women’s mentor

To answer this question, it’s probably best that I share with you a defining moment that brought me to where I am today – teaching, mentoring/ guiding women (note to men – please come to my yoga classes too!) like you on what to do to connect with the source of your true power, how to connect to and ACT on your intuition and deepest values, how to use your emotions as a guidance system, and so much more – all to clear out your energetic stuckness to become peaceful and powerful and live a meaningful and aligned Life, shining your Light.

The defining moment in my recent work life happened in 2011 when I lost my job of 7 years. I was getting paid more than everyone else, and in times of “austerity” that meant my job disappeared. I was working with teenagers in care who had substance misuse problems and they were great, but I hated working in a government system – but I got sucked in and stayed because of the regular income.

I was becoming miserable, I worked in a building that had indoor guttering due to leaks from the council flats above, dog shit, eggs and glass were thrown down on us, and there were desk lamps instead of proper lights after another electrical fault. I mean how bad did it have to get? And I’d even secretly started smoking again. I was sinking into depression and hopelessness by the end, feeling like I was full of so much potential to be of help to others but I knew I was in the wrong place. I was dying inside.

But still, I was absolutely horrified and terrified about losing my job, I’d never been “made redundant” in 20 years of working! But thank God that I was. It forced me to investigate what I really wanted to do with my life, because at my core I knew there was more to life than this, and that I was not my job – so who the hell was I and why wasn’t I doing something that I really loved and felt inspired by? I quit smoking. Gave myself permission to spend my redundancy money knowing that the vacuum would be filled by the Universe or God, what ever that meant. I just trusted that something would come and I would be taken care of. I had a fantastic summer. I did whatever I really wanted to do. So one day, I went to a very different kind of class that I’d been meaning to do for about five years – a Kundalini Yoga class.

And once I was there, I felt unreasonably happy for the first time in years. There was no external reason for it – it just was.  I sang out loud all the way home on my bike, wind in my hair, and a huge smile on my face. I had found the vacuum filler! I’d been doing Hatha yoga on and off for 20 years, and even trained to become a teacher 11 years before but didn’t have the courage to start teaching, and quite frankly the classes I went to had started to bore me. Within two months, I was in Kundalini teacher training. What attracted me was that it was very experiential. It pulls you apart and puts you back together again. The training was really intense and really tough in an amazing way. Early mornings. New language. A group of mainly women in an Ashram type environment. We were all learning amazing things about who we really were…it was a profound, heart-opening and mind-blowing experience for me. I felt as if I’d shed a massive amount of fear to step into who I was. I finally had the courage and the tools to step into some of the work I do now.

Shortly after I discovered the power of sound via the Gong, gave birth to my Shamanic Drum, and went to my first Cacao Ceremony in 2013 which inspired my interest and love of ritual and ceremony in making life sacred again and as another powerful way to tap into our own wisdom.

Today everyone has access to tonnes of information but the most valuable knowledge is Self Knowledge – is this aligned with my Truth? To check – am I doing this to get approval or validation?  How can I let go of the struggle? Who am I?? What is the point??

We are at a point in history forecast by Ancient Wisdom Keepers/Yogis/Sages that is a major shift in consciousness and awakening. Some call it a return or rebalancing of the Divine Feminine which has been overshadowed by distorted masculine energy (please note both these are polarities within all of us) as witnessed in patriarchal times, thousands of wars, and control through fear. It is time to listen again to Love.  But to do that we need to know we ARE strong, to be heard and live with a new Compass.

You and I are now called to step up and do this work individually, and collectively to be part of this unfolding!! How Amazing!! And of course bloody hard at times.

The essence of all the things I offer are about connecting with this inner guide and power – yourSelf/Higher Self/God/Spirit/Soul, listening to your own wisdom and finding the courage to follow it. (AND in group events – finding the courage to connect authentically with each other and enJOY yourself!)

We are undoing lifetimes of conditioning about who to be, how to be, how not to be…

We are learning to slow down in an environment that wants to keep things fast and impulse-driven.

We are remembering that we have natural powers of intuition, wisdom, strength, and healing.

We are remembering that it is OK to claim our space, say No, & to have boundaries and that it IS OK to RECEIVE!! As well as to be vulnerable, loving, compassionate and caring about ourselves, each other and our natural world.

You are remembering that when you choose yourSelf, you can change the world.

