Re-connect to Health

04/08/2026

Wisdom of the Cosmos: An Introduction to Neijing Nature-Based Medicine | Neijing Nature-Based Medicine https://share.google/Vo8t7weuATCyjMVM6

Last August I started my studies with Dr Ed Neal. I was attracted to the course because it was open to non-acupuncturists and the introduction talked about the artists eye being important. I felt like my art practice and Chinese medicine could come together.

Dr Neal talks about the idea of sauntering. Going slow not running. This is how to enjoy the course. And I am really enjoying it.

I would recommend it to artist friends, those interested in ecology and history, as well as Chinese medicine practitioners. Learning the 'why' of Chinese medicine makes so much more sense than protocols and techniques. Never once have I been told to stop what I am doing already or made to feel my own tacit knowledge gained over 35 years of practice is wrong. It had enabled me to build on what I know and truly ground it.

Neijing Studies: Level I is designed to provide practitioners and students of Chinese medicine with an in-depth overview of the core concepts of the Huangdi Neijing with a focus on the practice of Neijing classical acupuncture.

29/12/2025

This is a lecture from Franklin Sills who passed away in 2025. He was an inspirational teacher who brought together Buddhism, Chinese medicine, Osteopathy and pre and perinatal psychology with cutting edge scientific understanding of trauma -and developed biodynamic craniosacral therapy. To become a member of the Craniosacral Therapy Association UK - CSTA I had to have supervision for the first two years of practice after my two year professional training at Craniosacral Therapy Educational Trust When I heard that Franklyn offered supervision I signed up. I was going through a difficult time as an adoptive parent at this juncture due to systemic failure - but Franklyn, also an adoptive parent, always helped me feel supported as a practitioner and connected to my resources through this time. An amazing person with so much wisdom and humanity.

Inspiring presentation by Franklyn Sills at the Breath of Life Conference in London 2007, “Source, Being and Self – The Nature of Being and Self in the Thera...

13/12/2025

Hundreds tell BBC of adopted children's struggles amid calls for lifelong support - BBC News https://share.google/lTremdrPRRHwQwZA7

Thank you BBC News for bringing the scandal of Adopter Blame into the open. This is a trauma I have experienced myself with devastating consequences for my child, who lost their right to family life during their teenage years. No apologies were ever given.and our voices were not heard here in City of York Council Rachael Maskell after North Yorkshire Police were used to instigate care proceedings against me to remove my child with false allegations about me from council management. Why? To cover the council's own negligence and failings by blaming the parent. This parental persecution is happening every day as loving help seeking parents like me are put on trial in the Family Courts. It costs a huge amount of public money and erodes confidence and trust in organisations with a duty of care and the very professionals who were supposed to help.

A major issue is that adoptive families cannot speak openly. The children need, and our families have a right to, privacy. This is, I believe, one reason it has taken so long for the scandal of Adopter Blame to come out. Another, is that the government does not want to deter prospective adopters so there are usually many positive stories in the media.

Adopter Blame is a terrible thing to deal with. It ruins young lives and causes so much distress to the family.

The mother in this BBC story talks so movingly about not having a voice and not being heard after her son took his own life.

This shouldn't be happening. What will it take to make it stop?

A charity says the system is “under severe strain” as parents recount addiction and mental health battles.

14/10/2025

https://biodynamichealth.com/2025/09/29/craniosacral-therapy-brain-injury-and-american-football-time-for-a-convergence/

Some research on Craniosacral Therapy!

A 2017 commentary that references a preliminary study in which CranioSacral Therapy (CST) was tested on a group of ex-National Football League (NFL) players,

31/12/2024

Wishing everyone a very happy and peaceful New Year

24/08/2024

Hearing Chinese medicine scholar and clinician Volker Scheid talk is always a treat!

He is talking about 'meta practice' here and the idea of using different Chinese medicine traditions simultaneously to optimize clinical outcomes (with Chinese herbs).

https://www.chiway.ch/w24vs-advanced-chinese-medicine

Its always been a challenge for me to integrate my learning about different healing approaches and traditions, which I have explored over more than 30 years of practice. I doubt I am using meta practice but I am always trying to put my patients/clients at the centre of my work, rather than the tools in the toolkit - as it were. What is the best thing for this person, right now? This is the question I pose with every consultation/treatment.

In this three year post-graduate certification course, Prof. Volker Scheid significantely enhances our understanding of Chinese medicine by teaching meta-practice, a tool for working effectively with different styles of practice. Developing meta-practice skills deepens our access to and comprehensio...

19/11/2023

Great AAC conference yesterday! Well done to the AAC team!

Yesterday was a day when life came full circle in many ways – and it was a chance to look back on my professional life and see how far I have come. More than 40 years ago I sat my final exams as a UCL psychology undergraduate in the Mary Ward centre in Bloomsbury. Yesterday