CLASSICAL HOMEOPATHY FOR WITNEY AND OXFORD
WELCOME TO ROOM 4 HEALING
Here you will find information about myself and how I practice the art of classical homeopathy. This website is intended to provide you with an understanding of the nature of this alternative system of medicine and how you may find it helpful in your life. My homeopathy, reiki and reflexology practice draws people from the areas in and around Witney, Burford, Faringdon, Cheltenham, Oxford, Abingdon, and Swindon. I also see patients for homeopathy in Richmond, by special arrangment only.
For full details of my reiki and reflexology practice in Witney, please click here
It may be of interest to you to know that all of the images you will see throughout these pages are but just a small selection of the thousands of substances from which homeopathic remedies are produced, many of which have been in tried and tested use for over 200 years.
FEELING GOOD IS A NATURAL STATE
"In the healthy human state, the spirit-like life force that enlivens the material organism as dynamis, governs without restriction and keeps all parts of the organism in admirable, harmonious, vital operation, as regards both feelings and functions, so that our indwelling, rational spirit can freely avail itself of this living, healthy instrument for the higher purposes of our existence."
(Aphorism 9, Organon of the Medical Art by Dr S Hahnemann)
We have a natural inbuilt tendency to heal, called homeostasis, whether that be from physical illness, from grief and trauma, from depression or addiction. This natural tendency may be encouraged by the use of certain stepping stones which have the potential to bring about healing and the reconnection to the intuitive wisdom of our being.
I help to create room for healing as a Classical Homeopath, Reiki Practitioner and Reflexologist in a calm, quiet, confidential place at my consulting room in Witney, between Oxford, Burford, Swindon, Cheltenham, Faringdon and Abingdon. (I also offer appointments at The Witney Therapy Centre.) I can occasionally offer homeopathy and reflexology appointments in Richmond.
For one individual healing can seem to be as simple as the disappearance of troublesome excema from the suface of their skin; for another it can be a committed life time of soul work. Very often, a patient will come to see me purely in the hope of easing an uncomfortable physical condition, and then come to realise that there are issues to be resolved on a more profound level.
People often decide to try alternative options when they have been given a diagnosis and feel the orthodox medical model has nothing left to offer them. Often, they have even been told there is “nothing to be done”, and so they lose the affirmative connection to hope (See Article "Restoration of Hope"). Other patients choose to use the methods I offer alongside medication.
Amongst the individuals who come to see me, I work as homeopath reiki practitoner and reflexologist with people recovering from drug addiction and depression; couples suffering with fertility issues; women with difficulties during pregnancy and following birth; people who are slowly weaning themselves away from long term medicated drug use; children with eczema and asthma, chronic earache/coughs, colic, night terrors, exam stress, autism or failure to thrive; people with ME, IBS, ulcerative colitis or MS; others present with migraine, back or joint pain, gynaecological and fertility/menopausal problems or insomnia; others are searching simply for a gentle way to heal the effects of trauma and family upset. The list is endless, as varied as humanity - and behind every ailment is a story waiting to be heard.
NB: Please note that homeopathy, reiki and reflexology should not be used as alternatives to seeking medical advice and I do not diagnose, treat a specific disease or illness, or interfere with prescribed medication. When symptoms indicate, I refer patients to the appropriate medical or other alternative practitioner.
MAKING ROOM FOR HEALING
"Every human being is the author of his own health or disease"
(The Buddha)
Healing is a very personal journey, as individual as you are.
The possibility of true healing begins when someone becomes just too uncomfortable in their skin or life circumstances - and then recognises that their outer symptoms are a manifestion of an imbalance within and begins to take self-responsibility - then with the aid of certain tools, transformation becomes possible.
Sometimes we can feel as if we are the victims of circumstances that surround us. Sometimes we can feel lost and empty, as if something is missing and yet can’t quite put our finger on what it is. Sometimes we can feel sensitive and over-reactive to everything in our life. We lose trust.
“The real sick man is prior to the sick body.”
(Lectures on Homeopathic Philosophy - Kent)
In truth we create our own reality by the inner response we have to those external circumstances. When we are born we have an innate understanding of true reality through our intuitive mind. Slowly, messages received by the conscious, rational, materialistic mind overrule this intuition, and the intuitive self goes to sleep. Our emotions become deadened. We become disconnected from ourselves and from the earth. We limit our own potential. We become ill.
We can then spend our lives trying to correct the difficulties we experience through the use of our rational mind alone. We constantly find ourselves seeking ways to "manage" the uncomfortable conditions we live with. We can get caught in a loop of trying and failing. We can become blocked and stuck. Or we feel as if we are always living on high alert. Or we can feel that life is out of control. Or we become hopeless and desperate. Ultimately we begin to experience the signs and symptoms of dis-ease within the the body, emotions, mind and spirit. It is this inner disturbance which is the source of illness - the outer symptoms are a call for help. And homeopathy has the ears to hear, the eyes to see and the ability to perceive the state that is being revealed; and the power to offer a resonant, dynamic medicine to aid healing.
