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Louise’s Journey

I have been on the spiritual path since 1999 when I was diagnosed with Depression. Not knowing what to do I took the typical route of booking in with my GP. Luckily for me, the GP offered me medication or counselling. I chose counselling as I didn’t want to take any medication.

Counselling didn’t work for me at that time, I was too impatient I wanted to rid myself of the depression quickly. A friend recommended hypnotherapy, which made such a huge difference to me at that time so I decided to qualify as a hypnotherapist (I worked in IT at the time.) I’ve been qualified since 2003. And then in 2004, I trained as a personal trainer and sports massage therapist which led to me opening my own clinic in 2008 offering bodywork alongside hypnotherapy. This was the first of its kind in Leigh on Sea.

Over time the treatments I offered merged, very slowly and very subtlety as I began understanding the mind-body connection through working with clients. I was teaching myself although at the time I didn’t realise this. I was able to see and experience first-hand the benefits of combining the treatments. I was seeing and experiencing the deep connection without reading it in a book. My ability as a therapist deepened, I was learning intuitively.

In 2010, I followed my heart, a calling for teachings from an Enlightened Buddhist Master. I lived in China for 3 months in a monastery in the deepest darkest depths of China, even staying in the Shaolin Monastery China for a short while.

A year after my return, my mum died suddenly which completely rocked my world. This led to me wanting to resolve the deep sadness, pain and grief I was experiencing. During this time a lot of other emotions came up including anger and frustration, along with issues to do with control and expectations both of myself and others.

I’m a practical, down to earth person, some of the things I have tried to help myself challenged my beliefs and thoughts. I went with an open mind, you never know what can help.

During this time, I experienced health issues including eczema. I was embarrassed and ashamed of it, it was awful, at times it covered my neck and hands. I tried all sorts to “get rid of it”, nothing conventional or non-conventional worked until I worked on myself emotionally. I’ve now been totally eczema free since 2018.

In 2018, I came across an alternative method of meditating, a direct approach. At last, I didn’t have to be an Olympic meditator! It was possible to find our true nature (Buddha Nature) to understand self to deeply overcome emotions that were holding me back in life.

In 2019 I was diagnosed with an Auto Immune Disease, it was debilitating. It was something else that forced me into reviewing my life again including my diet and how I looked after myself. And I thought I was healthy, to some I was but I had to adapt and tailor it specifically for me. This was a really tough challenge on many levels and yet amazingly after just 2 months, I managed to get my blood back to normal. Although I still had some symptoms, I still had to keep focused to “get back to normal” physically, whatever that meant.

During this time, I came across the Realisation Process (RP). It is the most powerful practice I have come across: it has changed my life in such a profound, deep and lasting way. I now use RP to navigate life. I trained to become a fully accredited teacher in RP, with an additional certification as a Realization Process Trauma Repair Therapist. I walk my talk, never from just reading books or manuals but by practical experience and showing up as myself. I teach from experience.

Now my sessions/practice with clients is simple, practical and more rounded. I help clients find the space to disentangle from issues so that they can lead a more fulfilling, joyful, peaceful and contented life. The sessions are non-judgemental, subtle, gentle and yet powerful. Integrating and discovering all aspects of yourself, helping to make deep contact with the truth of who you really are.

Louise
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