As author of the classic book about animal self-medication, Wild Health, I have written and spoken widely on health maintenance strategies in wild and domesticated animals including cover stories for publications as diverse as The Financial Times Weekend and The Ecologist, been a speaker at the prestigious Hay Festival, a guest on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, and a consultant for a range of radio and TV programmes on the BBC and National Geographic. My latest book about somatic empathy, Another Self: How Your Body Helps You Understand Others, is out now.
As a biologist, I published research papers in peer-reviewed journals such as Animal Behaviour and Chemical Signals in Vertebrates. My PhD: Physiological correlates of behaviour in mammals was granted in 1984 at UEA, Norwich, UK, and my research interests extend into health-maintenance behaviour. As a post.doc. research fellow, I explored olfactory-evoked-potentials in humans and spent time tracking wild jaguars in southern Mexico.
As a bodyworker, I trained in Shiatsu and Oriental Medicine (Shiatsu College, Norwich, 2000), Thai massage (Sun School, Chiang Mai, Thailand), and am a Fascial Fitness Practitioner (training with Dr Robert Schleip, London). I am a certified Qigong instructor of The College of Elemental Chi Kung (London, 2000), Medical Qigong instructor of Energy Arts International (Bruce Frantzis), Qigong instructor of Lotus neigong International (Damo Mitchell).
One to one bodywork therapy sessions are available in Fressingfield, Suffolk and regular classes in tai chi, Qigong and neigong are held in north Suffolk and Norwich. Please contact by email for details.
You can find me writing regularly for Medium and Psychology Today and rambling on my social media pages: Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram as Cindyengel17.