About Me

Welcome to Mind Your Body Site.

My name is Ivone Pedroso. I was born, brought up and educated in Sao Paulo - Brazil. While studying for a BA in Psychology, a laboratory experiment, where myself and colleagues were the subjects, made a profound impact in my understanding of how we human-beings function. The experiment showed me that our emotions command our physiology. I learnt that our thoughts and resulting emotions literally "run the show", determining our state of physical and emotional health and how, ultimately they even affect our spiritual well-being.

After graduation, wanting to expand my knowledge on the body/mind connection, I travelled to Europe, settling in London in 1986. After a year studying at Paris V University, I returned to London in 1989 and continued my learning journey.

After studying several complementary therapies I became a fully qualified and insured therapist. I am a member of AAMET - The Association for the Advancement of Meredian Energy Techniques, of the British Register of Complementary Practitioners - The Institute of Complementary and Natural Medicine and the AAPA - Aromatherapy and Allied Practitioners Association.

During my training in psychotherapy I realised how painful the processes of growing out of our traumas can be. Determined to find more pleasant ways of facilitating awareness and growth, I trained and gained qualifications in Rebirthing, Counselling,Therapeutic Massage, Reflexology, Aromatherapy, Diet and Nutrition, and Reiki .

Understanding that we are a whole and cannot be split into mind, body and spirit I developed a successful therapeutic method called Psychosomatherapy©. Its principle is that our body "speaks" our mind. The symptoms of any dis-ease are metaphors. Like our dreams, they are encoded healing messages. Like alarm bells, they try to bring to our awareness supressed traumas, negative emotions and associated beliefs that need to be discarded in order to restore health.

My search for wholistic methods of healing mind, body and soul came full circle when, in 2005, I was introduced to EFT - Emotional Freedom Technique. As an AAMET certified EFT level 3 practitioner, I am able to state that EFT is the ultimate healing tool. EFT is also the best method to facilitate self-development, it is a fast and efficient tool for those ready and willing to discard old patterns, ready to fulfill their potential. For more details see Healing Arts.

As a practitioner I am committed to Continuous Personal and Professional Development. You can see me here while on Integrative Energy Techniques training.

IET Anchoring from The EFT Centre on Vimeo.

I am also a ceramicist. Some of my work can be viewed here Creative Arts.