Bernadette first found yoga over 40 years ago. In 1988, she began teacher training with the British Wheel of Yoga and over the decades has developed, & continues to develop, her own approach.
Both her teaching and learning aim to offer personalised, individualised guidance in group classes and workshops, recognising the varying needs of those attending. She encourages an emphasis on sensation, grounding & space.
There is less emphasis on moving towards “advanced” asanas and an idealised look and more focus on exploring sensation, on all levels.
Over these years her specialisation has become Women’s Health, and her wide experience , studying and training enable her to offer support to all women throughout their various life cycles and challenges. She is also available for 1-1 classes, including pregnancy and post-natal (with baby)
Over the past several years she has held both yoga workshops and residential retreats, basing content around the Celtic Wheel of the Year as she has become increasingly influenced by and interested in the benefits of harmonising oneself with the rhythms of nature and how this can be a valuable way of finding a more peaceful life and outlook.
Her classes, retreats and workshops draw on a vast range of techniques that are both accessible and practical as well as subtle.
She is also a highly experienced massage therapist, offering a range of therapies, and is a Reiki Master, with over 20 years’ experience.
She is a teacher/practitioner member of BWY, Birthlight & CThA and is required to regularly attend CPD days with all these organisations to maintain her approved teacher/therapist status.
Bernadette lives in Greenwich, London, has 2 sons, a granddaughter, and a grandson.
And considers it a great privilege to be called to this work and be able to share it, with the same degree of enthusiasm as at the beginning of her journey.
Bernadette is a British Wheel of Yoga diploma holder.
Bernadette is a certified Teaching Practice Observer Teacher for student BWY teachers/pregnancy yoga teachers & accredited organisations.
Bernadette has been a qualified massage therapist for over 15 years with diplomas in Therapeutic Massage, Indian Head Massage and Baby Massage Instruction and has certificates in Pregnancy Massage, Neuro Muscular technique, Ayurvedic Foot Massage, Hot Stones Massage and Trigger Point Therapy .She is also a Reiki Master practitioner.
Bernadette has part 1 & 2 diploma in Well woman yoga from Birthlight.. She is one of very few people in the UK teaching this unique approach to Women’s holistic health.
Bernadette is a fully qualified and experienced teacher of Yoga for the Menopausal Years. She teaches classes and courses. Please see home page for details. Contact her at info@peacefulpractice.co.uk discuss or for more information.
“Over 30 years I have been privileged to have taught thousands of yoga students, from newcomers to the experienced, some briefly and some for many years, some young and some not so young, men & women, pregnant women, post natal women with their babies and children. All have taught me so much and for this I am most grateful” My massage & Reiki practice in Greenwich has steadily grown over the past 17 years, along with the range of treatments provided. There is always so much more to learn.
