My Story
Marie Lamont – Body Mind Therapist for over 25 years
Marie Lamont
MRSS & FwSS (Fellow Member)
Member Professional Register Shiatsu Society UK
Professional background initially was in Training and Development with the Public Sector / Education for 13 years before setting up as a full time Shiatsu Practitioner 1998 in Health and Wellbeing Therapy – Body-Mind Practice.
Shiatsu Practitioner
Body Mind Therapist for over 25 years and Member Professional Register Shiatsu Society UK the Lead Body of Shiatsu Training in the UK. I have been an Assistant Teacher with the Aberdeen School of Shiatsu since qualifying as a Shiatsu Practitioner 1996 and have run short introduction Shiatsu classes and support groups for Shiatsu students in Fife, Dundee and Perth from ’96, intermittently. I am also a facilitator of Qi-Gong a Mindful Movement Practice and run regular classes in the local community and within the NHS Fife.
Working with the NHS
Part of my work over a 10 year period has been in Mindful Practice within the NHS in Fife and was invited to assist and facilitated the initial training group based on the Jon Kabat Zinn 8 week Mindfulness Programme 2007. I then continued to support the work undertaken by the new facilitators of Mindfulness Practice within the NHS working with Compassionate Practice in the work place. I have also completed the Official Teacher Training Course within the NHS in Mindfulness Practice 2010 MBSR (Mindful Based Stress Reduction) and assisted with the first Mindfulness Course for Students at St Andrews University 2008.
I continue to be invited to conferences and individual sectors within NHS & Public Sector to support staff in relation to their Self-Care Practice.
Working with the NHS
Part of my work over a 10 year period has been in Mindful Practice within the NHS in Fife and was invited to assist and facilitated the initial training group based on the Jon Kabat Zinn 8 week Mindfulness Programme 2007. I then continued to support the work undertaken by the new facilitators of Mindfulness Practice within the NHS working with Compassionate Practice in the work place. I have also completed the Official Teacher Training Course within the NHS in Mindfulness Practice 2010 MBSR (Mindful Based Stress Reduction) and assisted with the first Mindfulness Course for Students at St Andrews University 2008.
I continue to be invited to conferences and individual sectors within NHS & Public Sector to support staff in relation to their Self-Care Practice.
Self-care Practice
My latest work has been research into Self Care of the Therapist and Carers; Invited by NHS Fife Psychologist team to outline the importance of Self-Care Practice on an energetic level and its affects. Self-Care is a fundamental must of any therapist or carer working in the capacity of compassion and empathy. This research highlighted the importance of body-mind work – connection to nature and the environment – nutrition – self challenge and a good support network. All encompassing, these findings made it clear the therapy I work with, Shiatsu Body-Mind work can offer so much in all aspects of the afore mentioned for individuals and care of self. To choose to receive this bodywork or train in Shiatsu you can be assured it covers all aspects vital to anyone’s health and well-being. This therapy (Shiatsu) is based on Mindful Practice in itself. Its main aim is to help facilitate the recipient to become more body aware and reconnected and to learn how to be more present and in the moment through touch & conscious breathing throughout a session (vital to the rebalancing of Vagus Nerve Tone). This whole concept encourages greater health of BODY & MIND all adding to the reasons I love the work I do as a Shiatsu Practitioner and teacher.
I introduce selected aspects of this work in my workshops which covers, bodywork, touch and integration bringing interconnectedness to self and with other fellow human beings, a great need for humanity, community and a must to be encouraged in today’s isolating society.
I introduce selected aspects of this work in my workshops which covers, bodywork, touch and integration bringing interconnectedness to self and with other fellow human beings, a great need for humanity, community and a must to be encouraged in today’s isolating society.
I also have a background in Martial Arts (Tae Kwon Do) Hold a Black Belt and a title of world champion of Women’s Hand Destruction – I state this as an example in the use and projection of Ki.
Baby Shiatsu Massage – Trained with Karin Kalbantner, Acupressure for Babies and Shonishin with Dr Thomas Wernicke’s. I work with Pregnancy & Babies on a one to one within my Shiatsu Practice (see Shiatsu & Pregnancy)
Working Practice is from Home – Cupar, Fife