About Me

I first began my mindfulness journey in 2013, completing my year-long Level 1 training with the Mindfulness Association at the Samye Ling Tibetan Buddhist Monastery in Scotland in 2014. I began introducing mindfulness into my life and eventually, after a few false starts, established my regular daily mindfulness practice in 2019.

This changed my life in so many positive ways which inspired me to embark upon a 3-year MSc Mindfulness & Compassion which I completed in 2024, earning a distinction. The MSc involved rigorous training on academic research in mindfulness and compassion, as well as thorough and equally rigorous training and assessment to be certified as a qualified mindfulness teacher, trained to deliver the MBLC (Mindfulness Based Living Course).

Given my personal journey and experience, I am particularly keen to support unpaid carers to learn skills in mindfulness to help them navigate the daily challenges they face, and to develop mindfulness skills and practice for self-care.

I have been running mindfulness based self-empowerment retreats in the Peak District since 2021 and I am passionate about using my skills as a teacher to be part of the movement sharing the benefits of mindfulness practice with a world that so desperately needs more mindfulness, kindness and compassion.

Mindfulness skills and practice have the potential to let us live life in a more present, kinder way, where we can develop a healthier relationship with our internal experience no matter what is going on outside of us. Through regular practice, we can become less stressed and distracted and find more peace and joy in an increasingly frantic world.

I deliver the MBLC to members of the public either online or in person (depending on the location), and also to unpaid carers through my collaboration with Carers (UK). I am also certified to deliver the Mindfulness Association's follow-on CBLC (Compassion Based Living Course).

If you are interested in finding out more, please message me or send me an email.