My story.

I first began practising yoga about 15 years ago, and soon discovered it was a way to become more present, connect to my inner self and stay active. More recently I began to explore styles of yoga that felt really nurturing and relaxing, including meditation and restorative yoga, in order to provide balance to my exciting but challenging role as a midwife, and more recently as a mother.

I realised I wanted to integrate my passion for empowering and supporting women throughout pregnancy & birth, with the wonderful benefits I have discovered through yoga. This led me to complete a Pregnancy & Postnatal yoga teacher training with Yoga Mama in 2014. I have absolutely loved sharing yoga, relaxation techniques and birth preparation with mothers since.

I combine my knowledge as a midwife with my yoga and hypnobirthing training, to support, prepare, empower and bring calm to those on their pregnancy and motherhood journey. I am privileged support the magic of birth often, so I witness firsthand how useful active birth, yoga and hypnobirthing are during the labour and birth process.

I am passionate about empowering you to feel at the centre of your pregnancy and birth journey, and I love sharing my tools and knowledge to help you on this journey. However your baby enters the world, I want you to feel proud, in control and supported.

Undertaking 22 hour restorative yoga training with Yoga For You was a wonderful new adventure! The course was incredible, freeing, relaxing and so interesting. I was so intrigued to learn the amazing benefits & power that lies in the simple act of slowing down, and I have loved sharing this powerful practice of stillness with others since.

Soon after beginning to teach restorative yoga, I jumped at the chance to take a further course with Yoga For You, and took a 30 hour Meditation Teacher Training, which was the perfect addition to my existing pregnancy & restorative teaching. I have found many benefits to meditating regularly, and it has helped me develop my teaching greatly.

At the end of 2022 I was lucky enough to conceive our long awaited daughter, Juno. My journey through infertility struggles and IVF treatment showed the importance of my meditation and yoga practice for my mental and physical wellbeing. Pregnancy and birth was an incredible adventure, and also a very surreal experience finally being the mamma, not midwife. Juno was born in our home in September 2023, and this was the greatest day of my life. Experiencing an empowered, supported and powerful birth experience first-hand has fuelled my passion for supporting families throughout their pregnancy and birth journey even more.

My goal is to help you step away from the chaos and busyness of your life, and to give you the breathing space to relax, find inner calm, deal with any issues you may be experiencing such as anxiety or insomnia, and guide you to restoring balance. I look forward to welcoming you into a class soon, please feel free to reach out if you have any questions.

Harriet x