True health results from cohesion and synergy between all systems: our body, our emotions and mind, our core beliefs (which are our subconscious programming), and our spirit. At the level of the body, Nutritional Therapy aims to promote health through synergy and cohesion among all our adaptive biological systems. Since chronic illnesses typically result from the point at which these adaptive systems have experienced unsustainable stress, finally giving way to mal-adaption, and thus breakdown. Mal-adaption results from organs and systems often at first over-functioning, functioning to the brink of chaos for months or even years, before crashing into the mal-adaptive, under-functioning state of disease. Once systems have crashed, our threshold for stress becomes lower, significantly lower. Naturally, then, only a small amount of stress experienced can become a trigger for yet ‘another health crash or health crisis’! Stressors that contribute to maladaptation include dietary choices, environmental toxicity, pathogens such as parasites, persistent viral loading, bacteria, yeast, and fungal infestations, EMF fields, and persistent emotional and mental stressors. All of these areas of life and health contribute to our total stress load and ‘stress bucket’ and therefore contribute to end-stage mal-adaptation to stress, and chronic diseases.
About
Anna Haynes NT is a fully insured and registered member of the Complementary Medicine Association (CMA) with 18 years of clinical experience in Naturopathic and Optimal Nutrition. She has 15 years of experience in Systematic Kinesiology and 12 years of clinical experience in Genomic Wellness screening and Functional Testing. She brings a comprehensive understanding to her practice.
Anna emphasises a collaborative approach between herself and her clients, offering personalised interventions and strategies informed by a thorough intake process; detailed questionnaires; a full-body Systematic kinesiology assessment; Functional labwork (when beneficial or necessary); and genomic profiling when clients are willing. Her optimistic and engaging demeanour aims to motivate and inspire clients, guiding them with well-established and proven strategies. Anna places significant importance on self-responsibility throughout all healing processes and acknowledges that the path to recovery must be a holistic “Process” that involves various dimensions of well-being and unfolds in time, rather than a ‘fix’.
Anna specialises in working with clients who have neurological and toxicity-related injuries, such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), Benign Fasciculation Syndrome (BFS), and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Anna is committed to identifying and addressing the underlying nutritional and biochemical imbalances, as well as viral and toxicity-related triggers that may contribute to these health challenges.
Taking a multi-disciplinary approach to health and healing utilising Naturopathic Therapies, Functional Nutrition, Labwork, Nutrigenomics & Emotional Release Therapies
Functional Nutrition defines our troubling health symptoms as the ‘branches’ of our health tree. They are the tangible expressions that have resulted from a ‘root’ cause. The ‘roots’ of our health symptoms are often embedded within a broken/maladaptive biological system. It’s essential to understand this, since the health symptoms we are primarily concerned with are usually just one or more expressions of a far greater and significant state of disease that lies within. In Functional Nutrition, we begin with detective work and mapping your health journey, joining the dots between all presenting symptoms before tracking back to the terrain —the soil — which takes us to the root of your health condition. Next, we seek to ‘clear the muddy waters’. This means to cut the noise within your biological terrain and ‘take out’ whatever is exacerbating symptoms or perpetuating your condition. Next, we apply appropriate choices in nutrient therapy to bridge broken metabolic pathways and improve health, whilst considering your personal nutrient-biochemical story and genomic blueprint. Consider that certain key nutrients are responsible for switching specific genes on and off. If you are “rattling-through” key nutrients due to stress, fatigue, over-exercising, over-studying, pathogenic loading and more … then consider you may also be down-regulating important genes that are central to your health. Upregulating our Genomic expression to achieve greater Genomic functionality is one way to sustain good health. Nutrient therapy can also “switch off” the expression of over-reactive genes, such as those responsible for producing excessive histamine, which leads to Mast Cell Activation Syndrome.
Naturopathic Nutrition also recognises disease as the pinnacle expression of maladaptive communication between organs and systems. Naturopathic Nutrition acknowledges that toxicity (including exogenous toxicants and endogenous toxins) is at the root of all maladaptation and disease, to some extent. Naturopathic Nutrition honours the body’s Drainage systems (liver, gallbladder, kidneys, skin, lungs, large intestine) by healing and opening these organs and systems before more profound cellular healing and release work can take place, on any serious level. Honouring all ‘routes of elimination’ decreases the stress-load, which in turn sends positive signals to your cells and helps to switch off the Cell Danger Response, restore innate immune functionality and restores cell-membrane energy and vitality.
