About Rose

I used to ask myself regularly, ‘What’s the point?’. Life was a struggle; I didn’t like what was going on in the world, or what was going on inside me. I was deeply uncomfortable. I wanted to make the world a better place, unconsciously driven to fix myself and those around me.

Running a Social Enterprise in my thirties, I was working hard, playing hard and paying the price. I managed stress and anxiety by reaching for external solutions that gave instant relief. The only problem was, they didn’t get to the root of the problem, and only increased my inner turmoil.

Then life brought me to my knees. It felt like everything was falling apart. And it was. It had to for real change to take place. In the seeming chaos and despair of that time I saw clearly that I didn’t know how to live life, and yet I had a deep longing to learn.

When I admitted this, my life began to change. Life brought me what I needed - teachers and mentors, life changing challenges and illness, transformative techniques and practices.

With support, the challenges I faced became opportunities for learning and growth. I was shown the way to cultivate my life from the inside out. I learnt how to attend to my inner reality to generate a coherent state of being rather than the chaotic dischord that had been my daily norm. I no longer needed to grasp at externals to try and fix how I was feeling, escape what I was thinking and avoid what I was facing. The despair I had felt began to transform into quiet gratitude and wonder.

It is a pleasure and a privilege to share the tools and techniques that have changed my life with those on the path of healing and transformation. Through this work I have the opportunity to see again and again, how remarkable people are. I continue to be amazed by what is possible when we make a conscious choice to change. Working with people who are up for the challenge keeps me inspired and motivated to keep learning and growing myself.

Coaching

My approach draws on over 20 years of coaching experience and over 25 years of facilitating creative group processes and projects.  After training as a teacher I went on to work and train in Human Rights Education. Paulo Friere became a hero and my understanding and appreciation of listening deepened.

After a divorce in my early thirties I dived into self development work and trained as a Self Expression and Leadership Coach. I went on to set up a Social Enterprise and work with individuals and groups around the globe; a deeply enriching experience and valuable education.  

A month after I began my year’s training as a Health Coach with the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in my early forties, I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. I’m forever grateful for that year of study, community and healing. Since that time I have been offering Life Changes Coaching; working locally and on-line around the world.  

Yoga

I studied Eastern philosophy and religion for my degree in Comparative Religion but my introduction to Yoga came from my Dad.  He would practice every morning in the living room.  I remember he had a copy of Richard Hittleman’s, ‘Yoga for Health’. I loved the photos of asanas and the great 70s full-body leotards.

I began my Yoga practice in my twenties with Iyengar Yoga. Then, by good fortune I found a wonderful Hatha Yoga teacher, Sarah Litton, who encouraged me to begin my own daily practice. Her guidance allowed me to deepen my listening of my body and breath, and my morning on the mat became a peaceful oasis within a stressful life.

Then in 2004, working on a project in Trinidad, I met Elspeth Duncan who introduced me to Kundalini Yoga. Although I was taken aback by how different it was to what I knew, I loved the intensity and how I experienced tangible shifts in my state of being. This soon became the foundation of my daily practice, and my interest led me to train as a teacher. I hadn’t planned to teach, but I felt so enthusiastic about what I was learning I wanted to share it with others.

More recently I’ve attended 12 day silent retreats with Dr ALV Kumar, life changing experiences that inspired me to train with him. Dr. Kumar is an authority on the science of yoga and its diverse systems. His knowledge is informed not only from his distinguished career in science, but also from his personal experience of repairing and rehabilitating his own body through yoga, following a serious accident. His education from the age of 11, was in 37 schools of Hatha Yoga and 50 traditions of meditation, working with renowned teachers such as Krishnamacharya, B.K.S. Iyengar and Swami Vishnudevananda in addition to many highly accomplished, unknown Himalayan yogis.

I am always learning, and am grateful to all my teachers, peers and students who have enriched and inspired me along the way.

Training

2022: Exploring Metaphors with Clean Language, The Clean Coaching Centre

2022: Self Mastery Training level 2 with Kia Miller, Radiant Body Yoga

2021: Radiant Body Yoga Teacher Training, Level 2: Prana and Pranayama

2020: 200 hr Yoga Teacher Training with Dr Kumar, Traditional Yoga certified by Yoga Alliance

2020: Family Constellations & the Chakras with Delcia McNeil, certified by the Association for Therapeutic Healers

2019: Coming Back to our Five Senses; the path of self enquiry. 5 day intensive with Donna Farhi

2018: Chakra Psychology with Delcia McNeil, certifeid by the Association for Theraputic Healers

2017 & 2018: Capacitar Training in Healing Trauma through Somatic Practice with Dr Patricia Cane

2017: Trained as Certified Recovery Coach at The Addiction Academy

2017: Meditation Teacher Training, certified by Traditional Yoga, UK

2016-2017: Yoga Teacher Training: Foundations Level 2, certified by British Wheel of Yoga

2015: Yoga Teacher Training for Mastering the Addictive Personality with Carolyn Cowan, Kundalini Global, certified by Yoga Alliance

2015: Trained Facilitator in Psychometric Testing at Metis

2015: Trained Facilitator of the Strategy Spring Board by Thompson Best

2014-2016: 200hr Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training with Sada Sat Singh, certified by the Kundalini Research Institute

2013-2014: Health Coach Training, Institute of Integrative Nutrition, certified by International Assoc for Health Coaches

2004-2006: Self Expression and Leadership Coach Training, Landmark Education

1999: The Global Trainer Training; VSO

1993-1994: Post Graduate Certificate of Education, Religious Studies, University College London

1990-1993: BA Hons in Comparative Religion, 2:1, Manchester University