Profiles of The Holistic Healing Centre

Anne Collins has been working with Kinesiology since 2003. She later advanced her training in Nutri-Kinesiology, receiving certification from the Naturopathy Institute in P.R.A.N.A. (Polarity, Reflex Analysis and Nutritional Assessment) and Advanced Kinesiological Techniques. Anne continued studying hand reflexology, chakra-balancing and healing, also becoming a Reiki master. To compliment working with the afore-mentioned, Anne was certified in the “Eat Right for your Type” programme as devised by Dr. Peter J D’Adamo.

"I am satisfied I now have a complete ‘Package’ of therapies to offer my clients which is evident from the success I have had to date"
Anne Collins.

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Ann Tierney has been a Complementary Therapy Practitioner for the past 16 years.

She holds professional qualifications in:

• Aromatherapy
• Reflexology
• Hot Stone Massage
• Indian Style Head Massage
• Reiki Master Practitioner and Teacher

Her aim as a therapist is to help bridge the gap between sickness and optimal health.

Many illnesses are the result of stress, anxiety and poor dietary habits which reduce the body’s vital energy. Relaxation, which a healing massage, reflexology or a combination of both, helps bring about the body’s natural healing energy.

Benefits of a therapy are as follows:

• Reduced Stress
• Calms the nervous system
• Reduces Muscle Tension
• Provides a complete change of pace helping the body, mind and spirit to relax and re-energise

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Deirdre McGreevy

• Acupuncturist
• Sports Injury and Sports Massage Therapist
• Holistic Massage Therapist
• Indian Head Massage Therapist
• Reiki Practitioner

Deirdre McGreevy, Licentiate in Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine, is a graduate of the highly regarded College of Integrative Acupuncture, Galway, under Linda Heffernan, one of the longest practicing lecturers and practitioners of Acupuncture in Ireland. Deirdre qualified with honours and also completed extensive clinical placement primarily at the Pu Shan Chinese Medicine Centre in Dublin operated by the highly recognised Dr. Wang.

Deirdre is a registered member of AFPA (Acupuncture Foundation Professional Association). Acupuncture Treatments are approved and reimbursable with BUPA, VHI, Quinn Healthcare and many other insurance schemes.

Deirdre is also a qualified Sports Injury Therapist and typical injuries she treats include muscle strain, tendonitis, ligament damage, groin strain, shoulder injuries, tennis/golfer’s elbow, shin splints, etc.

In addition to the above Deirdre practices Reiki, Holistic Massage and Indian Head Massage.

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The Work
What is The Work?
The Work is a simple yet powerful process of inquiry that teaches you to identify and question thoughts that cause all the suffering in the world. It's a way to understand what's hurting you, and to address your problems with clarity.

People who do The Work as an ongoing practice report life-changing results.

• Alleviation of depression: Find resolution, and even happiness, in situations that were once debilitating.
• Decreased stress: Learn how to live with less anxiety or fear.
• Improved relationships: Experience deeper connection and intimacy with your partner, your parents, your children, your friends, and yourself.
• Reduced anger: Understand what makes you angry and resentful, and become less reactive, less often, with less intensity.
• Increased mental clarity: Live and work more intelligently and effectively, with integrity.
• More energy: Experience a new sense of ongoing vigor and well-being.
• More peace: Discover how to become "a lover of what is." See www.thework.com
  Triona is a graduate of The School for the Work 2008

BodyMind Balancing
BodyMind Balancing is a combination of therapy techniques. It uses these to re-establish communication within the bodymind system: physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. The techniques used are Applied Kinesiology, Hatha Yoga and various physical and energy systems.

Applied Kinesiology uses muscle testing to communicate with the bodymind. By using this technique we can tap into the body's own internal intelligence of its condition and of its needs. The muscle indicates a 'Yes' or a 'No' prioritising areas of the bodymind that are to be addressed. Then we turn to a simple technique of re-establishing communication, Hatha Yoga.