Toxic Exposure & The Health Of Our Bodies
Our planet is becoming increasingly toxic. The first reference was by Rachel Louise Carson, a writer, scientist and ecologist who described in in the 1960s how DDT entered the food chain, causing cancer and genetic damage. That was over 50 years ago! Today, there are literally hundreds of books related to environmental toxicity and health issues. Since more than 77,000 chemicals are being manufactured in the developed world, with 3,000 added directly into our food chain. Over 10,000 chemicals are used in solvents, emulsifiers, and preservatives in the food industry, and the average city water supply contains over 500 chemicals. Many of these chemicals are not metabolised in the body and therefore stored in our body fat. It’s not surprising that most people demonstrate 400-800 different chemical residues in their fat cells and 95% of cancers are related to diet and these levels of persistent environmental toxicity.
Connection with toxicants and breast cancer - diagram
Naturopathic Nutrition respects the two Pillars of health and healing. Nurture is the 1st Pillar of health. Detoxification is the 2nd Pillar of health. The message being that we must first nurture the body and heal the damaged tissues within the body’s drainage organs and systems before triggering the release of toxicity from deep within the cells. When we do not respect the order of these two Pillars of health, we can experience re-circulated toxicity, toxicity dumping and a healing crisis.
Lastly, we cannot separate how we feel from the symphony of chemical exchanges that take place inside us due to our emotions, or the legacy of previously ‘trapped’ emotions. How we think and feel profoundly affects our reality and health. Anna is trained in three powerful emotional release therapy modalities, supporting you through emotional detox during your healing journey. You can learn more about the power of emotion-release therapy if you sign up for the Pop-up Opt-in form when loading this website.
Ultimately, Anna stands for making a difference in the lives of each client’s personal health journey by first identifying the most significant entry point (whether structural, biochemical, emotional, mental or spiritual) through the process of Systematic Kinesiology. Anna then offers a viable, natural and effective antidote to the pharmaceutical model by introducing a multi-disciplinary approach using a range of wholistic recommendations or therapies within your healing space. All she asks for is a commitment to three Initial Set-up consultations to set you up on a tailor-made healing journey effectively.
Top 3-Reasons to Work with Me
I Walk My Talk
I walk my talk, I always have done! I quit sugar, dairy, alcohol, wheat, processed food 29 years ago, abstaining from alcohol for 20 years (but enjoy a glass of red wine and dark chocolate these days!). I still don’t eat refined sugar and remain committed to being gluten-free. My health is a testament to that!
I am friendly, gentle but firm, motivating support
I take the time to listen to each unique story, giving you 100% of my attention. Because everything about the way you communicate your health history, the signs and symptoms enable me to journey with you and identify where there are imbalances in the form of nutritional deficiencies, weaknesses within organs, etc.
I also know what is realistically possible for busy people who juggle work and family commitments. I know how real life gets in the way of your best intentions! So I will not ‘judge’ or ‘lecture’ you – Nobody eats the perfect diet all of the time! YOU decide how strict you want to be with yourself. You set your own pace to make realistic and achievable changes. I am your guide, and hold your hand, to help keep you motivated, to answer seemingly perplexing questions, and inspire a taste for nutritious food on route to good health.
Bite-sized goals
Nutritional Therapy is all about gradual permanent changes and long-term rewards. Choose just one or more recommendations, so long as you know they are achievable. The key is to experience regular small improvements, that add up to big positive and permanent changes in your eating plan and lifestyle. These little changes become an automatic part of your daily routine, so they are no longer an effort.
QUALIFICATIONS & PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Medical Seminars, Conferences & Further Training
I keep updated on the research in my field by attending numerous medical seminars and conferences.
