A safe space filled with profound knowledge and gentle guidance on how to unlock parts of myself that were long forgotten. The results of some of those techniques blow my mind! So simple yet so profound!
Ola - 'Rest Digest Restore' workshop participant I spend that hour between a state of physical bliss - and a kind of existential bliss, where I feel a simple but very deep gratitude for being alive and for receiving. Caroline - bodywork client ‘Time spent with Rachel is enlightening, healing and fun. I would recommend her workshops to anyone and everyone’ Harry - 'Applying the Skills of the Actor' workshop participant ‘I couldn't believe the instant, drastic change. It was phenomenal. Absolutely phenomenal’ Jinni - 'Embodied Intelligence' workshop participant You are FOR REAL. From the heart and soul You gave me a space to consolidate the turning point I'm at. Feel welcoming of life and that support is all around. So glad! Kate - 'Rest Digest Restore' workshop participant |
Rachel Blackman
Rachel works with the body as a performer, therapist and somatic educator.
She is passionate about helping people access a more enjoyable experience of being in a body and more courageous in their creative agency. Rachel's bodywork, training and facilitation is informed by her background in dance, movement and professional performance training. She re-learnt how to walk, sit and stand using neuroplastic somatic practices Alexander Technique and Feldenkrais Method, which permanently relieved her of chronic lower back pain, jaw and neck tension and changed her life. These experiences ignited in her a life long fascination with somatic enquiry and curiosity about the nature of biological intelligence. It also profoundly transformed her understanding of what kind of change we are capable of as a species. She has trained in many body work modalities and somatic movement practices and continues to evolve her methods. She is passionate about continuing her enquiry with current research and is fully insured. She has been working as a facilitator and somatic educator for over 15 years. Offering workshops and individual sessions exploring natural biological intelligence as a resource in self management, integration, awareness, vision clarification, creativity, range and choice. For three years she has been part of an ongoing professional research group exploring touch and movement as relational and creative resources. This work is with Alexander Teacher Korina Biggs and 5Rhythms Teacher Emma Roberts. She is currently in her third year of a four year Feldenkrais Practitioner training program. Rachel works as a lead trainer on the Embodied Facilitators program, equipping coaches, trainers and 'body' people to work with the intelligent body in business and more conventional environments. For Rachel's theatre making and performance work, please go here. |
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