Meet the Team
Tez Sawicki - Founder, Director, Master Teacher
Tez is founder of the Gathering Essence work. His transformative and powerful teachings are testament to decades of ongoing, focused dedication and it is his life’s work to cultivate and share the wisdom inherent within an embodiment practice. His weekly classes are potent with depth and meaning.
Tez teaches classes, runs workshops and the bi-annual retreat with Ewan, and offers free weekly meditation classes.
He also works as a successful Craniosacral Therapist at Gathering Essence and has a degree in Acupuncture. He lives in Edinburgh with his wife and creates visionary art in his spare time.
Ewan Kenny - Director, Master Teacher, Manager
Ewan is a Master Practitioner in Biodynamic Meditation, Daoyin Qigong and Taiji Qigong. Ewan is responsible for the day to day running of Gathering Essence, teaches weekly classes and co-runs the retreats with Tez.
Ewan has spent over 20 years working with groups and individuals in therapeutic and meditative contexts. His down-to-earth, warm-hearted teaching style makes his online and in-person classes popular with both beginners and advanced students.
Alongside teaching classes and managing Gathering Essence, Ewan has a thriving Craniosacral Therapy practice.
He lives in Edinburgh with his wife Emily and has 3 grown up children. When he has the time, Ewan likes playing with sound.
Emily Gibb - Creative Director, Communications
As Creative Director, Emily has been instrumental in the ongoing shaping of the business. Her creative vision and dedication to putting Gathering Essence ‘on the map’ to ensure as many people as possible can benefit from our work is evident in our growing number of students. Emily is an advanced student herself, having committed to the work for over 20 years whilst also focusing on bringing up her three children and working.
Emily is responsible for Communications and manages Studio 2 and the Therapy Room.
She is an experienced Homeopath, Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist and a qualified yoga teacher. Emily enjoys being in nature and making things in her spare time.
Linda-Jane Simpson- Teacher
Linda-Jane leads the Level 1 Gentle Qigong classes.
L-J is an advanced qigong practitioner who has worked with Tez and Ewan over many years. She completed her Teacher Training with Tez in 2014 and has been awarded advanced training certificates since then. She is also a qualified Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist and Reiki Master.
Since 2019 she has enjoyed running weekly qigong classes and brings kindness and attentiveness to her classes, along with a sense of humour.
Stu Lee -Teacher
Stu teaches Level 1 Qigong and Taiji classes.
Driven to develop a relationship to embodiment, functionality and aliveness, his path crossed with Tez and Ewan in 2007, when he began attending classes at Gathering Essence and has been developing his Qigong and Taiji practice for over 20 years.
He runs a successful clinical practice as a massage therapist and bodyworker with nearly 20 years’ experience. Stu’s passion to work with people and share skills and understanding of how we all have the potential to navigate life’s ebbs and flows through embodiment, has naturally transitioned into wellness coaching.
Stu has been running movement and meditation workshops since 2012. He lives with his wife and family in East Lothian. Forests, mountains and beaches are his medicine.
