13/09/2026
People sometimes ask how Gentle Release began.
The honest answer is that I didn't set out to create anything. I came to this work after losing both my parents, a long way from where I'd been, in a career in traffic engineering.
Over the years, the way I worked quietly changed on its own. I noticed that the gentler I was, the less I tried to force a result, the more the body responded. Something new was emerging, though it didn't have a name yet.
By 2017, clients were asking if there were books about what I did. So I taught three friends, just to be sure it wasn't only me. Each of them noticed something very similar. The first practitioner course followed in November 2018, and it has grown, gently, into a community of practitioners across the UK and beyond.
What still matters most is the gentleness of it. Not forcing, not chasing outcomes. Just enough safety and stillness for the body to soften in its own time. And that applies in the training too, no pressure, no expectation, just trying to make sure everyone is as comfortable as they can be to have the best learning experience.
Bodies have so much to say. We just don't always take the time to listen. 🤍
