being out in nature, collecting stones, getting muddy, playing outside, singing, dancing, writing, drawing, spending time with my grandmothers; craft making, music, arts, sewing and listening to their stories.
As the years went on it took me a while to realise, but I had become disconnected from these things I had enjoyed most. It was time to go on a journey to rediscover these parts of myself which had brought me joy and that values such as freedom, being in nature, meaningful work, relationships, community, creativity, flow and self-expression are important to me.
Going on this healing journey has helped my health and life change for the better and why I'm passionate about helping others who are also experiencing feeling overwhelmed, stressed, disconnected from their lives, to awaken to their own healing journey and potential.
“Be the change you wish to see in the world”
What makes me different
Having worked in personal services and face to face with clients on and off for almost two decades across various careers, I have a wide range of experience and transferable personal skills.
And as well as building up practical experience and knowledge over the years related to the massage, bodywork and healing therapies I provide. In the past years I have been especially interested in where body and mind meet, looking at healing of the emotional body, mind/body connection, mental health and spiritual support; attending lesser-known courses with just as valuable life skills and knowledge and working with the more subtle realms and support available to all of us and something I bring into my work more and more.
Holistic living is something I value greatly and knowledge I enjoy sharing with others. I am passionate about helping people take better steps in their own health and wellbeing and empowering them to connect to their own wisdom and healing within.
I believe personal development and self-care to be key, especially for those working in this field and that it is important for a healer to be doing their own 'work', healing and personal growth - able to hold themselves as well as others. Therefore I am committed to regular self-care, healing sessions, continuing personal development, supervision sessions with mentors and deepening my general holistic knowledge to provide better support to people choosing to work with me.
My inspiration
Through my own personal experience and also that of close family members growing up, I have seen what stress, overwhelm, addiction, abuse of all kinds, narcissism, unresolved trauma, grief, anger, depression, anxiety and PTSD can do to individuals and families and oftentimes the feelings of isolation, dis-ease, illness and mental health crisis this can bring.
This taught me to go deeper on my own healing journey to learn more about better health and wellbeing to improve and grow and the importance of taking one's own responsibility and also being able to meet yourself, as well as others, with more compassion and understanding.
Travels with my family from a young age inspired me to go on to spend many years as a solo traveller in search of adventure, healing, purpose, and meaning. This helped broaden my mind to different cultures and ways of living, being open to options, flexible and curious - an approach I continue in my way of working today. It was particularly time spent living and travelling overseas in Australia, Thailand and Bali, Indonesia over fifteen years ago where I learnt more about holistic living and alternative medicine practices as I experienced first-hand the value and peace these can bring to the mind, body, and spirit and then South and Central America later on in how to bring this in more consciously.
I am very much a lived-experience practitioner continuing to learn and grow and it is from this place that I strive to meet you where you are, heart to heart, being open to listen, and support, to help restore and bring healing for your mind, body and soul.
I look forward to working with you x
I believe the world needs more healthy, happy, healed people living in sync with their own rhythms, energy, passions and flow. By helping you relieve pain and heavy emotions I want to do my part to help you move forward in life feeling more at peace and with ease.
Qualifications
(2024) Internationally Accredited Energy Healing Practitioner (BAHA) - School of Intuition & Healing
(2022) ITEC Level 3 Diploma - Reflexology - London School of Reflexology
(2021) Temenos Touch® Shamanic Healing Practitioner - Evelyn Brodie & George Christie (honoring the traditions of the Q'ero Peruvian Shamanic Lineage, Alberto Villoldo of The Four Winds, Simon Buxton of The Sacred Trust, Roberto Assagioli - Transpersonal Psychology, Deike Begg - Rebirthing and Astrology, Roger Woolger - Ancestral Healing and Past Life Regression, Bert Hellinger - Systemic Work and Family Constellations, Robert Monroe of the Monroe Institute and many other wisdom teachers around the World. Providing transformational healing within a protected physical and emotional space through shamanic journeying, breathwork, drumming, regression, parts integration, art therapy, family constellations and more.
(2021) Craniosacral Therapy: Integrated Approach - College of Craniosacral Therapy (under the tutelage of Thomas Attlee, principal of the College, we were taught an integrated approach of both biodynamic and mechanical craniosacral therapy along with working with the fascia of the body, with an overall focus on mindfulness and trauma-informed care and being able to support all-ages from adults, children and babies.
