ABOUT
I have been a Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki practitioner since 1999 and from 2nd Degree onwards, trained under Leza Mc Lean, the then Principal teacher of the Reiki Network, Oldham, who ran Reiki training at the Royal Oldham Hospital, through the Improving Lives Scheme.
I am trained to teach all levels of Reiki and underwent an intensive, reflective, personal development program before moving onto a thoroughly comprehensive teaching apprenticeship, covering all aspects of group work and teaching the Leza Mc Lean system of wellbeing using Reiki.
Having trained and worked as an actress in the 90's and then working in the education sector from 2001, and then from 2005- 2015 working as a Drama Teacher at New Bridge School, in Oldham and delivering Reiki 1st Degree classes for staff and students as a stress management and relaxation aid, my life was full on, to say the least! In 2015 I left New Bridge School and began providing Reiki Training within schools and other Organisations.
From Burnout to Balance: Why I Traded the Drama Classroom for Reiki Healing.
For years, my life was defined by a high energy, dynamic, deep empathic drive, firstly through the world of the theatre and then working as a Special Educational Needs Drama Teacher and then becoming a mother and navigating the complexities of a
neurodiverse family ....but my cup started to drain, it became empty and then it cracked.
I was playing the role of the ultimate anchor. I was the emotional caretaker at work and the emotional anchor at home. Something had to give.
That is why I made the terrifying, liberating choice to step away from the classroom and Theatre and fully embrace my path as a Reiki Master Teacher and Mother. I didn't leave because I stopped caring; I left because I realized I couldn't pour from an empty broken, cup anymore.
My background in Theatre and neurodiversity and Special Education wasn’t a detour; it was my preparation. It taught me how to co-regulate, how to read the unspoken language of stress, and how deeply our nervous systems crave safety.
Throughout my Reiki journey I found a way to clear the heavy, stagnant energy of burnout and rebuild my own energetic boundaries. Now, my mission is to help you do the same. You don't have to carry the world on your shoulders alone. Reiki provides a safe haven for you to connect to the Life force Energy and to yourself.
Whilst receiving a Reiki treatment is very beneficial, I am passionate about teaching people how to do Reiki for themselves, in order to give them a tool to support their personal development and assist them with managing their own physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health and wellbeing.
I also work within the wider community, delivering Reiki talks to groups and organisations and teaching classes to individuals and groups from my home or external venues. I am fully insured and hold the Level 3 qualification in the Adult and Education training in the Life Long Learning Sector.
I am so grateful for having been taught by such an amazing, inspirational, woman and Reiki Master Teacher as Leza Mc Lean, and for the privilege of working with Reiki, as a teacher and guide for others and as it guides and and supports me with all aspects of my life.
