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A Gentle Path to Holistic Health in Woodstock, Oxfordshire

with Aleksandra Quintana

It all started from a parachute that didn’t open …

It wasn't me (luckily!) but someone very close to my heart. Whilst Western medicine undoubtedly saved his life, it was various forms of bodywork that helped him return to his full power. I was hooked!

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For the last 12 years…

I have travelled the world to learn from some of the best alternative health teachers in the world of myofascial, visceral and craniosacral and trauma therapy.

I have worked in various clinical settings in Oxford, Edinburgh and abroad and I have done over 5,000 treatments to date (yes, I have a spreadsheet! :-)

“My teachers taught me that if we find the underlying causes of pain and address them skilfully, we can change the course of our lives.”

Qualifications

  • Visionary Craniosacral Work 1 (Tuscany, Italy)
    Visionary Craniosacral Work 2 (Graz, Austria)
    Visionary Craniosacral Work 3 (Tuscany, Italy)
    Visionary Craniosacral Work 4 (Tuscany, Italy)
    Visionary Craniosacral Work 5 (Tuscany, Italy)
    Visionary Craniosacral Work 6 (Tuscany, Italy)
    Visionary Craniosacral Work 7 (Graz. Austria)
    Advanced Content Classes 1-7 (Graz, Austria)
    Certification Exams (Tuscany, Italy)

    Pediatrics Craniosacral Therapy (Graz, Austria)
    Visionary Work (Graz, Austria)

    Visionary Craniosacral Work 1 - teacher assistant (Graz Austria)
    Visionary Craniosacral Work 3 - teacher assistant (Graz Austria)
    Visionary Craniosacral Work 4 - teacher assistant (Graz Austria)

  • Visceral Manipulation 1 - Abdomen 1 (Ayr, Scotland)
    Visceral Manipulation 2 - Abdomen 2 (Ayr, Scotland)
    Visceral Manipulation 3 - Pelvis (New York, USA)
    Visceral Manipulation 4 - Thorax (London, UK)
    Visceral Manipulation 5 - Manual Thermal Evaluation (Ayr, Scotland)
    Visceral Manipulation 6 -VisceroEmotional (Ayr, Scotland)
    Visceral Listening (Ayr, Scotland)
    Viscerovascular Manipulation (London, UK)
    Intervertebral Discs with Jean Pierre-Barral (Ayr, Scotland)

    Visceral Manipulation 1 - Abdomen (repeat) (London, UK)
    Visceral Manipulation 2 - Abdomen 2 (repeat) (London, UK)
    Visceral Manipulation 4 - Thorax (repeat) (Ayr, Scotland)
    Visceral Listening (repeat) (London, UK)

  • Anatomy Trains in Structure and Function
    Anatomy Trains 1 - Arches and Legs (Oxfordshire, UK)
    Anatomy Trains 2 - Hips (Oxfordshire, UK)
    Anatomy Trains 3 - Abdomen (Oxfordshire, UK)
    Anatomy Trains 4 - Spine (Oxfordshire, UK)
    Anatomy Trains 5 - Shoulder (Oxfordshire, UK)
    Anatomy Trains 6 - Head & Neck (Oxfordshire, UK)
    Fascial Dissection with Tom Myers (Arizona, USA)
    Structural Bodywork Certification (Dortmund, Germany)

  • Visceral Manipulation Training (see above) (Scotland & USA)
    Introduction to ScarWork and BoneWork with Sharon Wheeler (Munich, Germany)
    ScarWork with Sharon Wheeler (Seattle, USA)

  • NARM® Informed Professional Training
    NARM® Therapist Training (London, UK) - in progress

I believe in the potential and promise of holistic treatment

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I look beyond symptoms to understand the root of what your body is holding.

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I consider your whole experience - physical, emotional, and personal.

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Each session is tailored to you, supporting your body’s natural ability to restore balance.

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For much of my life, I carried the quiet weight of self-doubt and shame, the kind that settles deep within the bones and whispers that care is something meant for others, not for me.

I learned to tend to everyone else’s needs while quietly abandoning my own, mistaking self-neglect for strength and self-sacrifice for love.

But through the gentle unfolding of craniosacral bodywork, meditation, somatic exploration, and the deep compassion of NARM therapy, I began to listen to the language of my body, its tremors, its tears, its longing to be met.

Bit by bit, I softened…

I learned that healing was not about striving, but about remembering, coming home to myself, reclaiming the tenderness I had so freely given away, and discovering that wholeness had been waiting for me all along.

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Fireside stories

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  • ☼ Leo
    ☽ Sagittarius
    ✫ Scorpio

    Human Design: Reflector
    Chinese Astrology: Dragon
    Numerology: 33

  • In my free time I let my inner artist go wild designing websites for fellow therapists, and making buddhist jewellery for fellow meditators.

  • I love meditation, which has had a profound impact on my life.

    And yoga for teaching me how to have a good chuckle at myself…

    I can’t imagine my life without books, pottery, seaside and matcha lattes…

    I live in Oxford with my husband Cintain.

Let’s meet where body and mind are equal partners in healing

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