The Core Teaching Team for the Professional Diploma Course:
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Lorraine
Horton - Meridian's Founder and Course
Director, qualified in Massage Therapy (London School of
Holistic Massage) in 1992 and with her love of massage
and her enjoyment of training, she was keen to put both
skills together to establish a quality massage training
organisation in the Midlands – Meridian was born
in 2003. She runs her own well-established complementary
health practice in Birmingham and is employed for part
of her time by the Health Service to provide complementary
therapies to learning disabled people. Lorraine previously
worked within the area of Civil Rights - issues of equality
continue to underpin her teaching and practice.
" I am fascinated with the human body and its incredible
potential. I feel sure that we know everything there is to know
to support ourselves and each other - we just need to rediscover
it! There is so much about us that cannot be explained on the physical,
mental or emotional levels alone - my interest in subtle energies
continues - and this is an integral part of my massage. I continue
to explore and study these areas with excitement and passion. It
is this passion and love of bodywork that I bring to my teaching
- I am very excited about the possibility of sharing skills and
supporting others to further explore this and am honoured to witness
their own personal growth, development and unique massage style." |
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Julie
Linton - Meridian’s Assistant Tutor: "Once,
I watched a physiotherapist use massage during a treatment
and was suitably impressed with the results. Being of a curious
nature, I had to find out more. After taking a basic massage
course in 2004 at a local college, I was well and truly hooked.
There had to be more to learn I was sure, and indeed there
was.
After taking a Sports Massage Diploma came a 'chance' meeting with Lorraine,
a person as passionate about massage as myself. I signed up for the Meridian
Massage Practitioner Diploma. It presented me with a real big learning curve
about 'human being' and 'being human'. The opportunity to develop technically
as a practitioner (integrating methods from previous training) and self-development
which enhances therapeutic relationships.
Now I have my own complementary health practice working with a variety of clients,
in a variety of settings. I facilitate Continual Professional Development courses
for qualified therapists and introduction to massage days for partners and families.
So, not only curious, but someone who likes to share, I want to 'spread the word'
about massage. In 2007 Lorraine offered me the opportunity to work as an Assistant
Tutor within Meridian. So here I am and loving it" |
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Pip
Waller is Meridian’s Anatomy, Physiology
and Pathology tutor. She is a medical herbalist, massage
therapist, plant spirit medicine and shamanic practitioner
who has worked extensively in the field of natural healing.
Pip has taught anatomy, physiology and pathology to students
of natural medicine since 1991 – the subject is a
passion of hers – which means that her teaching is
informative and fascinating!
Her
recently published book (2008) “Holistic Anatomy for Healers, Heretics and
Alternative Folk” makes the subject more interesting,
accessible and thoroughly holistic! See www.holisticanatomy.com for
more information – together with Pip’s other
website which offers CPD training: www.thedreamingbutterfly.com
Visiting
Tutors
We also invite
other Tutors to add to the diverse programme of CPD training
to support qualified practitioners and therapists. |
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Sam
Bloomfield teaches the Metamorphic Technique
at Meridian. He grew up with reflexology, psychotherapy,
mediation and the metamorphic technique as a child in an
alternative healing community in Somerset. He started practising
as a hobby from his teenage years and having gained a first
class degree in Political Philosophy and German Literature
at the University of London, he decided to gain a formal
qualification in Reflexology in 1999.
Sam
teaches Reflexology to beginners and practitioners, and also
tutors practitioners in Metamorphic Technique; the latter he
describes as “Transformation, enlightenment and the sublime
all rolled up into one easy to learn and utterly inspiring
technique. Physically it’s a light touch to feet, hands
and head, and mentally, it’s the elusive practice of
detachment from outcome, effort and doing.”
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Darien
Pritchard – has 30 years of experience
as a Bodyworker, including 25 training massage professionals,
and 20 of teaching professional development courses for
qualified massage practitioners. He co-authored the student
textbook “Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology for the
Massage Therapist” and wrote the career-maintenance
reference book “Dynamic Bodyuse for Effective Strain-free
Massage.”
Darien
has been developing RhythmMobility® bodywork
in his practice for 20 years and teaching it for 10. All
the elements of massage and the Feldenkais Method, plus
his love of rhythm (enhanced through dancing and playing
music) come together in Darien’s workshops.
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