"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. 

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/
Now registered with CIMSCA  who replaced REPS for exercise providers in UK

I am 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.

TRAINING
British Wheel of Yoga foundation course with the wonderful Yoga teacher Maria Van Oorchott .

I am a (500 hours) Yoga Teacher which is a 2 year course with Yoga Scotland www.yogascotland.org.uk/

​I have studied Ayurveda For mental health 50 hour course with Yoga Scotland and Ayurveda 50 hour course incorporating herbs.

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 am a British Wheel of Yoga Gentle Years teacher which enables me to teach people with long term health conditions. I share seated or standing yoga classes for people with less mobility and I have taught a class since April 2018.

I am yoga therapist with the Scottish School of Yoga Therapists. Which is an 18 month course, 
scottishschoolofyogatherapy.co.uk/
Yoga therapy is different from a yoga class as you are given a personalized set of tools which will be dependent on what your needs are. Three or five sessions are recommended to get the most benefit of improving your health and wellbeing.

I am a Yoga4Health teacher through Yogainhealthcarealliance 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 hold a Level 4 Exercise after stroke registration with Later Life Training in Scotland and have provided Gentle movement classes with MacMillan which incorporates, yoga, tai chi, qi-gong and relaxation.

I am trained in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MSBR) with NHS Grampian and completed teacher training course in MSBR in 2014.

For further details of training I have completed see my information page.