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"INNER LIGHT THERAPIES"

"Inner Light Therapies" is a healing centre situated in Bournemouth, Dorset, UK. This page will tell you a little about us, Mark and Hilary - about our personal philosophies as therapy workers; about each of us and our qualifications in the healing, therapy and esoteric fields; and about what you might expect in a treatment session with us.

"Inner Light Therapies" is run by soul partners and twin flames, Mark Brittain and Hilary Hargreaves, who work both individually and together with a range of therapies designed to be of help in re-establishing physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health. We believe that the physical body, the subtle bodies, the mind and spirit are of equal importance when recognising and treating the symptoms and causes of ill health and so have acquired a range of skills between us in order to help guide and encourage clients to regain full health on all levels of body, mind and spirit. Healing does not come from us as therapists - we are merely tools through which the means and optimum conditions for healing can be offered to the client. On the client's part there has to be a genuine desire for healing, and a willingness to be involved whole heartedly in the process. Sometimes changes need to be made, and if the client is unable or unwilling to make these, then all the treatments in the world will not heal things!

Our philosophy:

There is no doubt that what happens to us as human beings throughout all stages of our lives (both past and present) powerfully affects our state of health. How and what we think strongly influences our physical health: amongst other things our inner fields build up their structure from our belief systems, which we base on what we learn, find out or are told about who and what we are. As individuals we can choose to reinforce the positive aspects of our lives and the positive things we have learnt from experiences in our lives, or we can dwell on the negative aspects - thus choosing to reinforce those. There also is no doubt that we can retrain the brain into new ways of thinking, and thus change what has been created in our non-physical bodies. One way of doing this is through Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP).
We often see patterns displayed in the auric field, showing how thoughts, ideas and beliefs take form in the mental body (a layer of the aura), which in turn create emotions and patterns connected with them in the emotional body / layer of the aura. These then may lodge anywhere in the etheric bodies of the aura and potentially end up manifesting in our physical body as a physical "symptom" or disorder (or dis-order.) Additionally we are each powerfully affected by events in our lives and also naturally build energy bonds with others within our sphere of life, which may or may not always be healthy for us.
Often as we progress or move forwards in our lives we need help in letting go of the past - not just on mental and emotional levels, but on energetic levels also, and this is where energy or vibrational healing work can be of especial help. We have found that the subtle energy tools available to us are incredibly powerful and, with the right mindset, can be vastly transformative on physical, mental and emotional levels. Mark finds that Spiritual counselling and Life Coaching are of tremendous help in supporting the conscious mind through periods of change, and also finds that working with the subconscious mind through hypnotherapy and / or NLP powerfully strengthens the changes that clients wish to make.
As human beings we all need perhaps to learn to listen to our bodies and maybe look deeper into our symptoms or disease, to try to work out what our body is telling us, or try to see what is going on symbolically. Edward Bach, creator of the Bach Flower Essences, said the following about disease (dis-ease): "Disease is solely and purely corrective. It is neither vindictive nor cruel but is simply the means adopted by our own souls to point out to us our faults; to prevent our making greater errors; to hinder us from doing more harm and to bring us back to the path of truth and light from which we should never have strayed".

When we look at the numerology of our name "Inner Light Therapies", it is both "10" and "1". Ten is the number of new beginnings, fulfilment and journeying into the limitless. It is the number of all inclusive perfection, flowing back to “1” – which is the number of completeness and Unity. Pythagoras said “Ten is the higher unity wherein the One is unfolded.” It is this journey outwards and inwards towards perfection that we aim to facilitate.

About Us:

Mark has been studying and working part-time in the field of complementary therapies since 1997, and has recently left his career within the world of IT and finance (and all things "left-brain" and logical!) to concentrate full-time on his therapy skills. He has always had an interest in how the mind affects the body, and is qualified as a Master NLP Hypnotherapist (which includes past-life regression therapy), a Certified Life Coach and a Certified NLP Practitioner and he uses these skills when teaching and in his other therapy work. Since 2001 he has qualified as a Reiki Master Teacher in the Usui, Tibetan and Angelic forms,  and as a Blue Star Celestial Energy System Master Teacher, which is a form of Reiki with Egyptian Mystery School roots, with a special emphasis on out-of-body working. He is also qualified as a Crystal Healer and Energy Worker and an Angelic Multi-dimensional Healing practitioner. He is currently training to become a  vibrational remedy practitioner using the "Petaltone" range of flower essences, and is also being trained on the Inner Planes in etheric surgery and repair work, which is becoming a major part of his work. He is a Master Teacher member of the UK Reiki Federation, a member of the General Hypnotherapy Register and is on the Central Register of Smoking Cessation Therapists.
Mark has a natural affinity for working with crystals and with energies of all sorts, and his innate clairvoyance enables him to "see" energies, colours and Beings in other dimensions (including personal Guides, animal totems and Light Beings). He is a trance channel and conscious channel and many Guides and Light-Beings are keen to make good use of his ability to be totally non-attached when channelling, thus bringing through clear and uncorrupted information with which to help people with their self-healing and growth. He has had great experience in working with crystals and sacred geometry in past lives and brings this knowledge with him today to use in our work with developing crystal grids and templates for healing and transformative purposes. Mark is a proficient out-of-body traveller and his work also includes healing,  scanning and accessing information, as well as rescue and other clearance work whilst in his soul body.

Hilary has been studying and working in the field of complementary therapies since 1993 and has qualified as a Crystal Healer, an Angelic Multi-dimensional healer, an Aromatherapist, an advanced EMF Balancing Technique® practitioner, an Usui and Tibetan Reiki Master Teacher, an Angelic Reiki Master Teacher and a Seichem and Cartouche Master Teacher. She has worked with crystals and essences for many years, and is a Graduate of the Institute of Crystal and Gem Therapists. She started working with Reiki in 1997, and has been teaching Reiki with Mark since 2002. She holds an ITEC diploma with credit in Anatomy and Physiology, and is a full member of IPTI (Independent Professional Therapists International). She holds a City & Guilds certificate for teaching adults, and has taught introductory classes in crystal healing and associated subjects for Bournemouth Adult Learning department. Together with Mark she has been teaching professional practitioner courses and personal growth workshops for their "School of Inner Light", which they set up for this purpose in 2001 (see "Our Other Websites").
Hilary is a clairaudient and conscious channel and has worked with crystals and Energy in many lifetimes. She works closely with the Higher Realms of Spirit and with the Angelic Realm, and is currently researching and developing several new courses and tools for personal and spiritual growth. Additionally she is writing several books based on our workshops and courses about working with crystals and crystal templates to experience Celestial, Angelic and other Archetypal Energies and about how crystals can help us in our personal spiritual growth and transformation.

What to expect at a treatment session:

Following an appropriate consultation, usually covering medical history, health and lifestyle, advice will be given on the most suitable form and course of treatment. Treatment content may vary from session to session, according to individual needs. Whichever forms of healing are deemed the most suitable at the time will be drawn on, and a combination of various vibrational therapies may be used or offered.
In cases other than EMF Balancing, all "hands on" treatment sessions will most frequently be Reiki energy balancing combined with crystal therapy and / or energy work. Here you will lie fully-dressed and in comfort on the treatment couch, with a light covering, whilst crystals (if appropriate) are placed on or around the body and the therapists hands move and adjust subtle energies within and around your body. The aim of such a session is always to promote wholeness and balance within the subtle systems of the body, thus placing the physical body in a strong position in which to heal itself.