Hatha Yoga involves deep breathing and tapping of the head and sternum. This technique has been used for centuries by Indian yogis to stimulate the brain into re-activating particular areas of the body thus re-establishing communication between aspects of the bodymind.

The combination of these two techniques allow us to communicate with the bodymind on all levels to find out its needs. Whatever the system indicates is isolated and we then put the body's own healing mechanisms to work. This is why BodyMind Balancing is such a safe and at the same time powerful therapy.

Benefits
Bodymind balancing works on the whole bodymind system treating at a physical, emotional, mental and spiritual level.

The treatment has the ability to address many issues. Common disorders that BodyMind Balancing helps are:

• Learning: dyslexia, attention deficit disorder, and left/right brain confusion
• Immune System: chronic viruses and infections, poor immune functioning, many cases of allergies
• Physical: general physical dysfunction
• Emotional: addressing stored emotions that are still active in the system
• Thinking: addressing thought patterns that are active in the system and which keep us limited
• Energy: system imbalances

Because the body's own energy is used BodyMind Balancing is a safe and effective therapy which yields remarkable results.
Triona is a certified BodyMind Balancing Practitioner and Teacher

Reiki
Reiki is a powerful but gentle "hands on" healing art.
Reiki restores balance and harmony to mind, body and spirit.
Reiki is a natural healing treatment that can benefit everyone.
It has been proven to be of great benefit to a broad range of conditions that include Stress, Depression, Asthma, ME and Back Pain.
Triona is a certified Reiki Teacher and Practitioner.

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Charlotte Farragher is a yoga practitioner and Pilates instructor.  Charlotte holds five diplomas in yoga instruction and is a current member of I.H.C.A., Y.T.T.C.  She is also a fully qualified Pilates instructor and a member of P.A.I.  She has been teaching yoga for nine years and Pilates for six years.  She has helped many men, women and children learn to breath correctly, improve their posture, increase their flexibility and deal more efficiently with daily stress both mentally and physically.

Charlotte has completed training courses for children’s yoga with Yoga for Kids, New York City.  She has also trained in Edinburgh, London, India and Thailand.  She is fully qualified in Pregnancy Yoga and has most recently completed advanced training in this area with Y.T.T.C

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Caroline Donnellan MNRRI has a diploma in Reflexology and is a member of the National Register of Reflexologists(Ireland). Caroline enjoys spreading the word about the many benefits of reflexology, which she first learned of many years ago herself, and which inspired her to train as a Reflexologist A reflexology treatment takes about one hour. Many people attend a practitioner simply for stress relief, a little "me" time, others may be looking for help with a particular health issue.

The main thrust of reflexology is that it helps to 'unblock' energy paths, assisting the body in its attempts to heal itself.

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Christina Rushe has a background in sport and recreation management that eventually led her to train in Sport massage and remedial therapy. Remedial therapy involves soft tissue manipulation of dysfunctional tissue and rehabilitation of minor soft tissue injuries of the neck, shoulders, back or limbs.

Christina is also a member of the National register of reflexologists (NRRI). Reflexology is the holistic understanding, study and practice of treating points and areas in the feet that relate to corresponding parts of the body.

Reflexology is suitable for all ages and throughout every stage of life. This gentle therapy may bring relief from a wide range of both acute and chronic conditions.

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Nicole Lordan is a Fully qualified Massage Therapist / Reflexologist, Dip Wellness Trainer and Relax Kids Teacher.

Originally from Zurich, Switzerland, Nicole came to Ireland in 2008. Her interest in Massage and Complimentary Therapies started many years ago. In 1992 Nicole attended her first Massage Course, but it was not until 1998 (after a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Studies, work experience and lots of travelling) that she decided to put more energy and time into a new career. Nicole completed a two year Wellness Trainer Diploma Course, which is a combination of Relaxation Techniques, Nutrition, Fitness Training and Massage.

She also completed a Diploma Course in Reflexology, Swedish / Sports / Therapeutic / Deep Tissues Massage and Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology..

