Embodiment:

Awareness breath movement sound

A spacious room with large sliding glass doors opening to a green outdoor garden with trees and bushes. Inside, there are potted plants placed along the walls, a rolled-up towel and yoga mat on the floor, and a person sitting outside on the deck facing the garden.

My interest in the mind body connection began with my first encounter with yoga in the 90s. I fell in love with the mental physical and emotional support this ancient practice provides.

Over the last 25 years, from my personal practice, exploration though trainings, therapy and thousands of hours of teaching, I have crafted my own unique style of teaching, aiming to provide person centred therapeutic support.

Each of my classes, retreats and trainings combine seasonal yoga, nervous system cycles, developmental psychology and somatic brain muscle rehabilitation.

the studio

Interior of a room with curved wooden wall panels, a textured ceiling, and a cork floor. There is a small potted plant and a fireplace with logs in the background.

Designed and built for support, freedom and connection, in a secluded valley in West Cork.

A circular practice space and natural textures creates a soft, inclusive environment. The bespoke, built in sound system adds immersive sound to the sensory experience of the space.

With views out onto our apple orchard and the surrounding hills, wood burning stove in the winter, wide open doors in the summer, even just one class here will feel like a retreat.

Qualifications and Trainings:

2004 500 hour Yoga Teacher Training, Contemporary Yoga Cork

2006 Pregnancy Yoga Training, Active Birth Centre London

2008 Foundation in Yoga Therapy, Yoga Biomedical Trust London

2009 Women's Health Yoga Therapy, Yasodhara Yoga Teachers & Centres

A wooden outdoor vertical planks and a covered veranda, featuring a metal chain and a metal framed transparent surface.

2012 Breathing Module with Lisa Peterson, Advanced TT Course, Dublin

2014 Foundation in Somatics with Brian Ingle of Living Somatics

2015 The Psoas Muscles in Yoga, Advanced TT Course, Dublin

2016 Trauma Sensitive Yoga Teacher Training, Cork

Close-up of a potted plant with large dark green leaves, against a textured beige wall with vertical lines, and an off-white wall light fixture mounted on the wall.

2016 Muscles and Connective Tissues Training with Amy Matthews

2017 2 day Developmental Trauma Training with Dan Siegel

2017 -2019 20 week Awakening the Body Somatic Meditation Course with Dharma Ocean

2022 - Present Counselling & Psychotherapy Bachelors MTU