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This is a short summary.
- Born and raised in Uganda.
- Moved to England at the age of 14.
- Discovered Rock Climbing and Outdoor Pursuits.
- Became an Outward Bound Instructor in Devon.
- Certified as a PE teacher specialiaing in movement and dance.
- Re-trained as a Maths teacher.
- Taught in State Schools and Colleges of FE.
- Certified Yoga Teacher.
- Qualified Shiatsu Practitioner and Teacher.
- Qualified Hypnotherapist.
- Qualified NLP Practitioner.
- Qualified Life Coach.
- After many years of Shotokan Karate moved to studying Tai-chi and Qigong.
- Many years working as a roped access technician, specialising in conservation.
- Concurrently had a Shiatsu School in Slovenia.
- Now Mt bike, Road bike, endurance Kayaking and climb, both indoors and out.
- Have closed the Shiatsu School and am now bringing the same skills to local teaching in this area.
The longer version
I was born and raised in Uganda, coming to live in England, in the beautiful county of Devon, when I was 14 years old. There were massive and profound cultural and physical shocks to overcome, not least of which was adjusting to the winters and the relative lack of space. And everyone being so white.
Growing up in mud huts and tents in the bush and hunting wild game for the pot had a powerful and lasting effect on my development and outlook, fostering a love of the outdoors and nature in general.
The sense of outward adventure was maintained through outdoor pursuits, especially rock climbing, so it was a natural progression to become an Instructor at the Outward Bound School in Devon.
This led to becoming a Physical Education Teacher. The 3 years of training in Anatomy, Physiology and Bio-mechanics have been invaluable in developing my understanding of stretching, asanas and how the physical body moves and functions. Especially in how to do it safely.
There was a specific day in February 1974 when I discovered Yoga, became a Vegetarian and began my lifelong quest to understand the meaning of Life, Love, the Universe and of our place in it.
I re-trained as a Maths teacher because I enjoyed the interaction of the classroom and learning the new skills of teaching an intellectual subject. A level mechanics was my favourite subject because it related to all that I did, whether it was climbing or stretching.
Learning about the totality of the body/mind/spirit connection is a never ending and deeply rewarding quest for wisdom and understanding.
This search for meaning led to the study of our Life Force energy or Chi (Ki, Qi, Prana, Essence).
So I became a Shiatsu Practitioner and Teacher, eventually running my own school in Slovenia for 16 years. The teachings of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) are deep and profound and allow for a fantastic understanding of how we operate, as humans, at all levels of our beings.
After leaving main-stream teaching I worked for over 20 years in Conservation, abseiling around old buildings, climbing steeples, getting to know some iconic buildings and having a great adventure.
Within that there was the filming of Extreme Celebrity Detox with Jack Osbourn, Jilly Goulding, Dominik Diamond and Catherine McQueen, based in Slovenia. The aim was to show how, using the power of Tai-chi, Meditation, Yoga etc we can learn to let go of fear, resistance, anger and disempowering states of mind.
To the future.
Once the some of the students in Sloenia had been trained to Teacher level it was time to take a step back and close my School and start teaching in England.
Shiatsu will be part of the programme, after I have established the classes outlined in the rest of the website.
These are my passions and the backbone of my transition to becoming a more happy and fulfilled human being.
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