EasternPeace Events Completed

Piemonte: Sei Ki HeartTouch: Working with Anxiety Disorders, Trauma & Psychosis

November 29th - December 1st 2024 @ Colla di Netro, Piemonte, Italy

An intensive Sei Ki HeartTouch Training for enhancing ones capacity to support others experiencing anxiety disorders, trauma and extreme distress including psychosis.

Wow, what a nice experience in Piemonte this time. We were a small group of three bodywork therapists, two psychotherapists, Manuela, a Shiatsu / Ampuku teacher & myself and had 3 days to go deeper into the katsugen and touch work. People really went deeply into states of well-being they hadn't experienced for years or ever perhaps and the touch was good! There was a natural feeling of warmth and closeness within the group. We enjoyed eating meals together and having a few walks in the beautiful countryside. I spent an hour each day discussing regulation, mental health especially psychosis and how to help and this was appreciated. Hopefully there will be spin-off workshops in Turin next year as well as a longer retreat again in Colla di Netro. Thank you Manuela for making it all happen!

Kiental: Sei Ki HeartTouch: Working with Anxiety, Emotional Pain & Trauma

Nov 22nd - Nov 24th 2024 @ Kientaler Hof, Switzerland

An Intensive Sei Ki HeartTouch Training. Beginners and experienced therapists welcome!

Another amazing workshop in Kientalerhof! There is definitely something about this place, as the experience goes so deep and rich here. A real transformational space. This year we were 14 people in the room including myself, a translator and assistant. The group was mixed with people mostly having a shiatsu background, but there was also a doctor and a vet and some people with trauma backgrounds. The beginning was a bit hard work as most students had snow travel difficulties but the group settled down and by the end of the workshop it felt very rich and full. As planned I made a first step towards creating a course for working with anxiety, emotional pain and trauma and will continue to evolve this course next year! This year I was able to offer treatments around the edges of the course and I felt this really contributed to the depth of the work as a transformational experience.

Glasgow HeartTouch: Mindfulness & Compassionate Touch Training for Anxiety, Emotional Pain & Trauma

November 17th 2024 10.30am to 5.30pm @ Kagyu Samye Dzong, 7 Ashley Street, Woodlands, Glasgow G3 6DR

A mindfulness & touch based training for people experiencing emotional / mental distress and those who care for them.

We had a great workshop again Glasgow this time. The group was fairly small , we were 5 including me in the end, but there was a richness from the participants which I found really interesting. I was able to offer treatments to two of the participants the day before which also helped to deepen things. Hopefully the word will get out further next time in Glasgow.

Lothlorien HeartTouch: Mindfulness & Compassionate Touch Training for Anxiety, Emotional Pain & Trauma

November 14th 2024 10am to 5pm @ Lothlorien Therapeutic Community, Dumfriesshire

A mindfulness & touch based training for people experiencing emotional / mental distress and those who care for them.

Another great workshop at Lothlorien Therapeutic Community. Its a real privilige to be able to offer my HeartTouch work in this beautiful residential centre in Dumfriesshire. Almost every in the community participated even if in just a small way and many enthusiastically joined in with everything we did. Hopefully this will be a model for more such communities to evolve in the future supporting people with their long term mental health needs.

Online: HeartTouch for Well-being & Vitality

Fortnightly Tuesdays: 12th November - 10th December 2024 7.15pm-8.15pm @ Online

A mindfulness & touch based training for people experiencing chronic stress or emotional / mental distress and those who care for them.

London HeartTouch: Mindfulness & Compassionate Touch Training for Anxiety, Emotional Pain & Trauma

October 26th 2024 9.30 - 16.30 @ Kagyu Samye Dzong, 15 Spa Rd, London SE16 3SA

A mindfulness & touch based training for people experiencing emotional / mental distress and those who care for them.

