About Me
I work with people of all ages and from all walks of life.
Common concerns addressed include:-
For Babies:
- Nursing and/or latch issues
- Digestive issues like reflux or colic
- Sleep issues -- difficulty getting over to sleep or staying asleep
- Difficulty with tummy time and/or not crawling
For Teens and Adults:
- Migraines
- Chronic headaches
- Concussion recovery
- Sinus pain or inflammation
- Long covid
- ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Fibromyalgia
- Anxiety
- Sleep difficulties -- getting over or staying asleep
- Chronic stress, depletion and/or exhaustion
- Chronic inflammation
- Long held trauma or injury
Sessions are bespoke and integrate a
combination of CranioSacral,
Manual Lymphatic and/or Visceral Therapy techniques with Swedish massage,
BodyInsight NMT, Polyvagal and breathwork practices, body
awareness, somatic movement and/or EFT/Tapping where appropriate.
I focus on facilitating conscious connection and conversation with our bodies to access our self-healing capacity. Wellbeing throughout the whole body and health on all levels is best accessed via conscious and compassionate embodied connection on each level -- physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, vibrational/energetic -- as and when we are able.
(See below for Alex's pronouns)
My Skills
Alex trained with the Upledger Institute in the following curricula:
- Craniosacral Therapy (CST), including Equine and Paediatric
- Healing from the Core (HFC)
- Lymphatic Drainage Therapy (LDT)
Zee also trained with:
- Barral Institute in Visceral Manipulation (VM)
- Healing Arts Institute in Colorado, USA for BodyInsight Neuromuscular Therapy
- Jan Watkins and EFT Universe in EFT/Tapping
- Claire Marie Miller Seminars in PreNatal, Labour, and PostNatal Therapeutic Massage
- Health Matters in EFT/Tapping
- Deb Dana and PCPSI in Polyvagal therapeutic practices
- Banyan in Mindfulness Mentoring
Alex's current training focus includes:
- Somatic movement and yoga-based body awareness trainings with Movement Wisdom Yoga, Lasater Yoga and Katy Bowman's Nutritious Movement
Zen's focus with including polyvagal techniques and mindful body-based movement awareness is for people's further integration of their bodywork and/or wellbeing mentoring sessions.
Articles & Books Written
Anthropology PhD Thesis: Being NonBinary in Binary Worlds: The Gender Performative, Emotional and Intersubjective Lives of NonBinary People on the Island of Ireland
Professional Associations / Memberships
Certified Therapist Medallion Member of International Association of Healthcare Practitioners
Gender pronoun key:
zee/zen/zens/zen's/zenself
Other equivalents:
(they/them/their/theirs/themself)
(she/her/her/hers/herself)
(he/him/his/his/himself)
Ballymoney, BT53 7RJ
United Kingdom
tel. +44 (0)7596 240402 (day)
tel. +44 (0)7596 240402 (evening)
Hours of operation / Fees
In-person pre-booked sessions are located at Yoga@18 Studio in Garvagh, NI