My work is all about leading you back to yourself, resolving stress held in the body, nervous system or heart, aligning the head and body, logic and intuition. The end goal isn't "the work" - it’s the ability to LIVE with freedom in your mind, heart, body, and spirit.

No, Body Energetics isn’t for everyone.
Please see the Contraindications section to ensure this work is suitable for you.

Could it be helpful for everyone? Yes. 

The foundations of this work - emotional awareness, nervous-system regulation, and reconnection to self, can benefit anyone.
But readiness matters.

This work asks you not to bypass, but to meet yourself, sometimes in places you’ve been avoiding or protecting for a long time. You don’t need to relive the past to heal, but you will be invited to feel what your body has been holding and allow it to move.

Body Energetics invites a deep level of honesty and self-responsibility. It’s for those who are ready to look within with compassion, curiosity, and courage to acknowledge what’s there without judgment and choose healing from the inside out. True transformation happens when you’re willing to meet yourself fully, even in the places that once felt too hard to face. 

That’s completely normal. Feeling both curiosity and nervousness often means you’re standing at the edge of your comfort zone - the place where growth begins.

Your subconscious mind and nervous system love what’s familiar, even if familiar isn’t always what’s best for you. 

When you choose to work on yourself, it’s natural for resistance to show up, it’s simply your system’s way of saying, “This is new.”

The question isn’t whether you feel resistance - everyone does at the edge of change, but whether you’ll let it keep you where you are.

If you can hold the fear and the curiosity together, that’s often where the most meaningful transformation begins.

 It may help with, but isn't limited to:

• Chronic tension or pain that doesn’t resolve with manual therapy
  
• Nervous-system overwhelm, anxiety, or burnout
   
• Emotional heaviness, grief, or suppressed feelings

• To process painful events or traumas from the past, especially when you had already done talk based aspects of healing and there's still hooks.
   
• Subconscious or generational patterns

• Limiting beliefs
   
• Feeling “stuck” or disconnected from yourself
   
• Reconnecting with inner clarity, peace, and vitality

You do not need to come in with a perfect list. Some people have a full list, other people have nothing actively and are just curious - and everything in between. If you’re unsure, I’ll muscle test and ask in your highest good what your body most needs to shift today - emotionally, mentally, or spiritually.

However I do think it is important to have a moment with yourself, close your eyes and ask "What am I wanting from this session?" or  "In my highest good what should I address in this session?" and bring that to the table if you do know. 

Please know, this is a collaborative process. I’m not a medium, and while I work intuitively, I can only guide you as far as you’re willing to go. Your agency, consent, and willingness to participate are everything. 

Every person and every journey is different. Some people notice profound shifts after just one session, while others choose to continue over a few sessions to support deeper integration and nervous-system regulation and explore different layers (we can have multiple layers to the "wound" or issue we are having). 

Some people are on a personal development or growth journey and see me fortnightly or monthly for a few months (even up to a year) to really anchor in the healing and growth journey they are on. 

It's extremely personal and up to the individual's discernment.

*Please note re bookings, Gemma is normally booked months in advance - so if you are wanting or needing ongoing or a few sessions please book them 2-4 weeks apart after your initial booking.  

Absolutely. You are always in choice. 

One session can still bring insight, release, and clarity. You can choose a specific focus - for example, one or two things you’d like to address and we’ll muscle test to ensure your body agrees it’s ready to work with them.

If you don’t know exactly what you want to focus on, that’s completely fine too. I’ll muscle test with your system and simply ask:

“In your highest good, is there something we can clear emotionally, mentally, or spiritually today?”
From there, we’ll discover what your body most needs in that moment.

If a one off in-depth session is what you are after - please consider booking 90mins, or a 2hour session to make the most out of your experience and time in session. 

This can work beautifully to complement talk based therapy - like counselling or psychology as there's 2 big parts to healing: 1 the mind and 2 the body (emotionally part and nervous system) and I love to work collectively with your support team. 

As mentioned in the disclaimer above, Body Energetics isn't replacing or substituting any medical care you are receiving - instead adding a complementary layer of healing and processing. 

The short answer is: as a human - your body and nervous system have limits, just like your digestive system. You wouldn’t eat a week’s worth of food in one sitting; you’d feel overwhelmed and uncomfortable. Emotional and energetic processing is the same.

Your body needs time to integrate each shift before taking on more. This allows new awareness, behaviour, and regulation to settle. When we honour that pace, healing unfolds more sustainably and safely.

Many issues are held in layers. For those that have actively done a lot of work on yourself already, you'd find one session may be your complete missing link to a particular issue. As human's we often have many layers and many different issues that we have experienced, or things that are holding us back in our own highest potentials - so I would recommend follow up sessions, to address other things. But whatever we address in session, those exact layers are done then. 

Yes, Body Energetics can be beautifully supportive for children and teens, though the approach is always adapted to suit their age, comfort, and attention span. I also have an active working with children's check as well. 

Sessions for younger clients are typically shorter and more playful, often using breath awareness, simple body connection techniques, or guided visualisation rather than longer talking components. The aim is to help children reconnect with safety in their body, express emotion in healthy ways, and learn simple regulation tools they can use at home or school.

Under 6 years old often sessions are actively with their parent (e.g. they are sitting on you, OR we use you as the surrogate for muscle testing). 

Please note, how you process (or don't process) your own emotions and nervous system directly interplays and impacts your child's. Sometimes the most healing work for them, is you doing the healing work on you first.