- (1997) Tera Mai Reiki & Seichem Levels 1 & 2,
- (2005) EMF Balancing Levels 1-4. Practitioner training in tuning the Biofield through the EMF system
- (2005) SCIO Biofeedback training and software development – Practitioner training BioResonance Therapy, 12 months
- (2009) Genova Diagnostics & Regenerus Labs online webinars
- (2009) CAM conference
- (2010) Dr James Wilson: Recovering from Adverse Stress and Fatigue
- (2010) Dr Martin Pall: Nutritional Updates on Complex Diseases
- (2011) Systematic Kinesiology Levels 1-4 (now levels 1-6)
- (2011) Dr Tom O’Bryan: Gluten Sensitivity and Coeliac Disease
- (2012) Certificate to practice BioTyping at Equilibria Health UK
- (2012) Certificate to practice Hydrotherapy with the West of England School of Hydrotherapy
- (2013) Antony Haynes: Autoimmunity 2
- (2013) Michael Ash & Antony Haynes: Clinical Trinity
- (2013) Ryan Eliason, Marie Forleo, Janie Lee Grace Business Mentorship & Website Development
- (2014) Antony Haynes: Autoimmunity 3
- (2015) Gastrointestinal Functionality & Health Workshop
- (2015) The Abundant Energy, Niki Gratrix 10 10-day Summit
- (2016) Antony Haynes: Neurotransmitter Balance
- (2016) Vaccines Revealed Summit
- (2016) The Truth About Cancer, Ty Bollinger 7-day Summit
- (2016) CAM 1-day Summit
- (2017) Antony Haynes The Infection Connection and Autoimmunity
- (2017) Michael Ash and Antony Haynes Mitochondrial flexibility
- (2017) Dr Carrie Jones Hormones 101, DUTCH training
- (2017) Lifecode GX, training completed in Epigenetic and Nutrigenomics of Methylation
- (2017) Lifecode GX, training completed in Methylation and Detoxification
- (2017) Lifecode GX, training completed in Neurotransmitters
- (2017) 23&Me Understanding Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
- (2018) AONM PANDAs, Annual International Conference – Bursting the Bubble: Challenging the Misconceptions and Misdiagnoses of Neuropsychiatric and Pathogen-Triggered Disorders
- (2018) Ben Lynch Dirty Genes, Course and Summit
- (2018) Awakening from Alzheimers 10 days Summit
- (2018) The Heavy Metal Summit, Wendy Myres, Klinghart, and Christine Shaffner 10 10-day Summit
- (2018) The Stress Summit, Dr Heidi Hanna 10 10-day Summit
- (2018) Practitioner training in The Emotion Code
- (2019) AONM Multi-System Diseases: Improving Patients’ Lives with Proper Diagnosis and Appropriate Treatment Interventions: DR. JUDY MIKOVITS, JENNA LUCHE-THAYER, DR. ROBERT C. BRANSFIELD, DR. MADELEINE W. CUNNINGHAM, DR. JODIE A. DASHORE, DR. JOSEPH G. JEMSEK, DR. SARAH MYHILL, DR. ARMIN SCHWARZBACH
- (2019) Lifecode GX, training completed in Female Health
- Dr. Craig Shimasaki PhD MBA PANDAS Neuro-Autoimmune Conditions and How to Test for Them
- Dr Fred Kuipers – Viral protocol from focus on Lyme Disease
- ODX – Dicken Wethersby – Foundations of Functional Blood Chemistry
- Sophia Health Brain Mastery Mastermind and Mentorship
- Regular Genova Diagnostics training, ongoing
- Regular Regenerus Labs training, ongoing: Introduction to Cyrex Laboratories – Jean Bellin CEO Cyrex Laboratories ; Part 1 – Array 2 -Intestinal Antigenic Permeability Test “Array 2” – Antony Haynes ; Part 1b – Array 5 – Multiple Auto Immune Reactivity Screen – Antony Haynes ; Part 2 – Array 3 – Wheat/Gluten Proteome Reactivity Screen – Robyn Puglia ; Part 3 – Array 4 – Gluten Associated Cross Reactive Foods and Food Sensitivity – Christine Bailey ; Part 4 – Array 11 – Chemical Immune Reactivity Screen – Antony Haynes ; Part 5 – Array 20 – Blood Brain Barrier Permeability – Antony Haynes ; Part 6 – Array 6 – Diabetes AutoImmune Reactivity Screen – Robyn Puglia ; Part 7 – Array 7 & 8 – Neurological & Joint AutoImmune Reactivity Screen – Christine Bailey
- (2019) The Energy Blueprint, 8-week course by Ari Witten
- (2019) Electrosmog RX, 5-week course by Nick Pineult
- (2019) PSYCH-K® Basic Practitioner
- (2019) PSYCH-K® Advanced Practitioner
- (2019) ASYA/QEST4 Biofeedback training and software development – Bioresonance, 6 months
- (2020) Functional Blood Chemistry ODX, 6 weeks online training
- (2020) SmartDNA comprehensive Nutrigenomics online practitioner training
- (2020) I.F.M. Resistance, Resilience, and Recovery: Patient Care in a Pandemic Curriculum, 12 months of online training
- (2020) RESET – Alex Howard, 12 modules, online training
