Spiritual chiro in Peru 2025

There are certain moments in my life that have felt like fixed points i.e. things that were simply meant to be. My mum used to believe in that too, and I remember her telling me that certain points in our lives are set out to make things happen. Like a boulder in the stream of your life, designed to change your course or direction.  It's certainly true of how I discovered Chiropractic, my home here in Edinburgh, and even my husband! These were all big things where so many complex pieces seemed to come together to give me a lesson or experience I needed.  Twice in my life, I have been utterly compelled to do something and this trip to Peru feels like the third! The first time was being on holiday in Monterey, California with Richard just nine months after we met. There's nothing there but bakeries and jewellery shops, and being newly in love, of course I wanted to see all the diamond rings! There was one particular antique piece that just captured my heart (and my sanity a litt...

The last time first time I said "yes" to a big trip was in 2012 and I had just started work as a chiropractor in a new city where I didn't have any friends. Perhaps that's why I accepted the invitation of one of my clients to climb Kilimanjaro!  We raised a sum for charity and set off to Africa for three weeks in August 2012 just a handful of weeks after my mum had suddenly passed from stomach cancer. Looking back, I was young, in shock and emotionally shut down. I took some of mum's ashes with me and sprinkled them at the glacier at the summit. I recall wondering  if I would ever go back to visit that part of her again.  Since then, I've had many more deep and meaningful shifts in my life. Mostly through retreats and self-empowerment experiences like firewalking, breathwork and learning to say yes to things that scare me. All of these experiences built  me up mentally, emotionally and spiritually. One even prompted an uprooting of my entire family to start a ...