Meet our practitioners

Helena’s approach to counselling is down to earth and sensitive, open minded yet realistic. She puts a strong emphasis on working with you in a collaborative way so that you get a clearer understanding of your skills, strengths, vulnerabilities and difficulties. She uses a range of methods to help you cope better and get more out of life.

She has lots of experience helping men and women of all ages cope with a wide range of problems. These include anxiety, depression, addiction, eating disorders, relationship and work issues, and the effects of bereavement, accidents and other traumatic incidents.

She’s experienced at addressing short-term crises that need immediate attention and also working with people in an open-ended, longer-term way.

Gareth became a fully licensed Acupuncturist (Lic.Ac) after apprenticing under highly regarded acupuncturist, Gerad Kite, in the Worsley style of Classical Five-Element Acupuncture. Since graduating, Gareth has been working in private practice in central and west London.

As a Classical Five-Element Acupuncturist, Gareth practices this ancient form of Eastern medicine to restore balance and harmony within the system by focusing on the root cause of any physical, psychological and emotional discord. Once the root cause of imbalance has been treated, the flow and quality of energy will be positively affected, eliminating symptoms and resulting in overall health, vitality and presence.

As well as being an acupuncturist, Gareth is a Zen meditation & mindfulness teacher and runs weekly classes across London. This, combined with over a decade of experience working within the health, fitness and wellbeing industry, provides a unique holistic approach.

Gareth has several areas of particular interest, including:

• Anxiety, stress and emotional and psychological wellbeing
• Digestive disorders/ IBS
• Conception, infertility and IVF support
• Menstrual disorders
• Spiritual growth and connection

Joanne Sumner is a life coach, yoga and meditation teacher, Reiki Master and flower essence therapist. She specialises in helping people rediscover their purpose, passion and peace in life. Her work is rooted in a practical philosophy that celebrates the strength of the human spirit, seeks simple solutions to life’s demands, and encourages and inspires those whom she teaches and coaches to go for their true heart’s desire.

I have been the course director for the College of Auricular Acupuncture and Secretary of the Society of Auricular Acupuncturists since 2007.

I have had the honour and privelege of teaching in China at the Beijing University of Chinese medicine.
Shortly after my return to the UK I was invited to be a part of the team at The College of Auricular Acupuncture in London and my aim is that this approach will become as widely used and respected in the UK as it is in other parts of the world.

My background is eclectic and varied spanning Healing, Acupuncture, Shiatsu and Nutritional Healing. I have an insatiable desire to help myself and others break barriers to leading life to the full and bloom with vitality and health.

Cherona practised yoga for over 10 years before training to become an instructor in 2015, alongside a career in the fashion industry.

After completing her teaching course in London, she went on to specialise in both Pre and Postnatal yoga studying with Dr.Uma Dinsmore-Tuli and Nadia Narain.

Having become a mother herself at the end of 2017, Cherona is dedicated to creating classes which are specifically designed for the needs of mums and mums to be. She believes that yoga can help provide comfort and enjoyment during pregnancy, whilst preparing both body and mind for birth and beyond.

She considers it a great privilege to support and empower women through such an incredible time in their lives.

Growing up in leafy Surrey I first discovered yoga at a small local class in my late teens and my love and passion for my practice has grown from there.  After graduating from University I moved to London and began to attend regular classes whilst developing my own home practice. Leading a hectic London life and working long hours my yoga practice became my sanctuary helping me to achieve calm and balance in my day to day routine.

I studied for my 200 hour teaching training course with Heather Elton in 2014 and have since gone on to complete a further 200 hour training with The Yoga People in Bali, deepening my studies in yin yoga and yoga.

My intention is to create a safe space in my classes to allow you to relax, rejuvenate and take time out for yourself.

Many of us live active, yang-orientated lives with lots of external stimulation, long work hours and trying to get everywhere faster and quicker. We can run the risk of burning ourselves out. It is important that we balance our lifestyles with some more yin activities.  Meditation, yin yoga and yoga Nidra are a great place to start.

I currently teach group classes and private lessons in London and I also teach on retreats in the UK and abroad.

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves – Dalai Lama

Lynne Copeland has worked as a psychologist in Ealing schools for the past 13 years. Bangor University trained and certified by the ‘Mindfulness in Schools Project’, Lynne delivers mindfulness programmes to adults and children. She is passionate about helping people understand and access mindfulness practices to reduce stress and promote wellbeing.

Stefania became a Yoga teacher in 2010 after a career in the corporate world. Coming from a biomedical engineering background, she brings to yoga a sense of deep scientific enquiry.

Stefania has since dedicated herself to expanding her own idea of what Yoga is and who can benefit from it.

Due to her mother’s illness she has been particularly interested to explore the value of how Yoga can support chronic illnesses. She has continued this work with specific client groups such as the elderly, and people with ongoing health conditions such as cancer, arthritis, MS and Parkinsons.

Stefania has a passion for continued learning and gratitude for yoga being an element of survival and joy in her own life.

Sarah has been a teacher at Greenford High School since 2001 and in the profession for 20 years. As well as teaching (MFL and drama), Sarah has also mentored trainee teachers and NQTs and has been Head of Year and Head of Department.

As a Dance Movement Therapist, Sarah works in the NHS and in the community, mostly within adult mental health.

Sarah has designed her current course to bring together her skills and experience both in teaching and in mental health – to support colleagues in a field she knows well.

Megan has been running gardening clubs with children from the ages of 2 to 11 for the last 5 years. She currently works on a freelance basis running Primary School Gardening Clubs in Ealing and Southall, outdoor sessions for a Nursery and is working with a group of Year 7/8 on a larger gardening project at Acton High School.

She loves working with people in the garden and seeing the enthusiasm and joy it brings along with all the other positive benefits. Unfortunately living in a city not everyone has access to a garden and in England we don’t have all year around sun so she believes that bringing a slice of nature indoors means you can still enjoy many of the positive benefits.

In September she will be starting a MSc in Social and Therapeutic Horticultural.