About Me

My journey as a Mindfulness and MBSR teacher began just after the pandemic, when I realised the extent of support with mental health and wellbeing that was needed within the education sector for both teachers and the young people in their classrooms. I work in Higher Education as a Senior Lecturer and my doctoral study is exploring Mindfulness and teacher retention. I try to take my teaching outside as often as possible and love to see students’ creativity and wellbeing flourish in amazing blue and green spaces like Beach and Forest School settings. Before moving into Higher Education, I was a Secondary School English teacher and Head of English for almost two decades. It is a privilege to be a teacher and I now combine my passions in life: Mindfulness, a love of nature and training teachers to support the needs of people in the post-pandemic period. I feel most at home in nature and have the greatest respect for it…there are so many lessons we can learn from Mother Nature! You will often find me walking barefoot in a forest or sea swimming. Alongside my work with Mindfulness, I am just about to complete my training as a Myofascial yoga teacher, and look forward to weaving this into my Mindfulness teaching.