About Me

Claire-Louise now lives primarily in the South of France where she runs yoga, mindfulness and nature connection retreats at Viveka Centre for Being.  She also has a base in Bristol in the UK.  She mainly teaches online or at her retreats.  She also offers mindfulness supervision sessions to other mindfulness teachers.

Claire-Louise has been practising yoga and meditation for since 2002. She trained as a yoga teacher and yoga therapist with the Inner Yoga Trust in 2006 and has since been teaching yoga and meditation, as well as using yoga therapeutically on a one to one basis with people who have specific ailments.

Claire-Louise is also qualified to practice Thai Yoga Massage (Body Wisdom). This training included a diploma in Anatomy and Physiology.  She has also taught in Bali and at numerous festivals and community events.

Claire-Louise received her Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction/Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy training with Bangor University Teacher Training (Levels 1 and 2), and has completed the Supervised Teaching Pathway as an Advanced Teacher. She has since completed trauma informed training with David Treleaven, Inquiry training with Saki Santorelli and Compassionate Focussed Therapy with Paul Gilbert.

In 2021 Claire-Louise completed Supervision Training with the Mindfulness Association and with Exeter University and has been providing supervision for IAPT based Mindfulness Teachers since then.

Claire-Louise has established a non for profit CIC called The Mindful Parenting and Community Project that provides free and subsidised course to parents who live in deprived areas or are in receipt of benefits and might not otherwise be able to access a private mindfulness course.  The course facilitated is based on the Susan Bogels Mindful Parenting Course.
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Claire-Louise is has been offering Mindfulness for Parents Courses to vulnerable parents as a way of supporting them to reconnect with their children and other family members through building emotional resilience