"We discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human being."
Maria Montessori
1:1 Services
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I am currently only teaching online.
I will be returning to 1:1 in-person sessions when the covid situation is stable.
Fully Personalised Programmes
Sometimes you need more attention than a class can offer. Perhaps you are looking for personalised coaching for your yoga and Pilates. However, you may require a wider perspective than these highly useful and enjoyable but neverthethess limited modalities offer, such as a completely individualised programme to help address specific needs in relation to chronic pain, pain management, pain education, pain relief rehabilitation, back/neck/shoulder/hip/knee pain, pelvic girdle pain, issues around breathing, pelvic floor problems, spinal disorders, anxiety, stress, depression, breathing, movement disorders, functional movement, muscle spasm & tension, flexibility, mobility or supposed 'postural issues'.
Skills
My range of skills is quite unique: I am highly qualified in the field of Pilates; hold the Dru Yoga Teaching Diploma; am a qualified Somatic Exercise Coach, and ISMETA Registered Somatic Movement Educator and Clinical Somatic Educator, having graduated the 3 year 500 hour professional training with Martha Peterson of Essential Somatics. I trained in teaching Mindfulness with Mindfulness CIC. I am a certified Sports Massage Therapist and also have the CYQ REPs Level 3 Exercise Referral Diploma, AIQ REPs Level 4 Back Pain Exercise Referral certification and Canrehab Level 4 certification in exercise-based cancer rehabilitation. I am a registered Exercise Referral Specialist with CIMSPA. I have undergone extensive multi-modality training to assess 'posture' and movement, and am certified to create evidence-based progressive training programmes for back pain. I have taken several courses in pain and nervous system education and mobilisation with the science-based and evidence-based leaders in the field, Noi Group, producers of the book, 'Explain Pain.' I have attended world leader in back pain research, Professor Peter O'Sullivan's 'Making Sense of Back Pain course. I am also a qualified Mindfulness Skills teacher. I keep current of pain science and nervous system health matters. Personal experience and professional interest have led me to begin a deeper study of issues around pelvic pain and the pelvic floor.
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My 1:1 in-person sessions are long (at 120 and then 90 minutes) to allow adequate time for consultation and dialogue, Clinical Somatic Education protocols, movement & pain education and coaching/teaching.
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What I DON'T Do
I'm not medical. I'm not a clinician. I don't diagnose.
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Suffering from chronic hip pain for nearly 10 yrs I turned to Somatics. ...I am back properly riding again having been told to give up by a rheumatologist and find all the exercises actually work!
Changed my life in six weeks.
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An amazing (lasting) improvement.
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Wow! Somatics just has to be experienced to appreciate the positive impact it can have on the mind and body. I would join a group session of somatics with Cheryl any day but a 1:1 is something else and to be highly recommended.
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Pain free and armed with the skills needed to remain so!
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Such an enormous difference in such a short time, I felt like a new person! Can't recommend it enough!
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​I was sceptical at first that something which seems as simple and easy to learn as somatics would work, but it has! I’m completely off my GP-prescribed painkillers and in 3 months have gone from constant pain and struggling to walk properly to returning to normal exercise. Highly recommended!
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