Who we are

The Greens have been working together as a husband and wife team in Redcar, Cleveland, since 1989. Kenneth has qualifications in various alternative and complementary therapies, and is a Registered Naturopath (MRN). He also has qualifications in agriculture obtained in South Africa where he was born and educated.

Polly was born in Redcar but spent half her youth in Chester learning ballet. Her interest in Natural Health came about as a result of her father (W.H.Grove) introducing health foods and natural remedies into his chemist shop. She then studied for a diploma in Swedish Massage and also became one of the first teachers of Yoga in Teesside.

Kenneth completed a four year doctorate course in homeopathy and naturopathy in South Africa in 1973 and came to England to work at Tyringham Naturopathic Clinic. A few months later Polly completed her training and also went to Tyringham. Needless to say, it was love at first sight, and the rest is history!

From Tyringham they moved to Hampshire where Kenneth became deputy principal and resident osteopath at the exclusive Forest Mere Hydro, which was owned by the Savoy Hotel Group, one of the original Naturopathic country health retreats.

They later moved to South Africa for a few years where Polly learned a few words of Afrikaans and got to enjoy real sunshine! They also studied education technology and assisted in programs for educating school pupils in underprivileged rural areas.

However, politics intervened, so Kenneth and Polly returned to England, and Forest Mere, in 1980. For the next eight years it was life in the fast-lane as the family grew, and Kenneth took on the part-time task of running the International Academy of Nutrition in Britain, and Polly studied colour analysis. Her colour consultancy at Forest Mere was highly regarded and attracted some famous names.

By 1989, the Greens decided to move northwards as Polly's family were still in the Redcar area, and so the Cleveland Natural Health Clinic came into existence. In 2002 Polly decided to extend her knowledge by studying Colonic Hydrotherapy at Coveyheugh in Scotland. This led to a new additional clinic, called Healthy Detox Limited, being opened in Guisborough for the practice of Colonic Hydrotherapy. In April 2007 a third clinic was opened in Spain (see index). More recently Kenneth completed a lengthy course in Bowen Technique which he practices in Redcar and in Spain.

The accent now in the Redcar and Guisborough practices is on holistic therapy. The whole person is considered during treatment, not just the pain, or the dysfunction. There is a connection between the mind, body, food, and health. In Spain there is an extra emphasis on detoxing to achieve a rapid return to optimum health.

Alternative and Complementary solutions are often the only permanent cure for modern illnesses.