About Sarah Jane Heath

What I bring to each meeting…

Deep listening; being fully present to the moment, focused on what is here right now, without judgment or preconceived ideas. Through attention to breath, movement, what is spoken or not spoken, through the body’s temperature, muscle tension and sense of flow, I listen for different rhythms in your body, your movement, your thinking, your sounds and support you to begin to notice these patterns for yourself.

Holistic massage qualification, understanding of anatomy and physiology, membership of the Federation of Holistic Therapists and practice experience as an attuned bodyworker and touch therapist.

Gentle open space where stories can be shared spontaneously and feelings are allowed to emerge and dissolve in their own time.

4 years training (working towards UKCP accreditation) in Gestalt Psychotherapy, bringing the essentials of contact and awareness, therapeutic relationship and cultivating the possibility for surprise and new insights. Each exchange (whether in verbal conversation together or with the body through touch) is a journey of discovery and the moment an unfolding mystery.

Commitment to professional standards and relational boundaries. Access to regular professional supervision, peer consultation and professional liability insurance.

Trust in the body’s wisdom and each of our capacity for self healing.

Regular voice practice and a curiosity for how our voices can naturally open in beauty, power and freedom of expression with the right body and breath support.

A passion for singing in community to unlock and cultivate creative and spiritual energy through the voice.

Training and mentorship with Briony Greenhill Vocal Improvisation Leader. Active membership of Collaborative Vocal Improvisation Community. Experience of facilitating Voice Circles in local community.

Membership of the Natural Voice Network and insurance as a community song organiser/facilitator for Voice Circles.

Current experience as a massage client, a mindfulness practitioner, an embodied mover, a singer in nature, a collaborative vocal improviser and an artist; all of which can stimulate the non rational parts of the brain and give me insight into the human condition and the unconscious realms.

10+ years experience of embodied authentic movement practice.

10 years of experience as a social worker and trauma informed professional, including working as a therapeutic practitioner with children and adults who’d experienced sexual abuse.

10 years as the lead trainer for therapeutic work for a national voluntary organisation.

Desire to awaken to our animate world, to listen deeply to life and the lives of all beings that share this abundant and sacred planet, including people, animals, trees, water, plants, sky, soil, insects, birds, landscapes and fairies.

Belief that nature calls out imbalance and that right now we are being asked as expressions of nature to bring back balance to humankind.