Hands-on Healing. Practical Wisdom. Straight-Talking. Authentic.
Karen | Healing Ways
• Therapist • Educator • Speaker •
Helping people feel better in their bodies and therapists feel confident in their skills.
Hi, I’m Karen.
For over 25 years I’ve worked as a complementary therapist, helping people reconnect with their body’s intelligence and ability to heal.
What I’ve learned is this:
Healing isn’t just about what happens on the therapy bed.
It’s about understanding. Confidence. Clarity. And sometimes, someone saying the thing that needs to be said — kindly, honestly, and with experience behind it.
That’s why my work now flows in three ways: healing, teaching, and speaking.
Same heart. Bigger ripple.
The Three Pathways
Healing Sessions
Personalised, one-to-one natural therapy designed to support your nervous system, restore balance, and help you feel more at home in your body.
Including reflexology, colour therapy, somatic support, massage and practical guidance you can actually use in real life.
This is grounded, experienced, hands-on care.
Learn With Me
For individuals or groups that would like to learn to do what I do for themselves of their loved ones.
I teach what I practice.
No fluff. No trends. Just solid, practical education rooted in decades of clinical experience.
Zu Qigong, Introduction to Reflexology for Carers , Functional Reflexology
Whether you’re refining your craft or expanding your skills, you’ll leave clearer and stronger in what you do.
Note : Zu Qigong is a continual professional development for therapists.
Hear Me Speak
For organisations or community groups who would like a unique speaker on health aspects.
Workshops, talks and events that blend science, lived experience and straight-talking wisdom.
I speak about burnout, body wisdom, therapist confidence, nervous system literacy and the real-life realities of working in healing professions.
Expect warmth. Expect clarity. Expect Laughter and eye rolling. Expect to feel both seen and challenged — in the best way.
EXPERIENCE MATTERS
I’ve spent two decades plus in clinical practice.
I’ve led nationally and represented reflexology globally.
I mentor therapists.
I have worked with individuals, community groups, education and corporate groups
And I still love working hands-on.
This combination matters.
Everything I teach, share and speak about comes from real treatment rooms, real clients and real professional experience — not theory alone.
WHAT WOULD KAREN SAY ?
A comment clients often reflect on.
Sometimes healing needs quiet presence.
Sometimes it needs practical understanding.
And sometimes it needs someone to say it straight.
This is the thread that runs through everything I do.
Kind. Honest. Effective.
Because healing should make sense.
And learning should feel empowering — not overwhelming.
Client & Peer Reactions
I have been working alongside Karen in a professional capacity since 2014.
I am a musculoskeletal physiotherapist and am a strong advocate for the use of massage therapy to aid injury recovery. I have regularly sent clients to Karen for sports massage and they have all had excellent results. Karen has a good anatomical knowledge and provides a depth of massage relative to the patient’s injury and pain tolerance. This is a skill that only comes with experience.
Karen also has skills in reflexology, restorative massage, colour therapy and mindfulness. I also send clients to her who have an emotional and stress-related aspect to their pain, as Karen is brilliant for these types of problems. I cannot recommend Karen highly enough as someone to see on a regular basis to keep your body, mind and soul healthy!”
— Gretchen Falloon, Physiotherapist
WORK SHOP PRAISE
“Learners in my Level 3 Health class were very fortunate to have the privilege of Karen’s expertise and energy to help them to understand reflexology.
They were at the beginning of their learning journey surrounding health practices for an internal assessment and had little background knowledge of complementary medicine.
Karen was exceptional in the way that she interacted with the learners. I was blown away by her passion and enthusiasm for her practice and the way in which she shared this with my learners. She made a potentially confusing topic simple and easy to understand and used a range of demonstrations to keep the learners actively engaged throughout.
Karen challenged assumptions that they had about the practice and got them thinking of complementary ways to approach various health circumstances outside of what they already knew and believed.
If anyone else teaching a Level 3 Health class would like the support of an outside provider for the health practices programme of learning, I highly recommend Karen as an engaging, enthusiastic and knowledgeable presenter! Thank you Karen.”
— Aimee Snelgrove,
Senior Leadership Team Alfriston College
LAUGHTER YOGA
“Karen has taken a few Laughter Yoga Session throughout the years with our Reflexology Candidates at our National Conference. With only short times available before our day of lectures, Karen can quickly guide us through different types of laughter from tiny giggles to raucous laughter- great fun and lots of positive energy. We are always happy to host Karen.”
— Steph Gown, Auckland Reflexology Group Chairperson
CONFERENCE SPEAKER
2025 Reflexology New Zealand - Zu Qigong
2024 Reflexology Association of Australia - Zu Qigong
2022 Reflexology Association of Canada - World Reflexology Consortium Panel - NZ representative