Practitioners
Baby Massage/Yoga
Linzy Hedgecock
Through baby massage and yoga, parents can enhance communication and interaction with their baby and develop their ability to understand their baby's needs. Both parents and babies are soothed and relaxed. And it's great fun! Baby massage can help to strengthen and develop a baby's digestive, immune and nervous system, relieve colic and constipation, develop a baby's co-ordination and sensory motor skills. The benefits of baby yoga include strengthening and improving muscle tone, maintaining flexibility in the spine and joints, enhancing growth and development and promoting relaxation. The sessions are a combination of exercises and play for babies and simple relaxation, breathing exercises and stretching for parents.
Tel: 07795 438135, email:
linzyhedgecock@hotmail.com
Visit www.newcastlepregnancyandbabycentre.co.uk for further information.
Aromatherapy Massage
Judith Soames
Aromatherapy Massage is gentle and safe and relaxes the body and mind, while releasing tense muscles, improving blood circulation and helping in the elimination of waste products and toxins from the body. Aromatherapy Massage can treat common complaints such as colds, muscular aches and menstrual tension. It can be used to help in the treatment of conditions such as arthritis, asthma, skin complaints and depression.
Tel: 07789 010317, email: soamestherapy@aol.com
Visit www.soamestherapy.co.uk for further information.
Energy Healing
Niki Leach
Niki uses a range of holistic therapies, including Hypnotherapy, Emotional Freedom Technique, Reiki, Quantam Touch, Huna (ancient Hawaiian life force energy) and Neuro Linguistic Programming (life coaching) to assist the body and mind to make emotional and health changes. These techniques are used to help clear past held beliefs and realign energy and are extremely successful in helping with, for example, stress management, smoking cessation, weight loss and confidence building.
Tel: 07944 730818, email: contact@reiki-inspirations.co.uk
Visit www.reiki-inspirations.co.uk for more information.
Natal Hypnotherapy
Susan Turner
Natal Hynotherapy is a total Birth Preparation Course for pregnant women and their birthing partner (s). Clinical research shows that the use of hypnosis in childbirth results in reduced surgical intervention, reduced use of pain medication, shorter labours and a faster recovery in the postnatal period. Natal Hypnotherapy believes in getting back to the basics of birth as a natural, instinctive process. Course participants learn practical skills to use during labour and how to overcome fear and deal with pain. Birthing partners will understand what to expect, what the mother needs and wants during labour and learn ways to keep her calm and relaxed.
Visit www.natalhypnotherapy.co.uk for further information.
Neuro Linguistic Programming
Sonya Rooke
‘U’ is a coaching, therapy and personal development service with You, the client, at the heart. ‘U’ offers neuro-linguistic psychotherapy which is based on the premise that the mind and body are one interconnected system. Healthy mind : healthy body. Working within the Pilates Studio, ‘U’ offers introductory workshops on NLP (free of charge) and courses on NLP for use with children and personal development classes... as well as business and life-coaching. “U” also provide corporate training for groups and organisations and employee support programmes.
Visit www.helloU.co.uk for more information.
Osteopathy
Mandy Banton
Osteopathy is a system of manual medicine that focuses primarily on the musculoskeletal system. Using many of the diagnostic approaches applied in conventional medicine, osteopaths try to establish the structural cause of physical symptoms and use techniques to restore the optimal function of the body without the use of drugs or surgery.
Osteopathic treatment aims to relieve pain, improve function and promote healing, as well as reducing the likelihood of problems recurring. It has proven to be very effective in the treatment of, for example, sports injury, work strain, backache and joint pain.
Find out more about osteopathy and Mandy Banton.
Reflexology
Karen Allum
The gently therapy of Reflexology works on the feet to encourage the body to work naturally to restore its own healthy balance. It can bring relief from a wide range of acute and chronic conditions such as back pain, migraine, arthritis, sleep disorders and stress-related conditions. While many people use reflexology as a way of relaxing the mind and body, at the same time many doctors and other health care professionals recognise reflexology as a well established, respected and effective therapy.
Tel: 07973 548983, email: reflextherapy@talktalk.net
Visit www.reflextherapy.vpweb.co.uk for further information.
Yoga
Ucci
Yoga is not simply a series of postures but a whole way of life, encompassing diet, massage, relaxation and meditation. In addition to being a fantastic way to stay in shape, yoga also encourages the body's natural healing powers and can be used to treat a wide range of health problems, both physical and emotional. It is ideal for any age, fitness level or religion.
Ucci offers both courses and One to One sessions.
Visit www.ucciyoga.com for more information.
Zen Shiatsu
Kate German
Shiatsu is an exciting hands-on holistic healing art based on the principles of Chinese medicine. Benefits include relief of stress and tension, improved sleep, increased energy and help with more specific problems such as back pain and digestive disorders. Relaxed pressure is applied to the receiver, along with stimulation of acupressure points, and stretches and joint rotations. Shiatsu helps to restore balance on a physical, mental and emotional level. Regular sessions can help to ward off illness and maintain overall well being.
Visit www.zenshiatsunewcastle.co.uk for more information.