Wow, nice HeartTouch workshop in London today. We were 8 people in the room and it felt enough to have a really comfortable session. I enjoyed sharing a session with Joe Tudor, a Depression campaigner with his own lived experience. I was the lucky one getting a great treatment from him. There is no need to spend ten years honing skills to give a good treatment with HeartTouch. As interesting, someone who had been suicidal and sectioned recently and was in a heavy trauma / dorsal vagus state came out of it and was obviously in a healthier social engagement state after only a short touch session (without me being involved). It was amazing to see a smile appear! Two people had attended workshops before. One commented that it felt different with it feeling more familiar. Of course it does, the experience gets deeper!😊🙏

Otley: Working with Anxiety, Emotional Pain & Trauma

October 20th 2024 10.00-17.00 @ The Otley Studio, Three Horseshoes Yard, Otley, LS21 1BQ

A mindfulness & touch based training for people experiencing emotional / mental distress and those who care for them.

We had a really warm hearted cosy HeartTouch workshop in Otley, Yorkshire on Sunday. There was a diverse mix of needs and backgrounds in the room from autism to complex trauma, acute psychosis diagnosis & spiritual emergency, as well as couples with children in distress. What we experienced was a simple human day together feeling safe, valued and respected. And hopefully everyone can now continue their personal exploration of the emotional regulation practices by themselves and the HeartTouch work with friends & family. 🙏

Ibiza: HeartTouch for Well-being & Vitality

October 2nd 2024 11.00-14.00 @ Carrer de Vicent Serra i Orvay, 20, 07800 Eivissa, Illes Balears, Spain

A mindfulness & compassionate touch based training for people experiencing distress or seeking to connect with themselves and others in deeper more authentic ways. Couples seeking tools to enhance their capacity to support each other in times of stress are very welcome as are therapists seeking to enhance their capacity to work with trauma and distress.

Norwich HeartTouch: Mindfulness & Compassionate Touch Training for Anxiety, Emotional Pain & Trauma

Sep 14th 2024 10am to 5pm @ Norwich Well-being Centre, 15 Chapelfield East, Norwich NR2 1SF29

A mindfulness & touch based training for people experiencing emotional / mental distress and those who care for them.

Lausanne HeartTouch & Yoga Nidra: Mindfulness & Compassionate Touch for Well-Being & Vitality

September 3rd 19.00-21.00 @ Thegchok Ling Center, Ch. du Trabandan 51, CH 1006 Lausanne

A mindfulness & compassionate touch based workshop for people seeking to connect with themselves and others in deeper more authentic ways. We will close with a Yoga Nidra session. Couples seeking tools to enhance their capacity to support each other in times of stress are very welcome as are therapists seeking to enhance their capacity to work with trauma and distress.

HeartTouch @ The Summer of Love Yoga Festival

Aug 22nd - Aug 25th 2024 @ Kientaler Hof, Switzerland

7 hours of Introductory Classes on HeartTouch & Treatment Opportunities. Beginners and experienced therapists welcome!

Piemonte: HeartTouch for Well-being & Vitality

June 15th - 16th 2024 @ Colla di Netro, Piemonte, Italy

Embodied Mindfulness & Compassionate Touch training rooted in Western Mindfulness, Chinese Qi Gong & Japanese Hara Training and Ki Therapy.

London HeartTouch: Embodied Mindfulness & Compassionate Touch Training for working with Trauma & Mental Health. For Psychotherapists, Clinicians & Bodyworkers.

June 1st 2024 1pm to 5pm @ The Bonnington Centre, Vauxhall, London

An embodied mindfulness & compassionate touch based training for psychotherapists, clinicians & bodywork therapists interested in working with mental health & trauma.

Bristol HeartTouch: Mindfulness & Compassionate Touch Training for Anxiety, Emotional Pain & Trauma

May 12th 2024 9.30am to 4.30pm @ Subud Hall, 29 Wesley Pl, Clifton, Bristol BS8 2YD

A mindfulness & touch based training for people experiencing emotional / mental distress and those who care for them.

Luxembourg HeartTouch: Embodied Mindfulness & Compassionate Touch Training for working with Anxiety, Emotional Pain & Trauma. For Mental Health Practitioners, Psychotherapists & Bodyworkers.

May 4th 1.15pm-4.45pm @ The Holistic Corner, 39 Val St André, L-1128 Luxembourg

An embodied mindfulness & compassionate touch based training for mental health practitioners, psychotherapists & bodyworkers interested to enhance their capacity to work with people experiencing anxiety, emotional pain & trauma.

