My practices emerged from understanding how life’s experiences and stresses can disrupt the balance of our very being and how we can redress the balance to live in a more rested, productive and fulfilling way.
A student of yoga for many decades, my journey has also incorporated extensive teacher training in scientifically researched rest-based practices in the USA, UK, Australia and New Zealand. Drawing on what western medical science knows about the brain and body and inspired by ancient methodologies such as Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda, I became a Stillness Through Movement Therapist,
Level 2 iRest teacher, mindfulness, breathwork, meditation and Yoga Teacher (through Yoga Medicine USA), and Sound Therapist.
Restorative, deep rest practices are now my life’s work, following a long career in corporate leadership, human resources, coaching and neuroscience-based learning and development.
Through experience and observation, it is apparent that ‘pushing through’ life, not taking time to nourish the body in times of emotional upheaval, illness, grief, trauma and other life stressors, is detrimental to living with a deep sense of vitality. Living in harmony with our body’s natural ebbs and flow by re-learning how to rest is essential for optimal wellbeing.
Join me to build a healthy relationship with rest and learn how to nourish your nervous system. You are likely to experience lasting, positive impacts. Not just for you, but everyone around you.
Whilst it was yoga that started my own personal journey, I have travelled a great distance down my own yellow brick road since then, to find the therapies that really help us to connect at a deeper level. Every day I draw on a synthesis of many experiences, teachers and mentors who have left an indelible heart print on the practice that I offer today.
I have been so fortunate in my life to have enjoyed some exceptional teachers and learning experiences, both professionally and personally. And to me, the two worlds are entwined. What I experience and learn personally, always influences what I am able offer professionally.
So, to Margaret, My Mother – the sweetest and most humble matriarch of our family. For all that you have taught me through my childhood, adolescence, adult years and how I value all the things I continue to have the privilege to learn in your presence. You are my greatest and most cherished inspiration and every day I feel blessed to have you as my Mother. My own personal practice, and the guiding of others, benefit so greatly from your teaching and influence over my lifetime. I am the luckiest.
From studios in Cambridge and Auckland, New Zealand, Sharon’s unique practices blend modern science with ancient wisdom to help clients truly rest, restore and rejuvenate for a tangible and deeper sense of wellbeing
