I was born and grew up in the Umbrian countryside, in Italy, and have been settled in England since 1979. My career has ranged from administration, retail management and health care work to teaching and translating Italian - working for organisations such as Westminster and Bristol City Councils and Further Education Colleges.

Since 1984, I have been studying and working in Complementary Health Care. I have comprehensively trained in the fields of Oriental Medicine - including Shiatsu, Meditation, Tai Chi, Chi Kung, Amerta Psycho-somatic Movement, Reiki Healing and Nutrition. In 1988 I completed a 3 years Shiatsu course with the Healing-Shiatsu Education Centre and have worked in private practice ever since. I am a registered Member Teacher of the Shiatsu Society (MRSS T) in UK and follow their Code of Ethics in my private practice. In 1993, I started teaching courses in Shiatsu, preventative health care and professional development, and am currently a member of the Shiatsu teaching team at the Devon School of Shiatsu in Totnes, Devon.

I continue to periodically update my skills at post-graduate level with leading international teachers in the fields of Shiatsu, Meditation, Movement and Healing, and I am a certified NLP (Neuro-linguistic Programming), Hypnotherapy practitioner and Reiki Master Teacher.

I enjoy working with people and beside any training I may have done, my clients have been my best teachers. Combining my mind-bodywork skills and long-term experience in complementary health care, I aim to support my clients to enable them to recover and maintain their health, as well as offer them relevant guidelines on how to prevent habitual stress patterns from recurring in their lives.

Presently, I run a thriving Shiatsu, Seiki and Reiki practice in Totnes. Following my training with Shiatsu Master Akinobu Kishi Sensei over the past 5 years, and my attending a recent Seiki Retreat in Japan, I now offer this innovative type of bodywork.