John McLane

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John McLane SE® Therapy

Somatic Experience® Trauma Resolution Therapy
London and Tunbridge Wells, Kent

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John McLane SE® Therapy

Somatic Experience® Trauma Resolution Therapy
London and Tunbridge Wells, Kent

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John McLane Rolfing®

Rolfing® Structural Integration Bodywork Therapy
London and Tunbridge Wells, Kent

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Meet John McLane

Certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner® SEP

In 2010 I began attending extended silent meditation retreats. I discovered the importance of embodiment and how, despite also practicing Yoga, it often proved difficult to access and be with certain areas and possibilities within the body. Mindfulness is now a ubiquitous term in our culture, yet for many the ability to be truly present is often compromised by deep invested patterns of holding in the body.

I was fortunate to be introduced to a Rolfer™ by a meditation teacher. Rolfing® gradually assisted me to challenge and change long-standing habits of bad posture,chronic pain and long-held emotional patterns of muscle tension in the body. These were the cumulative effects of historical trauma, injury, surgery and body misuse. The Rolfer™ also used elements of Somatic Experience® Therapy (SE) to help process the events and memories that were unfolding through the nervous system during the Rolfing® process. However strong my intentions were to become more embodied, I now realize it was only made possible through transformative touch and the re-educational nature of Rolfing® and Somatic Experience® (SE) therapy.

“Mr. Duffy lived a short distance from his body.”  

– James Joyce, Dubliners

Rolfing® proved so rewarding and fascinating, that I decided to become a Rolfer™. I studied some courses at the London College of Massage to gain experience of bodywork in a therapeutic environment. I then undertook the full training with BARSI (British Academy of Rolfing® and Structural Integration) in London, a satellite school of ERA (European Rolfing® Association). I graduated in 2017.

I studied further with Pedro Prado, Lael Keen and Abi Blakeslee at SOS Internationale to become a Certified Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner (SEP). This training provided a comprehensive in-depth understanding and appreciation of the neurophysiology of trauma healing principles . 

I am committed to ongoing education, supervision and  am inspired by the work of Giovanni Felicioni, Peter Levine and the Insight meditation teachers at Gaia House in Devon. In 2022 I graduated as a Community Dharma Leader and am accredited by the Gaia House Teaching Council to offer Meditation courses and day long retreats.

I look forward to working with you

John