- (2020) Annie Hopper’s DNRS System, 6 months
- (2020) Aurora Rising Phoenix RAAH Reiki Healer / Practitioner training
- (2021) Aurora Rising Phoenix AURA Regression Practitioner training
- (2021-2022) Functional Nutrition, Andrea Nakayama, 6 months training
- (2022-2023) Functional Nutrition, Andrea Nakayama, 6 months training
- (2024) Tera Mai / Seichem Mastership training
- (2024) Biofield Tuning Foundations training
- (2024) Biofield Tuning Practitioner training
Find my recommended reading list here by clicking on this link. These are books I have read and recommend you read as well.
Business Mentorship
Michael Ash and Antony Haynes Profitable Practice 2016
Marie Forleo, Mastermind and Mentorship, ongoing
Janie Lee Grace, Mastermind and Mentorship, ongoing
Shazzie, Mastermind and Mentorship, ongoing
Insurance
Anna holds professional liability insurance is with Balens Ltd.
What is a Functional Medicine practitioner?
What is Functional Medicine?
Functional medicine addresses the underlying causes of disease, using a systems-oriented approach and engaging both patient and practitioner in a therapeutic partnership. It is an evolution in the practice of medicine that better addresses the healthcare needs of the 21st century. By shifting the traditional disease-centered focus of medical practice to a more patient-centered approach, functional medicine addresses the whole person, not just an isolated set of symptoms. Functional medicine practitioners spend time with their patients, listening to their histories and looking at the interactions among genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors that can influence long-term health and complex, chronic disease. In this way, functional medicine supports the unique expression of health and vitality for each individual.
Why do we need Functional Medicine?
Our society is experiencing a sharp increase in the number of people who suffer from complex, chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, cancer, mental illness, and autoimmune disorders like rheumatoid arthritis.
The system of medicine practiced by most physicians is oriented toward acute care, the diagnosis and treatment of trauma or illness that is of short duration and in need of urgent care, such as appendicitis or a broken leg. Physicians apply specific, prescribed treatments such as drugs or surgery that aim to treat the immediate problem or symptom.
Unfortunately, the acute-care approach to medicine lacks the proper methodology and tools for preventing and treating complex, chronic disease. In most cases it does not take into account the unique genetic makeup of each individual or factors such as environmental exposures to toxins and the aspects of today’s lifestyle that have a direct influence on the rise in chronic disease in modern Western society.
There’s a huge gap between research and the way doctors practice. The gap between emerging research in basic sciences and integration into medical practice is enormous—as long as 50 years—particularly in the area of complex, chronic illness.
Most physicians are not adequately trained to assess the underlying causes of complex, chronic disease and to apply strategies such as nutrition, diet, and exercise to both treat and prevent these illnesses in their patients.
How is Functional Medicine Different?
Functional medicine involves understanding the origins, prevention, and treatment of complex, chronic disease. Hallmarks of a functional medicine approach include:
Patient-centered care. The focus of functional medicine is on patient-centered care, promoting health as a positive vitality, beyond just the absence of disease. By listening to the patient and learning his or her story, the practitioner brings the patient into the discovery process and tailors treatments that address the individual’s unique needs.
An integrative, science-based healthcare approach. Functional medicine practitioners look “upstream” to consider the complex web of interactions in the patient’s history, physiology, and lifestyle that can lead to illness. The unique genetic makeup of each patient is considered, along with both internal (mind, body, and spirit) and external (physical and social environment) factors that affect total functioning.
