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Pilates for Runners

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When I first started running long distances (my first marathon was in 2009) I didn’t practice Pilates and didn’t do much training apart from running and spinning.

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ANNIE NICHOLSON
AKA THE FANDANGOE KID

The Fandangoe Kid is a London based print artist who makes large-scale narrative driven pieces for the public realm. Her seeks to smash taboos around complex subject matters such as loss, trauma release, mental health and gender constructs.
During lockdown, The Fandangoe Kid redesigned nurse’s scrubs for Marie Curie x NHS London, working with a palliative care nurse via Zoom to develop the uniform, celebrating International Year of the Nurse, 2020. The artist’s work was shot for a feature about grief and mental health for Channel 4, looking at the importance of her practice in 2020.
The Fandangoe Kid has recently completed a large scale mural for YouTube for World Mental Health Day 2020, alongside a large scale digital piece for Sadiq Khan’s charity Thrive, looking at resilience.
Much of the artist’s work is driven by navigating her own story, following the loss of many individuals in her family back in 2011, her practice being largely underpinned by the will to create a platform for open dialogue around the still taboo subject of grief.

RORY THOMAS BROWN
REGULATED NUTRITION COACH

Rory Brown is a Regulated Nutrition Coach, Behaviour Change Specialist and Fitness trainer specialising in helping individuals break free from the dieting culture, and restoring their relationship with mind body and food. Rory currently works with one of the country’s top eating disorder dieticians Renee McGregor.

ALICE GOUDIE
REGISTERED NUTRITIONIST

Alice Goudie is a Registered Nutritionist, holds a Bsc in Food Science and Nutrition and has over 6 years’ experience working as an evidence-based nutritionist. Alice is a trained chef and her mission is to help people feel their best through tasty food and simple nutrition. Alice takes a food-based approach, providing practical advice and supporting her clients every step of the way. She has worked with a variety of individuals including: athletes, working professionals, families, shift workers and those with specialist dietary requirements. Alice has additional training in recipe analysis, intuitive eating, mental health assessment and sustainable diets.

COURTNEY FEARON
PERSONAL TRAINER

Courtney is a Nike, FIIT and Equinox personal trainer and group exercise specialist. As an ex-professional sprinter and boxing coach, Courtney brings expertise from sports background to his energetic, dynamic classes.

ELEANOR BURT AKA POSTURE ELLIE
POSTURAL ALIGNMENT THERAPIST

Eleanor Burt aka ‘Posture Ellie’ is a Postural Alignment Therapist trained in The Egoscue Method. She works with her clients to improve their posture and restore a greater range of movement through each joint in the body. This is done through gentle corrective exercises which pull the body back into its natural alignment and reduce symptoms of wear and tear in the joints, not about telling people to ‘sit up straight’! Ellie has achieved her PAS 1 & 2 qualification (Postural Alignment qualifications), and has visited The Egoscue Method HQ in San Diego for further experience as an intern (December 2018). She subsequently achieved my ETS qualification (the next level Egoscue Method qualification) and is now one of the country’s most renowned postural alignment experts.

ALICE BILLEREY
YOGA THERAPIST & TEACHER

Alice is a Yoga Teacher and registered Yoga Therapist, having completed over 900 hours of training. Alice teaches yoga according to the 8-fold path which includes movement (asana), breath-work (pranayama), the practice of withdrawing from the scenes (pratyahara) and meditation (Dharana, Dhyana, Samadhi).
Through yoga Alice has developed a loving and more compassionate relationship with herself, which in turn has made her more available to support those around her. She’s learnt to reflect upon her habitual patterns (samskaras) and how they manifest in her body and mind.
Alice believes yoga is for everybody and encourages all students to work mindfully on the mat, with the aim of helping people to find a deeper listening and understanding of themselves.

CENER DOGAN
CDIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION & BELONGING FACILITATOR

Cener is a qualified coach and facilitator in the field of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging. She works with leaders and team members on self-awareness, cultural competence, cognitive diversity, and psychological safety. Her work leads to diverse organizations becoming inclusive in order to be the place of choice for existing and future employees, as well as for further stakeholders. Cener’s academic background is in Communication Science, Social Psychology and Intercultural Communication. Her previous professional corporate background is in Marketing & Communications.

