Robots will never replace the hand!
“…no instrument can replace our hand. Using my hand I analyse numerous valuable bits of information simultaneously but also as soon as touching the patient I can feel the patient’s reaction – the feedback that cannot be replaced.” – Karel Lewit (1916 – 2014) Czech Republic. Karel Lewit is one of my heroes – still…
Read MoreClearing out and moving on
I’ve been moving house this past week. Known to be one of the most stressful activities in life[1], it takes a bit of discipline to do this if you are trying to stay as calm as possible within the disruption! I meditate every morning as it is, but I focused on not missing a day,…
Read MoreTo open the mouth or to close the mouth, that is the question
I picked up a book recently, entitled Breath, written by James Nestor[1]. It had been hugely recommended to me by a few people, and it turned out to be easy to read, totally addictive, and something in which I would immerse myself for a whole weekend. When I surfaced, I decided to check out my…
Read MoreAre your feet having a ball?
We often forget all about our feet, hanging around there on the end of our legs, but we’d be lost without them! Because of the full connectivity of the fascia (a connective tissue of the body), what happens in the feet is directly translated elsewhere in the body – and vice versa. Therefore, you can…
Read MoreRiding the wave of life’s challenges
“If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs…….”[i] Rudyard Kipling wrote these words as the opening line of his poem ‘If’, in 1895. I have taken them very much out of context, but I often think of these lines, especially at the moment. We are going through “interesting times” (an…
Read MoreThe gentle art of following
Following the tissue – when less is more! As I have become older and more experienced in my work, I increasingly appreciate the understanding I have developed around the power of light touch work and, above all, of ‘following the tissue’. What is this? It is the skill of feeling where the tissue (skin, muscle,…
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