Ros

Ros has been working with people in a variety of different professions over the last 30 or so years. In England, she trained as a chef and catering manager. As a manager, she became more interested in working with individuals to help them reach their potential. She worked and lived in a community for a number of years in a training centre, focusing on personal development. Ros moved to Pitlochry, Scotland in 1983 as assistant director of a centre for people in need of respite. In the mid 80s Ros came to Edinburgh University, achieving a joint Honours degree in Divinity. Staying in the Edinburgh area, she worked for eighteen years as a manager in the social care field, particularly with homeless people who are among the most excluded from our society.  

Her basic massage training was with the School of Holistic Therapy in Edinburgh with who she worked as a tutor for three years. After undergoing extensive further training she now holds the Certificate in Advanced Clinical Massage Therapy certificate with Jing Institute.  She is currently on year two of a three year degree level course in Advanced Clinical and Sports Massage.

Her massage practice includes work in partnership with the NHS providing complementary health and relaxation sessions for patients in an addiction project. As owner and director of Rosslyn Alterantives, Ros currently provides a suite of training and workshop sessions in Livingston and Edinburgh. 

Ros has the quality mark of the Complementary and Natural Health Care Council (CNHC),is a member of the NHS Directory of Complementary and Alternative Practitioners, and is registered with the M.T.I.. Her work is professionally supervised and she works within the guidelines and code of ethics of the M.T.I.  As a tutor in massage and anatomy and physiology, she is registered with the Massage Training Institute and is a member of the Institute for Learning (IFL) 

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