Parental presence is required for children. Consent and comfort are central to every step, nothing is forced or analysed.

Body Energetics does not replace counselling, psychology, or medical care, but it can complement them beautifully by helping a child’s body and nervous system integrate emotional experiences more gently.

Yes, Body Energetics can be supportive for neurodivergent individuals, including those with ADHD or Autism. Sessions are always adapted to each person’s sensory, emotional, and nervous-system needs.

The focus is never on “fixing” or changing someone’s neurotype. Instead, we work with the body to create greater regulation, connection, and ease - helping to reduce overwhelm, tension, and emotional load where possible.

For clients with ADHD, sessions often help calm the nervous system, support focus, and ease the feeling of being “stuck in overdrive.”

For clients on the Autism spectrum, the work can help soothe sensory stress, promote grounding, and increase body awareness in a safe, gentle way.

You’re always in control, we move at your pace, use consent-based touch, and can adapt the environment (lighting, music, scent, or talking levels) to suit your comfort, please just inform Gemma or reception if there's anything you need or are sensitive to that can help make the session more supportive for you.

Parents or carers are welcome to attend for support if needed.

Body Energetics does not diagnose or replace occupational therapy, psychology, or medical care, but it can complement these modalities by helping the body integrate and regulate on a physical and energetic level.

  I muscle test four major categories:

• Physical blocks - tension, pain, restrictions in fascia/muscle/joints and I use my anatomical knowledge from my Myotherapy qualification here
   
• Emotional blocks - feelings stored or suppressed, but not fully processed: e.g. grief, anger, fear, shame, doubt, lack of control and more
   
• Mental blocks - subconscious limiting beliefs or thought loops
   
• Spiritual / energetic blocks - ancestral patterns, disconnection from one’s body or energetic self, timeline-based influences

Yes, many clients choose hybrid sessions, blending hands-on bodywork with energetic release. We’ll calibrate the balance according to what your body needs that day and the sessions can "look" like many different things. 

However, typically - e.g. "Headaches or Neck Pain" is your complaint and you have booked a hybrid session with me. I would muscle test is there anything else that is contributing to the Headache or Neck Pain that in your highest good we can address today. We would clear those first and then get into a physical hands on treatment to use Myotherapy to do a hands-on treatment access too. Gemma highly recommends 90 minutes for these sessions, so time isn't a limiting factor or what can get done in a these sessions. 

Body Energetics is generally safe, but because it works through the body, breath, and nervous system, there are times when a more cautious or modified approach is important. Please have your GP or specialist clear you with a letter if you have any of these conditions: 

• Pregnant (sessions have to be adjusted, nothing is about releasing, rather nervous system regulation, connection and emotionally preparing for birth)

• Have a history of epilepsy, seizures, or fainting
   
• Have cardiovascular conditions (including uncontrolled high or low blood pressure)
   
• Have recently experienced a concussion, brain injury, or undergone surgery
   
• Have severe mental health conditions such as psychosis or schizophrenia
   
• Are currently using medications that significantly alter nervous-system or emotional regulation
   
• Have glaucoma, retinal detachment, or other serious eye conditions
   
• Have any other medical concern
   

This work can often be adapted safely, for example, using gentler breathing patterns, grounding techniques, or focusing more on muscle testing and somatic regulation rather than deep energetic release.

Your comfort and consent guide everything. If you ever feel unsure, we can pause, adjust, or stay within the gentlest range that your system can comfortably process.

* Body Energetics sessions do not provide medical, psychological, or psychiatric advice and are not a substitute for professional healthcare, diagnosis, or treatment.
All information shared during a session is intended for personal insight, education, and emotional wellbeing only.  

 Every session is unique and every experience will be different.

The mind understands through words and images, while the body communicates through sensations. Emotions are simply energy in motion (e-motion), and as they begin to move, your body responds in its own way.

You might feel warmth, tingling, pulsing, or a gentle lightness. Some people naturally sigh, yawn, laugh, or release emotion. Others notice waves of sensation that may feel like tightness, heaviness, tingling, or even subtle spontaneous movements as the body recalibrates. Some feel deep stillness and spaciousness instead.

Sometimes the shifts are soft and barely noticeable; other times they’re deeply felt. Your body always leads the way.

If an emotion or sensation carries a strong charge, it may rise and fall like a wave, or a series of waves. You don’t have to navigate that alone. My role is to guide you and hold a safe, grounded space while your body processes and releases what’s ready to move through.

No, this is not Reiki. While we work with the energetic field, the techniques are primarily somatic, hands-on, and nervous-system-based. We use direct touch (over light clothing), scans via kinesiology, breathwork, nervous-system regulation, and integrative methods 

Belief isn’t necessary. The body’s responses, nervous system, and electromagnetic nature exist whether you conceptualise them or not. You only need openness, curiosity, and a willingness to feel. 

Technically there's nothing you need to do within those few days after your session.

However if you feel a bit post session, be gentle with yourself, integration may continue over days. You may feel absolutely nothing during this window too though. 

Some people may feel like they are closing the loops on what came up full (could be emotions or thoughts or memories randomly coming up) and if this is you:

• Hydrate well
  
• Rest or slow down if needed

• Talk to a loved one, or family member and share your experience from the session to help process the integration if you need extra support around those days
   
• Notice and journal any shifts, thoughts, or new sensations

• Dump journal exercise (if needed): free write, go unhinged with it, do not re-read it though! It's about getting the reaction or pain out and not putting it all back in. Shred it immediately, go chuck it in the bin or safely burn it.