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Lynne Booth

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BA(Hons), BRCP, IIR, ART(regd)Hons, MAR(Hons).  Member of the Association of Reflexologists, International Institute of Reflexology,  British Register of Complementary Practitioners, Member of the Complementary Therapists Association and has Honorary Fellowships from  Advanced Reflexology Techniques (ART)1998 and the Association of Reflexologists (AoR) 2008.

Lynne runs a private practice in Bristol, a clinic for professional athletes, and for the past twelve years, has held a weekly clinic at the St Monica Trust, Bristol which provides nursing care and sheltered housing for 400 elderly residents. She has practised reflexology at a hospital and clinic and runs seminars for nurses and care-workers as well as regularly giving talks, lectures and presentations. She has assisted in practical instruction and examined for the International Institute of Reflexology and is an enthusiastic exponent of ART (Advanced Reflexology Techniques).  

In June 1998 Lynne presented at the inaugural ART conference in London where she was awarded an Honorary Fellowship for services to reflexology.   In 2008 the Association of Reflexologists awarded her an Honorary Fellowship for her contribution to reflexology.

Lynne discovered Vertical Reflex Therapy (VRT) while working on orthopaedic problems associated with the elderly. She has subsequently developed and extended this technique to cover all age groups and many conditions including ME and other post-viral problems, insomnia and asthma.   More recently she has developed VRT Nail-working techniques and mapped reflexes out on the nails. These profound methods form part of the VRT Hand and Nail-Working course. The large reflexology school, REFLE, in Japan runs a VRT diploma course. Knowledge of VRT is a required component on many professional accredited reflexology diploma courses.

Lynne conducted research into VRT with the medical team at the St. Monica Trust in 1997 and results of this small study on pain and mobility showed a 60%+ improvement in seven weeks. She works in the field of palliative care and in 2007 was invited by the Penny Brohn Cancer Care to present a day on VRT and palliative care for medics and professional complementary therapists as part of their Expert Speaker Series. Lynne teaches bespoke training sessions for nurses and carers at the St Monica Trust.   She has lectured to speech/voice therapists at the Royal United Hospital, Bath and Southmead Hospital, Bristol and demonstrated VRT/reflexology on radio and TV programmes including BBC, Discovery Health, HTV and SABC.

Lynne and VRT tutors regularly run courses in Europe and she has taught in South Africa, Japan, USA, AustraliaCanada, Jamaica and Dubai. She has presented at international conferences in the UK, Finland, Denmark, Jamaica, South Africa , Eire and USA, and was the keynote speaker at Australian and Canadian reflexology conferences. She will present a paper on Reflexology and Cancer care at a conference in Israel in October 2008.

Lynne has written a best-selling book on Vertical Reflex Therapy and Synergistic Reflexology, called Vertical Reflexology which was published by Piatkus Books in September 2000 (reprinted three times). Vertical Reflexology for Hands was published in June 2003. They are translated into Dutch, Czech, Portuguese in Brazil and Japanese. She and appointed VRT tutors are engaged in running seminars in the UK and internationally, where her new advanced techniques have been taught to nearly 6000 qualified reflexologists.

Lynne teaches courses in the UK and internationally

Hedwige Dirkx

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VRT Appointed Tutor for Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg

Hedwige was, and is, an art teacher who trained as a reflexologist in 1987 in Belgium and continued her training with Rosa Sudmeyer, Tony Porter and Dwight Byers. She has attended many international conferences and seminars over the past eleven years and presented her developments on Lymphatic Stimulation at the 1998 Reflexology Conference in Finland. Her specialities are lymphatic stimulation through the feet, ear reflexology, VRT and orthomolecular and nutritional advice. She was secretary and teacher for the Belgium Association of Reflexologists and writes freelance articles for periodicals. She studied VRT and was trained by Lynne Booth in the UK. She runs a busy reflexology practice in the Belgium town of Lichtaart.

Hedwige teaches in Belgium and Holland

Britta Stewart Dolan

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MIRI,MIPTI,MAR, CIMI.

Britta has been a practitioner of holistic healing since 1991. She qualified with a Diploma in Aromatherapy, Reflexology and Holistic Health, specialising in Reflexology where she qualified with The Irish Bayly School of Reflexology. She also has  certificates in Infant Massage Instructor from the International Association of Infant Massage, Advanced  Hand Reflexology with Kristine Walker and Advanced Ingham Method with the International Institute of Reflexology. In 1996  she became National Coordinator for the  Irish Reflexologist's Institute supporting Reflexologists in their field through networking and organising workshops and seminars from all over Europe. She was nominated to represent Irish Reflexologist's Institute at the 3rd European Conference of Reflexology, Finland 1998. In 2002 she was elected onto the RiEN Research Group.

Britta has a busy practice in a scenic route centre of Ireland at Mullingar Town. She also works with special needs people at the National Rehabilitation Centre and with the Irish Wheelchair Association locally and teaches their carers' and nurses' Introductory level of Reflexology.

