Post by SheWolf on Feb 1, 2007 16:26:29 GMT 1
From the Metro
Unusually for such a busy actress, Emmerdale star Deena Payne keeps herself occupied by practising alternative therapies.
"It was something I did during resting times before I got the part in Emmerdale, and it actually fitted in quite nicely," she says.
"I still keep up with it. I'm having an extra room built in the house - a healing room which is very exciting.
"Before Emmerdale went three times a week, I used to do my treatments a lot more," she adds. "I would sometimes have a couple of days off, and on one of those days I would go to the studios and set my healing table up in the archivists room and book half a day in to massage people - it was fab."
Along with massage and aromatherapy, Deena, who plays Viv Hope in the soap - also practices reiki.
"I still do it when I can. It gives the body the chance to realign its energies to heal itself," she says.
Clearly, all this talk of alternative living is about as far removed from Viv as Deena can possibly get.
"I can't imagine her doing anything like it," she chuckles.
"I grow my own vegetables too and I don't think she'd do that either. If she did, she would wear an all-in-one glamorous number tucked into high heeled boots, along with the brightest pink gardening gloves you could find!"
Unusually for such a busy actress, Emmerdale star Deena Payne keeps herself occupied by practising alternative therapies.
"It was something I did during resting times before I got the part in Emmerdale, and it actually fitted in quite nicely," she says.
"I still keep up with it. I'm having an extra room built in the house - a healing room which is very exciting.
"Before Emmerdale went three times a week, I used to do my treatments a lot more," she adds. "I would sometimes have a couple of days off, and on one of those days I would go to the studios and set my healing table up in the archivists room and book half a day in to massage people - it was fab."
Along with massage and aromatherapy, Deena, who plays Viv Hope in the soap - also practices reiki.
"I still do it when I can. It gives the body the chance to realign its energies to heal itself," she says.
Clearly, all this talk of alternative living is about as far removed from Viv as Deena can possibly get.
"I can't imagine her doing anything like it," she chuckles.
"I grow my own vegetables too and I don't think she'd do that either. If she did, she would wear an all-in-one glamorous number tucked into high heeled boots, along with the brightest pink gardening gloves you could find!"