Meet the team
Not only are all our practitioners experts in their fields with many years of experience, they are all fully qualified and members of their regulatory authority.
Sue Leach, founder of The Hub, homeopath
I came to homeopathy 21 years ago when my daughter was nine months old and I had mastitis. An NCT friend suggested homeopathic remedies and, well, I’ve never looked back – boob went from concrete solid, red hot raw and so painful I didn’t want my poor child near it to back in action within a day.
Mind/body therapies
Guy Blomfield, NIS
Guy Blomfield has been using NIS on a daily basis since 2002. He completed the NIS Masters in Munich in 2014.
Melissa is a student homeopath about to enter her final year of study at Salisbury Homeopathy College. She has a wealth of knowledge about complementary health and is a passionate advocate on preventive medicine. To complete her study portfolio she is offering consultations at a reduced rate.
Passionate about health and wellbeing, Ally qualified as a therapeutic massage therapist in London 30 years ago and offers pregnancy massage and Indian Head Massage. After some health issues of her own which traditional medicine had not been able to improve, she turned to reflexology. After four sessions, her symptoms completely disappeared and she retrained, also in London, with the Association of Reflexologists.
Sonja Gundry, sound therapy
‘To grow and flourish through sound’ is Sonja Gundry’s mantra. She is a qualified Therapeutic Sound Practitioner, member of the Therapeutic Sound Association (TSA) and one of the teaching team who trains sound therapists at The British Academy of Sound Therapy.
Denise Caruth, counselling
Denise is a BACP registered counsellor (British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists). She has experience of helping people who are struggling with grief, cancer, childhood issues, depression, anxiety, addiction and relationship issues, among other difficulties.
Juanita Duffin, AromaTouch
I trained as an AromaTouch therapist so I could start sharing them with more people. I continue to use these amazing essential oils on myself, my husband, around my home for cleaning and on my little dog too who is a trained, licensed performing animal (live theatre, TV and film work).
Shelley Edwards, weight loss mentoring/coaching
Shelley Edwards is a qualified Advanced Clinical Weight Loss Practitioner, weight loss and well-being coach and NLP coach who has a wealth of knowledge and experience in helping clients to lose weight, get fit and maintain their fitness goals. Shelley’s weight loss coaching and mentoring programme is about helping you to help yourself with gaining more knowledge about how the mind and body work – and learning that we actually can get in charge of our weight loss and fitness. If we get in charge of our mind and take control then we can easily stop things like emotional eating, cravings, the ‘What is the point?’ attitude that can then lead to more emotional eating followed by the dreaded feelings of guilt!
I’m a qualified hypnotherapist with five years' experience. For what has seemed a myriad years I was involved in financial services. Two marriage breakdowns, stresses of life, a DUI and more counselling than I could shake a stick at led me to look for change… real change. I studied what I thought was my passion: sports and remedial massage. Received a diploma and thought… 'This is it!' While massaging my clients, both male and female, invariably I'd be told their life histories, the good and the bad.
Elizabeth Kirk, nurturing nails manicures & pedicures
Extensive experience in a range of luxury beauty treatments, bringing natural manicures and pedicures to The Hub. My aim is to insert a little calm and a space for you to relax and unwind whilst I assist in revealing your natural beauty by providing treatments to boost confidence and bring out that inner radiant glow that we all have within.
Sue Leach, homeopathy
I came to homeopathy 21 years ago when my daughter was nine months old and I had mastitis. An NCT friend suggested homeopathic remedies and, well, I’ve never looked back – boob went from concrete solid, red hot raw and so painful I didn’t want my poor child near it to back in action within a day.
Richard Newman, acupuncture
I have been helping patients to become free from pain for over a decade. I have always had a strong desire to help people and I am passionate about using acupuncture and Chinese medicine to achieve this. Although I treat many different types of conditions…
Katharine O'Callaghan, reiki
I have always been fascinated by all things complementary and holistic – homeopathy, aromatherapy, flower remedies, acupuncture, massage, crystals, colour therapy – you name it! I am a strong believer in taking a holistic approach to health and life in general and whilst medicine has its place, wherever possible, I try to take the natural route.
Nutrition
Sue Leach, food intolerance testing
I came to homeopathy 21 years ago when my daughter was nine months old and I had mastitis. An NCT friend suggested homeopathic remedies and, well, I’ve never looked back – boob went from concrete solid, red hot raw and so painful I didn’t want my poor child near it to back in action within a day.
Rhi Hepple, naturopathic nutrition and hair analysis testing
I have been working in the health and beauty industry for 17 years – initially in editorial, assisting health and beauty writers, and then going on to be the marketing manager for The Urban Retreat at Harrods and the website editor of beautybible.com.
