Workshop Trainer & Therapist
After taking early retirement as a District Auditor for Prudential Assurance on December 31st 1995, I retrained as a complementary therapist. Being a Reiki Master Teacher/Practitioner, from 2002 I served as a Management Committee member of the UK Reiki Federation until 2016. During this time, I spent nine years as Vice-Chair, with one year as Acting Chair. I set up and ran a system of UK Area Representatives, and built a database tracing the lineages of 3,500 Reiki Masters back to the founder Mikao Usui. I have also sat on various panels for the establishment of the Reiki Council, National Occupational Standards for Reiki, and Voluntary Self-Regulation for Complementary Therapies. I was a representative for the UK Reiki Federation on the Reiki Council for several years. I am now a Lifetime Member of the UK Reiki Federation, and a member of the Reiki Association.
Between 1998 and 2008 I ran my own clinic in Acocks Green, and worked in clinics in Royal Leamington Spa and Coventry. From November 1999 to 2015 I have taught Usui Reiki with Joan Hitchco to at least 350 people ranging from Reiki 1 to Reiki Master / Teacher. Since joining with Paula in 2016 we have taught courses on Reiki, Karuna Reiki and dowsing for food intolerances. I have given various talks and demonstrations on Reiki and dowsing, and also on my thoughts and experiences living spiritually with cancer.
Professional Qualifications:
First Degree Usui Reiki - 21st July 1996;
Introduction to Counselling - 19th July 1996;
Diploma - Body Massage - 30th July 1996;
Second Degree Usui Reiki - 6th October 1996;
Diploma - Reflexology - 31st July 1997;
Diploma - Aromatherapy - 31st July 1997;
Diploma - International Sports Therapy - 31st July 1997;
Diploma - Nutrition - 31st July 1997;
Diploma - Management of Sports Injuries - 31st July 1998;
Diploma - Indian Head Massage - 30th September 1998;
Usui Reiki Master Teacher - September 1999;
Certificate - Vertical Reflex Therapy - September 2001;
Thermo-Auricular Therapy (Ear Candling) - 22nd October 2001;
Karuna Reiki 1 & 2 - 25th November 2001;
Karuna Reiki Master Teacher - 12th January 2003.