Student Life
I’m obviously keen to treat whomever feels drawn to see me, across a broad demographic, but as I mature myself I do like to feel I still maintain an affinity towards also working with younger people and students, not least because of my own experience of university life and western culture in general. I studied in Manchester in the late 90’s, and Warwick more recently, and still in my thirties now I believe I’m still sufficiently in touch, connected and aware of the relevant issues and dynamics of student life. (I’m regularly spotted on the dance floor of student nights for those of you who aren’t convinced!)
My thoughts around university life is that it’s often perceived and promoted as a time of life which aims to give a well rounded education, career tools and body of experience (and support systems) to enable a student to move on into the next stage of life. So whilst being conscious to mention that university can be a great, fantastic experience for many, this perception can also be quite far from the the truth for many students. It can be a harsh and undernourishing exposure to modern living – which ultimately will provide you with vital information about how you want to live your life and choices you may want to make in the future – as all adverse experiences do, but at the time can be stressful.
I see University as being a time of life where the pressures and cultural stresses of Western life are bought even more into focus; the pressures of achievement, expectation, course confusion, challenging relationships and social under nourishment can being even more amplified. This can lead to an even greater split away from being in tune with healthy universal movement and interaction – which we can be flowing with more easily when we are younger.
Just a thought – doesn’t it seem such a load of nonsense that older generation folk will often tell you that your school days will be the best days of your life – hello? As far as I’m concerned this shows we must be getting something very wrong in society as surely life should get better as we grow, not worse!
I recall from my own university experience a gaping hole in fulfillment and education and support of a more ‘wholesome’ and perhaps ‘spiritual’ kind. By this I mean support and nourishment for my own individual ‘spirit’ – not referring to religion – which created this huge void between a world of educational pressures at one side and drunken experiences at the other. This deficiency in the main was supported by Western Psychological and Western belief and counselling support systems, very little about a more holistic approach to living.
So within my practice I aim to actively encourage an individuals wellbeing in terms of how they fit into the greater universal picture, how they as individuals interact and attain health within a reality beyond the subjective pressures of the society we are bought up in. I take an holistic approach to a individual’s wellbeing beyond how much money you can earn and how much you can drink on a night out.
There is a spark within each and every one of us which the universe acknowledges, our individual path of highest potential through life. If you feel drawn to visit me for a treatment session, my intended awareness is from that vantage point to support your universal spark, a coming together for a higher purpose of universal good, not necessarily to feed the western machine which can suck the very life out of us.
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