Who I am
I am originally a physiotherapist with over 30 years of experience. My work and techniques are constantly evolving, as I hope I am also personally always changing and evolving. Currently I describe myself as a Somatic Therapist but also bio-psycho-social-spiritual therapist or quantum holistic therapist, as we are much more than just physical. Our physical form and state of health is dependent on our being in balance physically, mentally, emotionally & spiritually. What happens to us changes what happens within us. Physical symptoms can be blocks from unprocessed/unresolved energies from mental, emotional or spiritual origin. My role is to allow a safe space to allow a clients’ block to rise to the level of their own conscious awareness because once we are aware of a pattern we cannot again be unaware & we then have the power to transmute or change it. We focus a lot in health about the biochemical aspects of health but the bioelectrical activity precedes the biochemistry.The feeling in the body happens before the thought, the thought changes body biochemistry.
I use breath work, Heart coherence Techniques (from Heart Math Institute) mindfulness techniques & meditation, movement with awareness (consciousness raising) exercises and patient education and much more to treat clients. My work is compassionate Inquiry informed.
But now I am also an energy medicine practitioner – I am also a Unity Field Healing practitioner. This work allows a safe space for clients to open to their own higher selves using the quantum field light template – the UFH Template to recalibrate your quantum DNA to assist in removing energy blocks within their physical, emotional, mental or higher bodies. https://www.unityfieldhealing.com/ for more information on Unity Field Healing. (please note: at this time I perform Unity Field Healing sessions privately & remotely (for remote sessions please visit www.johadley.online for bookings) & independently .)
I recently completed a year long profess Compassionate Inquiry developed from the work of Dr Gabor Mate. Compassionate Inquiry can be used alone or in conjunction with other techniques to assist a client to understand the root cause of their physical/emotional/mental block.
I like to spend time with my clients so I can listen to the whole story and have time to address all aspects of an injury & how it may have developed. I treat one to one with one hour consultations
My qualifications:
Bachelor of physiotherapy
Fascial Manipulation – levels 1-3
Stress, Anxiety & Self Regulation- Heart math certified
Resilient Heart- Trauma Sensitive Heart math certification
Mindfulness Meditation teacher
Kinetic Link Training- levels 1 &2
Unity Field Healing practitioner
Running injuries advice
Extraordinary Experiences
I have run over 16 marathons including two Boston marathons!
Work-life balance is important to me and so I prefer to take time with people so I can enjoy my work and also so I can feel confident that I have given everything I have to offer to each client. In my opinion, in most cases, if I spend more time with someone in the first few sessions then I believe the condition should resolve quicker and thus require less treatment overall. I tell my clients that I am merely a ‘plumber & drainer’ for human form- here to assist them to remove blocks so they can heal themselves & to empower them to learn to listen to their own bodies, so they can better follow the guidance of their own inner wisdom.
My philosophy is to get the assessment right, give the appropriate treatment and advice and allow the client to then self manage and move on with the rest of their life. We all have the capacity for self healing, just sometimes we require some assistance to remove any blocks we are not aware of, so then our bodies can do what they do naturally – repair & heal.
People (and humanity), in my opinion, are like trees. We both need to be grounded and have healthy roots systems, we need to grow towards the light, all parts of us are connected and we both shed the old and redundant to make way for new growth which happens from the inside out.
Also it is my opinion that the treatment practitioner is like a teacher, we can teach you about your injury or condition and advise on how best to manage it, but in the end the responsibility is in the patient’s hands to determine if they agree with the advice and if so to implement the suggested steps. To solve a problem requires active change. The therapist can remove some blocks (either physical/emotional/mental/energy blocks) with manual therapy techniques etc but often the patient has to actively participate and change something as well. In general, the practitioner helps the patient learn to heal themselves, the therapist is merely a catalyst to ensure the best conditions for healing are provided.
A true Master is not the one with the most students, but one who creates the most Masters.
Neale Donald Walsch