A Unique Approach

Lifelong Connection with Nature

Dr Karen is an expert in how much our relationship with the ‘non-human’ world affects our well-being. Her fundamental principle is to co-work with Nature and animals, not using or exploiting them: constantly reminding people that respect and gratitude for the more-than-human is something we must remember and honour. She has dedicated her life to understanding Nature and animals at a deep level, and learning how we can live sustainably on this earth.  

Doctorate in Environmental Science

After graduating in Environmental Science, she specialised with a Masters degree in nuclear physics, and uses her knowledge of quantum physics in her energy medicine work. Her PhD proved how certain plants naturally heal the damage to soil from man-made contamination, and she lectured at the University of Surrey whilst working in Eco-Toxicology research and Environmental Management consultancy. Dr Karen works with techniques that modern science is only just beginning to understand. She insists on an evidence-based approach, and is known for bringing her science knowledge to her teaching in an accessible and relevant way. 

Personal Healing Journey

But Dr Karen’s work is rooted in personal experience. After persistent health problems as a child and a car accident in her 20s that left her with chronic pain, she has faced continual physical and mental health challenges and has had to adapt to chronic fatigue, adrenal failure, and severe allergies. With her scientific background, she learned in detail how conventional medicine treated these conditions, and also experienced that it was not able to resolve her conditions long term.

She turned to alternative approaches like reflexology, homeopathy and energy medicine and found they helped her personally, but that they also had roots in knowledge that Western medicine often ignored. Inspired to learn more holistic approaches and to help others, Dr Karen qualified to practice Reiki, Seichem, Munay-ki and Plant Essences and has studied extensively how indigenous and ancient civilisations work with plants, animal and the elements for healing.

Her Birds of Prey

Dr Karen first came into close contact with birds of prey through their use for pest control on landfill sites. She has now been a respected falconer for more than 20 years, and most of her birds have been rescued from injury or owners who were not able to care for these wild creatures as she was. Her birds of prey have been an integral part of her learning and teaching for many years and are part of what makes her therapy and teaching practice so unique.