Nicole further trained in Thai Yoga Massage (in Chiang Mai, Thailand) and Traditional Thai Massage, Yoga, Metamorphic Technique, Cupping, Pranic Healing after Master Choa Kok Sui, Aromatherapy, Dorn Spinal Therapy, Ear Candling, Biotensor and Pendulum and Shiatsu-Massage Namikoshi.

Nicole is a member of the Irish Massage Therapists Association and the National Register of Reflexologists.

In 2008 Nicole completed the Relax Kids Teacher Training Course in London. Children are under a great amount of stress from school, exams, peer pressure and the media. At Relax Kids, it is believed that teaching relaxation techniques to young children, gives them all the tools they need for a life of health, happiness and balance.

A Relax Kids Class includes dance and movement, games, stretches, massage, breathing exercises, affirmations and visualisation.

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Mags Furey Corcoran is a qualified Reiki/Seichem Master and Teacher, a qualified Homoeopath from the Burren School of Homoepathy, an EFT Practitioner and a channel of Universal Energy, a wife and mother.

She has worked as a healer for a number of years facilitating group workshops and on a one to one level and has helped many people to find peace and direction in their lives together with emotional and spiritual well being and purpose.

Therapies offered by Mags at the Indigo Holistic Health Centre include Reiki and Five Element Seichem, Emotional Freedom Technique, Distant Healing, Chakra Balancing, Karmic Healing, Cutting of the Ties, Group Meditations and Children’s Healing Circles.

She offers a complete training system of Energy Healing up to Master Level.

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Lloyd Malcolm is a Galway native and began studying Amatsu in Jan 2000. Under the tutelage of Christine Duffy and D.O. William Doolin, Lloyd achieved his diploma in Amatsu medicine in October 2002. In 2004-2005 Lloyd also completed a further post grad in the more advanced aspects of Amatsu by studying with D.O. Dennis Bartram in the U.K. Lloyd has returned several times to the U.K. since 2005, to further his training with D.O. Dennis Bartram in the principles of natural movement and Cranial balancing.

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Sheelagh Jacobs

• Quantum Biofeedback
• Reflexology
• Aromatherapy
• Positional Release
• Lymph Drainage
• Rife Therapy

Sheelagh worked as an accountant for many years and started her alternative path in 1988 when she did her first reflexology course as a hobby, this became a passion and numerous courses followed. In 1992 she started her own whole health clinic and left the business world behind. She purchased her Quantum Scio (biofeedback) in 2000 and this has been her main focus since then.

Sheelagh has South African and Irish citizenship and settled in Ireland in 2004. Sheelagh has numerous qualifications, consisting of the following:

• Chartered Secretary and Administrator- ACIS -1985
• Industrial Relations and Human Resources -1986
• Short Course in Marketing -1987
• Reflexology and Basic Meridian Therapy- 1989
• Wholistic Massage and Advanced Massage -1989
• Aromatherapy and Advanced Aromatherapy -1990
• Anatomy and Physiology -1992
• Meridian Therapy and the Five Elements-1992
• QXCI- Biofeedback/ Stress Reduction and Energetic Medicine 2000
• Counselling Diploma-1999
• Naturopathic Nutrition Institute of Complementary Integrated Medicine 2007

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Kaz has been working with shiatsu since 2001 and after qualifying, established a healthy business in Liverpool, UK. During this time, Kaz worked with people with MS, women from the local Somali community and at a women’s health & information centre in the city centre, as well as providing private treatments both at her home and house calls.

In addition, Kaz loves to dance and has been working with the 5 Rhythms™ for many years; she also enjoys days out in the wilderness of the land.

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Eilish Brady is a Certified Holistic Massage Therapist. She has lived in San Francisco for 14 years and is a graduate of "The World School Of Massage and Holistic Healing Arts" and the "San Francisco School Of Massage".
Eilish is a fully qualified practitioner and has been operating her own private practice since 2004.  Combining schools has enabled her to create her own personal profile while gaining powerful knowledge and exceptional experience.  Eilish believes in the body's ability to heal itself.  Her motto is" Those who believe, receive".
 
