MEET GAYLE
Gayle Hocking
B.Ost. P.O.D. CESMT. FSCCO. B.A. (Hons)
Training & Qualifications
After 10 years as a Business Analyst and IT Consultant, Gayle retrained and qualified with a Bachelor of Osteopathy in 2004 and has over 20-years’ experience and post-graduate training in this field.
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To complement her osteopathy knowledge, she has additionally qualified as a Somatics Teacher (training with Essential Somatics), completed training in Ecological Medicine and has invested in the Vitatec Global Diagnostics machine and training, to provide detailed analysis to her patients, to help them to optimise their health. She holds The Resilient Heart: Trauma-Sensitive HeartMath Certification.
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She is registered with the General Osteopathic Council (GOsC), has been awarded Fellow status at the Sutherland Cranial College of Osteopathy and is a member of the British Society of Ecological Medicine and Alliance for Natural Health International.
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Gayle volunteered for seven years with Osteopathic colleagues at Skylarks; a Richmond-Upon-Thames based charity providing activities and therapies for children with disabilities and Neurodiversity.
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She is a mum to Annabel and James; in her spare time, she loves to ski, open water swim, and walk. She enjoys the process of learning and is passionate about sharing this knowledge to help others.
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Post-graduate training in:
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2-year post-graduate diploma in Paediatrics (P.O.D.)
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Tongue-tie and infant feeding
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Fellow – Sutherland Cranial College of Osteopathy
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Biodynamics Cranial Osteopathy (Dr Jim Jealous)
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Head injury
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Finding the Health in Trauma
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The Resilient Heart: Trauma-Sensitive HeartMath Certification Training
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Dissection (at West Midlands Surgical Training Centre)
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Neuroanatomy (with Professor Frank Willard)
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Current First Aid qualification
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Certified Essential Somatics Movement Teacher (Somatics Matters)
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Foundation Module 1 and 2 in Ecological Medicine.
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Healthy ageing in women (natural approaches to menopause)
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Vitalfield Technology - Vitatec Global Diagnostics – one of the first clinics in the UK to offer this comprehensive Health Information and Lifestyle Data Analysis Service. (www.stillhouseclinic.co.uk/HILDA-2)
Personal Reflection
Over the last 8 years of my 20 years in practice, I have been attending post-grad courses and learning about the embodiment of trauma; applying this during my regular clinics. I have also personally been healing from adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) so have first-hand knowledge and experience of how it feels when you are ‘stuck’ and the sensations of lightness, joy and life-force once it has been released.
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Through therapy and energy healing, I have been able to process, grow, employ kind boundaries, stand in my power and values, quiet the mind and become comfortable to gaze within. I am so thankful for the beautiful souls who have helped me.
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Somatics has empowered me to release and retrain the physical, emotional, and energetic responses I have held in my body and nervous system for many years. It sits beautifully with my training in Osteopathy, and my Biodynamic Cranial Training. I have a clearer sense of my purpose and how my past experiences were ‘training’ to be able to respond in the way that I have with resilience, integrity, intuition, love, and connection. I feel incredibly grateful for the synchronicity in the timing of the Somatics work. In 2020, I had the strength and wisdom to trust the innate intelligence and natural immunity of my body and to intuitively know how to stand in my truth, along with many other courageous leaders in the health field. I love sharing knowledge with my patients (health seekers) and to guide them to take responsibility for their own health in a natural and supportive way, by making powerful choices to be the very best versions of themselves.
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I am blessed to have experienced stability and unconditional love from my grandparents and every day I am now able to feel gratitude and joy for the time I was able to spend with them and how they have helped to shape my heart-centred practice.
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“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.”
Carl Jung
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I am excited and hopeful for the future – please do join me – you are most welcome.
