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At a time when everything feels up in the air, it is important to put our own health and wellbeing at the top of our agenda. The ancient art of meditation can help decrease stress and lower blood pressure and is an easy practice to try at home. To get you started, we’ve put together…

FHT Vice President Maria Mason has been listed as a Top 100 Beauty Influencer by Professional Beauty. Maria is an award winning salon owner and was nominated by Professional Beauty members for being one of the people currently making the biggest impact in the beauty and spa market. The final list showcases leaders in the…

To help inform an article for International Therapist magazine about your male clients and their general wellbeing, we’d really appreciate it if you could take 5 to 10 minutes to complete our short survey. We are particularly looking to find out more about the therapies that your male clients visit you for and whether this…

Providing live support via a video or telephone consultation can be a great way to host a session, such as therapy-specific self-help techniques or counselling and mindfulness (see our Supporting clients remotely blog for more guidance). If you haven’t used a video communication platform before, here are a few we recommend. Each platform has helpful step-by-step guides to show you how to get started, we…

It is incredibly sad that at a time when positive touch has never been more needed by those in our local community, we are faced with an unprecedented situation where social distancing has become an imperative to protect the NHS and save lives. While seeing clients in person is now out of the question, we’re delighted to learn that many of our…

This April is Stress Awareness Month. As people are not able to visit their local FHT member for support at this time, we thought we’d take this opportunity to bring a little therapy to your home. Whether you’re social distancing or just looking for some self-help techniques to reduce anxiety and boost your health and…

1. Meet the three elderly women self-isolating together This week BBC Breakfast interviewed Doreen, Dotty and Carol, three women in their 70s who have decided to self-isolate together. Doreen said, ‘We are going to do a week in our own homes and if we are still fit and well, we are going to decide which…

The measures put in place by the government to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) have already had a huge impact on daily life and we know it is an incredibly difficult time for FHT members. Staff at FHT felt inspired by a message from Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Big Magic, and felt it would…

We have contributed an article about craniosacral therapy to the March issue of In the Moment (ITM) magazine. Thank you to craniosacral therapy practioner and training provider, Caroline Barrow, for her words in this article (upledger.co.uk). In this feature, we look at craniosacral therapy, a non-invasive therapy that is said to gently work on the…

Sleep can have a huge impact on our overall health and wellbeing, from our digestion system to our mental health. Today we are celebrating World Sleep Day, an annual celebration of sleep which raises awareness of the benefits of a good night’s sleep. Last year, FHT contributed a five-page feature article to Sleep Well: The…

Today we are celebrating Social Prescribing Day alongside the College of Medicine, the Social Prescribing Network and many other organisations. Social prescribing provides doctors with alternative and more appropriate ways to support a patient, such as signposting them to complementary therapies, encouraging them to join a walking club, or joining a Knit and Natter group.…

The Full Circle Fund is looking for sports massage therapists nearing the end of their studies to support their annual cycling event. Volunteers are needed to provide post-event massage therapy and each therapist will be given £50 for their support. It is the 22nd year that the event has taken place and for the past…