I started my extensive career in the wellbeing profession nearly three decades ago primarily helping people with chronic pain, rehabilitation and fitness through movement and bodywork. My love of yoga and pilates was kindled in around 1995 - I'm a SYT E-RYT with 900 hours of teacher training, and advanced Pilates Teacher in both mat and apparatus. I completed my first Coaching course in around 2010 as it seemed I was already using these skills with my clients. Around 2015 my interest became more centred around trauma and mental health, also in an attempt to understand my own conditions.
I'm committed to continuing my education, researching and exploring new ways of living more healthily and resiliently.My work is informed by many different teachings and methods - My experience with clients has shown me not one person responds the same in their journey, with this in mind I've literally travelled the globe amassing thousands of contact hours in various modalities.
I’m known for my practice what I teach attitude, insight, playfulness, strength, vulnerability, depth and transparency, and bring vital psycho - spiritual education in my own down to earth, and candid way..
The world, and my path is as much my classroom as my professional training; My extensive studies inform my work steadily, and expertly, but I wholeheartedly believes it’s the success and the failures, the innovations within the challenges, and the insight, and wisdom, I’ve gained on my path, together with the clients and people who’ve touched me through connection, suffering, and joy, that are the most transformative to my teaching and coaching….Thank You for being here. Debs x
Except where identified all studies are ‘in person' contact based.
Primary Credentials informing my current work - Certified
- Trauma Support Specialist - AZ - USA
- Trauma & Wellness Coach - ( Forward Facing ®) - USA
- Trauma and Resilience Coach - AZ USA
- mBraining Coach - UK
- mBraining Innergetics Weight management and behaviour Coach - UK
- Enneagram Spectrum Coach - Jerome Wagner - USA
- Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness Practitioner - USA
- iRest level 1 - Enrolled in level 2
- EDIT™ Eating Disorder Coach - USA
- MultiChannel Eye Movement Integration - MEMI - USA
- Somatic Movement Education - BMC® 500 hours+ - UK
- Basic Neurocellular patterns
- Ontogenetic
- Senses and Perception
- Righting, Reflexes, and Reaction.
- Nervous System
- Endocrine System
- Ligamentum and Fascial system
- Fluid systems
- Muscular System
- Skeletal System
- Organ System
- Compassion fatigue and Resilience Professional - Trauma Ins -USA
- Diploma Sports therapy, massage, nutrition - 1000 hrs -IIST- UK
- iRest Level 1 - USA
- Yin Yoga level 1+2 - 50 hr - USA
- Divine Sleep ®Yoga Nidra - 50 hr - USA
- Prana Flow® Yoga ( 650hr) - USA
- Trance Dance - Shiva Rae - USA
- 7 Spiritual Laws Yoga - 200 hr Chopra - USA
- Primordial sound Meditation 200 hr Chopra - USA
- EFT-level 1 -UK
- Ayurveda Lifestyle Consultant-Maria Garre - 80 hr - USA
- Ayurveda & Panchakarma Massage - 120 hr - Ayurdhama India
- Breath & Assessment - FMS - USA
- Angelik Reiki level 1+2 degree - UK
- Crystal Sonic Sound Therapy - level 1 - UK
- Chi Ball level 1+ 2 - UK
Shorter Certified modules or certs of completion informing my work currently ( 15-200 hours each)
- Facilitation, psychotherapy & mental health - ProcessWork Uk (1 year)
- The body, psychotherapy and the world. (1 year) - ProcessWork Uk
- The World inside out - Process work and World work intensive - UK
- Tables, Fairies, and Hyper- spaces - Processwork - UK
- Counselling and Psychotherapy - Embody Move
- Polyvagal Theory - Steven Porges
- Object Relations and the Enneagram level 1
- Object Relations and the Enneagram level 2
- Continnum - Jane Okondo - UK
- Authentic Movement - Jane Okondo - UK
- Authentic movement - Helen Payne - UK
- Somatic Experiencing® Workshop - Peter Levine
- Awakening patterns of behaviour - Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen - USA
- Embryology - Bonne Bainbridge Cohen USA
- Experiential Anatomy for Yoga - 1 year - Gary Carter - UK
- Scaravelli inspired yoga - Catherine Annis, Gary Carter - UK
- 5 day yoga intensive - Donna Fahri - UK
- 5 day yoga intensive - Max Storm - UK
- Yin Yoga Intensive - Paul and Susan Grilley - UK
- 3 day Yoga intensive - Matthew Sanford - UK
- 4 day yoga intensive - Simon Low - UK
- Intro to Personal Training - APT - UK
- Breath work Deep Dive weekend - The Breathing Space - UK
- Psoas Workshop - Liz Koch - UK
- IIST Personal Training - current - USA
Trauma Institute - Live Training -USA
- Body Based Self Regulation
- Trauma & Inflammation
- Trauma and Developmental Conditions
- The five skills for working with Neurodivergent clients with trauma
- The five pillars of Growth and resilience
- Motivating Traumatized Clients
- Supercharged Engagement in treatment and coaching
- After the crisis. The 4 absolutes of treating acute stress
- Health & Wellness for trauma
- Intimate & Domestic Violence
- Trauma & the sensory system
- Trauma & Dissociation
- Trauma & Addiction
- Intergenerational and Cultural trauma
- Equality, diversity & inclusion in organzations
- Sexual misconduct in teenagers
Further Certified Credentials supporting my work
Merrithew® Pilates - ( originally Stott Pilates ) UK - 500 hrs +
- Advanced mat, reformer, cadillac chair, and barrels
- Injuries and special populations
- Foundation Barre
- Individual workshops in USA - Pilates for Dancers, athletes, golfers, cancer, pre-post natal, Advanced anatomy and physiology, postural analysis, foam roller, fitness circle.
