Qualify first, deepen as you go.
One course, together with its case studies and assessments, qualifies you to give Gentle Release Therapy treatments. Once you have your Practitioner Certificate and your insurance, you can begin seeing clients and charging for your work. The further courses are there for when you feel ready to add to what you offer, in whatever order suits you and your clients.
Gentle Release Therapy works with body, mind and spirit. You learn where to place your hands, and you learn to listen to what the body has to say.
You begin by following a clear protocol, so there is structure to lean on from the first day. Alongside it you learn to trust what you notice under your hands, and to let each treatment respond to the person in front of you. Intuition is a key element of Gentle Release Therapy, and we allow it to arrive gently, without pressure, with a protocol to follow when you need it.
The Practitioner Training gives you energy work on the chest and abdomen, cranial release, and endocrine and lymphatic release. As you add courses there are over seventy-five acupuncture points held by touch, the four vagus nerve treatments, the Spirit Points and Ghost Points, the pelvic bowl, and EnerQi Facial Rejuvenation, which takes Gentle Release Therapy and beauty to a whole other level. All of it is gentle, and none of it uses needles.
Every technique is practised in treatment swaps, so you receive each one as well as give it. Many practitioners say afterwards that the training was as much about their own release as about learning a new therapy. Groups are kept small, so each person is properly seen and supported.
Open to qualified therapists and to those completely new to complementary therapy. The Introduction to Gentle Release Therapy course is included.
A pack of theory, and a video demonstration of each technique, to work through in your own time, so that the foundations are already settling when the practical days begin.
You will have watched each technique demonstrated beforehand, so the days are given to treatment swaps, feedback and learning from one another's experiences. You give and receive every part of the work. Groups are small, with a maximum of eight students.
£595 on Zoom or £695 in person.
If you book from 1 January 2027, £695 and £795.
Fifteen case study treatments with at least four different people, some in person and some at distance. An open-book written exam, an observed treatment, and a short project on a health topic that matters to you. The observed treatment is done in person on the in-person courses, and if you train on Zoom you send me a video.
Attending the course is the first part. You qualify once your case studies, exam, observed treatment and project are complete and have been marked, and you hold a Level 3 Certificate in Anatomy and Physiology. You don't need the Anatomy and Physiology before the course, so if you are new to therapy you can work towards it alongside your case studies.
Once your case studies and assessments are complete, you have your Practitioner Certificate, and your insurance is in place, you can offer Gentle Release Therapy treatments professionally and charge for them, in person and at distance. None of the further courses is needed first.
Some of the people you treat for your case studies may choose to carry on with you afterwards, or mention you to friends and family.
The Practitioner Community →If you already hold a Level 3 in massage, aromatherapy, reflexology or complementary therapies, the Federation of Holistic Therapists can insure you. If Gentle Release Therapy is your first therapy, insurance is available through ThinkTree and FOYHT.
The Practitioner Community is open to you from your student days onwards, in three tiers. Connected, at £25 a year, is your listing in the practitioner directory. Supported, at £45 a year, adds monthly Guided Gentle Release sessions, Build My Business workshops, co-working mornings and quarterly Lecture Days. Seen, at £60 a year, adds help with your wording and marketing.
None of these is needed to practise, and you can take them as soon as you have attended the Practitioner Training. Each one adds something for particular clients, and most practitioners spend a year or two settling into the core work first.
Acu-Touch, with over seventy-five acupuncture points held by touch, acupuncture point prescriptions for a range of conditions, and more specific ways of working with perimenopause and menopause, fertility, preparing for birth, and the pelvic bowl.
You need: to have attended the Practitioner Training. Your case studies can still be in progress.
Find out more →The full Gentle Release Vagus Nerve treatment, given across four sessions, for clients whose nervous system has been braced for a long time. Co-taught with Sara Agnew.
You need: to have attended the Practitioner Training.
Find out more →The 12 Spirit Acupuncture Points, from the older, quieter end of Chinese medicine. Needle-free, and held with intuitive touch.
You need: the Introduction to Gentle Release Therapy course or the Practitioner Training.
Find out more →The Thirteen Ghost Points of Sun Simiao, for those times when someone has been knocked out of themselves by shock, fear or grief. A natural companion to Spirit Points.
You need: to have attended the Practitioner Training.
Find out more →A ninety-minute facial that brings traditional Chinese facial techniques together with cranial and abdominal release. For many clients it is the way in to the deeper work.
You need: to have attended the Practitioner Training. Ten case study treatments follow, and certification needs the case studies from both courses.
Find out more →It's important to us that you take it one step at a time, at a pace that is right for you. Come to the Practitioner Training first and see where that leads you.
Courses in 2027 can be booked at the 2026 price. Book any date, this year or next, with a deposit by 31 December 2026 and you pay the 2026 price. Bookings made from 1 January 2027 are at the new price.
| Course | Booked by 31 December 2026 | Booked from 1 January 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioner Training3¼ days · the qualification | £595 on Zoom £695 in Lincolnshire | £695 on Zoom £795 in Lincolnshire |
| Advanced Practitioner Training3 days | £425 on Zoom £525 in Lincolnshire | £525 on Zoom £625 in Lincolnshire |
| Vagus Nerve4 days · online | £375 | £495 |
| Spirit Points1 day | £145 | £145 |
| Ghost Points1 day · online | £145 | £145 |
| EnerQi Facial Rejuvenation1 day online · 1.5 days in person | £250 on Zoom £300 in person | £325 on Zoom £425 in person |
| All six, on Zoom | £1,935 | £2,330 |
Retreat stays at Ashlin Farm Barns in Lincolnshire, four nights with meals, are £295 for the Practitioner Training in March and £350 for the Advanced course in June. Instalments are welcome on every course.
If you book the Practitioner Training with a deposit by 31 December 2026, this year's prices are held for you across all six courses for two years (venue dependent).
From January, if you go on to complete all six within three years, we take £200 off your final course as a thank-you. The two offers don't combine.
Current dates for every course, with a booking link for each, are on the course dates page.
See course dates →
If you would love to train and the cost is the only thing standing in the way, please take a look at the Scholarship Programme. Instalment arrangements and partial contributions are also welcome where helpful.
Read more about Scholarship →If you would like to talk any of this through before deciding, you can reach me through the contact page. I am happy to help you work out where to begin.