ABOUT CHARLOTTE
TCTSY-F, RYT 500, BSC HONS (UCL)
I am an 900+ hour certified experienced teacher trained in numerous styles of Yoga and other embodied practice modalities.
I first set foot in a Yoga class about 20 years ago. It has been by my side as a stabilising resource through eating disorder recovery, divorce, burnout, a period of anxiety and the inevitable profound grief of loss.
I obtained a Bachelor of Science - Human Sciences, BSc Hons - at University College London followed by a successful 15-year career in UK broadcasting as a documentary producer and programme development executive at the BBC and in the independent sector. I left broadcasting soon after undertaking my first Yoga teacher training in 2017, in order to make it my primary focus.
I have also facilitated during legal psilocybin retreats and supported individuals with trauma-informed embodied practice as part of their integration process during psychedelic-assisted therapy. I have worked with individuals living through anxiety, depression, compulsions, dysregulated eating and complex PTSD.
I’m English and live between the UK and overseas.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
TRADITIONAL HATHA YOGA
300 hrs advanced Traditional Hatha, Kundalini Yoga & Yoga Nidra training – The Practice, Bali.
50hrs Traditional Tantric Hatha Yoga teacher training – The Practice, Bali.
VINYASA YOGA
200hrs Ashtanga Vinyasa training - Sampoorna Yoga – India.
YIN / DAOIST PRACTICE
Yin teacher training with Norman Blair – Yogacampus, London.
YOGA NIDRA
Total Yoga Nidrā Foundation Program, Yoga Nidra Network, UK.
TRAUMA SENSITIVE YOGA
300 hrs Trauma Center, Trauma Sensitive Yoga Facilitator (TCTSY-F) certification, Centre for Trauma and Embodiment, Massachusetts. The first empirically validated, yoga-based clinical intervention for complex (relational) trauma or chronic, treatment-resistant PTSD.
Trauma sensitive yoga teacher training for delivering adapted classes for refugees and asylum seekers, delivered by the charity Ourmala, UK.
WARRIORS AT EASE
Level one teacher training (Yoga Alliance and IAYT accredited)
CONTINUING DEVELOPMENT
Rewiring the Anxious Brain Through Yoga – The Minded Institute for yoga therapy training, UK.
Yoga tools for depression - The Minded Institute for Yoga therapy training, UK.
Pre- and post-natal yoga continuing education training - The Practice, Bali.
PROFESSIONAL SUPERVISION
I am in supervision with Krystyna Kowalski, European-based TCTSY Trainer on the Training Faculty at The Center for Trauma and Embodiment, Boston, USA.
Registered RYT 500 advanced yoga teacher, registry ID: 410649. Yoga Alliance is the largest nonprofit association representing the yoga community. Teachers can register as RYT® 500 if they have successfully completed a 500-hour teacher training that is registered with Yoga Alliance, or a combination of a 200-hr teacher training plus 300 hrs of advanced training from a RYS 300 (registered yoga school). They are required to meet minimum continuing education standards.