While my bookshelves are (still) heavy with the volumes of Leon’s work, my heart is heavy from the loss of his unending support and advice. He guided my career for so many years, and I miss my friend and mentor every day. Thank you, Leon. I can’t wait to chat with you again…

Leon … what can i say ! In my years as an undergraduate student at the University of Westminster i was blessed to have him as my lead tutor. His soft tissue approaches resonated greatly with me … and now … teaching manual and movement therapies myself … how Leon taugh … his commitment to good hands on skills and underpinned by a sound evidence base are deeply rooted in me. I have so many wonderful memories of class labs … we used to laugh at a very neatly trimmed Leon at the start of the semester … and the wild and bushy Leon by the end !! Those eyebrows! I hope that he would be proud of my accomplishments since those days 25 years ago. He spoke so fondly of Alkmini and Sasha and living in Corfu … how much he looked forward to going home after long periods in London and teaching away. I will forever by thankful for what he instilled in me … clinical excellence and an enquiring mind. I will be forever thankful for knowing him … such a wonderful man And i will forever be saddened that he is gone

While many memories abound about Leon, a favourite of mine was on a car journey to the airport after a long weekend of teaching with Leon. I asked ‘what did you enjoy most about the weekend‘? His response,,,,,,’Going Home,,,,,,to my wife’s sun dried figs, a swim in the pool with Dumbo observing, and seeing Sasha’s finished painting’. Work was work but family was his everything.