Massage
Shelley Edwards, Thai yoga massage
I am a qualified NLP practitioner (Neuro Linguistic Programming), life coach, corporate and executive coach, business coach, trainer and mentor, accredited by the Coaching Academy. I hold a Diploma in Leadership and Management and am also a preferred supplier of training for Hampshire Chamber of Commerce and Southern Entrepreneurs. I am also a motivational speaker and enjoy taking many of my presentations to an audience.
Lexi Dranidi, holistic fusion massage
Lexi is a firm believer that rediscovering the connection between the body and mind is the key to overcoming any obstacle in life and living it to its full potential. For several years she has been manager of a yoga, pilates and fitness holiday centre in Greece. Her holistic massage is a delicious fusion of complementary health techniques, intuitively woven for every individual's physical and emotional needs on the day.
Classes
Hannah Bimpson, yoga
Hannah Bimpson came to teaching yoga from a background as a professional dancer.
‘Yoga has always been something that goes hand in hand with dance but my real love for it started around four years ago when I began taking regular classes. I soon knew it was something I wanted to teach and began working towards my teacher training. I decided that for me it was important to go to the root and study in India...
Having danced since I was knee high to a grasshopper and worked as an osteopath, movement is a big priority for me – I firmly believe that movement is medicine for the body. In a time when we are all becoming far more sedentary and much more stressed my aim has become to teach busy people to find moments throughout their day to move, breathe and find calm, reducing stress and increasing health and well-being.
There is a powerful healing force in our understanding of our senses, environment and inner self. I began with a background in textile design, graduating from Central Saint Martins (1st BA Hons), which allowed me to expand upon my natural fascination with colour, texture and materials. Then, having completed my 200-hour yoga teacher training this year, I am now holding hatha yoga classes and one-to-one yoga sessions to work on a more personal, customisable yoga practice for the individual.
Lexi Dranidi is a holistic massage therapist and yoga teacher with a profound interest in alternative therapies and the numerous physical and psychological benefits of yoga. Having recently also trained in qigong, she is a firm believer that rediscovering that connection between the body and the mind is the key to overcoming any obstacle in life and living it to its full potential.
Varvara Dranidis, yoga
Varvara has practised yoga for 20 years and now teaches classes and workshops in the New Forest area. Inspired by her mother’s passion and both sisters becoming yoga teachers, she too decided to become qualified and teaches with a beautiful selection of dynamic vinyasa, hatha/vinyasa, restorative, yin and yoga nidra.
Shelley Edwards, yoga
I am a qualified NLP practitioner (Neuro Linguistic Programming), life coach, corporate and executive coach, business coach, trainer and mentor, accredited by the Coaching Academy. I hold a Diploma in Leadership and Management and am also a preferred supplier of training for Hampshire Chamber of Commerce and Southern Entrepreneurs. I am also a motivational speaker and enjoy taking many of my presentations to an audience.
Rebecca Marr, pilates
Rebecca has been teaching pilates for nearly 15 years and throughout this time has heavily focused on women’s physical and emotional well-being. A busy mother to three young girls, Rebecca believes in the art of self-care which she practises daily through her own set of rituals. Rebecca believes that pilates holds the key to a strong and aligned body, able to provide good health and vitality at any age.
Kristina Turner is a writer and women's circle facilitator. She describes herself as a birth activist, and led the occupation of Sweden’s last midwife-led maternity ward, BB Sophia, upon its closure in 2016. Author of Natural Birth – A Holistic Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth and Breastfeeding, she is a certified Red Tent women’s circle facilitator and has led women’s groups, retreats and workshops in Sweden and the UK.
Sonja Gundry, sound baths
'To grow and flourish through sound’ is Sonja Gundry’s mantra. She is a qualified Therapeutic Sound Practitioner, member of the Therapeutic Sound Association (TSA) and one of the teaching team who trains sound therapists at The British Academy of Sound Therapy.
Zoë Porter, yoga
Zoë is a free spirit with a passion for yoga and love for body art and spiritualism. Zoë discovered yoga, like most things, by total chance in 2009 and fell in love with it. She decided the best way to immerse herself was to become a teacher to continually school herself and others in the path of ashtanga yoga.
Zoë trained with the renowned Brian Cooper and continues to consider herself a student of yoga first and foremost. She is a Yoga Alliance registered yoga instructor.
Jane Seaman, meditation
I have been a student of Huna philosophy for the past 18 years and finished my apprenticeship in 2013, although one never stops learning and developing and constantly evolving. The word Huna is from the Polynesian languages and in part means 'that which is hidden' and refers specifically to knowledge of the spiritual nature of man and his place within the universe. It also means meditation.
Serena is passionate about helping other people have the same positive birth experience she had and is dedicated to making a difference to how women experience their entrance into motherhood. She trained with Katharine Graves Hypnobirthing, a complete antenatal training course accredited by The Royal College of Midwives that provides parents-to-be with a 'toolbox' for birth.