Registered with the UK's professional body for Ayurvedic practitioners. The Ayurvedic Practitioners Association (www.apa.uk.com).ITEC

Loretta's first career was born out of a love of music where she spent many successful years in the music business.However, whilst on a personal quest to improve her physical and emotional health, her path lead on a different journey, and a new career in healing and rejuvenation soon beckoned. Now with much training and experiance behind her she has been successfully treating individuals with Massage therapy and is working with Ayurveda as a healthcare system giving diet and lifestyle advice alongside the deep relaxation therapy of massage..

After completing an Ayurvedic Marma therapy course in 2003, the search for increased knowledge in Ayurveda led her to the Far East where she spent 500 hours at the Ayurvedic College in Kannur, undertaking the intense study and practice of Ayurveda and Panchakarma- a deep cleansing system based on Ayurvedic principles. This also involved some clinical experiance assisting the doctors with their Panchakarma  patients.

On her return to the UK, fascinated further by Ayurveda, she expanded her knowledge of pathology and diagnosis with the study of Ayurveda and Nutrition in Bristol, and qualified as an Ayurvedic Therapist at the renowned European Institute of Vedic Studies (EIVS).  A further intense study of advanced training in Ayurvedic nutrition led to a Level 2 qualification .The EIVS training from Dr David Frawley included the detailed study of Ayurvedic anatomy, physiology, disease process, diagnosis, treatment, and philosophy.  She was extremely fortunate to study with the school's principal, Atreya Smith, before he retired from teaching in the UK. Smith is one of only two Vaidyas (Ayurvedic physicians) outside of India with 20 years of practical clinical experience. The level 2 training was specifically geared towards understanding pathology, nutrition and lifestyle for the West, rather than treatments suited for India.

After many years spent searching for the ultimate relaxation and rejuvenation Ayurvedic massage, Loretta finally found it at Ayurveda UK the Ayurvedic Therapy Centre in Staffordshire, www.lifespa.co.uk. The owners (Danny and Carol) teach an ancient and incredibly powerful Himalayan massage and have a highly impressive portfolio of clients, including celebrities and members of the Royal family. She completed a further massage and lifestyle therapy training with Danny Cavanagh, the co-founder of Ayurveda UK, concentrating again on detoxification and rejuvenation therapies and now she continues to work alongside Danny during his London home visits,  Loretta is  introducing Ayurveda UK's unique massage and detoxification therapy to her practice, currently in Notting Hill (this style of  massage is still only practiced at a few exclusive spas around the world, including the Chopra Centre and The Raj in the USA. )

As a practitioner of Ayurveda and alternative therapies, Loretta comes from the heart and has developed the innate ability to sense what people need. She believes this comes from working with the body and mind through massage, consultation and palpating with her hands, that has heightened her intuition which is then combined with the knowledge learned and experience gained from working with people over the last 7 years.

Loretta feels that this, alongside her own journey and on-going quest for personal health and happiness, helps her to connect and empathize with people on their own individual journeys, supporting them through bespoke treatments, for what is needed and important to them.

Relevant qualifications

Institute of Ayurveda marma point massage dip

ITEC Massage, Anatomy and Physiology dip,

College of India Ayurveda and Panchakarma dip

E.I.V.S.  Ayurvedic Nutrition and Lifestyle Therapist level 1 &2

E.I.V.S. Ayurvedic Massage Therapist.level 1&2 (inc pranic healing and heat therapy)

Ayurvedapura Beauty Therapies and Shirodhara Dip

Life Spa uk. Ayurvedic health advisor and massage therapist, detoxification therapies

(Registered with the UK's professional body for Ayurvedic practitioners, the Ayurvedic Practitioners Association (www.apa.uk.com) .ITEC