“To say that Tanya Simmons is an Educator and Life Coach doesn’t begin to cover who this woman is or what she does. Tanya brings to whatever task is at hand – life coach, teacher, therapist, healer – a panoply of skills and gifts to deepen the awareness of, and spark transformation and healing in her clients and students. “Tanya generously offers to those working with her broad knowledge, profound intuition, creativity, and deep power. Even more important is the tremendous sensitivity, empathy, and love she brings to her profession, which also happens to be her path and passion. A better way to describe the change and openings that Tanya creates might be: magic!”
~ Emilia Diarra, Human Rights Activist
Welcome to Heart Brain Balance and Qi-Gym!
Wonderful that you are here – and HERE – on this beautiful planet at this time of great restorative change.
I’m British, born in England where I lived until 2006 when I moved to New Orleans, USA, and more recently making my home in Ashland, Oregon.
My first huge realization of the healing power of the Body-Mind intelligence was at age 16. After a year long debilitating illness with the Epstein Barr virus and with no answers from my doctor other than rest, my mother took me to a Reflexologist and practitioner of Applied Kinesiology – quite a new approach at the time. Muscle testing for information to tap into the deeper field of intelligence that we all have, revealed a need for specific supplements which in tandem with Reflexology catalyzed my body’s own self-healing ability. Within a month of weekly sessions my vitality returned. This was a seminal point in my life as I found this so empowering to experience the great healing power of the Body-Mind system given the right tools, and my journey into many avenues of Bodywork and Holistic Therapies began.
By my mid 20’s I was an established Teacher & Practitioner at the eminent Wilbury Clinic of Natural Medicine in the UK. I taught Reflexology, Massage & Indian Head Massage for many years there and in various Adult Education Centers in the South of England.
As a musician, I also trained in Music Therapy & Sound Healing techniques to add to my Private Practice with individual clients through experiencing how sound can positively affect every cell in our body! Not withstanding our mind and emotions! Music has always been my great love. We are amazing human beings resonating at specific individual frequencies. Quantum physics is showing we are sound and light at our core – not so solid after all 😉
During the last two decades I moved more specifically into the world of Brain Gym and Educational Kinesiology becoming a Brain Gym Consultant and teaching Brain Gym for Teachers, parents and children through my Private Practice, Seminars, Workshops & Conferences. I have taught nationally and internationally and have seen first hand countless wonderful transformations through people understanding how movement plus intention and awareness changes the brain and in so-doing, their inner and outer life experience is so much more positive, joyful, and rewarding. I have been blessed to have had some of the best teachers in the world for my chosen career paths .
I have trained in many related modalities, (including Rebirthing Connective Breathing), The Way of the Heart & The Geotran Codes, EFT, HeartMath, Emotion Codes, Qi-Gong, and the joy and profound efficacy of Brain Gym which holds the core principles of my work) to continue in life-long learning, exploring cutting edge Neuro-science & the fascinating interplay of Mind, Body & Heart communication. All profoundly influence the other.
Qi-GYM, the culmination of my 35 years in the field of mind-body medicine, was my creation in 2018 through my deep love & respect for Qi-Gong and the tools that I have found to be the MOST efficacious in balancing and strengthening our bodies, thoughts and emotions to be living the way were intended to be – authentic, joyful and sovereign. And as always, I teach what I most need to remember, and knowing that we are not meant to be islands, the joy of sharing the wisdom is the gift. The foundation of everything that I offer is understanding, compassion and LOVE. Look at what calls you and …..Come and play!