At Home with... Katie Brindle

After a car accident ended her dreams of becoming an opera singer, she was eventually healed by Chinese medicine and indeed was so inspired that she decided to train as a practitioner herself.

Katie advocates self-care as the first step – and she believes that it’s the bit that we can all do. As she explains on her website, her “mission in life became to help others using this remarkable healing system. Whilst Western medicine has transformed health care as we know it, there’s a gap that it doesn’t address and that’s the ‘almost-well’, the ‘not feeling so good’, the tired out and over-stressed. This is a gap I have seen Chinese medicine – specifically yang sheng – fill beautifully.”

Katie went on to found the Hayo’u Method and published a book: both of which distil ancient Chinese medicine techniques into simple daily rituals. She hopes that the information, techniques and tools that changed her life and those of many others, can help you feel energised, well and healthy, too.

At the beginning of lockdown, Katie began to share her daily Qigong practice on Instagram and she now has over 75,000 followers and regularly posts videos and conducts Lives to share all of the wisdom and expertise she has from the comfort of her stunning home.

Katie kindly took some time out of her busy day to let us in to a snapshot of her life and home.

Country!

12 years

Yes! Masses- took 18 months to renovate, but worth it!

1930s glamorous chic.

Everywhere! Looking at magazines, Instagram, going on holiday and looking at interior shops.

Our new outside tortoise, Hercules, which is a bronze sculpture by Michael Cooper. I also have some very beautiful Japanese tea screens, which I absolutely love.