Mary Gillian Vellet
Registered Massage therapist and Registered Psychotherapist, Canada
Biography
Gillian has an interdisciplinary background in fine art, art education, dance, art psychotherapy, massage therapy, manual lymph drainage, and essential oils. She,received a Bachelor of Fine Art, Honours Degree in 1989 from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Her personal fine art process explores the sacred interrelationship between nature and culture. Gillian is passionate about building a culture of empathy which respects emotional intelligence, diversity, expressive arts therapies, resiliency, and creative learning processes. In 1995 Gillian moved to Toronto, Ontario, to train in Art psychotherapy at the Toronto Art Therapy Institute (TATI). In 1998 she returned to Johannesburg and worked in Art psychotherapy private practice for 8 years. During this time she trained and qualified in Biodanza - a community building integrated dance movement process. In 2005 she heeded the call of spirit to return home to London, Ontario, Canada and reconnect with her ancestral heritage. Gillian trained in Massage therapy at London Medix School and became a registered Massage therapist in October 2008. She is currently working in dual practice as a registered Art psychotherapist and Massage therapist working with children, adolescents, adults, couples, parents, and elderly. Gillian facilitates the creative and body-centered approach of "Body Mapping Creative Change" which explores personal and collective identity and health concerns in conjunction with the Massage therapy technique of Manual lymph drainage with Phyto-Rx and Healium essential oil blends in separate one hour sessions. This creative synergy detoxes the waters in the body and deeply harmonizes the nervous system. Gillian's purpose and holistic vision is to help people find peace and learn to self-regulate energy in a technological culture full of stressful over-stimulation. She creatively integrates the heart with the wisdom of the body, mind, spirit, and soul.
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