DR HAZEL HARRISON
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST

Dr Hazel Harrison (Clinical Psychologist) set up ThinkAvellana with a mission to bring psychology out of the clinic and into workplaces and schools. Harnessing her belief that prevention is better than cure, she develops and delivers keynotes and training workshops on a range of wellbeing and mental health topics.
Hazel is a writer and presenter for the BBC. Her series ‘The Brain Lab’ recently won best short film at the 2020 Prolific North awards.
Her clients also include BT, Daily Mail Group, East of England Co-Op, Fremantle, Royal Ballet School, Saatchi & Saatchi, and The Times.
Hazel completed her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Media at Leeds University before completing her doctorate in Clinical Psychology at University of East Anglia. After graduating, she worked in the NHS for 13 years and specialised in helping children and families.

KATHERINE KIMBER
DIETITIAN

Katherine Kimber is a non-diet Registered Dietitian and Certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor. She is on a mission to set you free from food restriction and confusing nutrition information. She helps those who want to get off the diet train for good, but who are stuck in the cycle of swinging between diet land (being ‘good’), and doughnut land (“falling off the wagon”). She supports those who are struggling with food guilt, food anxieties, regularly emotional eating, overeating, binge-eating, yo-yo dieting, and feeling a little trapped or confused about what and how to eat. She has an NHS background and is trained to support with medical conditions like disordered eating, eating disorders, polycystic ovarian syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome, diabetes and high cholesterol.
Katherine has completed an extensive amount of formal education and training with a first-class degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from King’s College London, and a distinction in her Masters in Clinical Research. She is also highly experienced in providing motivational support and holds a Diploma in Neurolinguistic Programming. Katherine is passionate about helping you reach your happiest and healthiest self without dieting and deprivation.

BRIDGETTE WILSON
CONSULTANT DIETITIAN

Post-Doctoral Research Associate, King’s College London. Dr Bridgette Wilson PhD RD completed her MSc in molecular biology and functional genomics at Ag Research, New Zealand, investigating the genetic cascade involved in skeletal muscle wasting conditions. Bridgette has always been passionate about food and left Science to work as a Chef in France and London for a number of years before returning to study to become a registered Dietitian in the UK. Bridgette worked in a large London NHS Trust before again returning to study for her PhD at King’s College London. Bridgette’s award-winning PhD investigated the effects of fibre in gastrointestinal disorders including irritable bowel syndrome, and further studied the effect of fibre on gut inflammation. Bridgette has published a number of peer reviewed journal articles on diet and gut health and is one of the lead Consultant Dietitians at The Gut Health Clinic in the Harley St Precinct, London. Bridgette continues to lead research into fibre interventions in functional gut disorders at King’s College London.

ANNA LYONS
END-Of-LIFE DOULA & WRITER

Anna Lyons is an end-of-life doula and writer. She supports people who are living with life- limiting illness, their family and friends and those who are grieving. She is a co-founder and director of www.lifedeathwhatever.com — a project that aims to help open up and redesign the dialogue around end of life, death and grief

SHAHROO IZADI
BEHAVIOURAL CHANGE SPECIALIST

Shahroo is a Behavioural Change Specialist in private practice, as well as an experienced speaker, coach, workshop facilitator and bestselling author. Her approach is influenced by the experience she gained working in various roles across the addiction treatment field in clinical, community and prison settings. During this time, Shahroo developed a knowledge of how to illicit self-led change and motivation to it, both personally and professionally.
Amongst her various roles, Shahroo is a relapse management coach and group facilitator at Amy’s Place, a recovery house for women in recovery from substance misuse set up by The Amy Winehouse Foundation. She has delivered personal development workshops at The School of Life and been invited on to the faculty; provided training and consultancy services to the UK’s leading health and social care organisations and worked alongside Westminster MIND, training Wellbeing Coaches who use their own experience of mental health recovery to support others in their communities. In 2019 she travelled to Samos, Greece, to train staff based at local NGOs on coping strategies and simple tools to avoid burnout whilst working to support an overflowing refugee camp.
Shahroo was one of Red Magazine’s ‘Smart Women’ of 2018, recently selected for Marie Claire’s 2019 verified Power List and named Thought Leader of the Year at the House of Lords by the Baton Awards in November 2019. Her second book, The Last Diet, builds on The Kindness Method successful framework and focuses on changing eating habits and developing positive body image and compassionate self-talk. It was released in the UK in December 2019 and will be published the USA in April 2020.

