Alan Howell CV 3

Alan Howell Essential Oils

Shechina

21, Chatsworth Crescent

HOUNSLOW

Middlesex

England

TW3 2PE

Telephone:

0208 569 8440

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0208 569 8440

0845 458 5757

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Touch Life With Beauty

www.shechina.co.uk

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Shechina

Essential Oils

By Alan Howell

2004 - 2006 Independent UK company

Acted as company representative whilst in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Developed natural health and beauty products to stringent guidelines. Many of these were uniquely therapeutic in nature (i.e.: whitening products). Acted as a consultant with retailers’ customers to guide and advise on product use. Many consultations were challenged by language limitations as many clients were international and not English speaking, because of this was able to gain much experience in the use of traditional methods of energetic diagnosis using visual and kinaesthetic approaches.

2004 Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital

Presentation on Essential Oils and their efficacy to a board meeting at the Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital. This presentation was requested by the pharmacy manager, two medical Aromatherapists and Dr. Siggi Trefzer. Developed and presented a strong argument for the need to source true to species type oils and the importance of GC evidence. Comparison discussion of oil chemo-types and their possible applications. Several of the consultants had no previous knowledge and presented feasible arguments. The final outcome resulted in Shechina becoming primary supplier of Essential Oils to the Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital.

1997 - 1999 The School of Physical Therapies, Kingston.

Developing and teaching advanced post graduate courses for Aromatherapy practitioners. Exploring the importance of energy in both biomedical and CAM traditions and its relationship to the body in health and illness. Focusing more specifically on Five Element theory, energy imbalances and the effects on homoeostasis, the energetic properties of essential oils and their application in Aromatherapy. Applying theory to practice, looking at case studies – energetic approaches to individual presenting energetic imbalances.

1999 Various locations in South West England

Advanced Oil Monographs. This short course was to introduce a selection of little known oils to professional Aromatherapists. Primarily graduates of the Tisserand Institute. The oil monographs were presented in TIA format to keep consistency with previous handouts.

1998 BABTEC Henlow Grange.

Developing and teaching advanced post graduate courses for Aromatherapy practitioners. Exploring the importance of energy in both biomedical and CAM traditions and its relationship to the body in health and illness. Focusing more specifically on Five Element theory, energy imbalances and the effects on homeostasis, the energetic properties of essential oils and their application in Aromatherapy. Applying theory to practice, looking at case studies – energetic approaches to individual presenting energetic imbalances.

1997 - 1998 The Raworth Centre, Dorking.

Developing and teaching advanced post graduate courses for Aromatherapy practitioners. Exploring the importance of energy in both biomedical and CAM traditions and its relationship to the body in health and illness. Focusing more specifically on Five Element theory, energy imbalances and the effects on homeostasis, the energetic properties of essential oils and their application in Aromatherapy. Applying theory to practice, looking at case studies – energetic approaches to individual presenting energetic imbalances.

1990 - 1994 Malden Centre, New Malden.

Shiatsu Lecturer on various courses at Adult Education. Developing teaching tools and delivering courses for different requirements. These ranged from weekend to part-time courses leading to professional qualifications lasting over a year.

1984 - 1994 Aston Clinic, New Malden, Surrey

Dispenser and Herbal Technician to four Medical Herbalists in a multi-disciplinary practice. Responsible for the sourcing, purchase and production of all phyto products including the manufacture of tinctures, lotions and creams

Also working for Optimum Health, a mail order company operating from this clinic. This involved the taking, fulfilling and posting of orders for complex homoeopathic remedies by a German company called Dr. Reckeweg. This gave the opportunity to spend ten years working alongside four practitioners using these complex homoeopathic remedies in both oral and injectable form. This was a formative practical learning experience and enabled the introduction of Homoeopathy to consultations alongside single remedy prescriptions.

Practiced Shiatsu also from 1990 onwards.

1990 - 1994 Kingfisher Centre, Kingston.

Shiatsu Lecturer on various courses at Adult Education. Developing teaching tools and delivering course for different requirements, both theoretical and practical elements.

1992 St. Thomas’s Hospital Tooting

Evening courses to State Registered Physiotherapists. Developed and presented short courses for physiotherapists in Aromatherapy. At presentation it was discovered that most physiotherapists had little or no history of massage techniques and the course was restructured to rectify this. The course was presented with Jenny Harding (senior oils content tutor at the Tisserand Institute).

1990 - 1992 British School of Shiatsu-Do, Old Street, London

Shiatsu Lecturer on various courses at Adult Education. Developing teaching tools and delivering courses for different requirements, both theoretical and practical elements.

1990 Charing Cross Hospital Nursing School and St. Mary’s Hospital

Taught complimentary approaches to treating and nursing PWA’s. This course was presented by Charing Cross Hospital Hammersmith at both its Nursing School and at St. Mary’s Hospital Paddington. It was the first course of this type in the world. The course was developed by Prof. Robert J Pratt and was a Foundation for Nursing and Health Care Practice for HIV and AIDS. It’s enhanced needs-based model of nursing, providing a comprehensive reference to the entire spectrum of HIV disease for nurses, midwives and other healthcare professionals. At the time there was little allopathic support and complementary approaches were embraced readily. Main support areas were offered via meridian based therapies (Acupuncture, Acupressure and Shiatsu) symptomatic Homoeopathy and Nutrition.

1987 co-authored 'The Alternative Family Cookbook'.

A book dedicated to food sensitivities and diet. The first half of the book is on nutrition and the importance of a healthy diet. The second part of the book is a collection of recipes. The book is unique in its flexibility as it will suit all food sensitivity and allergy combinations and permutations. It was self-published in 1987 and is now in the process of up-dating with a view to looking for publishers. Contributors included prof. Bryce-Smith.

1981 - 1982 Trust House Forte

Management Accountant

Informal Research & Education

The field of Complementary medicine has become more and more academic since Alan began his studies in the 1980’s. Over the last 35 years, due to the lack of research & formal academic education providers available, Alan’s passion for understanding the ancient energy systems and their application in the modern world has lead to him personally researching this subject. He has studied the theories, methods & practices of Medical Herbalists, Homoeopathy, Nutritionists, Acupuncturists, Osteopaths, Remedial Massage Therapists, Psychotherapists, NLP Practitioners, local Shamans, Witch Doctors, Healers, Medicine Men, Wise Men, Elders, Native Americans, Waitaha and Sangoma and several mainstream orthodox therapists. This passion for research and learning has taken Alan across the globe, to over 36 countries to date, with the aim of developing an advanced knowledge in the field of energy medicine by studying other cultures and their indigenous philosophies and health systems, whilst resourcing phyto materials at the same time.

References - Available on request