(2020) Personal Performance Life Coach - The Coaching Academy
(2019) ITEC Level 3 Diploma - Holistic Massage – Gateway Workshops (further CPD courses completed in deep tissue, thai foot massage, indian head massage, acupressure, myofascial release and fascial unwinding, manual lymphatic drainage, pregnancy, hawaiian lomi lomi, hot/cold stones)
(2019) Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga RYT Training 200hrs – Yogendra Ashram (with yoga philosophy, bhakti yoga (love & devotion), kirtan, mantra, pranayama (breathwork), meditation, Vedic ceremony, yogi diet and lifestyle, vedic astrology, thai yoga, acro yoga and yoga therapy)
(2017) Crystal Therapy & Healing – Gateway Workshops
(2016) Reiki Practitioner Level 1 & 2: Usui & Holy Fire - Reiki Maya (Lineage of Mikao Usui)
(2015) Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) Practitioner - The Coaching Academy
(2013) Holistic Coaching - The Coaching Academy
(2012) Holistic Massage Diploma - London College of Massage
Other related courses: The Moon Course Las Pyramides del Ka - Lago Atitilan, Guatemala, The Inner Temple Mystery School - Rebecca Campbell, Psychic Development and Mediumship (College of Psychic Studies, UK), Subtle Body Anatomy (CoE), Intuitive Healing (CoE), Natural Magic (CoE), Certified Oracle & Tarot Card Reader (Hay House), Energy Management (School of Intuition & Healing, UK & South Africa), Mental Health First Aid (CoE), NCFE CACHE Level 2 & 3 in Counselling Skills.
Therapies that have helped:
Meditation
Mindfulness
Counselling
Psychotherapy
Psychology
CBT
MCBT
Coaching
Journalling
Hypnotherapy
Past Life Regression
Future Life Progression
Family Constellations Therapy
Somatic Healing
Inner child work
Mindful Movement
Transformational Breath
5Rhythms Gabrielle Roth
Ecstatic Dance
Art Therapy
Acupuncture
Acupressure
Wim Hof
Qi Gong
Tai Chi
Kirtan
Books that have inspired me along the way:
Be Your Own Life Coach – Fiona Harrold
You can Heal Your life – Louise Hay
The Power is Within you – Louise Hay
In the Light of Meditation - Mike George (Brahma Kumaris)
A Course in Miracles (ACIM) – Helen Schuman (Foundation for Inner Peace)
The Celestine Prophecy – James Redfield
The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
Keepers of the Garden - Dolores Canon
The Three Waves of Volunteers and the New Earth - Dolores Canon
The Convoluted Universe - Dolores Canon
The Kybalion: Hemetic Philosophy – Three Initiates
Ask and it is Given - Abraham Hicks
The Power of Kabbalah – Yehuda Berg
How to Know God: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali – Swami Prabhavananda
The Power of Now – Eckhart Tolle
The Universe has your Back - Gabrielle Bernstein
Meet Your Soul - Elisa Romeo
Rise Sister Rise - Rebecca Campbell
Light is the new Black - Rebecca Campbell
Self-Healing with Reiki – Penelope Quest
Becoming Supernatural – Dr Joe Dispenza
Illuminating the Shadow: Transmuting the Dark Side of the Psyche - David Furlong
Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender - David R Hawkins, MD PhD
Journey of Souls - Michael Newton PhD
Proof of Heaven – Dr Eben Alexander
Soulshift: Finding Where the Dead Go - Mark Ireland
Your Psychic Potential - Richard Ireland
Heaven is a Real Place – Gaynor Carillo
Finding the Light - Liz Vincent
Life after Death – Deepak Chopra
Quantum Healing - Deepak Chopra
Hands of Light - Barbara Brennan
Angels in my Hair – Lorna Byrne
The Highly Sensitive Person - Elaine Aron
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking - Susan Cain
Spiritual Growth Being Your Higher Self – an Orin book by Sanaya Roman
Personal Power Through Awareness - an Orin book by Sanaya Roman
The Lightworkers way – Awakening your Spiritual Power to Know and Heal – Doreen Virtue
Soul Retrieval: Mending the Fragmented Self - Sandra Ingerman
Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing – Caroline Myss, PhD
The Way of the Shaman – Michael Harner
Medical Medium – Anthony William
The Secret Language of Your Body - Inna Segal
The Heart of Listening - Hugh Milne
Shaman, Healer, Sage - Alberto Villoldo, PhD
The Psychic Pathway - Sonia Choquette
The Way of Integrity - Martha Beck
