Training and Continuing Professional Development
I have attended numerous trainings with leading health and birth professionals over the years, here are a sample of some of them.
Birth
Active Birth teacher training with Janet Balaskas: Yoga for Pregnancy - 2007, Active Birth - 2009
Beyond OFP (short & long-term implications of foetal position and birth on health, development & function) with Katherine Davies - 2009
Waterbirth study day with Dianne Garland - 2010
Advanced Birth Professional workshop with Fathers To Be (Patrick M. Houser) - 2010
Breech birth workshop with Mary Cronk - 1 day workshop - 2011
Shiatsu for pregnancy and birth with Suzanne Yates - postgraduate 9 month course
NHS Breastfeeding peer support
Sheila Kitzinger - 2011
Sacred Placenta - 1 day workshop with Elizabeth Worley - 2012
Traditional MidwiferyL Hawaiian Style with Clare Loprinzi - 2012
Optimal Foetal Positioning (Spinning Babies) with Gail Tully - 2012 and 2014
Supporting sexual abuse survivors with Penny Simkin - 2013
Birthing From Within mentor training with Pam England and Virginia Bobro - 2007 and 2013
Unlocking Birth: techniques to resolve and prevent malposition with Selina Wallis - 2013
Supporting Every Birth: Pregnancy after Loss with Michelle Every - 2015
Midwifery Today conference: 2014
Michel Odent
Gail Hart
Betty Anne-Daviss
Gail Tully
Birth Camp stuff: 2011, 2012, 2014 (and ?)
The Story of the Albany with Becky Reed - 2012
Neighbourhood Midwives project with Annie Francis and Jill Crawford - 2012
Baby Loss with Mel Scott -2012
Lotus Birthing - 2012
Human Rights in Childbirth - 2012
The Anthropology of Reproduction with Robbie Davis-Floyd - 2012 Robbie Davis-Floyd
Health
Shiatsu diploma with the European School of Shiatsu - 2 year course - 1996
Acupuncture diploma with the International College of Complementary Medicine - 2000
Introduction to Basic Counselling Skills - 12 week course - 2002?
Homeopathy (the Maternal remedies) with Linda Gwillim - 2008
Menstruality with Alexandra Pope - 2009, 2012 and year long Women's Quest apprenticeship - 2013
Womb Yoga teacher training with Uma Dinsmore Tuli -2014
Women's Wisdom with Amanda Rayment and Dominique Sakoilsky: a year long course - 2017
Fertility Massage - finally certified 2021!
Pelvic Floor and Diastasis course for doulas (with the Vagina Coach) - 2021
Ongoing self directed learning in herbalism
Spirit
Celtic Shamanism with Caitlin Matthews - 1994 and 1996
Reiki 1 Attunement - 1999
Closing the Bones with Rocio Alarcon - 1 day workshop - 2013
Healing Birth & Awakening The Divine Feminine: 2 day residential workshop with Benig Mauger - 2013
Healing the Mother Wound with Bethany Webster - 1 day workshop - 2014
Women's Quest apprenticeship with Elizabeth Pope - 1 year course - 2014
Shamanic Womancaft with Jane Hardwicke-Collings - 4 day residential -2013; 13 month course - 2016
Red Tent Activation with DeAnna L'am - 3 day workshop - 2016
Women's Wisdom with Dominique Sakoilsky and Amanda Rayment - 9 month course -2017
Chi Nei Tsang
INTO THE VOID: A Journey to the Dark Goddess with Bairavee Balasubramaniam (The Sky Priestess) - 1 day workshop - 2016
Belly Dance
My love of belly dance began when I started learning Raqs Sharqi (traditional Egyptian dance) in 1992. I have learned from various teachers over the years, including:
Amel Tafsout
Morocco
Karine Butchart
Dancing for Birth - 2011