Eilish's therapies include

• Swedish
• Deep Tissue
• Sport
• Hot Stones
• Vibrational Healing Massage - (wear light loose clothing) the session begins with a postural assessment encouraging being fluid in your body, letting go of learned tensions and daily stresses.  It combines vibrations, rocking, light stretching, and energy work.
• Pregnancy and Postpartum (suitable from 12 weeks onward). This therapy is done in a side-lying position, supported by pillows and bolsters where necessary.  Helps to prepare and repair the body while your baby is on board.

Since returning to Ireland, Eilish has opened her own practice.  She also provides Holistic Massage Therapy in a Cancer Care Centre, working with patient’s pre and post treatment.
Eilish is now available at the Indigo Healing Centre ,Tuam

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Marie Murphy is formerly from Co. Monaghan and began karate at the age of 7, continuing until she was 16 yeards old.. She moved to Galway in 1996 to go to college and studied as a Montessori teacher.
Today she is married to Malcolm with two children aged 6 and 7 years old. After becoming a mother she returned to karate.
 
Marie studies Shotokan Karate under the guidance of Senesi Scott Langley 5th Dan Technical Director of The JKS in the UK & Ireland and Sensei Harry Thompson of Moy Valley Freestyle Karate and Kickboxing.
 
Marie is a professional childcare provider, registered with Galway City and County Childcare committee, Garda vetted, HSE Certified in child protection and has child specific first aid training.
 
Being a competitive Martial Artist, her achievements for 2009 include IJKA National Championships medal winner, East Coast International Karate Championships runner up, IMAF European Championships (Germany) runner up, IMAF World Championships (Belgium) runner up  and after placing 1st in the IMAF Irish Championships has already won her place on the 2010 Irish team.
She also trains in kickboxing, self defence and freestyle karate.
 
Marie has spent many years trying to find suitable classes for her own children within the martial arts but could only find classes in galway city and these classes did not always provide what she wanted.
So she has decided to research and develop her own system of teaching martial arts for children using her experiance within childcare and martial arts and promote it for the first time here in Tuam"

Visit Marie's Blog

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Born in 1965, Malcolm was a schoolboy International athlete in Track & Field.
In 1985 he started Karate in Monaghan with the only club at the time and as a beginner won his first National Tournament outright. Taking category combat winner, Overall combat winner and Team combat winner.

In 1986 he moved into Mugendo Kickboxing in which he holds the rank of 1st Degree Black and trained with the local club of which he was a founder member and later instructor. He also trained privately with the founder of Mugendo, 'Prof. George Canning'. By 1988 he had founded another two clubs in the North Monaghan area.

It was around this time he began working in Hotel Security as a doorman. There were no systems or courses available at that time so drawing on his Martial Art training and encounters in the hotels devised a basic system for Response & Restraint which he taught to all that worked with him.

Owing to a change in his main employment conditions he moved to Private Martial Art Instruction and furthered his own development with studies of Muay Thai, Bio-Energy. Diet & Nutrition and the incorporation of Sound Athletic Principles to Martial Art Training.

1996 saw a move to Galway where he continued to train alone and over the following years spent considerable time in the gym, Tri-athlon and Marathon training. After competing in a number of marathons and other events he returned to Karate.

Malcolm now trains with Sensei Scott Langley 5th Dan who is the technical director of The JKS in the UK and Ireland and attends monthly seminars around the country run by The JKS.

Malcolm returned to competition in 2009 and won the Irish International Karate Championships in the Kata division. He has a hectic schedule for 2010 beginning with the foundation of a new club 'Faolchú Martial Arts Club'.

Visit Malcolm's Blog

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Cellular Bio Energy, Transforming Cellular Memory, Reiki, Holistic House Clearing.