Aromatherapy 200 hr+
- International Aromatherapy Certificate- PIA-USA
- Advanced Essential Oil Diploma- NHR- UK
- Advanced natural perfumery - ( Int ins herbal medicine)- UK
- Natural Skincare Product making- Sue Lincoln- UK
Nutrition 400 hrs+
- Raw Magic Advanced Living Food Course - UK
- Associate Chef and instructor - Living Light - USA
- Benefits of Raw Food Nutritional Educator-Rick, Karen Dina - Living Light - USA
- Advanced Science of Raw food nutritional Ed- Rick, Karen Dina - Living Light - USA
- Pastry Arts Unbaked- Living Light - USA
- Living Foods and wellbeing Certification - Anne Wigmore Center - USA
Gyrotonic® 600 hrs +
- Level 1+2 - USA
- Gyrokinesis ®- Level 1+ 2 - Germany
- Gyrotonic ® Individual modules in USA, UK, Germany -Therapeutic applications for pelvis, hip, shoulder, scoliosis, osteoporosis, golf, dancers, cancer, pre - post natal, high level athletes.
- Rejuvenating and healing hands and feet
Anti Gravity®Fitness Christopher Harrison - 100 hrs +
- Fundamentals 1+2 -UK
- Yoga -USA
- Restorative Yoga - USA
- Suspension Fitness -USA
- D-Kink ( personal training) -USA
- Norgoff ™Synergy levels 1-4 — UK
- Group Exercise Instructor - AFAA - USA
Intelligent Fitness :- UK
- Advanced Anatomy
- Postural Assessment and Correction
- Flexibility - The Art and science of stretching
Further modules digital or live online format
- Neuroscience & Yoga in the treatment of trauma - PESI
- Autism Symposium - PESI
- Autism symposium - Echo
- The attachment summit - PESI
- Spiritual Evolution through the Enneagram - Helen Palmer, Russ Hudson
- Depth Approach to the Enneagram - Russ Hudson, Jessica Dibb
- The Conscious Breath Experience - OmniBreath.
- Wim Hof method - Fundamentals
- Shamanic Visioning - Sounds True
Eric Franklin Method :-
- Happy Face Fitness
- Fit feet
- Relaxed shoulders, released neck
- Movement in imagery - Eric Franklin - USA
- Pelvic Power - Eric Franklin - USA
- The Conscious Breath Experience - OmniBreath
Carolyn Myss:-
- Sacred Contracts
- The Science of Medical Intuition
- Anatomy of your health
- Advanced Energy Anatomy
Marianne Williamson - A course in miracles
- Aphrodite training
- The law of Divine Compensation
- The Divine Alignment of Body and Soul
Further 5-7 day Summits
- Overcoming PTSD summit
- Narcissistic abuse
- Overcoming loneliness and depression
- Breaking free from toxic relationships
- Overcoming codependency
- Anxiety and depression
- Abandonment and betrayal
- Treating trauma with internal family systems
- Breathwork Summitt - IBF
- Inspiring women Summit
- The three keys to feminine power
- Optimal wellness
- Beauty, skin and gut summit
- Autoimmune secrets - Jonathon otto
- Essential oil summit - Dr Z
- The Truth about cancer - 3 times attendee - TTAC
- Healing cancer this century - 2 times attendee - Carlos Caridad -
- Mind Body and the Vagus Nerve Connection
- Alzheimers and Dementia Summit
- Autoimmune Rescue Summit
- Oral Health Summit
- Heavy metals summit
- Fasting transformation summit
- Energy revolution summit
- Immune defence summit
- Womens Wellness
- lymphatic Rescue Summit
- Mens Wellness Summit
- Sleep Summit
- Heal your gut summit
- Anxiety summit - Trudy Scott
- Parasympathetic Summit - Jodi Cohen
- Help is healing - Grief - David Kessler
Further Conferences and events IN Person
- Three time attendee of Wisdom 2.0 in SanFrancisco,
- 14 times David Wolfe’s The Longevity Conference and women wellness conference - CA - USA
- Twice attendee Ramtha School of Enlightenment - YELM - USA
- Four times attendee Merrithew pilates symposium - USA
- Three times attendee Mind Body Conference San Jose - USA
- Twice attendee Enneagram Conference - USA
- Five times volunteer assist Deepak Chopra Seduction of Spirit conference
- OCD conference - USA
- 2023 Mega summer - OCD conference - IDEA squad staff - BMC support staff- Enneagram Conference - All USA - Whoop!
- Numerous others workshops - phew too many to list….and recall !!