Two healers. One shared belief.
We built The Barefoot Healers because we saw, again and again, what happens when people are given a diagnosis but not an explanation, a prescription but not an understanding. We believe that lasting health begins with genuine self-knowledge. That is what we teach.
How The Barefoot Healers came to be.
It started on a beach. During the "pandemic," Jennie would walk barefoot along the Silver Coast with her dogs, and Bo would often join her. No agenda, no clinic, no appointments. Just two women who had spent decades working with the human body, in very different ways, talking about what they had seen, what conventional medicine kept missing, and what might be possible if the two approaches were brought together.
Those walks became a question neither of them could let go of: what would it look like to truly help someone heal? Not manage. Not prescribe. Actually support their whole health, from the roots up. And could they help others ignite that same capacity in themselves?
The Barefoot Healers was formally founded in 2023 and launched the Barefoot Roadmap in 2024. A practice where a birth chart and a blood result carry equal weight. Where the roots are always followed before the symptom is addressed. Where the client leaves not just feeling better, but understanding why.
"Health is not something to be fixed. It is something to be understood, supported, and lived."
Every modality we offer serves one purpose: helping you understand yourself deeply enough that your health becomes something you steward rather than something that happens to you.
Jennie has been a Registered General Nurse since 1999, with 12 years in critical and acute care across vascular surgery, colorectal surgery, and ICU. She is registered with the Ordem dos Enfermeiros in Portugal, holds a BSc in Nursing and an MA in Medical Ethics and Law, and trained as an Advanced Life Support Instructor and Critical Care Outreach Matron.
When her own health collapsed following a fluoroquinolone antibiotic injury and mould toxicity, Jennie found that conventional medicine had the diagnosis but not the map forward. To understand what was happening in her own body, she undertook further training in nutrition, integrative health, spiritual counselling, Reiki, massage therapy, and medical astrology. Medical astrology has become her favourite tool to use with every client: a birth chart, she says, can reveal patterns that years of appointments never surfaced.
"I have a passion for autonomy in healthcare, and that comes from understanding your body. Not being told what is wrong with you, but actually knowing why. That shift changes everything." That belief is the foundation of everything she offers.
Explore the Medical Astrology Guide →
Bo brings more than 20 years of practice in Reiki, herbal medicine, aromatherapy, and crystal healing to The Barefoot Healers. Her approach is rooted in a deep trust in the body's intelligence and the healing potential of the natural world, and in her belief that the right plant, at the right time, can change everything.
As a Holistic Health Educator, Bo works across constitutional profiling, energy healing, counselling, and the herbal dimensions of each client's health picture. She is the herbal and energetic backbone of the Barefoot Roadmap, responsible for the alternative remedies pillar, the herbal consultations on the Core Path, and the monthly distance Reiki healing woven through the programme.
Bo also leads Reiki Attunement training at Levels 1 and 2 for those called to develop their own healing practice. In-person sessions are available on Portugal's Silver Coast, and all programmes and attunements are available online.
The BAREFOOT pillars of health.
The BAREFOOT framework is the foundation of everything we teach. Eight pillars, not rules to follow but principles to work with, that together address every dimension of whole-person wellbeing.
The Barefoot Roadmap is far more than eight pillars. Each module is a layered, self-paced learning experience built from video lessons, e-books, self-awareness tools, reflective prompts, and clinical literacy guides. Alongside the BAREFOOT pillars you will study dedicated specialist modules that are essential to whole-person health literacy.
- Anatomy, physiology and the eleven body systems
- How to read and interpret your own clinical observations
- Vital signs: blood pressure, oxygen saturation, temperature and pulse
- Understanding your blood results and what to ask your doctor
- Signs, symptoms and what your body is communicating
- Adrenal dysfunction and HPA axis regulation
- Grounding, earthing and the vagus nerve
- Intuition, gut intelligence and interoception
- The MTHFR gene mutation and methylation
- Hormonal health and the endocrine system
- Mould toxicity, environmental illness and toxin burden
- Symptom journals, health diaries and pattern mapping
- Reflective prompts and daily body-mind check-ins
- Lunar cycle health tracking and seasonal rhythms
- Constitutional temperament profiling
- Self-directed healing protocols across all eight pillars
Every lesson includes video, written material, and practical application. This is not a course. It is a whole system of education designed to make you the expert in your own health.
Explore the Roadmap →The principles that guide everything we do.