Glasgow HeartTouch: Mindfulness & Compassionate Touch Training for Anxiety, Emotional Pain & Trauma

March 17th 2024 10am to 5pm @ Cloud Water Zen Centre, Glasgow

A mindfulness & touch based training for people experiencing emotional / mental distress and those who care for them.

Brighton HeartTouch: Embodied Mindfulness & Compassionate Touch Training for working with Trauma & Mental Health. For Mental Health Practitioners, Psychotherapists & Bodyworkers.

March 10th 2024 10.00am to 5.00pm @ The Loft, Brighton

Thailand: The Tai Chi Holiday

Jan 10th - Jan 20th 2024 @ Koh Yao Noi, Thailand

A 10 day, 20hr sunrise & sunset introduction to Small Circle Yang Style Tai Chi in an amazing setting. Maximum 5 people.

Bristol HeartTouch Training for Psychotherapists & Psychiatric Clinicians: Embodied Mindfulness & Compassionate Touch

Dec 1st 2023 10.00am to 5.00pm @ The Centre for Whole Health, 12 Victoria Place, Bedminster, Bristol, BS3 3BP

An embodied mindfulness & compassionate touch based training for psychotherapists & psychiatric clinicians

London HeartTouch: Mindfulness & Compassionate Touch with Talk for Health

November 23rd 2023 10am to 4.00pm @ St. Pancras Community Centre, Camden

A mindfulness & touch based training for people experiencing emotional / mental distress and those who care for them.

London HeartTouch: Mindfulness & Compassionate Touch with Talk for Health

November 22nd 2023 10am to 4.00pm @ St. Pancras Community Centre, Camden

A mindfulness & touch based training for people experiencing emotional / mental distress and those who care for them.

Weathering Storms: Resilience & Recovery Training for Psychosis. A Mindfulness & Compassionate Connection based Approach.

16/9 - 19/11 2023 30hrs @ Bonnington Centre, Vauxhall, London

A mindfulness & touch based training course over two months for people experiencing emotional / mental distress.

Glasgow HeartTouch Training: Mindfulness & Compassionate Touch

November 5th 2023 10am to 5pm @ Kagyu Samye Dzong, Glasgow

A mindfulness & touch based training for people experiencing emotional / mental distress and those who care for them.

Edinburgh HeartTouch Training for Psychotherapists: Embodied Mindfulness & Compassionate Touch

November 4th 2023 10.30am to 5.30pm @ Kagyu Samye Dzong, Edinburgh

An embodied mindfulness & compassionate touch based training for psychotherapists

Embodied Listening & Connection: Connecting with Oneself and Others

14th October 2023 14.00-18.00 @ The Yoga Space, Woolwich, London, SE18 6EY

An exploratory workshop covering embodied mindfulness, empathic listening & compassionate touch practices. Also suitable for therapists.

Milan: Sei Ki HeartTouch Workshop: Hara Conditioning & Compassionate Touch

October 6th 2023 10am to 4pm @ Via Carpaccio, Piazzale Gabrio Piola 12, 20133 Milan, Italy

A Sei Ki HeartTouch Training.

Kiental: Sei Ki HeartTouch Intensive Workshop

Sep 29th - Oct 1st 2023 @ Kientaler Hof, Switzerland

An Intensive Sei Ki HeartTouch Training. Beginners and experienced therapists welcome!

Aosta: HeartTouch for Medical Professionals

September 26th 2023 17.30-20.30 @ Energie Sottile, Corso Lancieri 15, D 11100, AOSTA, Italy

An experiential training for medical professionals on embodiment and co-regulation for self-care and patient support.

Piemonte: Sei Ki HeartTouch Workshop

September 23rd - 24th 2023 @ Colla di Netro, Piemonte, Italy

An intensive Sei Ki HeartTouch Training for enhancing ones capacity to support others experiencing trauma and distress.

Luxembourg Qi Gong in the Park for Well-Being & Vitality

31/8 - 4/9 6pm - 7pm Daily Dropin @

A daily session sharing Tai Chi Qi Gong exercises for increasing Well-Being & Vitality. These are easy to learn and there are videos to support your practice after the sessions.