ROCHELLE MCLAUGHLIN
MINDFULNESS-BASED STRESS REDUCTION

Rochelle is certified to teach Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) from the University of Massachusetts Medical School’s Center for Mindfulness. She has completed advanced studies in Humanistic Psychology and is a certified yoga instructor. She has taught MBSR and neuro-social-psychophysiological perspectives and practices to several hundred participants through SJSU and internationally and she regularly leads retreats on integrating mindfulness into healthcare, human services, and corporate wellness programs, for people experiencing a broad range of physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual challenges.
Rochelle has personally and professionally experienced and witnessed the integration of mindfulness meditation practice as an extraordinary healing balm for the heart, body, mind, and soul as well as a practice of transforming relationships to self and others. She has woven mindfulness into settings such as mental and physical challenges and disabilities, pediatric care and conscious parenting, cancer care, grief and loss, equine-assisted modalities, chronic pain, as well as social and ecological justice work.
Rochelle’s teachings are rooted in her own embodied experiences of the transformative power of mindful awareness practices and she is inspired by the collective and collaborative journey weaving mindfulness in our unique experience and expression of these profound and personal practices in our lives.

KATHARINA LERDELE
SLEEP SPECIALIST & CHRONOBIOLOGIST

Dr Kat is a sleep specialist and chronobiologist who translates scientific findings and proven therapeutic techniques into practical everyday solutions for people with sleep problems – whether that’s people experiencing chronic insomnia, or those who have the odd poor night. She also teaches people more about why sleep is important and how to sleep well and feel good as a result.

In her work she combines a deep understanding of the biology of sleep and the body clock (she holds a PhD in Human Circadian Physiology & Behaviour and MSc in Biosciences), with her practical experience in managing workforce fatigue and learnings from Mindfulness and Acceptance Commitment Training.

Dr Kat’s appears on the radio writes. She has written a practical guide to getting good sleep called ‘Sleep Sense’. Linked to this, Somnia also runs sleep hacks and educational talks and workshops. These use a variety of methods, and participants, for example workforce teams, get to understand more about their own sleep behaviour and then design personal sleep plans that help them make behavioural changes and sleep well.

TIM LEBON
CBT PSYCHOTHERAPIST

Tim LeBon is a an accredited CBT psychotherapist, author, educator and life coach with over 20 years professional experience. He graduated from Oxford with a first-class degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and is the author of two books, Wise Therapy and Achieve Your Potential with Positive Psychology. Tim combines working in the NHS as a CBT psychotherapist with private practice, lecturing and training. He is passionate about helping people use psychology and philosophy to live better lives.

BERNADETTE DANCY
HEALTH COACH

Dr. Bernadette Dancy is a Health Coach who specialises in lifestyle coaching for stress and mental health. Bernie has 15 years working as a Senior Lecturer in Health and Exercise Science teaching Exercise Psychology, Behaviour Change and Aetiology of Chronic Disease. She has a PhD in Sport Psychology, a Master’s degree in Lifestyle Cardiology as well professional qualifications in Personal Training, Exercise Referral, and Nutritional Therapy.

A keen runner herself, Bernie believes running or exercise in general doesn’t need to be all consuming or added to an already hectic lifestyle/workload in attempt to manage stress. As such she is currently working on a research project with Kings College London and the global sports brand ASICS, which aims to investigate the impact of movement on stress and mental health in occupational settings. Bernie is also co-founder of ‘RunWell’, a group that aims to help recreational runners and their coaches to better manage running for stress and mental health, as they’re quite often adding training stress to over-stretched resources.

As someone who personally experienced burnout herself, Bernie uses her professional, academic and personal experiences to inspire, motivate and educate people on how to live a life that’s not stress free, but realistic and manageable.

KEMI OMIJEH
BACP REGISTERED THERAPIST

I have been working with children and families my entire career and specifically as a Therapist for over a decade. I work predominantly with schools and in the private sector. I am also an experienced Mental Health Trainer, delivering workshops and training on a range of mental health topics. This is one of the aspects of my job I really enjoy because I am passionate about normalising talking about mental health and promoting ways to improve mental health because I really believe there is no health without good mental health. Regardless of the topic of the training I am delivering, my aim is to ensure you have practical and tangible strategies that you can take home with you and implement straight away. The knowledge I share has to be applicable and usable in your life. With children and young people, my particular skill set is engaging them in a creative way, building resilience and nurturing confidence. We all have a mental health, let’s work on it being good mental health.