James has vast experience as a qualified Bio Energy Therapist, Reiki practitioner and Transforming Cellular Memory channel.

We all have physical, emotional, mental and behavioural issues. If we do nothing about them they can have a serious impact on our lives. We may mask the symptoms for long periods of time with medication such as painkillers but the underlining cause will still be there.

James tunes in to your energy and by using the appropriate therapy for you. He has the ability to clear the underlining issue from your body. The results can be almost immediate. For example a sixty year old man with chronic sciatica who walked with a limp was able to walk freely after only two sessions.

Cellular Bio Energy Healing is powerful but gentle and can be beneficial for healing both physical and emotional conditions.

For example, The healing James brings through with you can encourage you to relax and clear out old, useless memories which are creating fear and tension in the body. This may cause physical symptoms such as pain, chronic aches, muscle spasm and associated problems. Cellular Bio Energy healing helps restore balance to all the systems and can help the body to recover more quickly from illness and injury. The aim of healing is to bring the body back to health, whatever the problem or symptom.


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My name is Margaret Daly and I am a Certified Angel Guidance TM Practitioner.

All of my clients know that I absolutely love being a "lightworker" for the angels. I have always been interested in the angels and the angelic realm since my childhood and I know without a doubt that we all have our very own angels. We are all being watched over and protected and guided from above throughout our lives, particularly during the "rough patches" on our journey. The angels are always there to assist us, no matter how big or small our problem may be, they are only too glad and too willing to help us, but as they can't interfere with our free will, we have to ask them for their loving help and guidance first always being mindful to thank them afterwards for their assistance.

As an Angel Guidance TM Practitioner I offer the following therapies:

• Angel Card Readings
• Etheric Cord Cutting
• Psychic Debris Removal

Angel Card Readings:
During an angel card reading I work with the client's angels to bring their messages to the client through the cards. An angel card reading brings messages of hope and clarity to people who are in situations where they need help understanding their current life lessons.

Psychic debris removal:
Psychic debris removal refers to any negative energy or entity. This form of therapy involves working with the angels to clear away the negative energy and leave the client feeling less fearful and less anxious and more at peace.

Symptoms of psychic debris include:

• Low energy
• Irritability

Attracting negative people and situations

ETHERIC CORD CUTTING:
Etheric cord cutting is a spiritual healing technique given and guided by the angels, to cut these dysfunctional cords that drain you of your energy supply and leave you feeling lethargic. Etheric cord cuttng helps clients to let go of their fears and resentments.

Etheric cords may be formed in cases where there is:

• Unrequited love
• Fears of any kind
• Painful relationships

After this treatment clients notice an immediate increase in energy and a sense of peacefulness and as it is given by the angels, it is always given with the intention of being to the clients highest good.

"May your day be filled with blessings,
Like the sun that lights the sky,
And may you always have the courage,
To spread your wings and fly"



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Niamh is a certified  Shamanic healer with Sli an Chroi Shamanic School of Healing with their teachings from old Irish Celtic healing traditions along with South American traditions of the  Q’ero Paqos Tribe in Peru.  She has had the privilege of spending time and receiving initiations from Dona Maria Apaza one of the oldest and knowledgeable female Shaman of the Andes in Peru.  She has been working with energy for over 6 years and her love and passion for helping people fuels her soul as she assists them in recovering their true selves. 

She believes in empowering the individual to find healing, knowledge and wisdom within themselves, gently and compassionately, in turn helping the person to discover by themselves their own inner healer and wisdom. She is also a Reiki Seichem Practioner / Master and  Yoga Teacher.  

What is Shamanic Healing:

Shamanic Healing is one of the most ancient spiritual practices known to humankind dating back around 50,000 years.  In a Shamanic Healing Session we work on an energetic level performing Extractions and Soul Retrievals which  can offer amazing help to those suffering pain from abuse, trauma or injury. It can restore your sense of power, giving you renewed strength in your daily life. It addresses the spiritual components of illness making other forms of treatment more effective. Shamanic work speeds physical and emotional recovery, making your life more complete. 

