Jo is the founder and owner of Life Rituals, which opened in 2017. She has over 25 years of professional clinical experience in traditional acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine. She holds a first in Chinese Herbal Medicine at the MSC Level and a BSC (Hons) in Traditional Acupuncture. Previously, she studied and practised Remedial Massage, Traditional Thai Massage, Reflexology, and Aromatherapy. Other personnel and professional development courses include the Hypnobirthing Practitioner Cert, NLP (1 year), Shamanism (1 year), and Reiki (Master Level). Currently, she is in the final stages of a 3-year course in Integrative Counselling.
Since qualifying and beginning her acupuncture practice in London in 2000, Jo continued her passion for Chinese Medicine by expanding her knowledge and expertise in China by working in hospitals alongside Chinese doctors specialising in acupuncture, and Chinese Herbal Medicine.
A particular interest of Jo’s is women’s health and gynaecology; She studied in depth in China and Australia, with gynaecology doctors and their clients. This interest naturally led to her seeing more couples for fertility support, which further led to her MSC research, which reviewed Chinese Herbal Medicine treatments for male infertility.
Having over 25 years of clinical experience, Jo has treated a wide range of chronic conditions, including complex autoimmune and digestive disorders. Jo’s approach is always individualised, and treatments are tailored to the client, using her clinical knowledge and evidence-based research. She also utilises blood tests, dietary plans, and targeted vitamin/mineral supplementation alongside acupuncture and herbs.
Jo’s patient testimonials, cover a wide range of health issues she has treated successfully, including digestive issues, headaches, migraines, insomnia, depression, anxiety, male & female infertility, IVF support, musculoskeletal problems such as arthritis, back and knee pain, cardiovascular problems including high blood pressure, cholesterol and also gynaecology complications from birth to menopause.