LUCY FAULKS-BARNARD
CO-FOUNDER

Lucy Faulks-Barnard studied Positive Psychology on Dr Martin Seligman’s resilience programme at the University of Pennsylvania and is an ICF accredited coach, with years of experience coaching executives. As a speaker Lucy Faulks specialises in resilience, emotional intelligence, mental health, happiness and mindfulness and meditation.

In addition, Lucy is the author of Technotox – a blog and platform supporting emotional wellbeing in our complex digital age. She has also taught the Action for Happiness course – exploring what matters. With her work, Lucy Faulks-Barnard stays down to earth and explores how we can bring wellness into our everyday lives.

RUTH TONGUE
CO-FOUNDER

Ruth is an MSc qualified nutritionist, sports scientist and health editor with over fifteen years’ experience in employee wellbeing.  As a behaviour change expert, she has worked with businesses, athletes, schools, and in the food and tech industries to help support long lasting lifestyle changes.  She writes for health publications in the UK and internationally, and regularly provides expert comment in the media.

DR HEATHER MCKEE
BEHAVIOUR CHANGE SPECIALIST

Dr Heather McKee is the UK’s leading lifestyle behaviour change specialist, lecturer, speaker, consultant and founder of www.drheathermckee.co.uk. Having studied health behaviour change psychology for 10 years her mission is to help people make lasting health changes using research-driven methods to find freedom and joy in their healthy habits. She works as a habit coach (working 1:1 with clients to support them in overcoming their barriers to healthy habits) and as a behaviour change specialist (supporting businesses in designing and delivering in-person and digital wellness programmes for long term adherence and positive health outcomes). Her passion is in translating evidence-based techniques into real-life practices to help people build the skills, knowledge and confidence they need to create lasting and enjoyable healthy habits. Her motivational science-based workshops have been carefully constructed to engage and empower audiences, giving them the tools they need to create lasting healthy habits. This means that by the end of the workshop, participants have a head start on the road to changing their behaviours. Dr McKee’s research has been published internationally in leading academic journals, as well as featuring in Time magazine, Huffington Post, The Times, The Daily Mail and LA times.

SELINA CLARKE
MENTAL HEALTH ADVISOR AND TRAINER

Working to improve literacy and acceptance while promoting positive conversations around mental health has been a key driver throughout my working life.  With a career that has spanned the NHS, voluntary sector and higher education establishments, progressing my career within mental health to help others to manage their wellbeing has been rewarding, but it has also shown me the need to ensure that I prioritise self-care and make time for the important things in my own life – especially as the increasing responsibility of more senior roles started to take hold. Selina is a highly experienced mental health advisor, mental health trainer/facilitator and qualified sports rehabilitation therapist and Pilates instructor.

JESSICA MARY DOBSON
FOUNDER OF RUN TALK RUN

Run Talk Run are a global mental health support community, who facilitate weekly 5km gentle jogs as a means of facilitating peer support. The aims of the runs are to host a non-competitive and non-intimidating space to talk about mental health and the struggles we might be facing. With weekly running meetups taking place worldwide, Run Talk Run are committed to supporting runners globally, no matter their pace.

DR SOPHIE BOSTOCK
SLEEP EXPERT

Sophie Bostock, PhD, is a health psychologist turned Sleep Evangelist. Following degrees in medicine and entrepreneurship, she completed a PhD at UCL in the field of Psychobiology, focusing on the interactions between work stress, wellbeing and heart disease. This led to an interest in sleep as one of the unsung heroes of health and performance.Sophie has conducted a number of research trials in corporate settings, exploring the impact of sleep improvement and mindfulness on productivity and wellbeing. She spent two years an NHS Innovation Accelerator Fellowship to help promote digital sleep medicine in the NHS. Sophie also works as UK Innovation Lead at Big Health, the digital medicine company, and as a performance coach at CHX Performance.  Sophie has appeared as a sleep expert for the BBC and ITV, and is a TEDx speaker.

