About Me
I come to this work with deep respect and gratitude for what bodywork has offered me. Like many of us, I have often struggled to slow down and take time for myself, falling into patterns of overcommitment and cycles of push, crash, and burnout. It’s tough, in a culture which prioritises productivity and individualism over connection and care. I’ve learned through experience the importance of coming home to our bodies, again and again, to find an anchor in an everchanging stream.
lJustice, solidarity and mutual aid are foundational values of my life and practice. Over the years I’ve facilitated and organised along axes of health and inequality, and my work has grown from these roots in care and community. Roles that have especially shaped my work include facilitating community spaces for connection and inquiry (Unpacked 2021 – 2024, Beyond Patriarchy 2021 – 2022), sexual violence helpline work (Trans Survivors Switchboard 2016 – 2018), radical community herbalism (Herbalists Without Borders (2020 – 2022), and various local mutual aid projects. My recent organising work has centered on supporting the provision of free blood testing for trans folks here in Scotland.
I am closely influenced by Buddhadharma and the embodied liberation work of Lama Rod Owens, and have supported his work as a Virtual Assistant and Retreat Coordinator (2020 – 2023). His teachings have shown me how essential it is to tend to our bodies if we offer care and support in our communities. Guided by his practices and teaching, I seek especially to support those in our community who are carers, community workers and agents of change. If this is you, and my rates are currently inaccessible, please do get in touch, particularly if you hold multiple marginalised identities.
I have co-facilitated Coming Home, a weekend course designed by therapist Daniel Morrison based on the work of Deb Dana which centers on mapping our autonomic nervous systems. I bring in my understanding of polyvagal theory and nervous system wisdom to support my practice, and love to share this knowledge, which has been transformative for me on a personal level.
I am currently coordinating an online space bringing together queer bodywork practitioners of various disciplines to discuss how we navigate boundaries in our practices. If this is of interest to you, please do get in touch.
Bodywork Training
Integrated Somatic Trauma Therapy Certificate with The Embody Lab (September 2025 – ongoing)
Somatic Trauma Therapy with The School of Complementary Therapies (September 2025 – ongoing)
Advanced Clinical Massage Therapy and Sports Massage with The Jing Institute for Advanced Massage Training (September 2024 – 2025)
Foundation in Advanced Clinical Massage Therapy with The Jing Institute for Advanced Massage Training (May 2024)
NO HANDS Massage Practitioner Training with NO HANDS massage (April – May 2024)
Somatouch Foundations with SomaHolistix (February 2024)
Swedish Massage Therapy (Level 5) with Complementary Therapies School (September 2023 – May 2024)
Other Trainings
Emergency First Aid at Work (September 2024)