About

Vital Sense is a company that provides Massage in Schools Programme training for adults in who are in direct contact with children and interested in exploring different ways to meet children’s social and emotional needs.
These training courses are held throughout the year and in locations across the UK. To book a course click here.

Founded by Carol Trower, Vital Senses` mission is to provide high quality trainings and workshops to promote positive nurturing touch and positive respectful communication between individuals: children, young people and adults.

Carol is a health professional with a vast amount of experience and expertise in child and adolescent physical and emotional health and development. Carol is a qualified reflexologist (ITEC) and has been an instructor with the International Association of Infant Massage since 2000, coordinating many of their trainings. Currently Carol is the UK`s international representative of the Association.

Carol believes passionately in the power of nurturing touch and has been an active and passionate pioneer of the Massage in Schools Programme since its introduction into the UK in 2000, working tirelessly to promote the benefits of touch in every primary school in the UK ensuring that MISP is part of the daily timetable. This has included producing a wonderful video / DVD and being the author of the first MISP research study in the UK, being instrumental in
getting the programme recognised as a pro-active anti-bullying strategy and appearing on the Richard and Judy Show as well talking on many radio programmes.

Carol a very experienced accredited Massage in Schools Programme International Trainer, having introduced the programme in both Australia and New Zealand as well as facilitating nearly fifty courses in the UK. Carol is the founding and current chair of the Massage in Schools Association that supports the work of the Massage in Schools instructors trained with accredited MISP Trainers. Carol is an experienced conference speaker and workshop facilitator.

This has included working with the DfES when Carol presented Massage in Schools Programme workshops through all regions in England at the DfES Anti-Bullying Conferences.