ABOUT
We all know what it feels like to be out of balance, where things feel ‘off’. Being pushed and pulled from pillar to post, distracted and harassed, too much and not enough. Sometimes we forget what feeling in balance is, or how to regain it if it’s lost.
But when things are in balance, we see it, we feel it, we know it. There’s a lightness, a rightness, a calm and focussed energy, a sense of ease.
Everything we offer at Balance is in support of finding, nurturing and working towards this feeling, this sense of equilibrium.
We all seek balance. Let us help you find yours.
THE TEAM
Mike
Mike is a professionally qualified and experienced sound therapist, holding a Professional Diploma with Distinction in Group Relaxation Sound Therapy with the British Academy of Sound Therapy.
He is a qualified and experienced yoga teacher, having completed the 200 hours yoga teacher training course with Spirit of Yoga under Maggie Levien, head of Yoga Alliance International, Spain, before completing a further 300hrs, in addition to continuing self-study and other courses and trainings. Mike is certified to facilitate Yoga Nidra with Nada Yoga School, Rishikesh.
A former school teacher and children's Social Worker, Mike brings skills, knowledge and insight from these professions into his Balance offerings along with an experiential understanding of the ways that yoga and sound can support in managing stress, promoting recovery and resilience and navigating through turbulent times. He has also qualified to teach yoga to teens with Calm for Kids and to teach yoga to children with Yogakidz International.
Prior to taking up yoga, Mike studied and trained for over ten years in the martial art of Systema, learning biomechanics and breathwork through the prism of that system.
Mike's personal and professional practice are rooted in the Yoga Sutras of Pantanjali and the Bhagavad Gita.
Diane
Diane is a qualified yoga teacher, completing the 200 hours yoga teacher training course with Spirit of Yoga under Maggie Levien, head of Yoga Alliance International, Spain.
Diane also completed an additional 100 hours to qualify in yoga therapy.
Diane is a former Community Psychiatric Nurse.
CHARITABLE GIVING
Each month, a percentage of our profits are donated to various charities supporting causes close to our hearts.