These are not marketing statements. They are the beliefs that shape every programme, every consultation, and every piece of content we create.
We will always tell you why before we tell you what. Understanding your body, your constitution, your patterns, your timing, is not optional preparation. It is the healing itself.
Clinical rigour and ancient wisdom are not opposites. Jennie reads blood tests. She also reads natal charts. Both are taken seriously here, without apology and without false hierarchy.
Bodies do not exist in isolation from minds, emotions, histories, or environments. We do not treat symptoms. We look at the whole picture, because the whole picture changes everything.
Jennie has spent 12 years in critical care across a nursing career that began in 1999. She does not deal in fairy dust, and neither do we. What we offer is warm, rigorous, and firmly rooted in both clinical reality and lived experience.
We work alongside conventional medicine, not against it. We support your relationship with your healthcare team. We are clear about what we do and what we do not do.
Every modality we offer, astrology, herbs, Reiki, integrative health, serves one purpose: helping you understand yourself deeply enough that you can take the right action at the right time.
What people say when they find the right support.
These are real people. Real health journeys. Real outcomes when someone is finally seen as a whole person.
"My medical astrology report is incredible. It is an amazing affirmation when you see it written down, a reflection of your own nature and how you function."
"I had suffered a long and agonising period of ill-health. Jennie's plan changed my life. I have gone from house-bound to bike rides with my kids. No more pain. No more hospital visits. Just energy and a second chance at life."
"For the first time in years, I feel like I understand what my body is actually trying to tell me. Jennie connects the clinical and the cosmic in a way that makes complete sense."
"My medical astrology report is incredible. It is an amazing affirmation when you see it written down, a reflection of your own nature and how you function."
"I had suffered a long and agonising period of ill-health. Jennie's plan changed my life. I have gone from house-bound to bike rides with my kids. No more pain. No more hospital visits. Just energy and a second chance at life."
"For the first time in years, I feel like I understand what my body is actually trying to tell me. Jennie connects the clinical and the cosmic in a way that makes complete sense."
"My daughter's serious health condition showed remarkable progress. Her doctor was even surprised. Jennie gave her confidence and genuine understanding of her own body."
"Thank you for your understanding, your support, and your resources, which continue to be so useful as we navigate this new path."
"I can sense the healing beginning before the session even ends. Bo's Reiki is like being held in the most loving, grounded energy I have ever felt."
"My daughter's serious health condition showed remarkable progress. Her doctor was even surprised. Jennie gave her confidence and genuine understanding of her own body."
"Thank you for your understanding, your support, and your resources, which continue to be so useful as we navigate this new path."
"I can sense the healing beginning before the session even ends. Bo's Reiki is like being held in the most loving, grounded energy I have ever felt."
"I have really enjoyed the course content so far. The Body Consciousness module is the most to absorb. I now monitor what effect everything I do has on my health."
"Bo's herbal wisdom is extraordinary. She identified patterns in my health that no doctor had noticed in twenty years of appointments."
"Together they have helped me reconnect with myself physically, emotionally, and energetically. I feel more balanced, more aware, and far better equipped to support myself moving forward."
"I have really enjoyed the course content so far. The Body Consciousness module is the most to absorb. I now monitor what effect everything I do has on my health."
"Bo's herbal wisdom is extraordinary. She identified patterns in my health that no doctor had noticed in twenty years of appointments."
"Together they have helped me reconnect with myself physically, emotionally, and energetically. I feel more balanced, more aware, and far better equipped to support myself moving forward."
Jennie on the Richie Allen Show.
Jennie is a regular guest on the Richie Allen Show, one of the most listened-to independent media programmes in the UK and Ireland. These conversations cover the full range of her work: integrative health, medical astrology, the gaps in conventional medicine, and the conversations that matter. Her most recent appearance introduced the Medical Astrology Guide to the show's audience.
Further reading to go deeper.
Every post is written to educate, not to sell. Dig into medical astrology, herbal medicine, the BAREFOOT pillars, and the health conversations that matter.
Ready to start knowing yourself?
Book a free 30 to 45 minute discovery call and meet Jennie and Bo. It is a conversation, not a sales pitch. Tell us where you are and we will tell you where we might be able to help.
The Barefoot Healers offers education, coaching, and complementary health support. Our services do not replace professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional for health concerns. Jennie Lowes is a Registered General Nurse, registered with the Ordem dos Enfermeiros, Portugal. The Barefoot Healers is IPHM-accredited.