A Deeper Understanding of the Body

My path to becoming a therapist wasn’t just a professional choice, it began with my own story. At an early age, I had major abdominal surgery that left me with an 11-inch scar, leading to compensatory movement patterns and my first introduction to how the body adapts after surgery.

Two subsequent surgeries later, my search for answers led me to a yoga class that opened my eyes to movement as a tool for recovery. Yet, despite years of dynamic practice, I was still dealing with persistent tightness and restriction in certain areas. It wasn’t until a Scaravelli inspired teacher showed me how to identify these deep-seated patterns that I understood a fundamental truth: restrictions in one area often stem from adaptations elsewhere.

A real turning point came in 2007, when Gary Carter introduced me to Tom Myers’ Anatomy Trains. It was the moment pieces of my own puzzle began to fit together, finally connecting my surgical history to my ongoing movement challenges. This sparked my professional journey in earnest, leading to a 500-hour Yoga Teaching Diploma with the British Wheel of Yoga and a determination to understand the body’s interconnected systems on the deepest possible level.

A Deeper Commitment: Understanding the Body from the Inside Out

To truly help others, I felt a responsibility to understand the human body beyond textbooks and theory. This led me to working with some of the world’s most skilled fascia researchers, understaking Gary Carter’s 10 month Moyofascial Anatomy Course and spending many hours in the lab working hands-on in fascia focused dissection, travelling to the world-renowned Plastinarium in Germany and Nottingham University Hospital. This wasn’t just an academic exercise; it was a profound journey into the very fabric of our being, revealing the intricate, 3Dimensional reality of our fascial architecture. Seeing these connections firsthand has fundamentally shaped the precision and depth of my hands-on and movement repatterning work.

Now, as I continue my training to become an Osteopath, advancing my manual therapy skills further, I combine these decades of personal insight with evidence-based technique. Having navigated my own recovery, I understand the gap between being medically cleared and truly feeling whole again. My experience has taught me that recovery isn’t about returning to how you were before, it’s about helping your body adapt and function optimally with its new story.