I practiced yoga for 20 years before I realised I didn't just enjoy it, I needed it.  I can remember saying that I felt scrunched up when I couldn't get to a class.  At the time I meant physically scrunched, but I now realise I also meant mentally scrunched.  Yoga has helped me develop mental and emotional resilience, and has been a key part of my recovery from trauma.  Yoga helps me feel grounded, calm, and more spacious in my body and mind.

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I have a degree in Psychology and MSc in Health Psychology, and have many years experience in mental health and recovery settings.  I use this education and experience, alongside my yoga therapy training, to plan classes and sessions that support mental health and resilience.

 

As my training and knowledge of health has evolved I have come to understand that we are at our most healthy and balanced when we live in sync with nature - both the natural rhythms of our body and the natural rhythms of the planet.  Most us are living out of sync with, or totally alienated from, what is natural.  Much of my work therefore encourages and supports people to restore the natural patterns of sleep, digestion, rest, movement, lighting, grounding.  I firmly believe that the closer to nature we are, the healthier we are. 

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Relevant training:

• BSc Psychology, Loughborough

• MSc Health Psychology, Canterbury

• 580 Hr Diploma in Yoga Therapy, The Minded Institute. Accredited by BCYT

• Internal Family Systems Therapy Circle

• 25 hr Myofascial Release & Somatics

• 30 hr Yin Yoga

• 200 hr YT​T

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Additional CET in: Yoga for grief, Yoga therapy for trauma & PTSD, Hands on assists & Bodywork, Yoga nidra, Yoga for injuries, Teen yoga, Breathwork