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 1989 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 Pritchard has been a bodyworker for nearly three decades, including twenty-five years as a massage trainer, influenced by the study of Yoga, Tai Chi, creative movement and training in the Feldenkrais Method® of movement awareness. Darien teaches Holistic Massage in a BSc course at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC), runs professional development workshops for massage practitioners in the UK and Australia, and is a guest teacher on training courses for blind and visually impaired practitioners in Britain and Scandinavia. He is also a Director of the Massage Training Institute. In 2001 he co-authored "Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology for the Massage Therapist" (Corpus Publications), and is preparing "Dynamic Bodyuse for delivering Effective, Strain-Free Massage" for publication in 2006 (Lotus Publications). |  |
| 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 in the Buddhist and Shambhala disciplines – Shambhala is a secular life-training, based on meditation. |  |
| Ayres GipsonAyres Gipson is nationally certified in therapeutic massage and bodywork in the US and native to the California central coast. He has worked in a wide variety of clinical settings, led and assisted professional certification courses and professional development courses for bodyworkers in the US and the UK. He now calls Bath his home, where he practices Integrative Massage and Bodywork. |  |
| Lucy LidellLucy Lidell is author of "The Sensual Body" and, with Sara Thomas, author of the best-selling "New Book of Massage". Lucy has many years of healing experience, working with Bob Moore's unique insights into the human subtle energy system. | |
| Sara ThomasSara Thomas is a founder member and director of the Masssage Training Institute. She has authored "Massage for Common Ailments" and has inspired many generation of massage practitioners and bodyworkers. Sarah is also co-author of the best-selling "New Book of Massage" with Lucy Lidell, and has many years of healing experience, working with Bob Moore's unique insights into the human subtle energy system. |
