A Space to Work From.

Today, August 8th, 2022, not only opens the Lions portal for potent manifestation. It also marks the green light to begin renovations on my new Healing Studio.

I launched this wellness journey in 2009 when I started offering mobile aromatherapy healing sessions in clients' bedrooms across Doha, Qatar. I hauled a foldable massage bed and 50-kilogram roller bag filled with towels, oils, and music up and down endless staircases to treat residents in their preferred upstairs quarters.

After witnessing a traumatic accident nearly a year later, I decided to cease driving and in-home services. Instead, I carved out my first tiny treatment room tucked behind a cupboard in my rented villa's expansive dining area, dividing the space to establish an intimate healing nook.

A Small Space to Work From

It didn't take long for this arrangement to become uncomfortable. With more clients finding me, it was time to move.

The next villa I moved to had a cosy little room outside with adjacent bathroom/laundry. It worked very well as a healing room. This space had its issues but overall, my young practice flourished. I could take clients at any time without disturbance to the members of my household. With more privacy and a little bit of glitter, women from all nationalities found me to assist them on their healing journeys.

It was while working in this space that I continued my studies in Tibetan sound healing. I then offered sessions anywhere and everywhere — mostly for free, as I didn't have a suitable space to welcome clients.

After I had to undergo major surgery, the healing room became lodgings for a lady who looked after me for a while. When I recuperated enough to work, she stayed on in the room, while I opened my practice again. This time, from one of the upstairs bedrooms in the villa. This space was not optimal and once again I was bound by household issues and timings. My once flourishing practice had to start over.

Returning to South Africa

Soon, we were heading back to South Africa and after a two-year hiatus period from the expat life, I returned to Qatar in 2018. While in South Africa, I continued to offer guided meditations and sound therapies whenever and wherever anybody would have me. The gipsy healer is a nickname I obtained during this time. I didn't offer any oil or reflex work as I simply did not have the space.

When my time in SA ended, I returned to Qatar to start my practice all over once more. The furnished villa we rented had a tiny outside room which could just fit a massage bed and a small cupboard with a small bathroom in the suite. This became the Reflex Room.

My skills had improved and the services I offered increased but space was still an issue. I believe in doing what you can with what you have. I then offered sound therapy sessions from the entrance hall close to the staircase, in the centre of the villa — incredibly inefficient, but it was all I had.

The Dining Room Studio

After a few months of setting up and packing up, the landlord granted the request to remove the table and create a sound healing studio in the dining room space. It was perfect.

Quickly clients started contacting me again and my practice grew. I had some powerful group and private sessions in this space, especially when Covid came around and these two separate rooms provided a safe space for many struggling people. This was my last space in the Middle East and I decided that the time had come to move my practice and my household back home.

Home at Last

Now I am back in South Africa. For the first time in over ten years of working and building and falling and crawling and standing up again, I have the perfect space for the PSS facility and eventually, I can settle down long-term.

The space is a one-bedroom flat which will, starting from Monday, be converted into the mind-body healing studio. I own the building and now I can build and paint and convert to my heart's content. I can create a space that will transport the client to another world during their healing journey. A safe space. A long-term space. And the second last stepping stone to the final manifestation and dream retreat space, which I am sure is in the not-so-distant future.

The photo was taken in the garden of the Antara Spa at Banana Island in Qatar — with my friend Hanli, whose birthday was that day. One of the more obscure places where I have done a sound therapy session. Healing can happen anywhere.