A Bodywork and Complementary Therapies Practitioner and Tutor and Assessor, Samantha worked in the Health and Social Care sector and has been a tutor for alternative education for a combined 18 years.
She has been practising bodywork for eight years both privately and within local clinics. She has passionately trained in many modalities of bodywork and complementary therapies and enjoys sharing both her skills and experience through hands on practice.
She has a passion for teaching bodywork and ensures every student feels competent and confident by the end of the course. She adapts the delivery of the course to the students unique needs and builds a great repour so that the student reaches their highest potential.
Samantha has a relaxed teaching style and enjoys an exploratory and hands on approach to bodywork. Holding the space so that the students can ask questions and feel how the body works.
See below for a range of courses currently available:
Advanced Bodywork
This four-day course is for people who have qualified in L3 massage and would like to start supporting their clients with structural and emotional positive change.
The objectives for the four days are to feel confident in:
- Understanding fascia and how we can work releasing trauma, pain and compensation patterns to enable the client to live pain free, have increased ROM, Muscle strength and improved posture.
- Structural Assessments for each client, for fascial postural dysfunction.
- Understanding common relationships between muscle groups and how they behave over a period of stress, sport / activity overuse and illness.
- Using the assessment to work through and release tension, holding patterns and postural dysfunction.
- Using appropriate manual therapy techniques that I have found to be the most effective for each area.
Dates
Get in touch for course dates.
Location
North Devon - Venue TBC
Pre-requisites (entry level)
Level 3 body massage & anatomy & physiology.
Course format
4 day practical + home study + case studies.
Case studies
You are required to complete five case studies in order to complete the course.
Accreditation body
Federation of Holistic Therapists (FHT)
What’s included
Course material available online. 4 Practical training day. Accredited certificate emailed to you on successful completion of course, including submission of case studies.
Fees
£495 (20% deposit payable followed by monthly payments via standing order).
Deep Tissue Accredited Training
This Three-day course is for people who have qualified in L3 massage and would like to start working deeper for effective relief of muscle fatigue, pain and built up tension. As well as relief from postural dysfunction, repetitive strain injury and emotional stress.
The objectives for the four days are to feel confident in:
- Postural assessments
- Common injuries, red flags and working safely with clients
- Deep Tissue techniques: STR, NMT, fascial release and joint mobilisations
- Isolating the body to solve problem areas
Dates
Get in touch for course dates.
Location
North Devon - Venue TBC
Pre-requisites (entry level)
Level 3 body massage & anatomy & physiology.
Course format
3 day practical + home study + case studies.
Case studies
You are required to complete five case studies in order to complete the course.
Accreditation body
Federation of Holistic Therapists (FHT)
What’s included
Course material available online. 3 Practical training day. Accredited certificate emailed to you on successful completion of course, including submission of case studies.
Fees
£360.00 (20% deposit payable followed by monthly payments via standing order) to be paid by January 20th.
Deep Tissue Hot Stones Therapy
This four-day course is for people who have qualified in L3 massage and would like to start working using hot stones for deeper work. The heat from the stones allows deep and effortless penetration of muscles and fascia without causing pain and discomfort which enables deeper work that feels nurturing and relaxing to the client as well as saving the therapists hands.
The objectives for the four days are to feel confident in:
- Postural assessments
- Using hot stones safely
- Deep Tissue techniques: STR, NMT, fascial release, compression and joint mobilisations using hot stones
- Be able to adjust the treatment for relaxation purposes and to give deep tissue treatments to relieve pain, discomfort and tension related stress
Dates
Get in touch for course dates.
Location
North Devon - Venue TBC
Pre-requisites (entry level)
Level 3 body massage & anatomy & physiology.
Course format
4 day practical + home study + case studies.
Case studies
You are required to complete five case studies in order to complete the course.
Accreditation body
Federation of Holistic Therapists (FHT)
What’s included
Course material available online. 4 Practical training day. Accredited certificate emailed to you on successful completion of course, including submission of case studies.
Fees
£495.00 (20% deposit payable followed by monthly payments via standing order) to be paid by February 10th.
I've just completed an accredited Hot Stone Massage course with Sam and can’t recommend her enough. She has a wealth of knowledge and a brilliant teaching style. I've come away feeling confident with the routine and very excited to introduce the new massage style to my clients. I've already signed up to do the Indian Head Massage course too! Thank you Sam!Kati Bishop
Sam has been a self-employed tutor for me for five years. She has consistently trained in CPD courses to offer a wide range of diplomas. She is very self-motivated and passionate.
Her teaching style gets the best out of people, especially those lacking in confidence where she is very accommodating to individual needs and supports the students 100%.Karen Ashton
I felt Sam was the right person to teach me massage, as she has a relaxed approach which is professional. When I had questions or didn’t understand an area within the course or demonstration, Sam has the ability and deep knowledge to be able to reword and show in another way which could be understood. Sam’s approach feels as if she is listening to you and instils confidence. I would highly recommend Sam as a tutor and the courses that she offers.Luciana Corp
If you want to learn massage, I cannot recommend Sam enough. I have been lucky enough to have had Sam as my tutor on a number of courses and always come away learning much more than the course promised. She is passionate and relaxed and that comes across in her teaching. Cannot recommend highly enough.Denise Paynter
The sports therapy course is so concise that it’s fool proof and although I assumed everyone was taught in the exact same way, you find yourself very quickly working towards your client’s needs rather than producing a standardised routine for the millionth time. Work doesn't get boring. Also, you still find yourself supported after training and wanting to do more courses.Sophie Bertoli
I have trained with Sam on a number of courses. Sam has a great relaxed and enjoyable way of teaching. Her knowledge of muscles and the body is vast. It is obvious that Sam has invested a lot of time into studying and she teaches to your individual needs.Nick Tettersell