Karen A Fine Balance

Karen is very intuitive in her Shiatsu work, and she clearly has a passion for it. She was great at guiding me to notice connections between the mind and body, and I always left the sessions feeling lighter and with more space"."

My experience with Karen's teachings was great and up to high standards.She has always been capable of making me feel comfortable within the lesson as well as making me feel motivated to improve myself throughout the course.After experiencing Karen’s teachings I have realized that I had a better understanding of my self which led me to really focus on the concept of self care.This self caring process resulted more meaningful and constructive as during my experience with Karen I gained a wide range of “tools”, my own tools, which fitted my needs. The process became and felt therefore more personal.The freedom left to me by Karen to explore my own person during our lessons and practices was crucial in order for me to feel, although if through a form of guidance, that I was being left to my own devices, the only place, I believe, where a true inner growth can begin and evolve.A big thank you Karen

When I first came to Karen for a Shiatsu treatment I felt really run down, like I was running on empty. It's hard to overestimate what a positive effect the treatments had on me. As well as being deeply relaxing at the time, and helping to address specific health issues as these came up, in the weeks following a treatment I felt nourished, re-energised, and able to deal with life's challenges in a calmer and more balanced way. I knew that Shiatsu helped with physical problems, but didn't realise that it would also help with emotional wellbeing - bonus! Karen is calm, soothing and professional; a perfect combination for a very relaxing treatment.

I attended a brilliant half-day workshop with Karen combining music, poetry, Qi Gong, storytelling and self-expression. Karen is a wonderful facilitator. She created a beautiful and relaxed space for us as a group to connect with our creativity, both individually and collectively, with some amazing results. The blend of poetry, movement and music was something I haven't experienced before and found very powerful. Karen's Qi Gong demonstrations and instruction were also masterful. Highly recommended, and thank you again Karen for a wonderful afternoon!

Energising experience. I was surprised I was able to stand as long as I did. The gentle movement, guidance and creative writing enabled me to embody the whole experience with compassion to myself. I have also felt a huge difference to the pain in my hips and knees following the workshop. I have Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis and Crohn's disease so I was hesitant of my ability. (Next day) I feel a little taller, lighter and realigned my posture in this one day! Seriously. This practice is something I need to continue with. Thank you so much to the patience and compassion of the facilitator. Karen is kind, professional and welcoming. Thanks again for the amazing day.

This session with Karen - titled 'QiGong Stories' opened a beautiful flow-space across the body-soul-poetry axises. I loved the gentle, textured way that Karen took care of the stages in the workshop from start to finish. It offered a blend of healing movement work while being part of a collective poem that emerged from us all, step by step. A joyful, wholistic cross-art practice. QiGong Stories is a soulful way to rest and rejuvenate in, under Karen's expert guidance!

I took some lessons with Karen and I think she have a lot of things to offer in her teaching. Particularly, I felt she developed a very personal way to practice and to teach that may open new perspectives. Her lessons are very sensitive, she will help you to develop your feeling when you give a shiatsu, and to be really yourself in a total respect of your receiver.In a word : I'm really recommending her !

I really enjoyed my sessions with Karen in Shiatsu. I have a lot of body aches and pains due to past injury and stress, and this felt like relief as well as teaching at the same time. Shiatsu is very unique and if you haven't been might take a session or so to get used to it, but once you do, learning your own body and what you need is so valuable in healing. Every session was different based on what I felt was needed. Definitely recommend and would go back again!

I find Karen to be a very friendly and empathetic practitioner, who can deeply connect with my energy on many levels, and provide a both intuitive and technically perfect treatment.I have enjoyed every session with her as a wonderful journey which has left me profoundlyintegrated, balanced and light-hearted.I really recommend her gentle and knowledgeable touch, as well as her videos, which give simple yet wise tips about keeping a fine sense of light happiness.

Karen is a great shiatsu therapist and teacher. She bounces with positive energy and is very thorough in her approach of shiatsu. What I particularly appreciate is that she is always keen to improve herself and her work and takes the time to do that. Her practise and teaching is therefore constantly alive with change and improvement.