Alastair was introduced to MyoReformation in the UK by a gift of several sessions from his mother, who had experienced amazing results herself.
At the time Alastair was a London tech entrepreneur with an Engineering Masters degree and a bright future, but he had always had a sense that he was disconnected from his purpose. In the end it was a fortuitous redundancy that released him from his role and a commitment to embodiment practices including Men’s Work, Qi Gong and Conscious Dance that helped him to muster the courage to trust and wait.
In between numerous business ideas the memory of MyoReformation appeared with another strong hit of that knowing intuition. Perhaps there was a part of him that knew that the farmer’s son with a natural touch around animals was destined to use his energy in a more direct way.
Some months later with 50 guinea pigs (practice clients – family, friends and Hackney musicians) to thank, he was parking the business ideas and booking a one-way flight to Harare to complete his MyoReformation apprenticeship. Spending 3 months practicing with Jacquie Simpson and testing his skills on the practitioner community assured him that he was indeed exactly where he should be. Most profoundly, meeting tens of thriving patients in Harare left Alastair with a deep belief in the power of the body to heal itself from all manner of suffering. One Myo patient’s comment stuck with him: “when I started Myo I had no idea how unwell I was. And today I can hardly believe that feeling ‘this well’ is even possible”.
Perhaps some of Alastair’s inspiration goes one generation further back. He remembers nursing his grandmother as she suffered the advances of kidney failure brought on by a medical error. Knowing what he has since learned, he can see that the autoimmune issue could have been healed without the risks.
Having received this gift Alastair is motivated to pass it on to those who are ready. He has always enjoyed building communities (including a football team that is thriving in London more than a decade after conception), teaching and coaching, and Alastair’s dream is to pass on the knowledge that was bestowed on him and see Myo touching more lives.
Alastair’s other great vision has been to contribute to rewilding nature. He loves a metaphor and it didn’t take him long to realise that there would be a swoon of great metaphors linking MyoReformation and rewilding. For as long as he can remember, his Instagram profile has read “rewild the earth to heal the people and rewild the people to heal the earth”. Don’t underestimate the power of intention.