About

Originally from Aberdeen [Scotland], I’ve always been drawn to work in a caring profession where I could help people improve their health. Whilst at secondary school, the idea of becoming a physiotherapist arose - a role all about helping people feel and move better, and that would also involve problem solving and working with the human body - bingo!

I relocated to Glasgow in 2007 to embark on my undergraduate Physiotherapy degree at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) - I qualified in 2011, then continued as a part time student at GCU to study a Masters degree in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy.

After some initial private work, I joined the NHS in 2012 and worked predominantly within musculoskeletal outpatient departments. I returned to private practice in 2018. I finally transitioned to self employment as of 2022 - and love it!

For more detail on my qualifications and professional development, scroll to the bottom of this page.

Love for movement

My admiration for human movement first came from one of those experiences that stops you in your tracks and makes you go WOW. This happened at a Pilates class I attended many years ago. The teacher offered the simplest of cues - it completely transformed how the movement felt in my body. The movement all of a sudden made sense. I thought this was incredible.

pilates

Not long after this experience, in 2015, I trained to teach a modified (and very accessible) form of mat-based Pilates taught by the Australian Physiotherapy & Pilates Institute (APPI). To my surprise, the most challenging part of the training was teaching the exercises, not so much performing them. I realised how teaching effectively really is a skill. Learning how to adapt cueing to make the intention of your words meaningful to each person is key. Being able to appreciate the 'felt sense' of something before being able to convey effective instructions to others is so important.

When you 'feel' something, it lands in a way that is entirely different to just an intellectual understanding of it.

yoga

Naturally, I grew inquisitive and wished to broaden my appreciation of movement. This curiosity led me in to yoga teacher training . I knew there was much more depth to yoga than physical postures, but before I began teacher training with YogaJos in 2017, I was unaware what this was.

Learning to teach yoga greatly surpassed my expectations. I had no idea how powerful yoga is. You’d think, being a physio, I’d have been most interested in learning all the various postures - but it was in fact yogic philosophy which I found most fascinating. Yoga offers so much wisdom and transformational power. A brilliant way to learn about yourself.

what’s missing…?

In 2018, in need of a change, I left the NHS and returned to private practice where I was free to work with people in a much more person centred away. I continued to learn and apply new strategies to help people with their movement and pain issues. Yet, even after almost a decade since qualifying, I couldn’t shake that feeling that something was missing with conventional physiotherapy management.

The game-changer

In 2020, to my absolute delight, I found what I'd been searching for thanks to an exceptional book called ‘What The Foot?’ by Gary Ward. I had wanted to learn more about feet and their influence within the body - however the book led me in to a truly wonderful transformational movement system and philosophy.

Embarking on this new journey of further education with Gary Ward’s Anatomy in Motion™ has been so enjoyable and rewarding. I’ve gained incredible insight in to the truth of human movement. I now view and treat the body in a holistic and integrated way.

diving deeper..

A delightful stroke of serendipity led me to attend an introductory workshop on CranioSacral Therapy (CST) in 2023. My interest was peaked by the subtle power that I experienced in my own body whilst practising some of the techniques. Signing up to Upledger Institute CST Level 1 was a no-brainer.

Since completing the course, I’ve been blown away by the power of CST. I feel honoured to be the facilitator in the many transformational shifts my clients have experienced on various levels. I have since completed CST2 where I learnt even more in depth evaluation and treatment.

when ‘out of office’…

In my spare time, I enjoy the simple pleasures of life. You will probably find me: spending time with family and friends, out with my dog, being out in nature, learning something, reading, listening to podcasts, surfing coffee shops, eating out or enjoying some yoga!