Britta teaches in Eire and Northern Ireland

Geraldine Mc Cullagh

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BA (Hons), Dip.Arom., GSSR

Geraldine is qualified in Reflexology, Aromatherapy, Indian Head Massage and Reiki. She divides her time teaching and carrying out treatments within the Edinburgh area. She also works on-site at Transco Gas Company and at The Scotsman Publications. VRT is popular at these companies as the treatments can be carried out within 20 minutes. She presently teaches for Jewel & Esk Valley College and Adult Education classes through Edinburgh and Midlothian Councils.

Geraldine is presently working towards her ‘Advanced Certificate: Teaching in Further Education’.

Geraldine teaches courses in Scotland and North of England.                                             

Chris Roscoe

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B.Ed, Dip.Reflex, Dip.Anatomy & Physiology, MIFR

Chris is a qualified teacher who trained as a Reflexologist with the International Federation of Reflexologists. She now teaches traditional Reflexology for the Bristol School of Reflexology, Precision Reflexology in conjunction with the Exeter School of Complementary Therapies and VRT for Booth VRT.

Chris has a busy private practice of Reflexology, Reiki, Spiritual Healing and Indian Head Massage and is based in Bristol. She has qualifications in Maternity Reflexology and can treat clients throughout their pregnancies and also during Labour and Delivery.

Chris is a believer in ongoing professional development and has attended many courses such as Precision Reflexology, Reiki, Hand and Ear Reflexology, National Federation of Spiritual Healers training, Foot Reading and Advanced VRT courses. She is also a speaker to many groups interested in Reflexology and leads workshops for post-graduate Reflexologists

Chris teaches in the UK.

Cherel Waters

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Dip. Reflex; Cert IV in Assessment & Workplace Training. VRT Appointed Tutor in Australia

Member of Reflexology Association of Australia; Member of Australian Traditional Medicine Society.

Cherel qualified as a Reflexologist in 1997, training with the Australian School of Reflexology, Sydney. She has continued her professional development in many aspects of reflexology including Chi-Reflexology, Precision Reflexology and Chinese Reflexology. Her love for reflexology prompted her to teach, so she obtained her Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace training in 1998. She teaches Reflexology I & II, Hand & Ear Reflexology on a part time basis, at the School of Integrated Body Therapies at Charmhaven, NSW.

Cherel has a busy private practice on the Central Coast of NSW and is actively involved in working with a HIV-Positive support group. She holds a position on the Board of Directors of the Reflexology Association of Australia Limited, and was active in the transition and formation of this company. Cherel uses VRT extensively in her practice.

Cherel teaches in Australia and New Zealand

Jessica Hart

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Dip. Reflexology, Dip. Aromatherapy, Certificate for Trainers (UNISA)

Jessica qualified as an Aromatherapist in 1994 and a Reflexologist in 1995 and runs a busy private practice from her home in Pinetown. To broaden her knowledge in complementary health therapies she has also studied Indian Head Massage, Reiki and hands on healing.

She teaches reflexology and aromatherapy to the 3rd year Somatology students at the Durban Institute of Technology as well as aromatherapy to adult learners at a private higher education institution.

Jessica is a member of the Standards Generating Body : Integrated Health Professions and is part of the team writing unit standards for Therapeutic Reflexology. She is the council member representing reflexology on the Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa.

Jessica teaches courses throughout South Africa

Evelyne Huegi-Kienzle

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Member of: “Reflexology Association of America”,  “The International Council of Reflexology”, “American Reflexology Certification Board” (ARCB)

Evelyne Huegi was born in Zurich Switzerland, started her career as an Esthetician, and trained in the most prestigious school in Switzerland. She was awarded her Diploma in 1982.

In June 1993 she immigrated to the USA where she started a new adventure.

In 1998 Evelyne received her USA certification in Reflexology from the International Institute of Reflexology and has been teaching the Ingham Method in the USA, Europe and Canada. She has been dedicated to developing a 6-day intensive class for students who would like to become certified more quickly in Reflexology.

Additional training includes:
VRT with Lynne Booth,  Advanced Reflexology Therapy and Techniques with Anthony Porter, Zoku Shin Do, The Art of East Asian Foot Reflexology with Shogo Mochizuki, one of the most knowledgeable and experienced practitioners in Japan.

Evelyne teaches in the USA

Karen Newton

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MAR Member of the Association of Reflexologists, Dip. Anatomy & Physiology, Dip. Body Massage, Dip. Indian Head Massage, Dip. Holistic Facial Massage, MHMA Member of the Homoeopathic Medical Association, City & Guilds CFET Certificate in Further Education Teaching.

Karen qualified with the International Institute of Reflexologists in 1988 and has been a member of the Association of Reflexologists since 1994.

She has taught reflexology on ITEC courses at the City of Bath College and has a busy practice focused in and around Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire.

She continues her professional development in reflexology, homoeopathy and massage to further broaden her knowledge of complementary medicine. Reflexology continues to form the bulk of her practice as it is the discipline that she has been involved with the longest."