"With love and thanks to Ruth Lovell, who first taught me Yoga." Also inspired by and grateful to... Annie
Cahill-Silverman, Fiona Agombar, Francoise Freedman,
Gary Carter, John Stirk, Monica Voss, Peter Blackaby & Dr Ruth Gilmore. About me: My mother initially sparked my interest in yoga as a child and I started
practicing regularly in 1990. Qualifications:
- Yoga for Health Foundation General Yoga Teacher
(2004), teaching general hatha yoga classes.
- Birthlight
Perinatal Yoga Teacher (2007), teaching yoga for pregnancy, birth and the post-natal period.
- Yogacampus Yoga Therapy Diploma (2011/12), (previously offered by the Yoga
Biomedical Trust) teaching therapeutic yoga to individuals & groups.
Professional development: - Fiona Agombar's Yoga Therapy for ME/ CFS, Burnout and Chronic Illness (2011)
- Judith Hanson Lasater's Relax and Renew® Restorative Yoga and Yoga for Anxiety (2012)
Professional memberships:- Teaching member of The Association of Independent Yoga Teachers.
- Teaching member of The Yoga for Health Educational Trust.
- Student teaching member of The International Association of Yoga Therapists.
- Graduate member of the CIPD with a specialisation in Learning & Development.
In addition to being qualified to
teach various forms of yoga, I carry professional insurance and a current first aid certificate. About the yoga I teach:I teach yoga inspired by the work of Vanda Scaravelli which
works with the natural patterns of movement of the body, (particularly the spine) and its relationship with gravity and the
breath. Scaravelli taught ways of bringing more awareness to what is happening inside us as we practice, which encourages
the body to unravel into yoga positions from within rather than having to be pushed or pulled into them from without. The
journey to a posture is as significant as the posture itself. There is always a modification or level appropriate to the body.
If, for example, you wish to flex the spine, this can be achieved in many ways and simply mimicking the teacher or make a
‘nice looking shape' isn't as meaningful as a more individually useful practice to bring about a positive change
in your mind, body or breathing. Yoga is useful throughout all the stages of life and can also promote
positive health for pregnancy and childbirth, mothers and babies, children, women and men, and to support everyone from athletes
to the elderly. All the different challenges that we are faced with ‘on the mat' such as the limitations of our
body and mind, are a perfect metaphor for how we deal with things ‘off the mat', thus making yoga a highly relevant
and useful tool for life. |
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