Symptoms where Extraction or Soul Loss work can help:

• Dissociation
• The inability to feel full range of emotions
• Feeling like a part of you is missing since a certain trauma occurred in your life (example: car accident)
• Loss of memories of traumatic events or entire periods of life
• Having themes that go on throughout life (example: not being able to trust men)
• Addictions
• Chronic illness
• Depression 

Sessions: 1hr 15min             Price: 70 euro


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Iris Sollie is a Sydney trained Acupuncturist who holds Bachelor Degree in Acupuncture and also an Advanced Certificate from studying China. She has more than 13 years experience working in several countries and also running her own private practise as well.

Irish specialises in Women’s Health and has for many years now assisted women and couples conceive, with or without IVF. It is the greatest of job satisfactions, she says, Emphesising that she also treats male infertility related problems like low sperm counts and erectile dysfunction.

This combination of therapies are invaluable, particularly when working with gynaecological disorders such as period pain ovarian cysts, endomentriosis and menopausal problems.

Having a special interest in Mental Health, she treats many emotional problems like depression, panic attacts, bipolar syndrome, grief and anxiety in addition to a lot of other problems like; muscular and bone problems, sleep disturbance, skin problems, asthma, IBS and hayfever to mention a few.

She is a member of AFPA (Acupunture Foundation Professional Association)
Covering all major Health Funds.


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Deirdre Bastick is a fully qualified Myotherapist. She was born in Dublin but grew up in Melbourne, Australia where she completed her training and relocated to Galway in 2006.

Deirdre is registered with the IMTA (Irish Massage Therapists Association)

A typical session of Myotherapy aims to significantly reduce pain. Deirdre uses a variety of techniques including, trigger point therapy, dry needling, deep tissue massage and muscle energy techniques to release muscle contraction and spasm. She looks at your pain patterns to try and get to the root of the problem.

This approach to muscloskeletal problems can have a significant effect on back pain, neck pain, arthritis, fibromyalgia, tennis elbow, carpal tunnel, hip, knee and foot pain. It can also address problems like sciatica, pins and needles and muscle weakness.


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Gary O' Toole has studied and practiced Vedic Astrology for the past 14 years under the guidance of Pearl Finn, a practicing Vedic Astrologer and teacher in Galway, Ireland. He has also attended many workshops with other teachers, including Sanjay Rath, Komilla Sutton and Visti Larsen.

He spent 3 years studying with the American Institute of Vedic Studies, through which he was granted the title "Ayurvedic Lifestyle Counsellor". He uses the knowledge gained in his Ayurvedic training, both through the American Insitute and in time spent studying in India, to compliment his Vedic Astrology readings.

He combines these ancient sciences in his own daily life and in helping his clients and students come to a better understanding of themselves and their unique path in life. For more information on readings and/or upcoming workshops on Vedic Astrology visit his website www.planetaryyoga.com.


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I have always had a huge interest in alternative therapies, returned to college in 2007 and trained in reflexology.


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BA(Hons) Ayurvedic Studies, Dip, ITEC

I have been training and working in the field of Ayurveda for the past seven years. Over this time I have become aware of how lifestyle choices such as diet, routine and habits, exercise and modes of thinking can be the basis of profound healing as well as the cause of disease. I feel a strong desire to incorporate this ancient wisdom and science into the West by helping others to empower themselves to make simple habitual changes in order to heal themselves. By preventing and removing disease Ayurveda helps us to optimise our vitality and experience of life.

I have studied in UK, India and Sri Lanka and have participated in an internship with Dr. Vasant Lad. I gained a deep understanding of Ayurvedic herbs while working for an organic Ayurvedic herbal company in UK www.pukkaherbs.com. I am the tutor in their distance learning course ‘An Introduction to Ayurveda’ and am editor of their practitioner newsletter ‘Prana’. I am a full member of the Ayurvedic Practitioners Association’ www.apa.co.uk.


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