Bow-EMM Therapy, easing pain with EMMETT Technique in Portsmouth & Southsea
Easing pain & discomfort with EMMETT Technique and Bowen therapy in Portsmouth and Southsea
To keep our skills up to date, we have been on the very first Advanced Lymphatics Course run in the UK.
We were very pleased to discover recently that we are among less than 200 Advanced EMMETT Technique Practitioners in the UK, so when the very first Advanced Lymphatics Course to be held in the UK was announced we decided we had to do it.P
[Read more…] about Advanced Lymphatics Course27 – 29 August 2021
After surviving Wickham, Victorious Festival couldn’t have been more different – the weather was dry, warm and very pleasant. We setup on Thursday and for the first time at an event had a corner pitch, so opened on adjacent sides which we’d never done before.
Friday we arrived bright and early to dress our tent and with a more minimal set-up were open and waiting for the festival to start. When the gates opened there was a steady stream of people coming into the World Music Village, the stage kicked off (a bit louder than Wickham as we were so much closer to it!) and we were away.
From very early on we had lots of interest and quickly started to get clients wanting to ease pain and discomfort, lots of sciatic type pain also necks and shoulders – making a difference for the majority in a single issue short session – bargain for a tenner!
Fan-bloody-tastic
Thank you, I can move now
We were pleased with how busy we had been for Friday and looking forward to all areas opening on Saturday & Sunday. The hot sun on Saturday slowed things down a little, yet later when it cooled a little we were again busy easing pain in backs, necks, shoulders and feet; this continued again on Sunday with even more folk with aching feet & legs – on the third day of the festival I guess many of us were not used to walking around and dancing to some fabulous live music.
Amazing results from such a light touch
It’s so rewarding to make a difference to folk and why we do what we do, we are always delighted to help and wandered our way home on the last night tired and happy.
Packing away on Monday went quickly and we popped into Southsea for breakfast at the Farm Kitchen as a treat.
Felt so much more free after 10 mins
Incredibly relaxing
Thank you to everyone who chose to try our bodywork, we had a record breaking weekend with over 60 paid for sessions and hopefully brought positive possibilities to those whose pain we eased.
Thanks also to the Victorious Festival crew who, despite some challenges, managed to organise a great festival weekend. All being well we’ll be back next time.
Jill & Paul
5 – 8 August 2021
We were so happy to attend Wickham Festival, it was one of the things we missed the most during restrictions & lockdown. We put up our tent on Wednesday, returning Thursday morning, to set up fully and camp for the weekend.
This year the whole field was used so there was an unbelievable amount of space for everyone, Thursday evenings opening brought people across to our corner of the field, which was great and after we closed, we could sit in our tent and hear the second stage brilliantly well, which due to problems became the Main stage on Friday.
Friday’s weather with wind & rain was challenging at times and despite the increasingly muddy field, festival goers came across and some folk wanted to try Bow-EMM Therapies for themselves.
Really lovely, i feel so relaxed
Saturday morning we woke to water flowing through our tent – so we brewed a cuppa, kept our feet dry and considered what to do when the rain finally stopped! All our floor mats were soaked and thankfully we had fencing to hang stuff on to try to dry and spare tarpaulin to put down instead, reorganised and opened a little later than usual. I think the weather and mud where off putting to a lot of people, so we had less visitors than we hoped but still had a good day, with a great show next to us.
Sunday again was changeable, so it was really good to have folk visit us, having a tent full of lady morris dancers during a sudden downpour was fun.
Absolutely Amazing
We’d like to say a huge thank you to the organisers & crew of Wickham Festival as well as everyone who visited us, despite the challenges we were so glad to be back doing what we love the best, at our favourite festival.
Jill & Paul
We had a good time at the festival this year , met some very nice people and experienced some great changes in the people we treated throughout the weekend.
We never know where we are going to be sited at Wickham Festival, and this year we were very pleased to be near Stage 2 (Village stage), many of the bands we wanted to hear where playing there.
The lovely folk who we see every year managed to find us and we also had quite a few other people who we helped be more comfortable. Those who come to us in pain and leave with much less or none at all, is always its own reward, thank you for trusting us to help you.
Wow I think we nearly had all four seasons in the three days of the show this year, Friday brought rain, Saturday brought wind & sometimes rain, Sunday brought a sunny and breezy day.
Thankfully we still had some regulars who we see each year, and a few other folk interested.
We started our Emmett journey way back in 2009, and as we speak to people realise how fortunate we’ve been to do so much training directly with Ross Emmett himself, so I’ve compiled a list of all the training we’ve done.
