So, as you have probably already gathered my name is Gillian! I live in rural Dorset, betwixt the Forest and the Sea, with Steve, my husband, and Bracken the Spaniel.
What do I do when I’m not planning my Tree Adventure?
Under the umbrella of “Little House Holistics”, which I run from my Cabin in the Garden,
I am…….
A Health Creation Mentor/Coach
A Weleda Wellbeing Advisor
A Holistic Massage Therapist
An Animistic Practitioner
Health Creation Mentor/Coach
I am very much a believer that, in so many areas, we can take responsibility for our own wellbeing. The holistic pattern of health has been been something that I have been interested in for many years. So to gain further understanding and knowledge, with a view to helping others develop and prioritise their core values in life whilst building successful coping strategies whatever their health/life challenges, I signed up in 2019 to train with Health Creation.
I gained my Diploma from Health Creation in November 2020, having trained under the well respected holistic health pioneer and internationally renowned Integrative Medical Consultant, Dr. Rosy Daniel BSc MBBCh. I now mentor individuals, over a 6 month (or longer) period, supporting and guiding them as they work through their own Health Creation Programme to promote the optimum level of wellbeing and health that is possible for them to achieve.
Weleda Wellbeing Advisor
As a Holistic Massage Therapist I was searching for a company whose products I could use that shared the same ethics as myself. In 2018 I was introduced to Weleda and, as the saying goes, I have never looked back!
In a nutshell, Weleda have been growing and creating natural medicines and bodycare products for 100 years…yes 2021 is their centenary year…so it would be fair to say that Weleda are the original clean, green beauty company.
I won’t bore you here with all the wonderful accolades I could give them as maybe you will take a few minutes to have a look at my webshop and see for yourself why I chose to incorporate Weleda into my business and my life.
Holistic Massage Therapist
In 2015 I took early retirement, from my role as a Primary School Finance Manager, listened to what my heart was telling me to do and qualified with a Level 3 Diploma in Holistic Massage. For obvious reasons I haven’t been doing a lot of massages lately! However, I’m looking forward to easing peoples’ muscles again very soon.
Animistic Practitioner
My spiritual practice has taken me along many twisting and winding paths over the years.
I am attuned to Reki I, II and III and I trained for 2 years with the Traditional School of Women’s Shamanism, Shamanka; after which I spent time ‘grounding’ my practices to this land, the land where I live. Ancient wisdom teachings are intrinsically woven into my spiritual practice and help not only to restore and maintain balance in my own energy field, but also they are invaluable for empowering my clients to take responsibility for their own wellbeing.
I am a ‘nature girl’ through and through which is why I think the term animistic practitioner suits me well. I am someone who believes everything has a spirit, an essence – sentience exists not only in humans, but also in other animals, plants, rocks, geographical features such as mountains and rivers and other entities of the natural environment. You get the gist!
Honouring the Trees along the Spine of Albion 