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."

David Sanders - Assistant Tutor: David Sanders has recently joined Meridian as an Assistant Tutor. He studied on Meridian’s holistic massage diploma course, graduating in the summer of 2011. He has successfully completed a course in Indian Head Massage and wishes to study other forms of holistic therapy. Previously, his professional career spanned almost 20 years at Sense working with deafblind people and promoting the organisation’s person centred approach. His awareness and experience of working with individuals who have specific needs, encompassing various methods of communication and sensory awareness, has focused his direction in offering holistic massage to a diverse client base. Stepping into his new career as a professional massage practitioner has provided a meaningful transition from one of his passions to another.

“The ability to focus on one person’s needs, promoting a holistic approach to wellbeing and seeking to provide symptomatic relief, relaxation and stimulation has been nothing less than immensely rewarding. I am at the start of an incredible life long journey.”

Visiting Tutors

We also invite other Tutors to add to the diverse programme of CPD training to support qualified practitioners and therapists.

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.”