BCMB Advanced Workshop Tutors

Our Advanced Workshop programme brings together a highly experienced and talented team of tutors, each of whom has at least ten years experience in their own field:

Andy FaggAndy Fagg has been a massage practitioner and teacher since 1984. In 1986 he offered the first professional training course in Bristol and now runs the Bristol College of Massage and Bodywork. His work has been influenced by T'ai Chi, dance, Zero Balancing and Process Work. He is a Director of the Massage Training Institute and was Chairperson for 8 years.
Darien PritchardDarien has been a bodyworker for over three decades, including twenty five years of training massage professionals, and two decades of teaching Professional Development courses for qualified massage practitioners. He has been a pioneer in focusing on the practitioner’s bodyuse as an integral part of massage training in the UK, and has also pioneered ‘Hands Free’ Massage (the skillful, sensitive use of the forearms and elbows to save the practitioner’s hands). He is the coauthor of the student text Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology for the Massage Therapist (Corpus Publications, UK, 2001), and wrote the career-maintenance reference book Dynamic Bodyuse for Effective, Strain-Free Massage (Lotus Publications, UK: North Atlantic Books, USA: 2007).
Anna OrrenAnna Orren draws from her early experience as a sculptor and from seventeen years working with massage and as a Rolfer. She originally trained in Colorado in 1986 and did advanced training there in 2002. She has worked in Spain, Sweden, USA and UK. She is also a Rolf movement teacher and teaches living anatomy, and has a background in psychotherapy.
Suzanne YatesSuzanne Yates began studying massage in 1982 and shiatsu in 1984, completing the 3 year diploma course in Healing-Shiatsu in 1988, and is a registered teacher with the Shiatsu Society. She studied the APNT massage course (Maitri Foundation) and teaches their Massage in Pregnancy certificate. She is fascinated by the links between shiatsu and massage, applied especially to maternity care.
Charmaine StorerCharmaine Storer trained with Andy and qualified in holistic massage in 1993. She has been in private practice since then. Before that, she worked in local and community media, social care management, training and consultancy. She completed 2 years of postgraduate study, has taught with BCMB since 1997 and facilitates supervision groups. She has regular supervision and training herself and is a member of the MTI Practitioners Register.
Bridget TaylorBridget Taylor qualified with BCMB in 1994 and since then has had a busy practice in Bristol and now also in Cornwall, where she lives. She has been teaching massage since 1996 and has a Certificate in Counselling Skills. She started practising meditation in the sixties and for over 20 years has been an authorised meditation instructor and teacher in the Buddhist and Shambhala disciplines – Shambhala is a secular life-training, based on meditation.
Lucy LidellLucy Lidell trained in holistic massage and healing and her work draws on 16 years of self development with Irish healer Bob Moore, 2 years of Transformative Dreamwork and intensive training in Rosen Method Bodywork. Her published works include 'The Sensual Body', the 'Mirror Cards Relationship Pack' and, with Sara, the best-selling 'New Book of Massage'.
Sara ThomasSara Thomas is a founder member and director of the Massage Training Institute. She has authored 'Massage for Common Ailments' and, with Lucy, the best-selling 'New Book of Massage'. Sara has been an inspiration to many generations of massage practitioners and bodyworkers. Both Sara and Lucy have many years of healing experience, working with Bob Moore's unique insights into the human subtle energy system.
Sarah HoareSarah fell in love with massage whilst training with BCMB in 2001. She's been in private practice since then and began teaching with BCMB in 2003. Before embracing the wonderful world of massage, Sarah worked in various teaching environments including secondary school and corporate computing. Apart from teaching children to swim when she was 16, she's never felt so connected with the process as she does now with massage.
Jacquie AllisonJacquie qualified with BCMB in 2002 and has assisted on the professional training course since 2006. She is passionate about the benefits of massage and enjoys working both in clinic and on-site environments. Having worked in a corporate background for many years, she is keen to promote the importance of stress and tension relief, bringing this awareness to her massage work. Jacquie has also had the honour of working with victims of war in Bosnia where the need for healing touch is great.
Tim Newman originally trained in Traditional Acupuncture at the Leamington Spa College, qualifying in 1985. He has also trained in remedial, therapeutic and deep tissue massage (College of Holistic Medicine, London 1984 and Ben Benjamin School of Massage, Boston 1996) and also in Zero Balancing (1984 - 1988 Practitioner, 1988 - 1989 Teacher Certification). Since 1986, Tim has taught and assisted at many workshops in the UK and abroad, has spoken at conferences and given presentations in the UK, USA, Paris, and Lisbon. He has a part-time private practise, mainly of Zero Balancing, and is also a professional artist.

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