HeartTouch @ The Summer of Love Yoga Festival

Aug 24th - Aug 27th 2023 @ Kientaler Hof, Switzerland

7 hours of Introductory Classes on HeartTouch & Treatment Opportunities. Beginners and experienced therapists welcome!

Skipton HeartTouch: Mindfulness & Compassionate Touch Training for Well-Being & Vitality

August 12th 2023 10am to 5pm @ Broughton Hall Estate, Skipton BD23 3AE

London HeartTouch: Mindfulness & Compassionate Touch Training for Anxiety, Emotional Pain & Trauma

July 23rd 2023 10am to 5pm @ Imperial Wharf, Chelsea Harbour, London

A mindfulness & touch based training for people experiencing emotional / mental distress and those who care for them.

Bristol HeartTouch: Mindfulness & Compassionate Touch Training for Anxiety, Emotional Pain & Trauma

June 24-25th 2023 10am to 5pm @ Subud Hall, 29 Wesley Pl, Clifton, Bristol BS8 2YD

A mindfulness & touch based training for people experiencing emotional / mental distress and those who care for them.

Piemonte: HeartTouch Taster Workshop

June 2nd 2023 @ Colla di Netro, Piedmont, Italy

A 3 1/2hr HeartTouch Taster Event in a Healing Arts Festival.

There were 10 students in the room for this workshop, 2 experienced shiatsu assistants and myself. Two students already had experience of Sei Ki & HeartTouch with me or with Kishi. The rest were beginners from the local Biella province.

Because time was limited, I ran the workshop as two 1 1/2 sessions at a pace. It went really well, the first session taking us through embodiment work with a little katsugen and a first guided touch session and the second session introducing the HeartTouch Kata for working with the whole body. There was enough time for students to share an unguided practise and hopefully take it away to explore further with friends and family.

It was a really good day and great opener for the festival I was presenting it at.

Norwich HeartTouch Training: Mindfulness & Compassionate Touch

May 20th 2023 10am to 5pm @ Norwich Well-being Centre, 15 Chapelfield East, Norwich NR2 1SF29

A mindfulness & touch based training for people experiencing emotional / mental distress and those who care for them.

As things worked out, we were a very small tutorial group for this first event in Norwich with one shiatsu teacher, an assistant teacher and a student soon to start shiatsu training.

As ever, with these events, group size doesn't effect the quality of the day and it felt like a good introduction to the work.

For one participant, who had a heavy period that day, learning seemed to be mostly about boundaries, feeling empowered to end a session that wasn't wanted with an 'authority' figure teacher, in this case me, while I was demonstrating! I was fine with this - its an important part of the HeartTouch framework, that both people are actively creating the session and taking responsibility for their needs. I consider this essential for good trauma work, especially in situations working with sexual trauma. Another day will be completely different, so its important for both people to be okay with 'the truth of the moment' rather than have a prejudicial idea about how a session should play out. Sometimes coming to a good feeling together isn't the most important outcome!

For the final couple of hours there were just three of us, so it really became a personal tutorial, which felt good.

I wasn't very well myself on this day, with my own stress imbalance issues and yet the workshop didn't feel effected by this. Another treatment with someone else was really nice to share. In fact the day felt just right with authenticity from the start. And sharing the practices helped me as well as the group, so this may be useful to understand for anyone else leading these kind of workshops with a personal health journey of their own.

ResourceBalance: Chronic Stress Recovery Support & Personal Resource Balancing

22nd April 2023 @ The DOJO, Kensal Green, NW10, London

A mindfulness & compassionate touch based training for people experiencing chronic stress and vitality issues including long-term illness.

The group was of diverse background with two people with serious chronic health issues: leukeumia recovery & stem cell transplant and chronic lyme disease, both people co-presenting with anxiety and stress issues. Others had backgrounds relating to bodywork, psychotherapy and mindfulness teaching but combined with personal issues of their own. Another person fitted the simple model of 'stressed at work'!

