Yoga - Beyond Mindfulness NI

Creating the space within, physically, mentally and spiritually, that will give you a healthier and happier way of living!

Hatha and Somatic Yoga classes for 2025, offering you support in this fast paced, changing world we are living in.

I practice yoga to help me move with lightness and freedom, finding the effortlessness in the effort. Feeling the aliveness within that connects the mind and body. I’ve been practicing and learning with Teachers from the school of Body MInd Centering, established by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen in 1973.

Since 2020 i’ve completed many courses with Bonnie, and in the past 15 to 20 years I’ve learned from Donna Fahi and Lisa Peterson, completing many of Lisa’s Advanced Teacher Training modules.

This way of practicing is useful for men and women over 45 who notice that they no longer move with the same ease and effortlessness as they used to. The menopause can have a massive change on the body and mind in women and men, who also experience hormonal changes at this age.

As you move through the decades it becomes noticeable how flexibility and agility decrease in the body as you develop bad postural habits and ways of walking, sitting and standing. With a regular Yoga practice you can improve your posture, balance, coordination and ways of moving in daily life.

For the last 4 years I’ve been training with Peter Appel who has also trained with Donna Farhi. Peter offers wonderful somatic movements which make the body more elastic, springy and stronger. I find practicing these movements definitely impacts how I move around in my daily life.

These developmental patterns of movement (that we practice in class) are already embedded in our cells and memory so all we have to do is relearn them. Moving with ease and flow as you get older is what’s most important, isn’t it? As I age I want to be able to play with my Grandchildren, enjoy life and not be restricted in my movement.

I’ve been practicing Yoga for 25 years and teaching for over 20, I continually update my own practice, so that I can bring the best and latest Hatha and somatic Yoga practices directly to you. I can offer you a wealth of experience. Many People come to Yoga because of bad health or injury I can offer you the professional guidance you need to practice safely as a qualified Yoga Therapist since 2012. I facilitate Yoga and Mindfulness for the SE Trust and local Mental Health Charities.

I’m offering you “a space” in your life to strengthen, move, connect, heal and calm your Body and Mind. Yoga and Mindfulness give you the skills to cope with everyday living, that makes your life easier, happier and more fulfilling on and off the mat. As a trauma centred Mindfulness Coach and facilitator, I teach yoga from a body/mind connect approach.

This style of practice is fun, life changing, strength building, empowering and encourages you to begin a journey of self care for your mind and body.

I am an affiliate Teacher of the Yoga Fellowship of Northern Ireland.

Come have fun and explore!!!