About

We each have our own story from encountering the Metamorphic Technique®. I discovered the work in the summer of 2019, just a few weeks after my mother had died. I was offered a session and I said yes with no idea what to expect, even less so when I was told that the Practitioner couldn't promise any outcomes. The session was pleasant and relaxed but seemed unremarkable. However, a surprising and impossible chain of events unfolded the following morning that really caught my attention. Though the situation only held significance for me, what occurred meant this was something to pay attention to, and I'm very glad I did.  

Since then I've stepped ever deeper into the work like many people have, and I now offer this work to others as a Practitioner and Apprentice Teacher of the Metamorphic Association and look forward to sharing this subtle yet profound work with you.

We talk a lot about Transformation in this work because the Metamorphic Technique® is an extraordinary and unique approach to life, creativity, healing, and transformation. 

Founded by Gaston Saint-Pierre in the 1970s, the practice can offer a space where we can be ourselves, just as we are right now, while at the same time pointing to the potential for transformation that is always available to us; the movement from who we are to what we can be and already are, in potential. 

A Session involves light and gentle touch on specific areas of the feet, hands and head, together with a specific type of detachment which operates as the heart of this work. By working in this way, we are able to provide the person who comes for a session with an environment free from direction, interference, judgement and preconceived ideas.

Sessions are easy to fit into everyday life and Metamorphic Technique® can be used alongside a therapy and medical care but it is not itself  therapeutic;  there are no contraindications and no desired outcomes or benefits from a session and it's suitable and safe for everyone regardless of circumstance and any life situation.  

You can ask yourself: "Does it feel right for me to try a Session or find out more?"  There are only 3 possible answers:  Yes, No, or Don't Know. Usually it's a quick inner response.  Your first answer will likely be your inner answer, and that'll be right for you today, it may be different tomorrow. If it's No today that's right for you today, you can ask again if the work springs to mind another time. 

We can't claim any success for the Metamorphic Technique®  or for ourselves as Practitioners,  nor can we promise you any benefits or outcomes. But we can notice that healing, help and change can occur as a by-product  of the kind of transformation we talk about, and we know that many people who have sessions do report an array of benefits. Our own experience with the Technique is often the reason we offer it to others.

People report things like feelings of improvements in physical mental or emotional health, perhaps a releasing of old habits or an ease with gradually letting go of past hurts. People often report significant changes in the way they see life and how they think and feel about themselves; in many cases they experience a growing sense or purpose and inner strength. Some people have described the experience like 'coming home to themselves'.

It seems that people often seem to find and feel drawn to the Metamorphic Technique® during times of change in their lives, when there is a feeling of need to create something more, as individuals or in the world as a whole. It's a kind of hunger, an appetite or searching for something that feels needed, or perhaps a need to discover or create something new in our lives. 

Metamorphic Technique® sessions are performed in-person and are suitable and safe regardless of  circumstances or condition of your life. It is safe during pregnancy, for babies, for children, families, adults, the elderly and the immobile as well as pets and other animals.

It's a two-part practice. During a session we gently touch specific areas of the feet hands and head that reflect all that we are whilst using a specific attitude of detachment that is the heart of this work and enables us to 'stay out of the way' of our client, which is essential to the session.

A full session usually lasts for around an hour. Sample sessions or sessions with animals, babies and children would normally be shorter, and we would expect to allow a little more time for a group or family.

 There is no need to share personal  or private information beyond that needed to arrange the session.

We use no oils, music or scent and there is no need to adjust anything.

There is no need to talk during the session, nor is there a need to remain quiet.

The session is usually performed seated or slightly reclined and fully clothed with the exception of footwear, and you can keep your socks on if you wish.

The Metamorphic Technique® is a simple and gentle technique that anyone can learn. My workshops are informal interactive environments where you are free to ask questions. Taking place in-person and online, there are two options:

 Introductory Workshops

Usually run for 3-4 hours. We'll talk through the theory and take you through the practice of how to give a session - you will usually both give and receive a session which can be on someone else or yourself.

We'll cover some of the concepts, history and understandings that underpin the work.

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Full Workshops

Usually run for 10-12 hours. A deeper dive into the principles behind the work. Building upon the Introductory Workshop but also suitable as a first workshop. If you wish to practice with others in a professional relationship then you would need to attend two full workshops - please ask for more information.  

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After participating in one of my workshops you will be able to offer free sessions to your family and friends as well as work on yourself and any family animals.

You will also be welcome to join our community, the Metamorphic Association, which is a UK based educational charitable trust that owns the Metamorphic Technique® trademark, disseminates the work into the world, and offers online and in-person events and materials for us to further explore and deepen our understanding of the Metamorphic Technique® and all that it points to.

