I'm Helen Robinson, founder of Gentle Release Therapy.

My journey here wasn't planned. For many years I worked as a Traffic Engineer, Trainer and eventually Director in the family business my dad had built — developing software, training courses and an annual symposium for the traffic signals industry. I loved the organising, the teaching, the bringing people together. I thought that would be my future.

But when I lost both my parents in close succession in 2011, I couldn't stay with the business. I'd always been interested in complementary therapies, so I trained, qualified, and opened my own practice.

Over the years, the way I worked began to change. I noticed that the gentler I was — the less I tried to force a result — the more the body responded. My own body would react during treatments too, showing me where blocks were held and when things were clearing. I wasn't following anything I'd been taught anymore. Something new was emerging, quietly, without me even trying to create it.

By 2017, clients were asking if there were books about what I was doing. It didn't even have a name at that point. So I trained three friends — a nurse, a biology teacher and a longstanding client — just to check it wasn't only me. Every one of them could feel it too, and they were getting real results with friends and family.

That was the moment I knew this needed to be shared. Around my client commitments and my daughter Imogen, and with an awful lot of hard work, the first Gentle Release Practitioner course was held in November 2018.

Since then, Gentle Release Therapy has grown in ways I never imagined. The safe, nurturing space we create on our courses and retreats is something really special — a place where therapists can let go, release, and remember why they do this work.

Bodies have so much to say. We just don't always take the time to listen.

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If you'd like to find out more about working with me directly for treatments, visit my practice page at www.holistic-woman.co.uk

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