NAJIA BAGI
FOUNDER OF SLOW FLOW – CREATIVE SESSIONS TO UNLOCK OUR FLOW STATE

Najia Bagi is a qualified yoga teacher and artist who has worked with South London Gallery, Tate, Modern Art Oxford, Arts Council England, The Hepworth Wakefield and many other organisations. Najia has extensive experience creating installations and workshops for people of all ages, using light, film and sound to help connect participants to themselves and each other. Join Najia in this (TIME) session to find your flow state, starting with a range of deep listening exercises and then having lots of fun drawing to music.  Connecting to sound and your body in this way, sparks new neural pathways, opening our minds and our ability to concentrate and importantly, relaxing us and connecting us to our bodies. You might even like what you create and want to take it home!

JOHANN BORMAN
FOUNDER OF SAGELY

Johann is the Founder of Sagely, a financial wellness platform helping employees build better money habits, using neurological learning and habit formation techniques. He spent 6 years helping to start and build an investment business for a Bank and then worked for a boutique investment firm to help build a team for them. Transitioning to startups, he then worked as Director of Product of a Pan-European FinTech simplifying investing for the average person. Wanting to make a bigger impact, and passionate about empowering a better money mindset, he now spends his time and energy working to democratise finance and make it more inclusive and accessible for the average person.

JULIET HATCH
MASSAGE THERAPIST

Juliet has been a holistic therapist for over 20-years. She is trained in sports massage, seated acupressure massage, aromatherapy and reiki. Juliet’s experience as a sports masseuse brings another level of knowledge to corporate massage, helping people to understand their individual bodies and how their work environment affects their posture and movement.

ANNIE ABBS
MASSAGE THERAPIST

Annie offers a relaxing chair massage to leave you feeling uplifted, rejuvenated and “ready to go”. Annie is fully qualified, insured and licensed. She has over 12 years experience as a massage therapist and has developed a successful mobile massage therapy business. Annie is an associate of the CThA and recently took part in the National Massage Championships where she came 3rd.

PHOEBE ALLAN
REIKI INSTRUCTOR

Alongside teaching Yoga, Phoebe has been practising reiki since she trained in the Usui method in 2016 whilst on a trip to India. Reiki has consistently kept Phoebe curious about where our imbalances arise from and how we can use it to explore and heal those imbalances in a non-invasive, safe and gentle way. Phoebe’s treatments are an invitation for you to be still and receive the gift of gentle touch, which she offers with intention and love. In its many forms, holistic medicine is also a constant source inspiration for Phoebe, which she weaves into her treatments by using ceremonial incense, flower essences and essential oils to help soothe, ground and deepen your experience throughout. 

SELMA STUDER
MEDITATION INSTRUCTOR AND SOUND THERAPIST

Selma is a mindfulness instructor and founder of GONG, a modern meditation concept that helps people access the benefits of meditation and sound therapy through the power of the gong. After spending more than 10 years leading marketing and communications at Fortune 500 companies as well as startups, Selma decided to follow her passion for wellness and help people do something about the stress and anxiety that ravages so many lives. Through GONG, she is bringing the meditative and revitalizing experience of gong baths to groups and individuals all over the world, helping them find more space in their minds, less tension in their bodies, and greater health and balance in their lives overall. GONG facilitates meditation sessions in workplaces, for special events, and in their dedicated Central London studio. You can learn more about GONG at aboutgong.com, book an immersive gong experience here, or get in touch at selma@aboutgong.com.

KATHERINE PENTECOST
PILATES AND SLINGS MYOFASCIAL INSTRUCTOR

Katherine teaches functional Pilates and Slings Myofascial Training with an emphasis on clear, precise cueing in a down to earth style. Her sessions are mat-based and movements are fascia-focussed and body-minded, enhanced with use of self-massage balls to help release unwanted tension and adhesions in the body. Katherine balances a geeky interest in anatomy with a desire to encourage mindful movement in her sessions for an overall sense of wellbeing.

LUCY TOMLINSON
PILATES INSTRUCTOR

I first discovered Pilates at University where I quickly fell in love with the non-competitive exercise that offers a challenge of precision, stamina and flowing movements whilst connecting mind and body. I believe that everyone should practise Pilates as part of a healthy lifestyle, whether that is to maintain an already active one or encourage low impact movement with the benefits of strength, mobility, stability, body awareness, recovery and injury prevention. In all my classes I am especially passionate about good alignment and functional movements with the intention that clients will leave walking taller, feeling stronger and more energised. 

