There are several ways to practise with me, and none of them is better than another. They simply meet different needs. This page will help you sense which one fits where you are right now.
If you’re looking for support with a specific mental or physical health condition, including trauma, anxiety, or depression, or you’re often experiencing insomnia, emotional dysregulation, or other signs of burnout, you don’t need to choose. Yoga Therapy is the right pathway for you.
Please note that Yoga Therapy is a complementary approach. It works alongside, not instead of, medical or psychological care, and I’m happy to work with the other professionals involved in your care. If you haven’t yet spoken to your GP or healthcare team about what you’re experiencing, it’s a good idea to do so.
If you’re in crisis, please contact your GP or NHS 111, or call Samaritans on 116 123.
Start with what you need right now
“I’d like a regular practice, in a group, to help me feel calmer in my week.”
→ Classes in Slimbridge and Frampton on Severn. Drop in whenever you like, or book a termly block.
“I need something I can do at home, right now, at my own pace.”
→ Practise Anytime: short audio and video practices, and a short course for overwhelm, with no booking needed.
“I’m overwhelmed, anxious, in pain, not sleeping, or dealing with a health condition, and I’d like personalised support.”
→ Yoga Therapy, one-to-one, for adults and for teens.
“I feel steady, but something in my life no longer fits, and I want space to understand why.”
→ Embodied Journeys, one-to-one or in a small circle. See the comparison below.
“I’d like thoughtful company: ideas, books, and conversation.”
→ Philosophy Club, a monthly discussion on Zoom.
“I’m a parent, student, or school looking for support for young people or staff.”
→ For Parents and Schools: the Exam Calm Course, Student Wellbeing Yoga, and Staff Wellbeing Yoga.
You don’t have to pick just one. Many people combine ways of working. For example, a weekly class and Philosophy Club: a steady movement rhythm, plus thoughtful company once a month; or an Embodied Journey and Philosophy Club: reflective one-to-one or circle work, with a monthly space to think alongside others.
Yoga Therapy or an Embodied Journey?
These two are the pair people most often ask about. Both offer steady, compassionate, one-to-one support, but they meet different needs.
| Yoga Therapy | Embodied Journey | |
|---|---|---|
| It’s for | Feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or dysregulated, and needing steadier ground | Feeling steady and curious, at a threshold or transition |
| The focus | Regulation, symptoms, and practical tools | Reflection, meaning-making, and rediscovering yourself |
| The approach | Structured, assessment-based, paced with care | Spacious, reflective, and mythic, with gentle somatic inquiry |
| Format | One-to-one | One-to-one, or in a small circle |
| Who it’s for | Adults and teens | Women in midlife and other life transitions |
| It is not | A replacement for medical or psychological care | Therapy or coaching |
Choose Yoga Therapy if…
You feel overwhelmed, stuck, or dysregulated, and you need help to find steadier ground. Yoga Therapy is for anyone who:
- feels anxious, overloaded, or emotionally stretched
- struggles to regulate their nervous system
- feels “too much” in their body or mind
- needs stabilisation, pacing, or structured support
- wants practices tailored to their symptoms or specific challenges
- would benefit from a structured, contained approach with therapeutic judgement behind it
- would like support with a physical health condition
Yoga Therapy is a structured, assessment-based, clinical process that uses yoga practices and philosophy to support regulation, improve your wellbeing, and give you tools to manage or improve symptoms. It is collaborative, informed by research evidence, and paced with care.
Choose an Embodied Journey if…
You feel emotionally steady and curious about exploring your inner landscape.
Midlife change often arrives quietly: a loosening, a shift, a sense that something in your life no longer fits. An Embodied Journey is for women who:
- feel steady enough to sit with sensation and emotion
- sense a shift or threshold in their life, or feel something no longer fits, and want to understand why
- are navigating life transitions, change, identity shifts, or a deepening of self
- want space and support to listen inwardly, without coaching or advice
An Embodied Journey can offer space, companionship, meaning-making, gentle somatic inquiry, identity exploration, a pause, and a place to lay things down and understand yourself more deeply.
It’s a place to return to yourself, part somatic inquiry, part mythic framing, part reflective exploration. It is not therapy, and not coaching. It is a midlife rite of passage, held with warmth, clarity, and embodied support.
There are two ways in: The Individual Embodied Journey (1:1) and The Embodied Becoming Circle (a small group). Both are reflective, embodied, and non-clinical.
The simplest way to decide
Embodied Journeys are for women who feel steady and are seeking understanding or rediscovery of the self. Yoga Therapy is for those who need a more structured, contained form of support.
Can I move from the Embodied Journey to Yoga Therapy, or vice versa? Can I do both?
Moving from an Embodied Journey to Yoga Therapy. If you start an Embodied Journey and it becomes clear that what you’re working with is more than the journey can safely hold, we can decide together that you’d be better supported by Yoga Therapy, or by a different form of clinical support.
Moving from Yoga Therapy to an Embodied Journey. If you’ve completed a course of Yoga Therapy, and you and your healthcare team feel an Embodied Journey would suit you, you’re welcome to move onto that path.
Doing both at the same time. This is unlikely to be appropriate, particularly for mental health concerns. If you’re having Yoga Therapy for a physical health condition, and you feel mentally and emotionally steady, it may be possible. Talk to me about it and we can decide together.
Still not sure?
That’s completely fine. We can explore it together in a short, free conversation. Book a Discovery Call or get in touch.
None of these pathways replaces medical or mental-health care. If you’re in crisis, please contact your GP or NHS 111, or call Samaritans on 116 123.
