About Marie
Hi I'm Marie Oxley MNIMH.
I am a Medical Herbalist and Ayurvedic Therapist and I have been running a busy therapeutic practice in the Totnes area since 2013. I am based in a beautiful consultation and dispensary room on the Dartington Estate and I love working in such a peaceful location.
I am passionate about creating healing spaces using the wisdom of plants, accessing both traditional knowledge and modern scientific research.
I began by training in Ayurvedic Therapies and Ayurvedic Diet & Lifestyle, and then progressed to complete an advanced course in Ayurvedic Herbalism with Sarah Williams MNIMH in 2016, which deepened my knowledge of herbs and enhanced my ability to work with them from the Ayurvedic perspective. From there I completed 4.5 years of professional medical herbalism training with Heartwood Education and became a full member of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists.
I still work with my long term regular massage clients alongside my herbal medicine work, and I utilise a blend of all the techniques I have learned in the many massage courses I have completed since I first qualified in Ayurvedic massage in 2013, including Sports Massage Level 4. I completed several training courses at the London School of Massage and also worked at the school for a year as a tutor, teaching Ayurveda Massage Therapy and Indian Head Massage.
I am a master level practitioner in Reiki, and I either offer this as a stand-alone treatment or in combination with other treatments.
Please note, my availability for massage is limited as I am gradually moving my focus completely to herbal medicine and although I continue to work with my core regular clients, I currently only have waiting list spaces for new massage clients.
I previously trained for 3 years as a yoga teacher with Sheila Coombes in Totnes, and although I am not currently offering yoga therapy sessions in my practice, this training greatly informs my therapeutic work, and my ability to help help ease or resolve a problem in the body or mind. I work with many regular clients, to provide herbal medicine or a relaxing massage, to ease a specific physical problem, to help reduce stress, or I work out a more detailed therapy plan to treat more persistant health complaints.
