Karen Philipsen Brown

As a second-generation reflexologist, Karen has been lucky enough to experience this amazing therapy since the early 80’s with her mum, Cobi Philipsen in Scotland. Following university, and a career running various leisure centres in Scotland, by sheer default in 1998, Karen completed a reflexology diploma with the British School of Reflexology. Since then, she has added many additional therapeutic courses to her tool kit, continually learning more how the body works biologically and energetically to enhance the healing process. One of her biggest adventures was bringing a Stress Management package including Reflexology to every staff member in a Nuclear Power Station in 2002(A mere 600 staff, that’s a lot of feet!).

Karen has been involved with Reflexology New Zealand since 2009, active within two regional groups Auckland and Waikato. She has sat on the National Council or in a national role since 2013. She coined the phrase “Let’s make Reflexology a Household Name”. In the year 2021, saw Karen become the Association’s Vice President growing to the President’s Role in 2022 where she was honoured to become part of the World Reflexology Consortium.

Karen believes that “Learning, working and developing together across the globe helps magnify how amazing reflexology is for health for so many more people.” A win/win for all concerned.