The Islanders’ Magazine

Hailing from Canada, William (Bill) Gillespie is an experienced sport and athletic injury biomechanist with over 30 years of experience in movement and healthy behaviour modification. He has a diverse skillset that caters to patients of all ages and abilities. Bill is a Certified Exercise Physiologist, High-Performance Specialist and Accredited Kinesiologist. He is also trained in Reiki, Mindfulness, Pain Literacy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia, and other areas that show his holistic approach to health and wellness. Additionally, he is recognised by Exercise is Medicine Canada and The Running Clinic for his work in promoting healthy movement practices.

Hailing from France, Julie Charbonnier is a healer and wellbeing practitioner with more than 17 years of experience. Using a wide range of techniques tailored to each client, she helps others realign their mind, body and soul to live life to the fullest. Based in the UK, Julie has honed her technique and developed her own signature style while working with some of the largest spas in London, Brighton and Cheshire. As an advocate for mental health, Julie contributed a chapter to the Amazon best-seller Seen Too, all proceeds from which are donated to the Welsh charity Advance Brighter Futures.

World-renowned breath coach and founder of Breathguru, Alan Dolan has been at the forefront of breathwork in the UK and around the world for the last 19 years, changing people’s lives through the simple power of breathing. Alan’s clients are of all ages and backgrounds including comedian and actor Russell Brand, actress Naomie Harris, and various other Hollywood A-listers. After graduating from Aston University, Alan worked across Africa, Asia and for 10 years in the Middle East, forging a career as a public relations manager in the high-pressure world of communications. After taking a sabbatical to pursue his interest in all things metaphysical, Alan was introduced to the wonders of breathwork. Almost two decades later, he has gained a wealth of experience and is now based in Lanzarote where he runs the Breathguru Retreat. He also runs training and mentoring programmes for budding breath coaches and hosts online breath sessions for both individuals and groups. During a 90-minute breathwork session, Alan will teach you conscious connected breathing, a simple yet powerful technique that helps us to open up to our full potential. Conscious breathing is natural, safe and designed to be practised independently once taught. Its benefits include increased energy, the release of emotional baggage, reduced anxiety, increased positivity, increased levels of relaxation, improved stress response and greater self-awareness. “After 65 anxious years, trying every conceivable treatment and therapy available, just one session of breathwork was all that was needed to calm a troubled mind.” John Crace, Political correspondent, The Guardian

Over the course of her 30-year osteopathic career, Amberin Fur has travelled the globe treating patients who range from newborns to nobilities. Widely considered a leader in her field, her many years of experience were shaped in elite sports and the performing arts, including the London 2012 Olympic Games and Cirque du Soleil. Her clinic, The Vital Practice, located in central London, offers a combination of osteopathy and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) and has garnered her a global clientele who value her personalised approach to treatment. Taking an entirely holistic approach, Amberin incorporates a range of techniques into her patient protocols, including HBOT, medical acupuncture, medical homoeopathy and lifestyle medicine. Centring her practice around the mind-body connection, she takes time to understand the personal and psycho-social circumstances of each patient and considers the body, lifestyle and environmental factors that may be playing a part in their symptoms.