About Detzi · My Approach
Honest, grounded healing, open to a little everyday magic
Detzi takes a very down-to-Earth, honest and realistic approach to her work, but is always ready to watch miracles unfold and share the insights she receives from spirit.
My approach
What energy healing really is
Energy healing, whether it be Reiki, shamanic healing, reflexology, healing meditation or any other energy-based holistic treatment, enables us to change, re-balance and harmonise our energy field. This inevitably has an impact on our physical expression of that energy, and so it changes the way we feel: physically, mentally, emotionally and/or spiritually.
A ‘healer’ or ‘therapist’ does not ‘do the healing’. They assist by opening up the ‘energy space’, and they facilitate and empower the receiver to enable healing to happen. My role is simply to hold a calm, safe and loving space, and to trust the wisdom of your own body and spirit to take whatever it needs.
That is why I keep things so grounded and realistic. There are no big promises and no pressure here, just honest, gentle work, a quiet sense of curiosity, and a genuine openness to the beautiful, often surprising ways that healing can unfold.
My story
How The Peaceful Soul came to be
I’m Detzi (formally Adette Simpson), and I first fell in love with Reiki back in 2001. At the time I was working as a Speech and Language Therapist in the NHS, and I used Reiki informally, quietly, around the edges of busy days, long before I ever imagined it might become my life’s work.
Everything shifted after the birth of my second child. During my Reiki Level 2 course I experienced a deep, unexpected healing of my own, the kind that reaches places you didn’t even realise were waiting to be held. That moment sealed it for me. I knew I was being gently nudged towards healing work.
So I took the leap. I left the NHS, and between 2015 and 2016 I completed my foot reflexology qualification and began practising professionally from home. The Peaceful Soul came into being in 2016, and has grown, year by year, into the thriving little hub of healing, learning and community it is today.
I am now a certified Reiki Master Healer and Teacher in both Western and traditional Japanese Reiki, and I continue to weave together Reiki, shamanic healing, reflexology and meditation in my practice here in Nottingham, always learning, always grateful.
Kind words
From those who’ve visited
“Detzi is exceptionally intuitive and she offers a remarkable combination of spiritual healing, Reiki and counselling alongside the reflexology.”
A reflexology client · Nottingham
“Detzi is like your favourite jumper, her calming words wrap around you, making you feel warm, relaxed and settled.”
A regular client · Nottingham
Ready when you are
Come and find some peace
Whether you’re curious about Reiki, longing for a little stillness, or simply not sure where to start, you’re very welcome here.