I provide support, education and services for birthing people and parents to be through my work as a birth and/or postnatal Doula, a hypnobirthing Teacher and a Yoga instructor, currently based in Abu Dhabi.
Journey
After leaving the NHS where I worked as a Midwife for over 20 years, I became a yoga instructor. I have studied for over 850 hours ion different forms of yoga to further my knowledge and have gained lots of experience teaching all forms of yoga including Pre and Post pregnancy, Vinyasa, Yin, Hatha, restorative and meditation.
When teaching pre-natal yoga I found that my pregnant people wanted more than just yoga-they wanted to learn and be empowered!
So I began workshops to teach parents about pregnancy, birth and beyond.
Parents needed more than just education though, they need tools to feel empowered, calm and confident - and this realisation led to me taking a hypnobirthing course with KG Hypnobirthing.
After teaching hypnobirthing for a few years and following requests for and experiences of being a Doula for a few friends and hypnobirthing clients, I did my Doula training with Nurturing Birth UK and now incorporate all 3 services of Doula, Hypnobirthing teacher and Yoga instructor.
Find out more about my Doula, Hypnobirthing and Yoga services and how we can work together
Experience
I qualified as a Registered Nurse (UK) in 1988. I then completed further training as a midwife and began life as a midwife in 1997.
Until 2018, I worked in all areas of midwifery including high risk hospital situations, community settings, Birth centers and in peoples own homes.
During this time in order to fit my schedule around our 2 young sons, I worked for 2 years as a Nurse trainer teaching community nurses about wound care and prevention and treatment of leg ulcers.
I trained as a yoga teacher in 2015 and since then have completed many trainings including pregnancy yoga and post-natal yoga, Yin, Meditation, Power Vinyasa and Forrest Yoga. I teach regularly for groups and also private one-to-one sessions, covering all styles but particularly pre and post-natal.
I have assisted on 3 Yoga teacher trainings as a mentor and as provider of anatomy and physiology training pertaining to pregnancy and postnatal yoga.
I trained with KG Hypnobirthing in London in 2017 and have taught this ever since.
In 2020 I trained with Nurturing Birth as a Doula. I am now encompassing all my knowledge into providing support and care for pregnant people and parents as a Doula, Hypnobirthing teacher and Yoga instructor in Poole/ Bournemouth and surrounding areas.
