Get to know me
Hello and welcome.
I’m Katie, it’s great to have you here. Perhaps it helps to introduce myself and share a little about me and my own experience, to help you decide whether you might like to work with me.
A bit about me.
I am a cisgendered woman, brought up just outside of Kingston in London. Ever since I can remember, I’ve been an incredibly deep and emotional thinker. I’m an introverted extrovert; I need alone time yet light up in company of those I love. I have a quick sense of humour and am deeply empathic by nature. Developing confidence, self worth, and rediscovering my authentic self have been, and still are huge themes on my healing journey. As I’ve grown up and discovered more about myself and how I fit into the world that I live in, there has quite literally been no choice but to walk the path of unravelling the complexity of our human nature.
Reading is a huge passion of mine, especially books about us, how we work and why. I can tear through fiction like it’s going out of fashion. Cooking and preparing meals for family and friends is like a love language. I love the smell of the earth after it’s rained and having the opportunity to drink a hot drink in the morning in bed. I love the first sip of a beautifully made coffee. I'm also passionate about unveiling the systems in our society which cause us harm, both through educating myself and bringing awareness to how these ideologies hinder us from healing.
My experience in the big wide world .
I was a teacher in primary schools for over ten years, working in various different roles and deeply loved it for a while. I was really great at what I did. Things began to shift when brain fog, anxiety, depression and exhaustion became stubborn companions, guiding me towards healing and reconnection with my body. I still sometimes work as a supply teacher in schools but leaving full time teaching was both the hardest and simplest decision I’ve ever made.
I left teaching to complete my yoga teacher training. But it wasn’t necessarily the physical yoga that enticed me. It was everything else. It was a portal into a world of healing that my body and mind needed that was beyond talking therapy and self help books. It felt like a warm embrace, welcoming me to a space that had been waiting for me. Yoga holds such beautiful, ancient wisdom that provides a landscape for living which began to transform my life.
Enter embodiment
Slowly, like a jigsaw puzzle slowly being slotted together, I began to discover practices which shifted my inner world. Embodied and somatic movement, song, dance and chanting were all practices which allowed me to reconnect with the person being fiercely protected beneath the trauma, grief and sadness. I am aware that there is never going to be a time when this healing process is complete. It will last for my entire life time - it took me a while to accept that- but I am utterly devoted to it.
What are my qualifications?
I have 280 hours of yoga training with Loka Yoga school - including Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin, meditation and breath work. I will have a further 100 hours of training with Bex Tyrer later in May and will also have completed my sound healing training. I am a Reiki Level 1 practitioner with Arati Healing School which is primarily used for self healing.
A little bit about the future.
In July, I’ll be returning back to the UK after a deeply moving and reflective year of travel. I am still figuring out what it is exactly that I want to share and create when I am home. But opportunities to experience the healing that comes with reconnecting to our bodies and our authentic self, will most likely take centre stage. Your authentic self being the whole self, in our many layers of depth, complexity, sorrow and joy. Accepting who we are as humans.
However, it's important to me that you know that you don't need anything that I have to offer. And maybe that's a strange thing to say, considering my career path. The funny thing about healing, is that it's not always necessarily about adding more to your life. Instead, it's often about stepping back and seeing what's left, what's there, waiting to be loved and accepted. We have everything we need inside us and I don't want to be another person telling you what you need from the external world in order to heal- there's plenty of that to go around.
It feels natural to want to share what I've experienced with you- but how and when I do this, is still under deep contemplation. I aim to create safe spaces and containers that give the opportunity to feel what it is to be in your body, and begin rebuilding or celebrating what it is to be you, down to your very core. Disconnection from my own body impacted all aspects of my life but what's challenging is that because I was disconnected, I didn't realise for many years. I am very much still working through this myself but it's through embodied yoga, dance & somatic movement classes that I have begun to unravel something incredibly special. It would be a true privilege to help facilitate your own journey inward, the most rewarding and healing adventure of coming back home to yourself.
Curious or want to find out more?
You could take a look around my blog or you could drop me an email or connect via social media. I really look forward to hopefully meeting you soon.
So much love, Katie x