This was a first event for me, exploring presenting the mindfulness models for understand stress imbalance alongside the embodied mindfulness practices and compassionate touch work. Snezhana brought more perfomance reflections to the work which further enriched the day. It was interesting to feel adrenaline kicking in and threat state invigoration when sharing a tai chi combatative / pushing hands session and then the soothing state while following a more collaborative two person sticky / following hands session

The format worked well as a lighter one day introduction to the HeartTouch work alongside more cognitive explorations. We will run more workshops like this.

Piemonte: Sei Ki HeartTouch Workshop

April 15th - 16th 2023 @ Colla di Netro, Piemonte, Italy

An intensive Sei Ki HeartTouch Training for enhancing ones capacity to support others experiencing trauma and distress.

We had a nice mix of participants on this workshop ranging from a couple of shiatsu practitioners, a physiotherapist, an experienced masseur, a jungian psychotherapist, a newly retired senior nurse from A&E, a nursery teacher and an airplane mechanic! And I was assisted by my two shiatsu teacher friends again.

It was really interesting to see the development through the 2 day event. The first day was really nice, but difficult for one person in particular to connect with, but he stayed and by the second day he was really enthusing over the work. This is great, as it showed that he arrived with quite a stress burden, emotional resistance came up as it wasn't a small matter, and then it cleared through the practices within the depths we can reach over a longer event.

I am working hard to meet people where they are at in life with all of its busyness, with compact 1 day, or 4 hour, 3 hour even 1 1/4 hr events and this is amazing that we can share a deep connected experience together as a group in such a short time, but at the same time, when it is possible to spend longer together and have two or three days of work, it goes so much deeper! The first day is the hard one, the rest just flows with its own aliveness. I love it...

I had great feedback from the experienced psychotherapist, that even though he had never worked with touch before with clients, he was completely happy with this way of working, declaring empathic resonance and compassionate touch the foundation of the therapeutic relationship. From this point, any talking therapy will work naturally and easily. Trust will already be there to safely engage with difficult topics without having to spend extensive time trying to approach the core difficulties.

As one of the shiatsu practitioners said, everyone was giving amazing treatments by the second day, including the airplane engineer!

Luxembourg HeartTouch Training: Mindfulness & Compassionate Touch

April 2nd 2023 9.30am to 1.30pm @ Strassen, Luxembourg

A mindfulness & touch based training for people experiencing emotional / mental distress and those who care for them.

On this occasion we were a small tutorial group of 4 including myself, and we shared it in my friend's house giving a warm cosy feel to the morning.

In larger groups individuals blend into the mass, whereas in these smaller events you really meet the depths that people bring with them. There is a role for 1-1 work and I am really interested in using the practices and touch work on this basis and there is an important role for larger groups 14-20 people, but these small tutorial groups with 4 perhaps 5 people present are a really interesting modality in their own right for working with traumas and mental health issues.

On this occasion we had two people with extreme anxiety and trauma issues, a psychotherapist and myself and we shared a great morning together working through the practices and then on to the touch work.

The next event will be in September 2023!

Glasgow HeartTouch Training: Mindfulness & Compassionate Touch

March 25th 2023 10am to 5pm @ Kagyu Samye Dzong, Glasgow

A mindfulness & touch based training for people experiencing emotional / mental distress and those who care for them.

London HeartTouch: Mindfulness & Compassionate Touch Training for Anxiety, Emotional Pain & Trauma

March 11th 2023 10am to 5pm @ The DOJO, Kensal Green, NW10, London

A mindfulness & touch based training for people experiencing emotional / mental distress and those who care for them.

This HeartTouch workshop in London was beautiful just now.

Most attendees this time had a history of emotional / mental distress whether that be with 'labels' of acute psychosis, bipolar, ADHD or with adult and child trauma histories.

Yet all we experienced in the room was a warm gathering of people learning to connect more deeply with themselves and others.

A really nice day!

Summary

Recently Completed:

29/11 - 1/12 2024 : Sei Ki HeartTouch: Working with Anxiety Disorders, Trauma & Psychosis
Where: Piemonte, Italy - More...

22/11 - 24/11 2024 : Sei Ki HeartTouch: Working with Anxiety, Emotional Pain & Trauma
Where: Kiental, Switzerland - More...

