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A
little about myself, I'm Patricia McGirr (Trish)
I moved to New Zealand from the United States in October 2006 with my husband
(a Kiwi). In the US, I was a truck driver
for 15 years and drove 2.5 million miles in the 48 continental States and Canada. Other truck drivers gave me the CB handle "Smiles" because that is what I do, I smile all the time, even though it's not easy to smile while driving on ice and blowing snow in a Wyoming winter.
I always wanted to be a massage therapiest. I was out on the road not just driving but literally living in the truck for 5 weeks at a time. When I got home I would get a massage from a wounderful therapist in Mena, Arkansas. She would put me right for the next 5 long weeks.
When I moved to New Zealand
I enrolled in the Diploma of Reflexology course at the Canterbury
School of Natural Medicine (CCNM). The course is 18 months
long, involving anatomy, pathophysiology, reflexology, massage, and
aromatherapy.
When it came to naming my business I wanted to bring my past to my present hence the name for my business is Smiles Natural Therapies.
My qualifications
are:
Diploma in Reflexology
and Relaxation Massage from CCNM, 2008
Certificate in Reiki,
2008
Indian Head Massage,
2008
Holistic
animal care: animal massage, 2008
Manual Lympthaic Drainage, 2009
St John First Aid Course 2010
Professional
member of Reflexology of New Zealand
Professional
member of Southern Group Reflexology
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