Bio - Community Music Facilitator & Wellbeing Practitioner

I've been a musician for over 30 years, community music facilitator for 20 years, mindfulness practitioner for 30 years and yoga & meditation teacher for 20 years.

I've been delivering workshops combining creative music making, yoga and mindfulness over the last 15 years. Over the last 5 years, I’ve been working more from the perspective of Nervous System regulation.

Training, Qualifications & Experience

Certificate in Drum Circles Facilitation - I trained with Arthur Hull’s Village Drum Circles in 2011 & 2013.

Sound Healing- I trained with the College of Sound Healing in 2006-7

Certificate in Yoga & Meditation teaching - I trained with the School of Kundalini Yoga in 2003- 2005

Re-evaluation Counselling [RC] - I have practised RC since 2012

English as a Second Language - I taught ESL in Japan, and south America for 6 years

Organisations I have worked with:

Age Concern Barnstaple 2024 to present

Libraries Unlimited, Devon 2024

North Devon Hospice 2023 to present

Robson Green’s Rivers Meet Productions 2022

The Twisting Ducks Theatre Company, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2012 - 2022,

Tynedale Hospice & Bereavement Cafe, Northumberland 2022

Core Music, Hexham 2021-2022

Equal Arts, Gateshead 2019-2020

The Workers’ Educational Association (WEA), Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2005-2019

Age UK, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2006-2018

Newcastle Carers Centre, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2010-2015

The Baretoed Dance Company, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2012-2014

Jack Drum Arts, County Durham 2011

Osho Leela, Dorset 2010

I currently work with Music in Hospitals & Care (MiHC), Age Concern Barnstaple, North Devon Hospice, Sing Up Bude, various care homes in Cornwall and Devon, offering workshops for young people, families, adults and elders.

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