Welcome to GJA Alternative Therapies.....
ALL
DEEPLY RELAXING
NATURALLY HEALING
HOLISTICALLY BENEFICIAL
A friendly
Complementary Therapy business with a small client base, working from my family home in
Bletchley, Milton
Keynes, Bucks, UK.
Please feel free to browse our website and to contact us by email or
telephone with any queries or questions about the therapies I practice.
All have been practiced for many hundreds of years by mankind.
Gary with Guide
Dog 'Nell' sadly missed
My Background
A bit about me well, where
does one start? I have always been visually impaired I suffer from an eye
disease called Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) for
short. Much of my later life has been guided by my eyesight condition I am at
the stage now where everything looks like I am looking through 'frosted glass'
but life goes on.
I had worked for many
years in the carpet trade as a qualified fitter and then as my sight got worse
into the retail sector in a management role. In 1990 I could no longer continue
in this role so I re-trained in Information Technology (IT) and started a new
career in the deskbound office environment, again my sight changed for the worse
and due to trying to cope with a speech system on my PC, a telephone ringing and
face to face enquiry's I decided the stress was just not worth it so opted to
re-train in something more 'hands on' so I did a residential course at the Royal National College for the Blind
in Hereford. The course was 'Remedial Therapy' it did not matter now as my eyes
get worse as I trained as a visually impaired person primarily in Massage and
Reflexology and am also now qualified in Seated Acupressure Massage from
the Academy
of On Site Massage
I traveled back and forth
from Hereford to Bletchley in Buckinghamshire, UK every weekend to see my wife
Julie and now 12 year old daughter Victoria, but now the traveling is over
and I started my business in September 2001.
So here we are GJA Alternative Therapies now into existence, a sole trader whose aim is to promote Alternative Therapy to achieve a
better state of health for all with a more holistic approach.
The Mission Statement...
We aim to offer quality therapies at reasonable prices to enable people to
benefit from regular treatments to enhance their quality of life, and well
being. Your body looks after you so surely you owe it to yourself to look
after your body.
For a professional service we are here for you....
Our Contact Information:
- Telephone
- 01908 367984
- Postal address
- 38 Shenley Road Bletchley Milton Keynes Bucks MK3 6HF
Electronic mail - General Information: gary@alternatetherapies.co.uk
Practitioner: gary@alternatetherapies.co.uk
I now practice Reflexology, Seated Acupressure Massage and encompass techniques
used in Vertical Reflex Therapy in my Reflexology.
Reflexology
Primarily working on the soles of the feet, sometimes hands, to locate areas
within the body where energy has possibly become congested to a point where
outward signs may be affecting ones own health and well being. Reflex
points are stimulated on the feet to encourage our body to 'self heal' small
crystal like deposits can be felt in certain areas of the feet which are
believed to relate to areas of the body, by releasing these deposits we are able
to literally flush the body through and encourage fresh energy to flow and
re-balance our body to our own individual 'homeo-statis'.
A full Reflexology session takes 45 to 50 minutes to complete following an
initial consultation to ensure the client has no contra indications to this form
of therapy.
Seated Acupressure Massage
A specially designed ergonomic chair is used for the client to be supported
in a semi kneeling position with head forward resting a face cradle to support
the neck and shoulders, this position allows easy access to the neck, shoulders,
arms and all of the upper and lower backs along with the arms.
By the practitioner using a combination of finger, thumb and elbow pressure on
numerous pressure points on the clients upper body this will allow muscular
tension to decrease, relaxation to increase, energy to flow and in a simple
sense allow the body to re-balance, promote the ridding of toxins and re-vitalise
the body, this form of seated massage is done through clothes and is very useful
for working in the workplace it also only takes approx 30 minutes to complete a
set sequence.
A Combination
I have developed a one hour session of the two therapies above which offers
approx 30 mins of short sequence Reflexology and 25 mins of Seated Acupressure
Massage. This combined therapy offers the physical 'hands on' massage
strokes typically used in table massage along with the inner body balancing
techniques benefitted from Reflexology.
Price Guide
Full Reflexology £25.00 approx 50 minutes
Seated Acupressure Massage £15.00 approx 30 minutes.
Combination of above £25.00 approx 50 minutes.
