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Hi my name is
Carolyn and I have been practicing yoga
for over 30 years and I am aware just how much yoga has benefited me as well as others coming to classes. 

Yoga has made me calmer when I am feeling stressed.

Yoga provides a physical release in tight or tense muscles and  through teaching yoga it has brought me more confidence in being able to share yoga with others.

"I have learned so much from my yoga mentors and now I am lucky enough to teach yoga to others coming to my community classes or in one to one sessions"
​Namaste
BACKGROUND
​I went to my first yoga class way back in the early 90s and became hooked on how good yoga made me feel both physically and mentally.

I have learnt yoga is a great way to let go of the day and bring attention to ourselves through breath and movement.  

No matter how stressful life gets yoga enables you to focus on how you're body and mind feel while letting go of everything else which may be going on in life.  

All of my teachers back in the 90s when I first started attending classes inspired me to want to become a yoga teacher, but at that time I remember thinking I will never have the confidence or the money to become a fully fledged teacher.

Little did I know that years later I would finally take the plunge and train to become a yoga teacher. Now I work full-time during the day and teach community classes in the evenings. 
TRAINING
In 2014 I completed the British Wheel of Yoga foundation course with the wonderful Yoga teacher Maria Van Oorchott .

Going onto complete my Yoga Teacher Training (500 hours) two year course with Yoga Scotland in June 2016 www.yogascotland.org.uk/

Since then I have studied an Ayurveda 50 hour course with Yoga Scotland and completed a second Ayurveda 50 hour course incorporating herbs in March 2019.

Ayurveda is the Eastern equivalent of our medicine which believes we can all look after our own health and wellbeing through eating healthily, practising yoga and generally nurturing our body and mind.

I completed a Gentle Years yoga training with British Wheel of Yoga to teach people with long term health conditions in 2017. This provides seated or standing yoga for people with less mobility and I have taught a class in Inverurie since April 2018.

More recently I began training to become a yoga therapist with the Scottish School of Yoga Therapists which I began in August 2018 and am due to end this course at end of March 2020. scottishschoolofyogatherapy.co.uk/

If anyone is interested in being part of my case studies please get in touch as you will be provided with one to one session which will provide you with a holistic practice for you.

I completed the Yogainhealthcarealliance training in November 2019 to become a Yoga4Health teacher which enables me to teach the Yoga4Health evidenced based programme. Please see news updates page for more information on this programme.  yogainhealthcarealliance.com/

Due to my interest in supporting people with health issues I also have completed a Level 4 Exercise after stroke training with Later Life Training in Scotland and trained to become a volunteer with MacMillan completing their Gentle movement training which incorporates, yoga, tai chi, qi-gong and relaxation.

I have also completed the 10 week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MSBR) course with NHS Grampian and went on to complete their teacher training course in MSBR in 2014.

Additional registrations/memberships

Yoga Scotland are affiliated with Sport Scotland
location _http://yogascotland.threadsofyoga.co.uk/teacher/carolyn.

British Wheel of Yoga www.bwy.org.uk/

Grampian Yoga Association www.grampianyoga.org.uk/

I am insured as a exercise referral professional with REPs (Register of Exercise Professionals)
www.exerciseregister.org/

I am a registered on Laterlife www.laterlifetraining.co.uk/

I hold a first aid certificate, and am a fully insured teacher including teaching vulnerable adults and general population.


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