About Me
I
have studied and practiced natural healing methods all of
my adult life, starting with the Bach Flower Remedies
which I discovered while still a teenager. I then trained
as a reflexologist and began to understand how energy
healing works, and in 1988 I qualified as a homeopath and
opened my first homeopathic practice in Leeds. I
subsequently wrote several books on homeopathy and was
invited to lecture throughout the U.K. and overseas. In
1993 I co-founded The Lakeland College, offering a unique
training course in homeopathy and holistic health. I also
presented hundreds of seminars to student and
practitioner groups, some of which were recorded and are
now available to download through this website.
Since 2003 I have practiced and developed a method of
self-healing which I call 'release work'. The method
incorporates various techniques that I have found to be
effective in helping people to overcome emotional
blockages, transform limiting beliefs and to achieve a
greater alignment with their true self. Currently I work
mostly with small groups intensively in a residential
retreat setting, as I have found that the group field
effect amplifies and enhances release work in many
respects.
About
the Recordings
I first began recording my live seminars in 1996, having
realized that many of the things that had helped me the
most in practice were not being widely taught in
homeopathy colleges. The feedback I received about these
early recordings was overwhelmingly positive, so I was
encouraged to continue.
Initially the recordings were made available as
audiotapes (remember those?). These were later digitized
and transferred to CDs. With the arrival of broadband, I
decided to convert them into mp3 format so they could be
downloaded directly to a home computer and played on
iPods and the like.
In recent years I have been recording my talks and
seminars using digital equipment with a noticeable
improvement in sound quality, although the unpredictable
nature of live recordings remains unchanged.
The topics cover a wide range of subject areas, with the
majority of my early seminars having a distinctly
homeopathic flavour. As my work has developed over time
to include other healing modalities, these changes are
reflected in the more recent recordings.
About
my Work
One of my passions from the very beginning has been the
development of those internal qualities that I believe
are an essential component of any healing work:
compassion, trust, intuition, authenticity and
self-awareness. If I seem to over-emphasize these
elements, I make no apology for that. In the words of
Carl Jung, 'It is what you are that
heals, not what you know.' It is one thing to learn a
healing technique such as homeopathy, but it is another
thing to become a healer, such that you embody the spirit
of what you have learned and are able to apply it
confidently in your own unique way.
These days, I work
exclusively in the fields of self-healing, personal
transformation and inner growth. To me, this is a natural
extension of all that I have learned and practiced
previously, and the new recordings
just released
will bring you up to date with some of my recent
explorations.
Whatever your interest, I trust that you will find these
seminars helpful as you progress on your life journey,
whether for your own benefit or to enhance your
practitioner skills.
I have an ongoing programme of 'live' seminars, talks and
retreats, full details of which can be found on my
main website. If you have any
questions or comments, please send me an
email.
Ian Watson