About Rory

I believe that real change in people’s lives comes from working with our bodies — not least the parts that are not known to us. By making space for those parts, craniosacral therapy offers a way to slow down and to become reconnected with our body, our whole selves.

I grew up in Edinburgh and spent most of my adult life living and working in Europe, North America and London.

Organisations run on adrenaline. Having worked in government, I know how easy it is to absorb that rhythm — and how hard it can be to find your own again.

As an adolescent, I played football at district level and basketball at national level. The positions I played gave me a sense of time, space and patterns of collective movement — the rhythm of the game. Maybe that’s what drew me to yoga. After over a decade of practice, I began teaching in London. Then the world was turned upside down by a pandemic.

Like many other people, I found it hard to slow down — and harder still to accept the visceral reality of a health condition. Yet by slowing down I began to listen more attentively to my body. I practised qigong and feldenkrais instead of yoga. I pursued training in anatomy and biodynamic craniosacral therapy, building on undergraduate courses in sport science and psychology — and spent weekends learning about focusing (felt sense) and tension and trauma releasing exercises (TRE).

I surf when I can, mostly in the south-west of France — where the Atlantic arrives in long, slow groundswells, bringing a stillness you can feel in your whole body. I continue to practise qigong, feldenkrais and pranayama on a regular basis.

My practice is based in Edinburgh and I am registered with the CSTA — the main professional body for craniosacral therapists in the UK. If you would like to discuss your needs and see whether craniosacral therapy might be right for you, contact me: rory@groundswelltherapy.co.uk.