17/11/24 : HeartTouch: Working with Anxiety, Emotional Pain & Trauma
Where: Glasgow, Scotland - More...

14/11/24 : HeartTouch for Anxiety, Emotional Pain & Trauma
Where: Lothlorien, Scotland - More...

12/11 - 10/12 : HeartTouch Classes for Well-being & Vitality
Where: Online - More...

26/10/24 : HeartTouch: Working with Anxiety, Emotional Pain & Trauma
Where: London - More...

20/10/24 : HeartTouch: Working with Anxiety, Emotional Pain & Trauma
Where: Otley, UK - More...

2/10/24 : HeartTouch for Well-being & Vitality
Where: Ibiza, Spain - More...

14/9/24 : HeartTouch: Working with Anxiety, Emotional Pain & Trauma
Where: Norwich - More...

3/9/24 19.00-21.00 : HeartTouch & Yoga Nidra for Well-Being & Vitality
Where: Lausanne - More...

22/8 - 25/8 2024 : HeartTouch: Summer of Love
Where: Kiental, Switzerland - More...

15/6 - 16/6 : HeartTouch for Well-being & Vitality
Where: Piemonte, Italy - More...

1/6/24 : HeartTouch Training for Psychotherapists, Clinicians & Bodyworkers
Where: London - More...

12/5/24 : HeartTouch for Anxiety, Emotional Pain & Trauma
Where: Bristol - More...

4/5/24 : HeartTouch for Psychotherapists, Clinicians & Bodyworkers
Where: Luxembourg - More...

17/3/24 : HeartTouch for Anxiety, Emotional Pain & Trauma
Where: Glasgow, Scotland - More...

10/3/24 : HeartTouch Training for Mental Health Practitioners, Psychotherapists & Bodyworkers
Where: Brighton - More...

10/01 - 20/1 2024 : Tai Chi Holiday
Where: Koh Yao Noi, Thailand - More...

1/12/23 : HeartTouch Training for Psychotherapists & Psychiatric Clinicians
Where: Bristol - More...

23/11/23 : HeartTouch for Anxiety, Emotional Pain & Trauma with Talk for Health
Where: London - More...

22/11/23 : HeartTouch for Anxiety, Emotional Pain & Trauma with Talk for Health
Where: London - More...

16/9 - 19/11 2023 : Weathering Storms Resilience & Recovery Training for Psychosis
Where: London - More...

5/11/23 : HeartTouch for Anxiety, Emotional Pain & Trauma
Where: Glasgow, Scotland - More...

4/11/23 : HeartTouch for Psychotherapists
Where: Edinburgh, Scotland - More...

14/10/23 : Embodied Listening & Connection: Connecting with Oneself and Others
Where: London - More...

6/10/23 : Sei Ki HeartTouch
Where: Milan, Italy - More...

29/9 - 1/10 2023 : Sei Ki HeartTouch
Where: Kiental, Switzerland - More...

26/9/23 : HeartTouch for Medical Professionals
Where: Aosta, Italy - More...

23/9 - 24/9 2023 : Sei Ki HeartTouch
Where: Piemonte, Italy - More...

31/8 - 4/9 : Qi Gong in the Park
Where: Luxembourg - More...

24/8 - 27/8 2023 : HeartTouch: Summer of Love
Where: Kiental, Switzerland - More...

12/8/23 : HeartTouch for Well-Being
Where: Skipton - More...

23/7/23 : HeartTouch Training
Where: London - More...

24/6 - 25/6 2023 : HeartTouch Training
Where: Bristol - More...

2/6/23 : HeartTouch Taster
Where: Piemonte, Italy - More...

20/5/23 : HeartTouch Training
Where: Norwich - More...

22/4 2023 : ResourceBalance for Chronic Stress
Where: London - More...

15/4 - 16/4 2023 : Sei Ki HeartTouch
Where: Piemonte, Italy - More...

2/4/23 : HeartTouch Training
Where: Luxembourg - More...

25/03/23 : HeartTouch Training
Where: Glasgow, Scotland - More...

11/3/23 : HeartTouch Training
Where: London - More...

Nb. These records only go back to September 2022. I have taught countless Sei Ki HeartTouch workshops and other events since 2013!