Someone watching over you
Gaynor Myles doing angel therapy on Bob Allen at Maple Tree Clinic.
LITTLE children growing up in certain faith groups will be taught that they have a guardian angel looking after them.
While some people eventually grow to abandon the whole idea as nonsense, others carry it through to adulthood and, according to some academics, the belief in angels is still very widespread; despite modern cynicism and secularity.
Most recently, ITV viewers have been tuning in to watch Eternal Law, a tale of angelic lawyers sent to earth to help the helpless.
And it seems that many people in Northamptonshire have been seeking angelic help...although not the legal kind.
Therapist Gaynor Myles is a practitioner of what is known as angel therapy at the Maple Tree Clinic in Wootton and reports having seen her client list soar by 50 per cent in the last 18 months.
Gaynor started practising this kind of therapy six years ago after she made a career change from law to complementary therapy.
The former solicitor explained: “It is something I had been interested in throughout my life, especially as a child.
“Angel therapy is a non-denominational healing therapy so it is open to everyone. It is a hands on therapy and the experience of it you could liken to reiki in terms of what you feel me doing but in essence you are connecting to your guardian angel.”
Put very simply, the therapy involves the concept of harnessing energies from the “angelic realm”, which Gaynor uses in trying to help people with a huge range of physical or emotional problems.
But how do patients in what is arguably a scientific and often cynical age respond to the idea of connecting with angels?
Gaynor said: “With 99 per cent of my clients I don’t speak to them about angels at all. They come in with a problem, either physical or emotional, and we have a mixture of men and women.
“No beliefs are required for this and essentially every person will have a different experience. Some people will report seeing an angel or colours or a specific event in their life. The experience everyone has is different, all I say is to lie down and relax.
“We have a chat that lasts between 15 minutes and half an hour, depending on what the issue is, and we will basically bring the issue to the surface.”
The patient will then lie on the bed and Gaynor will use her hands to channel energy.
She explained: “It is the energy from the angelic realm and it probably will feel warm, it is quite hands on and people have reported feeling hot or cold.
“We have clients from all different back-grounds, across the faiths, spiritual and non spiritual.”
She continued: “People have their guardian angels, it is that voice in your head that comes to you when you least expect it or the thoughts that come out of the blue; it could be anything to help you and guide you in life.”
Osteopath Bob Allen, who works at the same clinic, went to Gaynor for help with a painful knee problem and said that the condition was improved by the experience.
He said: “We are encouraged to try the other disciplines so if someone asks about it we can tell them more about it. I had a very painful knee and it did work, although it is difficult to describe what it felt like.”
Popular in America, angel therapy still does not seem to be as widely practised in the UK today. But what would mainstream medicine think of this complementary discipline?
Dr Catti Moss, a GP at Guilsborough Surgery, said: “Most complementary therapies are providing what a lot of GPs can’t: time and a listening ear. There is always an element of hands on and touch which is very therapeutic.
“I wouldn’t knock them as these elements in themselves will help in a lot of problems, particularly when there is a lot of stress and tension contributing to things.
“They will also often help with chronic physical problems as how people cope with these chronic problems is important.
“Most good therapists have a good sense of ‘uh-oh,’ this person needs to go to a doctor and, providing that is in place, it is a very useful thing.
“If someone came to me and said ‘I have seen an angel therapist’ I would say ‘what is involved?’ Providing that person wasn’t only going to see a therapist as a way to get life-saving treatments, I wouldn’t have any worries.”
She added: “The whole basis of listening to people and talking to people is very therapeutic and belief in angels is quite widespread.”
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