WASAY FOLADI
YOGA INSTRUCTOR

Dr Wasay Foladi’s philosophy is to be open to different influences and aims to be accessible to all. Sanskrit and chanting do not form part of his yoga teaching. Instead, he aims to challenge modern thinking about yoga. He wants to make yoga accessible to everyone, not just the chosen few. He has created his own style of yoga where anyone can participate, whether they are a beginner, intermediate or advanced yogis. He has created a Yoga called WASU – Will And Strength Unite, which is for everyone, where everything works simultaneously: mind, body, soul, breath, core, will power, strength.  Just as yoga is meant to be: being One. 

DARRYL BANNON
FINANCE EXPERT

Darryl is a qualified accountant who has worked for over 15 years in financial services up to senior management level before completing her MBA 5 years ago. Since then she has moved her career into consulting. While a consultant with KPMG she helped to set up their startup mentoring programme which helps entrepreneurs to manage and plan their growth. She has also led several financial improvement projects for large organisations which included rolling out supporting training programmes. Since taking the leap to create her own consultancy in 2016 Darryl has worked with a range of companies instilling strong financial controls and structure. In addition, she has been a start-up loan mentor helping entrepreneurs manage their budgets and funding. She has spoken at no 10 to lobby for SME business, is an Institute of Directors Ambassador for funding, has spoken on financial topics at a number of events and written on financial topics for FSN. At the heart of Darryl’s ethos is focused on ‘not what you earn but what you save’. Whether an individual or a business the principles are the same for being financially savvy. Not everyone’s journey will be the same but with the right tools, little changes can make a real difference to your financial wellbeing. 

EMELIE MOLIN
NUTRITIONIST

Emelie is a registered associate nutritionist (AfN), highly experienced personal trainer and behavioural intervention specialist. With a BSc in Psychology, a MSc in Nutrition and Behaviour and 8 years working experience in the health industry, Emelie combines her skillsets to make leading a healthy lifestyle feel accessible and realistic for everyone. 

ROSE ALLETT
SUICIDE PREVENTION EXPERT

Rose Allett is the founder and owner of Start the Conversation, offering straight-talking, evidence-based and practical training on suicide prevention skills. As well as being a skilled facilitator, Rose is a qualified counsellor, specialising in working with young people aged 13-25 and with women affected by or living with domestic abuse. She has also managed Safe Space, a late-night project helping anyone who has become lost, distressed, intoxicated or suicidal on their night out, and co-managed the Brighton & Hove Wellbeing Service for children and young people aged 4-25, managing a team of 25 counsellors, cognitive behaviour therapists, play and drama therapists and more. 

DAVID BROWN
COACH AND FACILITATOR

David is a Certified Professional Co-active Coach and 4th dan black belt in karate, aikido and Japanese sword. He uses awareness of the body and the mind-body connection to empower people to greater confidence, presence and authenticity. David is also a Samaritans volunteer and trainer, facilitating deeper listening and relational skills. Together, these enable people to show up in their personal and professional relationships with more vitality and personal power.

DR GEMMA MCCORMICK
GP AND ONCOLOGIST

Dr Gemma McCormick is a doctor specialising in oncology (the treatment of cancer), currently working at the Royal Marsden Hospital, London. She completed her undergraduate medical degree at the University of Cambridge before continuing her clinical studies at Kings College London.  She uses radiotherapy, chemotherapy and novel drug therapies in the treatment of a wide range of cancer types.  Dr McCormick aims to improve patient outcomes and therapies through her involvement in cutting edge cancer research.  Her experience of managing patients with cancer has led her to be particularly interested in health education, advising how to reduce risk of developing cancer and improve early diagnosis rates. Outside of medicine Gemma enjoys cycling and running.  She is a keen traveller, particularly to go wildlife watching or to spectate the Irish rugby team. 

DAVID LEFEBVRE
PSYCHOTHERAPIST AND MEDITATION TEACHER

David is a Yoga and meditation teacher with more than twenty years teaching experience, first in his native Vancouver and now in London. His passion and purpose is in facilitating personal transformation and resilience, through his classes and workshops as well as his work as an accredited psychotherapist. His approach is science based, irreverent and skeptic friendly. 

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