I’ve worked with many private clients, run loads of workshops, blissful retreats for women, uplifting community healing events, taught over a thousand classes, and still learning and doing my best to be guided by the wisdom of my Heart.

It makes my heart sing to help women see again clearly how beautiful and powerful they really are. To know how valuable, worthy and loved they are, just as they are – without question.

Life experience and learning is important, but it’s also reassuring to know some of the knowledge and skills I’ve gathered along the way that I draw from to help you (find your own insights and select/use tools that YOU want to use)… to reclaim your natural energy and power so that they can feel JOY, FREEDOM, EXPANSION.

I’ve held numerous women’s retreats and immersions in the UK and internationally over the last 9 years, initiated a women’s circle/ Red Tent in London and co-organised “Gathering the Women” a Red Tent annual event and regularly hold Sacred Shamanic Cacao Ceremonies for Women. A certified Kundalini Yoga Teacher with over a 1000 teaching hours and 100’s of hours of training that includes:

More recently (2020/21)  I have participated in regular Women’s Womb Circles, Women’s Wisdom Circles, Womb Awakening Circles with 3 different facilitators. Along with a deep dive into Light Language & Light Codes with a wonderful faciltator after I started to speak light language towards the start of 2020. It’s all a bit mysterious, along with spontaneous kundalini awakening kriyas that are also part of what happens when I meditate (since mid-2019).

A Certified Kundalini Teacher with over a 1000 teaching hours and 100’s of hours of training that includes:

• 120+  Hours Kundalini Medicine/Yoga Therapy with Guru Dharam – how to apply Kundalini Yoga in a therapeutic context for individuals for modern day problems such as anxiety, stress, overwhelm, insomnia, fatigue, transitions such as menopause.
• 200 Hour L1 (KRI) Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training with International School of Kundalini Yoga (i-SKY)
• 62 Hour L2 (KRI) Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training on Vitality & Stress Management with i-SKY (Guru Dharam & Darryl O’Keefe)
• 62 Hour L2 (KRI) Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training on Conscious Communication with Karam Kriya (Shiv Charan Singh & Satya)
• 62 Hour L2 (KRI) Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training on Mind & Meditation with i-SKY Guru (Dharam & Darryl O’Keefe)

Plus…

Classical Hatha Yoga Teacher Training (2000) in Melbourne, Australia

Women’s Camp with Karam Kriya (2016) – “The Future is Feminine”

20 + days of White Tantra Yoga – an intensive & deep subconscious cleansing process

Shaktipat initiation (Kundalini Shakti activation) in the Yogic Lineage

Shamanic Rites/Activations (2014) from the Quecha tradition.

Gong Healing Level 1 & 2/ Gong Therapy – how to use the gong and sound therapeutically with Gong Master Mehtab Benton (and hosted his trainings)

Mantra Yoga University (2015) with Yogi Amandeep Singh

Diploma of Cognitive Hypnotherapy (Quest Institute)- working with private clients at a London Hospital

New Code & Classic NLP Practitioner –  including Advanced NLP Training with John Grinder

Business Coaching Program for Women (2017) – mastering your mindset and serving your community

Motivational Interviewing Practitioner Level 1 &2 – How to Help People Change from the Inside Out

Massage/Tactile Therapies & Auricular Acupuncture qualifications

Postgraduate Qualification in Psychology

Many years in my previous working career supporting change in young people with multiple and complex issues including being in the care system, substance use and mental health problems.

Insured by DCS for : –

Life Coach Skills; Yoga & Meditation Instruction; Gong Healing

Sessions are in person or online where clients are free to openly address any issue or subject they feel I will be able to support them with, through deep intuitive dialogue and insightful discussion. 

*If you are interested in using Kundalini Yoga or Meditations as part of this I can include for example sending you meditations/kriyas as a take-home practice suitable for your level of experience.

*1:1 in-person sessions at my home (West Norwood/South London) or at yours are possible for private Ceremonial Cacao & Sound Medicine Journeys. These are approx. 2 hours.

Click on the button below TO CONTACT ME and we will take it from there (please let me know a few times/dates that you could talk to see if we can work together).

And just know that your Ego doesn’t want to change -any change or unknown seems scary to it’s world, but you know what, it is SOOOO BORING & frustrating to stay with the status quo isn’t it? So don’t overthink it all. Take Action and BE BOLD!! I love doing this work. I am really excited to help you to clear what ever is blocking the true Light & Power that is You from shining. 

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