About Move with Awareness

My name is Alison Emery, and I am a Clinical Massage Therapist and Essential Somatics Movement Teacher.

My passion is helping people live free from pain and move with greater ease. I combine clinical massage with Somatic Movement to support lasting change in the body.

I’ve had a diverse career journey, beginning in nursing, where I qualified in 1991 and worked extensively with the homeless.

In 2010, I transitioned into massage therapy — a path inspired by my own experience with chronic back pain, caused by years of moving and handling in my nursing work. From the very beginning, I knew my passion was helping people find relief from pain.

My professional training led me to the Jing Institute of Advanced Massage in Brighton, where I completed a Level 6 BTEC degree in Sports and Clinical Massage in 2015. This experience allowed me to work with a wide range of clients dealing with various pain conditions. However, I noticed that many people’s symptoms would eventually return, and I became curious about why this happened.

That search for answers led me to Somatic Movement. In 2018, I began my training with Essential Somatics and qualified as an Essential Somatics Movement Teacher in 2020. To deepen my understanding and help clients further improve their movement and manage pain more effectively, I have since begun training in Clinical Somatic Education.

If you would like more information about how somatic movements could help you please take a look around my website, try for yourself a somatic movement from one of my videos or book a FREE online consultation

Qualifications

Essential Somatic Movement Teacher Level 1 (May 2019) and Level 2 (May 2020)
BTEC Diploma Level 6 in Advanced Clinical and Sports Massage 2016 (Jing)
Advanced Clinical Massage Therapist Certificate which covers Clinical Massage for Lower Back Pain, Neck and Shoulder Pain, Pain in the Shoulder Girdle, Hip pain, Leg, Knee and Foot pain and Forearm pain. 2014 (Jing)
Anatomy and Physiology, (Jing)
Diploma in Indian Head Massage;
Clinical Hot Stones Massage; (Jing)
TMJ Face and Jaw Pain (Jing)
Working with the Spine (Jing)
Ribs, Abdomen and Thorax (Jing)
Pregnancy Massage; (Jing)
Scar Work (Sharon Wheeler)
Advanced Myofascial Techniques in Pelvis, Hips and Sacrum; Spine and Lower Back; Ribs and Sciatica
Diploma in Swedish Massage,
Diploma in Sports Massage;
Registered General Nurse (RGN)