About Paul

About Paul

My work is rooted in a long-standing curiosity about the body, creativity, relationship and the mysterious ways in which change can happen.

I began my working life in the arts, studying Theatre Making and Choreography at Dartington College of Arts. I went on to work as a community artist, creating and facilitating residential arts projects and courses in theatre, movement and set making. I became Associate Director of Same Sky Community Arts Company and spent many years developing projects that brought people together through creativity, participation and performance.

I also co-founded Small Wonder, a site-specific performance company with Charlie Morrissey. Working in response to particular places, landscapes and communities taught me something that has remained central to my work: that the environment we create around ourselves can profoundly influence what becomes possible within us.

Alongside this creative work, I have always been drawn to embodied practices. I have practised Contact Improvisation for over 35 years, and yoga and meditation for around 20 years. I went on to study Osteopathy and then trained in Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy and Hakomi — approaches that deepened my interest in the subtle relationship between body, mind, feeling and awareness.

Across all these different practices, I have found a common thread: the possibility of becoming more present to what is actually happening.

Sometimes this means listening to the body. Sometimes it means becoming curious about a familiar pattern or way of relating. Sometimes it means allowing movement, sensation or feeling to emerge without needing to know where it is going.

My work now is increasingly about creating and holding spaces where this kind of exploration can take place.

In one-to-one sessions, I offer Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy and Hakomi as ways of slowing down, listening inwardly and meeting ourselves with greater curiosity and compassion.

In groups, I work with practices such as circling, dance, Contact Improvisation and yoga. These become vehicles for exploring ourselves in relationship — noticing how we move towards and away from one another, how we inhabit our bodies, how we listen, how we protect ourselves, and how we might discover new possibilities.

I am interested in healing not as something that is done to us, or as a process of fixing what is broken, but as a gradual movement towards greater wholeness. Often, something changes simply through being given enough space, attention and presence.

This is the space I am interested in holding: a space where we can slow down, become curious, meet ourselves and one another more deeply, and allow something new to emerge.