Spiritual Initiations, Training & Professional Experience

Spiritual Initiations

  • 9-month caregiver to my mother — Oct 2024 to Jul 2025

  • 3-month Master Plant Diet, Nihue Rao Spiritual Centre — Jul to Sep 2024

  • 10-day Dark Retreat, Dark Retreat Bali — May 2022

  • 2-month caregiver to Guru Amma’s mother, Amritapuri Ashram — Jan to Feb 2019

  • 3-month Yoga and Meditation Retreat, Vagabond Temple — Mar to May 2018

  • 10-day Vipassana Meditation — Dhamma.org, Dec 2017

  • Reiki First & Second Degree Initiation, Reiki Academy London — Jun 2017

  • 10-day Vipassana Meditation — Dhamma.org, Apr 2017

Training & Qualifications 

  • 100-hour Yin Yoga Teacher Training, Rishikesh Yoga Association — Jan 2026

  • 30-hour History of Yoga Training, Yogaprasad Institute — Oct 2025 to Jan 2026

  • 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training, Vagabond Temple — Nov to Dec 2025

  • The Path of the Healer Course, International School of the Healing Arts — Oct to Dec 2021

  • 9-month Menstruality Leadership Programme for Change-Makers, Red School — Sep 2020 to May 2021

  • 40-hour Women and Yoga, Yoga Teacher Training: Unwind the Feminine Training — Nov 2019

  • 3-day The Art of Being Human: Authentic Relating Training Level I — Sep 2019

  • 150-hour Holistic Healing Training for Healers, Vagabond Temple — May 2019

  • Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Health Professionals, British Mindfulness Institute — Jul 2018

  • Safeguarding & Welfare Training for Social Workers, Manchester City Council — Jun 2013

  • 5-day Change Management Training, Manchester City Council — Feb 2013

  • 12-month Leadership & Management Training, Carphone Warehouse — Aug 2005 to Jul 2006

  • BA (Pass) in Media Studies: Radio Production, University of Manchester — 2002–2005

Work Experience 

  • Network Manager, Street Support Network (remote) — Jun 2019 to Apr 2024

  • Corporate Partnerships Manager, Mustard Tree — Jan 2014 to Mar 2017

  • Project Coordinator & Life Mentor, Mustard Tree — Nov 2011 to Dec 2013

  • Operational Excellence Team Leader, Carphone Warehouse — May 2010 to Apr 2011

  • Customer Services Team Manager, Carphone Warehouse — Nov 2006 to May 2010

Mentorship