This page tells you about the different streams of work I do. As well as being a yoga teacher, I have worked as a nurse, CBT therapist, university lecturer and reiki practitioner. I have an holistic approach to health and wellness and I am interested in the science as well as the aspects of my work that do not have a strong evidence base. I have been practising yoga for as long as I can remember, becoming a qualified teacher in 2013. For me yoga is a wonderful therapeutic practice with so many benefits. Yoga remains my passion; and it is yoga that I always turn to in order to find calm and to rebalance myself.
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YogaIt wasn’t until I had been attending yoga classes and workshops for many years that I decided to train to be a teacher but I will always remain a student; there is so much to know and learn about yoga! I completed my yoga teacher training in 2013 with Steve Avian from www.shamayoga.org.uk in Sheffield. I enjoyed the training immensely, As events turned out, just as I finished my training Chris Boyer, from Radiant Yoga moved away from Sheffield. I stepped into his shoes by taking over his Wadsley class, where I had recently been a student. I ran this class until the pandemic in 2020. For more details about these class times, please visit the “My Yoga” page.
Registered NurseI completed my nurse training in Sheffield in 1989 and for over 36 years I worked on hospital wards, but my work was mainly in the community, working first as a District Nurse. For the following twelve years I worked as a Community Matron supporting people with long-term health conditions. My role in the community enabled people to live as well as they could within the constraints of their health. This is a principle I apply in all my work; we all have limitations whether that be physical health, psychological or maybe time constraints, caring duties, etc. In my yoga teaching in groups, workshops or one-to-one I focus on how we as individuals can get the best from life, recognising our limitations. Although recently retired, my nursing skills will always remain with me.
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ReikiI have been a reiki practitioner since 2014, completing level 2 attunement in 2015 with Jen Coldwell. For more information, see the "My Reiki" page.
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)I am a trained Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner. I can deliver one-to-one cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) to people who are stressed, depressed or anxious, and I have experience of facilitating courses in stress management. In 2018 I worked in the IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) service in Sheffield as part of a new team of staff providing psychological care for people who have long-term health conditions. The service provides free courses and one-to-one therapy for a whole range of conditions including IBS, back pain, heart conditions, as well as generic courses on living with fatigue, mindfulness for health and much more. For more information, visit https://www.sheffieldtalkingtherapies.nhs.uk.
I currently work as an Associate Lecturer in the Psychology department at the University of Sheffield. I jointly wrote and now teach a short course provided for NHS therapists on how to use CBT to support people with long-term health conditions. I use these CBT skills in my one-to-one yoga and wellbeing coaching. |