We can swap and share sessions in a more sociable group environment; often tea/coffee, cake and conversation are also being swapped and shared!

It's a more relaxed and informal way to get a session and a great way to develop your skills and confidence in giving a session, especially if you are using the Technique with others, or wanting to do so.

It's also a great way to get to know each other a little better and a great space to ask those questions that keep coming to mind or that pop up suddenly when we all meet.

We can give Metamorphic Technique® sessions at any stage throughout pregnancy and also during labour. Mother and child are one during pregnancy; it's a time of significant physical and psychological change.

Sessions of this gentle practice involve touching the specific areas of the feet hands and head found to reflect the period of time when all the characteristics with which we live our life were established.

Fathers and partners can be involved by receiving sessions themselves as well as learning how to give sessions to their partner during the pregnancy and then the labour when the time comes. 

Children usually love to have Metamorphic Technique® sessions, though they may not be able to sit still for very long it doesn't matter.

Short sessions offered at bedtime can be a great opportunity for a quiet and calm time for the parent and child.

Children are moving very fast within themselves so they can usually cope more easily than adults with frequent sessions. 

As their patterns are not yet fixed and they are naturally detached, children seem to resonate easily with the natural movement of transformation available to them.

Please feel free to message about any particular questions regarding your individual child and their individual situation or needs if you wish.

Detachment during a session is an essential aspect of our 2-part practice. This excerpt from Gaston's commentary, 'What to say to a new Client',  might explain why we place so much emphasis on 'staying out of the way' during a session.

Gaston:

"You realise that what I am going to do is not done with the intention of helping, healing or doing anything for you...

If I wanted to help you I would need two things: energy and consciousness. I could use kinetic energy by putting pressure on certain parts of the body - reflexologists put pressure on the feet for example. I could use my physical magnetism by laying on of hands. I could see myself as a channel for the divine energy to flow through me to you but the energy that I may use is limited because my body is limited. And compared to the power of life within you my energy is nothing. If I wanted to help you I would need knowledge, understanding, insight and intuition but all that is funnelled through my mind which is very limited. I trust therefore that the power of life within you, guided by your innate own intelligence, can do a much greater, deeper and more

appropriate work than the one done from the standpoint of my limitations of energy and mind."

Gaston Saint-Pierre 2002

Q. Is this just for women?

A. No, not at all - it's for all people of all ages, babies, adults teenagers, elderly.

Q. My dad's in a nursing home, can you come to him?

A. Yes I'm happy to do that if it's local to me.

Q. My son's autistic and doesn't speak, I'm not sure he will sit for the session.

A. We notice that autistic people seem to be at ease with  the session and that children in general will often become settled, much to the surprise of their carers. As Practitioners, we are attentive to non-verbal communication and will stop as soon as indicated as we do with anyone else.

Q. I feel fine, but I have a brain fog and headaches, can this help?

A. We don't  offer sessions to work on anything specific, but if you feel you'd like to try a session then that's all that matters.

Q. My dad's in a wheelchair and has bandages on his only leg, is that okay?

A. Yes, there is no need for him to get out of his wheelchair; we can work without touching fragile skin and we can work on the blueprint of the missing limb.

Q. I feel great, so what can a session do for me?

A. It's a bit like eating a meal, either  we  have an appetite or we don't. If you feel inclined to try a session then follow that inclination, if you don't then don't question it. You know how to find me if a session comes to mind at some other time.

Q. Is this energy work, like reiki?

A. No, it's very different. We are not directing anything at all, or attempting to change you in any way, or improve anything about you.

Q. Will this help me feel better, less worried and anxious?

A. We have no way to know how you will feel during or after a session. There is no way to know if the anxiety you feel has a purpose for your life, even though it's making you feel bad we know that it will dissipate at the right time for you. That being said, many people find the session itself to be a relaxing experience and I myself feel an ease with life in general despite circumstances remaining unchanged.

Q. I'm really struggling and I'm worried I might cry.

A. It's all okay. There is no right way to feel and no need to pretend to be happy if you're not. Come as you are, just exactly as you are.

Perhaps you might like to join our community, the Metamorphic Association, which is the UK based educational charitable trust also founded by Gaston Saint-Pierre and established in 1979, to protect and share the work of the  Metamorphic Technique®.

The Metamorphic Association offers events and materials for us to further explore and deepen our understanding of the Metamorphic Technique® and what it points to; the ongoing and unfolding movement of life and transformation.

If you might be interested in becoming a Practitioner or Teaching Member, or be interested in joining or returning to our community then please email office@metamorphicassociation.net

or visit

www.metamorphicassociation.org for more information.

Or you can ask me and I'll do what I can to guide you.