About Us
"I have and will always continue to pour my heart & soul into Holistically Ginger.
It is essentially me, wrapped up in a little business & I am now able to share it with a very special someone!"
Caz
Hi, I’m Caroline (Caz) and I created Holistically Ginger back in 2015. My background of work is in Financial Services, where I spent 27 years working for a major high street bank. My desire to help people has always been there, but i feel it was triggered in to action from working in this environment for so long. It gradually started to wear me down and made me very stressed, anxious and frustrated. In the last 5 years I was there, I was very demoralised that I was not helping anyone or making a difference to anybody’s life. I knew I could just stay and moan about it and become unhappier or do something about it, re-train and totally change my career and be able to build a life where I could indeed help people to feel better and make a difference to their lives. I have always felt that I am here for a reason, which to some people can sound quite strange, but I do truly feel I have found my calling!
My working life now consists of walking up the garden to our beautiful treatment room (the best feeling ever!) and meeting some really lovely people and have them walk out the door feeling restored and rejuvenated. This makes me so happy every single day! To be able to carry out your passion every day and call it ‘work’ is truly a gift.
I really am a bit of a geek! (I cannot pretend to be anything else!) I spend a lot of my time surrounded by books, studying things that i feel will be of benefit. I am a forever student! I will also amend or remove processes or treatments I feel no longer serve myself or my clients at that time. I constantly seek inspiration from many sources, looking to see what else I can bring to Holistically Ginger to enhance my practice. I am always trying to see what will work well with and complement what I already offer and really to make me the very best I can be. I like to offer treatments and combinations of treatments, giving you the chance to try things that you may not have heard of before but could bring you exactly what you need. I am never satisfied with what I know!
My amazing clients also come up with some really great ideas! I have a bit of a thing for the nervous system, the lymphatic system and energy and work with these in all of my treatments. I am also qualified to teach Yoga.
Away from Holistically Ginger I am a bit of a Cricket fan! I am very lucky that I get the opportunity to plan my Summer around watching Sussex play (or not lucky depending how they are doing!)
My current offerings to you either stand alone or in combination are: Foot Reflexology, Facial Reflexology, Hand Reflexology & Reiki. You can read about these treatments on our therapies offered menu on the website.
RIP our handsome and gorgeous ginger cat Tommy........ 2010-2022 .... our poster boy & the ginger love of our lives xxx
Jay
Hi, I am Jay, Caz’s husband, and I am her partner helping to run Holistically Ginger. My background is far removed from holistic therapies and was in electrical wholesale for over 25 years. Unfortunately, around the beginning of 2021 my health deteriorated due to the stresses I was experiencing in my life. Within the space of a few days, my life collapsed, and I was diagnosed by my doctor as suffering from nervous exhaustion. Looking back, I can now see that there were signs it was coming, but I didn't realise at the time.
It is a horrible place to be. My body felt like I was on an adrenaline rush that wouldn't switch off. My whole nervous system was going haywire 24 hours a day. I couldn't concentrate. I couldn't sleep. EVERYTHING was an effort. EVERYTHING was scary. I could barely cope with anything. I did all that the doctors and therapists told me to do, and although it was hard and progress was very slow, I was always determined that it wouldn't beat me.
One of the things the doctors advised me to do, was to find a new hobby or past time to concentrate on and take my mind away from my illness. I had always been thinking about helping Caz at Holistically Ginger and this seemed a good opportunity for me to start my massage learning. It didn't take very long before I started to realise that the course I signed up for was a kind of therapy for me. Learning Sports Massage was actually helping me to improve my mental health. It was calming me down and helping me to relax and de-stress. I also started to see that I could actually help others to relax and feel good by massaging them. Yes, it was very weird to start with. I never imagined I would be doing it, but I soon gained confidence in what I was doing and realised that I had a new career ahead of me.
After 18 months of continuous studies and practice, I have obtained a recognised diploma in Sports Massage Level 4. This is an advanced level of massage where I can help people to relax and de-stress as well as being able to work with those who are experiencing soft tissue injuries and issues with flexibility amongst other things. And I haven’t finished my studies yet!
The last few years have definitely changed my whole view and outlook on life and I have become passionate about helping everyone to look after their mental health and well-being, especially men. It is very easy to spend your life absorbing the negativity and stress that comes your way, but it will put a strain on your mental health. It is not OK to ‘suck it up’ and suffer in silence. If you feel life is getting on top of you, please talk to someone. If you are finding it hard to relax, or you need an hour to yourselves please consider dropping me a line and getting yourself a massage. You may find that it is just what you need and is long overdue.
Get In Touch
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions about how any of our treatments work or about booking an appointment.
You can also call us on 07590 067635 if you would prefer to leave a message or speak to us first. We are happy to discuss any queries or questions you may have prior to arranging an appointment.
All enquiries are usually answered within 24 hours, and all contact is strictly confidential.