“Advanced Lymphatics Workshop This 2 day course aims to give a more focused approach to the Lymphatic drainage sequence as it has a major influence on the functioning of all body systems including the nervous, muscular, lymphatic, digestive and immune systems. Prerequisite is EP1″
See our post on Advanced Lymphatics course
“Pelvic Care Workshop builds on the success of the work from EP3 and focuses on issues which are applicable to both men and women – bladder and bowel issues, anal leakage, as well as more specific gender related problems – menstruation issues, ovary pain, vaginal dryness, erectile dysfunction and more.”
An important day because many of these issues can have serious impact on our clients quality of life.
“The 7A’s is one of Ross’s favourite workshops where he shares his understanding of the non physical triggers to healing and how you can make the best of every element of your interaction with your clients.”
This was a fabulous day where we learnt a bit more about ourselves and how we interact with other people especially our clients
Finally we gained our Advanced EMMETT Technique Practitioner certificates on EP6, it was a very interesting 2 days, great to catch up with old friends and make some new ones, especially when we went out for a Curry on the first evening.
We practiced some new release and combinations, as well as worked through series of summaries of most of the major work from previous courses, more releases for various areas of the body as well as learning more about Ross’ Handshake – some insight into how he can assess a person by a simple handshake
It’s always good to refresh and refine our teaching of the EMM-Tech Course.
Such a good two days with Sue & Lesley teaching their first EP5 Course, renewing friendships and making new friends.
We learnt more new releases and combinations, including for lower body, as well as shoulders & back
This was a special Women only course to look at and practice how we can help Women’s Health issues, which has given added confidence in using releases to help with ‘ladies issues’
This is a required refresher course to be able to continue to offer teaching the EMM-Tech Course.
We had an amazing couple of days on EP4, working with some really excellent EMMETT practitioners. Sue & Lesley do a superb job passing on Ross’s technique.
We looked at how best to assist issues in areas of low back, pelvic, neck, jaw & face, lower arms and lower legs
Paul & I have been on EMMETT Advanced practitioner training, this time taking EP3 with Ross Emmett.
We learnt some fabulous new releases that may assist issues including ‘ladies issues’ (ask me) and of course ‘mens stuff’ (ask Paul!), neck, ankle and even eyesight, with a quick relaxation sequence for the whole body
Emmett Technique may be beneficial for so many issues
Paul & I have been on EMMETT Advanced practitioner training, this time taking EP2 with Sue Gassick & Lesley Salt.
We learnt some new releases & looked at series of releases that may be beneficial for back cramp, hip joint & inner thigh pain, neck pain, uneven shoulders & twisted hips, achilles & heel pain and to free up ankles & knees, even releases that may improve hearing.
Working with animals brings a whole new dimension to seeing how EMMETT Technique works & has given me renewed enthusiasm to assist humans & animals
One of our great pleasures is to attend training together, yet we don’t work with each other in classes as we get to do that at home, so we try to meet & work with as many different people as possible.
EP1 brought a even more to assist people quicker and for deeper issues.
Ross shows us how to integrate the spine for clear communication and stability within the body, releases for discomfort after eating, reflux, and breathing restrictions, for hamstring & sciatic like pain, and more jaw work.
A great day meeting other EMM-Tech tutors from across the country & to review our tutoring skills to meet Ross’s standards
Beyond the 7A’s is a attendee driven workshop where Ross expands our understanding of the non-physical elements of Emmett Technique, to improve our clients experience
This was a very special day where Ross demonstrated more about how to integrate EMMETT Technique, this time with Bowen Technique – all targeted at getting the best results for the client.
This was very special to be able to learn directly from Ross Emmett how he understands & uses Bowen Therapy, the understanding conveyed transformed the way I work and gave Paul the confidence to do more sessions on a therapy couch.
Ross Emmett sharing how Emmett can be integrated into therapists existing modalities – filled with demonstrations, discussions and practical work.
This was a residential course held in Dublin being trained directly by Ross to share his technique, we learnt so much about being a tutor responsible for sharing Ross’s work and were also able to spend time with Ross outside the classroom, where he shared many of his famous stories about his life – truly a privilege
Teaching the moves is quite different from being a therapist, but Sue made it less scary & build confidence in how to share EMM-Tech the ‘Ross’ way.
After being blown away by the EMM-Tech we signed up for the practitioner training & were so surprised that Ross Emmett himself was leading the course in Leek Wootton.
This proved to be a very challenging weekend weather-wise, with rain on the Friday evening and a very wet & stormy Sunday, thankfully Saturday was glorious and we had a brilliantly busy day – thank you to everyone who tried out EMMETT Technique with us.
