Howard Evans

Howard Evans left school in 1974 and joined 'Uhuru', a worker's collective in Oxford. Uhuru was a centre for local and third world development projects and served the local community through a wholefood shop and cafe. After some years trying to change the world Howard decided to try and change himself. His only tool at the time was a little book called 'Zen Flesh, Zen Bones' which inspired him to search for the experience of being in the present whilst working in his vegetable garden in...See more

Howard Evans left school in 1974 and joined 'Uhuru', a worker's collective in Oxford. Uhuru was a centre for local and third world development projects and served the local community through a wholefood shop and cafe. After some years trying to change the world Howard decided to try and change himself. His only tool at the time was a little book called 'Zen Flesh, Zen Bones' which inspired him to search for the experience of being in the present whilst working in his vegetable garden in Scotland or at sea on an oil exploration rig. In 1979 Howard set off overland on a spiritual voyage to India and found himself in Tehran in the middle of the revolution and then in Afghanistan as Russia invaded. His road trip ended in a violent ambush near Herat. A close encounter with death truly woke him to the present and deepened his search for meaning and purpose. After eight months in India Howard returned to England to study Chinese acupuncture with J R Worsley in Leamington Spa and manage Neals Yard Wholefoods store in London. His acupuncture studies led him not into therapy practice but into twelve years of meditation practice under the guidance of some remarkable teachers. During this period he worked as a business analyst and studied dance, voice, acting, physical theatre, yoga and massage. In 1992, inspired by the work of Stanley Keleman, Howard started training in integrative and, later, core process psychotherapy and practicing as a masseur. In 1996 He completed a post-graduate training in craniosacral therapy with Franklyn Sills and in 1997 an MA in Therapeutic Bodywork at the University of Westminster." See less