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Therapists

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• Hannah Penn
• Helen Taylor
• Calder Bendle
• Pam Mathieson
• Peter Whitfield
• Graham Storey
• Karen Houtby
• Jenny Hare
• Chris Noon
• Frances Goodall
• Carol Piggott

Hannah Penn - Yoga teacher

Hannah first started practising yoga as a child in the 1970s with her mother. She has been teaching yoga full time since 1998. Over the years she has taught in adult education, schools and gyms as well as private classes.

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Helen Taylor - Massage Therapist

Helen Taylor has been working as a Massage Therapist at the Fox Hill Medical Centre for the past five years, and for the Wolfe Road Project for the past two and a half years. She is a qualified nurse and is interested in using massage to help people to relax, feel better and recover from illness and injury as well as helping to maintain good health and manage stress.

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Calder Bendle - Herbalist

Has practising as a traditional medical herbalist for over 15 years. He graduated from the School of Herbal Medicine where he qualified for membership of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists. He has also been awarded a Diploma in Phytotherapy (Dip Phyt).

Since qualifying he has run his own private practice and since 1998 has also been working part time within the NHS at a local health centre. He was appointed as a guest lecturer at The Scottish School of Herbal Medicine and teaches herbalists at post-graduate level training courses.

His courses offer a holistic approach to the diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of illnesses and he beleives that understanding the links between emotional and physical health is an important part of healing and recovery. Areas of specialist knowledge include working with gastrointestinal problems including colitis and irritable bowel syndrome.

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Pam Mathieson - Yoga teacher

Pam has been practising yoga for over 20 years and in 2002 completed her teacher training with the British Wheel of Yoga. She has since followed the BWY module to teach Yoga for Pregnancy and her approach provides a well-balanced programme of breath awareness, gentle stretching and deep relaxation suitable for all stages of pregnancy, after 14 weeks.

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Peter Whitfield - Tai Chi teacher

Peter has been practicing tai chi since 1975 and his own instructor was David Barrow. He now teaches as part of the cardiac support team at the Royal Hospital in Huddersfield (as well as in Rotherham and Doncaster with cardiac failure groups). He also teaches at Kendray Hospital in Barnsley with patients who have extreme stress, mobility and balance related problems.

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Graham Storey - Yoga teacher

Came into yoga in 1993 after being made redundant with BT in 1992. His initial work in yoga was as part of a back to work scheme undertaken helping out in a yoga class for people with learning difficulties. That inspired Graham and he developed his keen interest in yoga that grew from joining a weekly yoga class to qualifying as a BWY teacher in 2000.

He then taught in further education, sports centres and a psychiatric hospital and regularly attends seminars each year run by Yogacharya (professor of yoga) Dr.MV Bhole an international expert on yoga. Graham considers his teachings of experiential yoga as the foundation of his own yoga practise. He encourages people in the yoga class (for people with COPD) to fully understand and experience their own breathing. This enables each person to rectify wrong breathing patterns and breathe more effectively.

Graham considers it extremely rewarding when those people attend and say how much benefit they have gained from attending the classes.

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Karen Houtby Hypnotherapist

Karen trained with the Northern College of Therapeutic Hypnosis based at Leeds University where she gained a diploma in clinical hypnotherapy. She also practices Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) - a system developed to look at how we think and act and how we can change our thought processes to get the results we want.

By using a combination of hypnotherapy, NLP & coaching techniques, Karen has helped many people with issues such as: weight management, smoking cessation, pain management, overcoming fears & phobias and stress management. Karen is a member of the Hypnotherapy Society and currently practices at The Lodge House natural health practice in Walkley.

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Jenny Hare - Pilates Teacher

Jenny is an OCR qualified instructor and has been teaching Matwork Pilates for 5 years. An approachable and friendly person, she adapts exercises to suit all ages and ability levels and specialises in teaching older clients. She instructs group classes across Sheffield, Chesterfield and Rotherham and runs her own one to one Pilates business, The Pilates Connection. Her belief is that Pilates can benefit every person, regardless of fitness level and experience, and can be of great help to those with conditions such as osteoporosis or arthritis.

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Chris Noon - Therapist representative

Chris has been practicing Yoga for over fifteen years. His serious interest in Yoga began once he was exposed to the wisdom and clarity of the Satyananda tradition. Chris was very fortunate to have Jean Lavers as his BWY diploma course tutor. Jeans’ teaching is heavily influenced by the work of the Vivekananda Foundation in Bangalore, an organisation dedicated to the practice of Yoga therapy and the development of Yoga as a tool for healing.

Chris has taught Yoga in a variety of settings and with a wide variety of people. He has taught in adult education, schools, offices and gyms. He has taught in a retirement home for the elderly, and currently works with the ‘Healthy Living Partnership’ in North Sheffield. He has worked with the first team footballers at Sheffield Wednesday Football Club.

Chris has long term health problems and has found Yoga to be an uplifting and essential tool for the maintenance of a reasonably active life. As a teacher he has seen the huge impact that Yoga can have on the quality of life of those who practice it.

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Frances Goodall - Weight management therapist

Frances integrates aspects of psychology, body and energy work to assist healing. She works with a range of therapies to provide support to people with a variety of conditions: everything from back pain to hay fever.

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Carol Piggott - Yoga for COPD tutor

Since discovering the benefits of yoga in 1999, Carol developed her interest in the field by taking part in a variety of classes and has since gained further experience and qualifications with The British Wheel of Yoga . Carol now teaches yoga classes to improve the quality of life for people with COPD.

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