Integrating best medical practices. Functional medicine integrates traditional Western medical practices with what is sometimes considered “alternative” or “integrative” medicine, creating a focus on prevention through nutrition, diet, and exercise; use of the latest laboratory testing and other diagnostic techniques; and prescribed combinations of drugs and/or botanical medicines, supplements, therapeutic diets, detoxification programs, or stress-management techniques.
Who is the CMA?
Business Mentoring
I offer mentoring to a very limited number of NTs (i.e., a maximum of 3 at any one time). This is limited by the time I can spend with them, essentially, which is almost exclusively via Zoom calls. I commit to responding to clients on my Functional Health Foundational Packages & my mentees first and foremost, above all other clients, whenever possible. This is a key feature of my commitment to those invested in their health and professional practices as mentees: providing a rapid response to support your evolving clinical practice.
Mentoring Information - Read More HERE
Mentoring Information – Anna HaynesNT, 2024
I offer mentoring to a very limited number of NTs (i.e. max of 3 at any one time). This is limited by the time I can spend with them, essentially, which is almost exclusively via zoom calls.
Rapid Response
I commit to responding to clients who are on my Functional Health Foundational Packages & my mentees first above all other clients, where it is possible. This is a key feature of my commitment to those who are invested in their health, and professional practices as mentees – for me to give you a rapid response to support your evolving clinical practice.
I speak to each mentee individually – everything is specifically geared to you and your needs and your clients’ cases.
What typically happens is this – I receive case history information from you about a client, and test results if there are any, and then I speak to you about the case and make suggestions as to what to do for that client. Also, I can give advice about practical clinical matters and consultation styles & processes etc. if that is needed. I use all the skills I can muster to identify what will work best for your client: technical know-how, clinical experience, muscle testing and intuitive knowing.
The fee is at the same rate per hour that I see clients at – which is £150/hour in 2024. This fee includes the time taken to read the case history information in advance which can sometimes take tens of minutes if not longer if you send me test results about a case, for example. Once I have reviewed the relevant case history, I could cover one case history in a 15–20-minute zoom call, having read the case information in advance.
In some ways, securing good mentorship, enabling you to get started in an effective way is probably better than waiting, to make too many “mistakes” – which is often the way during the first decade of most NT practices! Furthermore, practicing in the most effective manner (i.e. best outcome for the client) is something all of us want to do as soon as is possible!
I have been in a full-time Nutritional Therapist engaging in continual Naturopathic Nutrition and Optimal Nutrition clinical practice for 16 years. The intention is for me to share with you my 16+ years of experience and knowledge and insights as to how best to help your clients. This should result in expanded levels of knowledge in my mentees. If you are not aware of or are not into ‘energetic matters’ or do not want to get involved in this (which is fine), then I firmly recommend you do NOT seek mentoring with me, because I will inevitably go there and discuss this with you.
Nutritional Therapy consulting is an Art and a Science. I aim to help you to develop your skills in the Art and the Science knowledge required to achieve outstanding rapport with your clients and super successful outcomes in the health of your clients. This is because you have not only been able to identify the key targets for therapeutic intervention but also been able to recommend the appropriate nutritional things (dietary changes & supplements) to achieve this.
As with other mentees, after some time of engaging my services, you may not then feel the need to do so, or so often. If there is a time gap of many months between our appointments, this is just fine, whatever you need. There is no obligation to engage in a minimum number of hours with me. We can grab 15 minutes or 60 minutes of time – which is usually on a Thursday for zoom calls, or via What’s App (for quick questions) on other days. I will see if I can accommodate you at other days, but Thursdays are exclusively available to those clients who are invested and have signed up for a Comprehensive Health Package, and mentees – who are also invested. If you send me an email with a question then I will aim to respond ASAP and I charge pro rata for time and we can agree to settle outstanding time when it reaches 30 mins total, for example, or add to the next zoom appointment if that is coming up. However, it is best, and I prefer it, if the information shared with you is face to face on zoom rather than in emails – since this takes substantially less time.
Please note that I ask that all fees are paid within 24 hours – just as we would have our clients pay us. All invoices and receipts are raised via Intuit/Quickbooks for our accounting purposes.
Naturally, any private information we share about our own lives is as completely confidential as that of the clients we discuss!