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Hi, my name is Ali Rookes, thank you for visiting my website! 

I always wanted to make a difference somehow, to help people feel better. I was drawn to healing work, though it felt a bit of a pipe dream for many years due to my personal situation.  As mid-life beckoned, I finally took the plunge and bowed out of corporate life to pursue my dream. I am so glad that I did and I feel very privileged to be doing what I love and running my own therapy practice. 

I discovered reflexology quite by accident. I was a busy working mum and had various niggling health complaints, probably stress related. One of my clients recommended that I visit her reflexologist. I took her advice and went for a treatment. I was astounded at what the therapist could tell about my health just by touching my feet! I felt wonderful afterwards and my interest in the subject was piqued.  I went on a couple of taster courses before embarking on my studies at the renowned London School of Reflexology. I was taught by its Principal, Louise Keet, author of 'The Reflexology Bible' and a leading light in the reflexology world. I qualified after a year of intensive study and became a full Member of the Association of Reflexologists. 

After graduating I began treating family and friends and discovered that I really could make a difference! I launched my business, working from my then-home in West Suffolk. I began to steadily grow my practice (largely by word-of-mouth recommendation) and develop my skill set as my client base expanded. 

I have taken extensive post graduate training courses, including ‘Pre-conception and Pregnancy’ (Louise Keet), Advanced Reflexology Techniques (A.R.T.) (Tony Porter) ‘Precision Reflexology’ (Jan Williamson) ‘Hip, Sciatica and Knee Workshop’ (Dorthe Korgsgaard and Peter Lund Frandsen from Denmark) and most recently ‘Reflexology for the Treatment of Pain (Mauricio Kruchik from Israel).

As my experience grew, I became much more aware of the body’s energy systems and this spurred me on to add Reiki healing to my skill set (becoming a Usui Reiki Master/Teacher in the process), then spiritual healing (I am a fully registered healer with the Harry Edwards Healing Sanctuary near Guildford in Surrey). I am a member of the UK Healers and the Norfolk Healers associations and also a Member of the SNU and a student

healing medium.

As time went by, I learned more and more about the mind-body connection and decided to study for an integrated Hypnotherapy Practitioner Diploma (in counselling, coaching, NLP and Thought Field Therapy) with the East Anglian Institute of Hypnotherapy. After successfully completing the course, I became a professional accredited hypnotherapist, registered on the General Hypnotherapy Register (GHR). 

As I began practising as a hypnotherapist, I found that many of my clients were suffering from chronic pain. Whilst I was having good results, I wanted to be able to help even more. I heard about the work of Steven Blake, who developed his own healing modality called 'OldPain2Go' and is very successful in totally eliminating long standing pain in a high proportion of his clients. I took his training course and am now a certified 'OldPain2Go' Practitioner and am very pleased to be able to offer this unique healing modality to my clients. Usually, fast results are obtained in as little as one extended session (please enquire for further details and cost).