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About Bodhi
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| I SPENT MANY YEARS traveling and working in different sectors before I qualified as a reflexologist in 2000. During that time I was becoming more and more influenced by complimentary therapies. I began training after I had a major operation on my knee and, while the operation was sucessful, the aftercare was less so. I was left in pain and with not much prospect (I was led to believe) of ever having a straight leg or being able to kneel down. So I took it apon myself to improve my aftercare - I took up yoga and saw a reflexologist. Needless to say I was quickly out of pain and I could happilly straighten and bend my leg. I had not been limited by my injury at all and the following year I even went waterskiing again - happy Rachel! This is not to say I think alopathic medicine is bad, on the contrary it is amazing and without it I wouldn't be walking quite so well. However, I practise complimentary therapy and truly belive the two can work extremely well together. After practising reflexology for a time I was struck by a strange limitation. I felt that reflexology could be very inaccessable to people. The concept of an energy based therapy just didn't work for some people, so I decided to train in a more accessable therapy - massage. This training took rather longer than it should as I became pregnant with my daughter so couldn't reach over the couch! So I had to go back and start again - well, at least it meant lots of practice! |
I passed my body worker diploma in Swedish massage with distinction and got straight into treating people. Again it wasn't long before I wanted to increase my knowledge so it was back to training - this time in remedial/sports injury massage. Again I passed this with distinction. Happy that my foundation level of knowledge was complete I got on with increasing my practise. Being a member of the Association of Physical and Natural Therapists (APNT) and Association of Refelxologists (AoR) I have to prove yearly Continuing Professional Development (CPD) to ensure that I am up to date with current trends and techniques in Massage and Reflexology. To that end I attended a Complimentary Therapy Trade show. I attended a seminar and subsequently a course with JING Advanced Massage Training. Holistic Medical Massage has now been added to my CV - this encompasses Amma Fusion Techniques, Trigger Point Therapy, Myofascial Release and some other techniques which work wonderful! The depth with which I can now treat clients has been greatly improved. I become more entranced by my therapies the longer I practise them. Watching clients standing up straight, or walking without limping are just a couple of small physical examples of what keeps me fully engaged in these therapies. Every new client is a new story - even those who simply want to be able to relax. I need to find the source of their tension to accomplish this. It's exciting and new every day - I love it. Rachel Fisher |
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