Lynne Booth
BA(Hons), BRCP, IIR, ART(regd)Hons, MAR(Hons). Member of the Association of Reflexologists, International Institute of Reflexology, British Register of Complementary Practitioners, Member of the Complementary Therapist's Association and has been awared two Honorary Fellowships from Advanced Reflexology Techniques (ART) 1998 and the Association of Reflexologists (AoR) 2008.
Lynne runs a private practice in Bristol where clients receive classical reflexology as well as brief Vertical Reflexology. She also holds sessions for professional athletes, and for the past fourteen years, has held a weekly clinic at the St Monica Trust, Bristol which provides nursing care and sheltered housing for over 400 elderly residents. She has practised reflexology at a hospital and clinic and runs seminars for nurses and care-workers as well as regularly giving talks, lectures and presentations. Lynne has assisted in practical instruction and examined for the International Institute of Reflexology and is an enthusiastic exponent of ART (Advanced Reflexology Techniques).
In June 1998 Lynne presented at the inaugural ART conference in London where she was awarded an Honorary Fellowship for services to reflexology. In 2008 the Association of Reflexologists awarded her an Honorary Fellowship for her contribution to the science of reflexology.
Lynne discovered Vertical Reflex Therapy (VRT) while working on orthopaedic problems associated with the elderly. She has subsequently developed and extended this technique to cover all age groups and many conditions including ME and other post-viral problems, insomnia and asthma. More recently she has developed VRT Nail-working techniques and mapped reflexes out on the nails. These profound methods form part of the VRT Hand and Nail-Working course. The large reflexology school, REFLE, in Japan runs a VRT diploma course. Knowledge of VRT is a required component on many professional accredited reflexology diploma courses.
Lynne conducted research into VRT with the medical team at the St. Monica Trust in 1997 and results of this small study on pain and mobility showed a 60%+ improvement in seven weeks. She works in the field of palliative care and in 2007 was invited by the Penny Brohn Cancer Care (formerly the Bristol Cancer Care Centre, to present a one day seminar on VRT and palliative care for medics and professional complementary therapists as part of the Expert Speaker Series. Lynne teaches bespoke training sessions for nurses and carers in the south west at the St Monica Trust. She has lectured to speech/voice therapists at the Royal United Hospital, Bath and Southmead Hospital, Bristol and demonstrated VRT/reflexology on radio and TV programmes including BBC, Discovery Health, HTV and SABC.
Lynne and VRT tutors regularly run courses in Europe and she has taught in South Africa, Japan, USA, Australia, Canada, Jamaica and Dubai. She has presented at international conferences in the UK, Finland, Denmark, Jamaica, South Africa Eire and USA, and was the keynote speaker at Australian and Canadian reflexology conferences. She presented a paper on Reflexology and Cancer care at the ISRAC conference in Israel in October 2008.
Lynne has written a best-selling book on Vertical Reflex Therapy and Synergistic Reflexology, called Vertical Reflexology which was published by Piatkus Books in September 2000 (reprinted three times). Vertical Reflexology for Hands was published in June 2003. They are translated into Dutch, Russian, Czech, Portuguese in Brazil and Japanese. She and appointed VRT tutors are engaged in running seminars in the UK and internationally, where her new advanced techniques have been taught to over 6000 qualified reflexologists.
Lynne teaches courses in the UK and internationally.
