Introducing our Teachers

We have various wonderful teachers working with us on all our events; whether it’s a drop-in to one of our festivals or pop-up events or a key teacher in our membership and mini-retreats. We are proud to introduce them here.

Mini Retreats

Mini Retreat Teachers - Movement

melody Dean

Melody is first and foremost a Pilates teacher. Pilates transformed her husband's life after an horrific accident left him with a broken back. Melody has studied many different movement styles and Tai Chi has connected deeply with her. Inspired by the discipline she has created a unique pause for us. Seated and gentle, incorporating the release breath in Tai Chi this guided meditation should leave you feeling relaxed, centred and present.

Jane Del-Pizzo

Jane has been practicing yoga since her teens life and has come to different styles of yoga at different times of her life, primarily Hatha and Kundalini. She is a certified Yoga Instructor a qualified Nordic Walking instructor. As someone with hypermobility syndrome and arthritis, she is aiming for enough (and not too much) stretch as well as joint stabilization. She enjoys teaching a gentler style of yoga with yoga nidra and occasional face yoga. She focuses on movements which offset some of the physical tightness which results from modern lifestyles.

Mini Retreat Teachers - Sound Healing

Angela Jones

Angela is an Intuitive Healer, Sound Practitioner Meditation Instructor Health and Wellbeing facilitator. With these, she hopes to help you find that balance in your mind, body, spirit , your own physical and emotional wellbeing.

Together with her, she will help you discover what your needs might be and how to make any changes possible or even permanent using all of my abilities in an intuitive manor build a bespoke treatment that fits you.

NIC WAGSTAFF

As a trained Hypnotherapist, NLP Practitioner, Yoga teacher, and Reiki Master - to name a few, Nic interweaves all of her knowledge and experience throughout her classes, focusing on a deep rewiring with her subliminal positive reinforcement. She specialises in anxiety, fatigue, burnout and overwhelm from her own experiences with the same.

Everything she does is all about reducing anxiety and overwhelm while helping you to build your own self-leadership to follow what feels right for you. To bring aback that trust within that you do have all the answers inside.

melody Dean

nic wagstaff

melody dean

Through the magic of Pilates I found my passion and mission in life.

When my husband had a serious and debilitating spinal injury it became my sole purpose to explore anything that could improve life for him. In doing so I learnt quickly to open my mind and heart to different perspectives and methods.

‘Pilates found me'. I was sold after my first class and I knew that this would work for us but the journey with Craig wasn’t easy, nothing in life worth fighting for is.’

The synergy with mind and body was so alive and fundamental to Pilates. The purpose in its application was transformational for us both. For Craig it was a miracle that he would forever maintain to keep his movement, and for me it took me on a different path…

When it felt like we were stepping backwards I would find us ways to keep the focus. I was incredibly driven and motivated by helping him achieve healing and progress. But even here in the middle of our struggles I didn’t realise that it was encouraging other that lit me up. It was just who I was.

Melody’s video intro

Tai Chi is an ancient Chinese restorative practice. It has evolved over centuries to become a means of alleviating stress and anxiety. Recent studies have found Tai Chi to reduce stress and tension helping people suffering from conditions like Fibromyalgia and nerve pain.

Pilates is very well known for helping balance out many modern postural issues and developing a strong and integrated core connection.

The controlled approach to exercise mainly using the body’s own weight to strengthen the muscles makes Pilates low impact and accessible for every body. It’s mindful approach truly integrates the body and mind and will increase your awareness of yourself. Whilst it is slow and relaxing in parts it certainly has the ability to make you sweat.

nic wagstaff

I have experienced burnout and fatigue through a build up of personal and professional stressors including trauma of losing my brother-in law when he took his own life. After Adrenal Fatigue kicked in, I left the corporate world and my 14 years experience behind me and had to pretty much stop everything and take a real look at my life; nutrition, life choices, purpose and environment in order to come back to balance.

Having this kind of ‘endocrine or physical breakdown’ was the best thing that could have happened.

Now I facilitate other’s in their journey and marry my previous career where I loved mentoring and developing others, by enabling other well-being practitioners to set up and grow.

Everything I do is all about reducing anxiety and overwhelm while helping you to build your own self-leadership to follow what feels right for you. To bring aback that trust within that you do have all the answers inside.

This comes through in the meditative yoga and words I choose to embed into your subconscious, to the mindset work and rewiring of negative patterns and beliefs, all while showing you that I too experience these things.

With a sense of community and connecting you to the well-being experts you are looking for to walk with you on your journey.