Experience

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I’ve been teaching movement and yoga for more than 20 years, including 17 years owning and teaching at my own movement studio in Ireland. For over a decade, I also taught private antenatal classes alongside a midwife colleague, supporting women through pregnancy and preparing for birth.

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Over the years, I’ve worked with people across a wide range of ages and abilities. I’ve taught pre- and postnatal yoga, chair yoga and yoga for people with MS, and worked with people with physical, intellectual and developmental disabilities. I’ve also taught yoga to teenagers in local secondary schools.

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These days, alongside my own teaching, I mentor trainee yoga teachers on the Heart + Bones Modern Yoga Teacher Training.

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Working with so many different people has shaped how I teach. Bodies are different. Circumstances change. What works beautifully for one person may not work for the next. Knowing how to adapt, offer another way in, and work with the person in front of me has been every bit as important as anything I’ve learned on a training course.

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Training & qualifications

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• BA International Affairs — American University of Paris

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• MSc Gender Studies — London School of Economics

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• 200hr Yoga Teacher Training Diploma, YTTC Belfast

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• Birthlight Pre & Postnatal Yoga Diploma

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• Yoga Therapy for Back Care Certificate, YTTC Belfast

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• Yoga Therapy for Muscles, Bones & Joints Certificate, YTTC Belfast

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• Yoga Tune Up Immersions: Hips & Shoulders

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• Introduction to Ayurveda, Mark Holzman

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• Roll Model Method Training + Body by Breath Training

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• Heart and Bones Modern Yoga Teacher Training Certificate (300hr)

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• Burrell Education Breathe Better Certificate

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• Burrell Education — The 3rd Age Woman current study

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• Yoga and Biomechanics & The Science of Stretching (Jules Mitchell) — current study

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• Brain Health Trainer Course (Ryan Glatt) - current study

 

I have attended many specialist workshops and trainings with respected teachers and educators including Brea Johnson, Jules Mitchell, Jill Miller, Michelle Lyons, Judith Hanson Lasater, Jason Crandell, Marc Holzman, Mukunda Styles, Donna Fahri, Tara Judelle, and Jenny Burrell.