Paula is the co-owner and manager of Yoga Meditation Healing and a full-time yoga teacher. She is the creator and director of our very own Yoga Teacher Training Course which provides an authentic, accessible and supportive framework to equip trainees with knowledge, skills and confidence in developing their unique voice and style as a yoga teacher.
Paula qualified as a Yoga Teacher in 2011 with Brenda Louw of ChillOut Yoga, Movement and Anatomy (now East Of England Yoga School) in the beautiful surroundings of Aberfoyle, Scotland.
As a former school teacher, Paula has been an educator and facilitator for over twenty-five years. Paula teaches with a functional, therapeutic, invitational, explorative and accessible approach. Her effective communication and clarity of guidance and instruction ensures appropriate variations and modifications for her students to find their own level of depth and ease within their practice. She encourages breath awareness, somatic exploration and self-enquiry to facilitate students’ self awareness.
Paula teaches creative and carefully crafted Vinyasa, Yin, Restorative, Therapeutic and Somatic classes. Paula also teaches therapeutic yoga on a 1:1 basis. She regularly works with those experiencing stress, anxiety, fatigue and chronic tension. Paula’s teachings assist in the regulation of the nervous system, working with breathing practices and subtle somatic movements to soothe the mind-body and create more ease and well-being.
Paula is committed to her continuing professional development and has immersed herself in further study and trainings since 2011. She enjoys learning and allowing her practice and teaching to evolve. Paula continually integrates new knowledge and insights into her teachings.
She has completed Advanced Yoga Teacher Training studies with Brenda Louw and studied The Essentials of Vinyasa Krama Yoga and Core Vinyasa with Srivatsa Ramaswami along with other specialist training in anatomy, Yin Yoga, AcuYin (Yin Yoga and Myofascial Release), Retorative Yoga, Therapeutic Yoga, Somatics and SATYA (Somatic Awareness Training for Yoga Attunement).
Since 2016, Paula and Pol have hosted international Yoga Holidays in Greece, and from Spring 2025 are hosting retreats closer to home in the Scottish Highlands.
Paula is a registered Senior Teacher and Trainer with Yoga Alliance Professionals.
Below is a comprehensive list of Paula’s trainings and continuing professional development:
- 2024 – SATYA 1 – Somatic Awareness Training for Yoga for Yoga Attunement – Tias Little, Prajna Yoga (45 hours)
- 2023 – Living Anatomy – Muscle a day 6 Workshops – Tias Little (12 hours)
- 2023 – Yoga and Somatics for Healing and Recovery: moving beyond stress, trauma, burnout, anxiety, fatigue and post-illness through embodied awareness – Charlotte Watts (76 hours)
- 2022 – Meditation Revealed – Bernie Clark (40 hours)
- 2022 – Functional Anatomy Online with David Kell (30 Hours)
- 2022 – Trauma Sensitive Yoga Skills – The Minded Institute
- 2021 – Reimagining Yoga Anatomy with Myofascia, Bio-tensegrity and Breath Based Movement – Dr Timothy McCall (10 hours)
- 2021 – Restorative Yoga – Adelene Cheong (6 week online course)
- 2021 – Your Spine, Your Yoga – Bernie Clark (8 hours)
- 2021 – Nourishing Your Spine – Back Health Longevity – Tias Little (5 hours)
- 2021 – Sequencing for Yin Yoga – Jo Phee (10 hours)
- 2021 – Yin Yoga: The Functional Approach – Paul Grilley (20 hours)
- 2020 – Yin Yoga with Paul Grilley & Suzee Grilley – Yin and the 5 Archetypes (10 hours)
- 2020 – Back bending with Ease Workshop – Donna Farhi
- 2020 – Chakra Theory & Medication Workshop – Paul Grilley & Suzee Grilley
- 2020 – Advanced Yoga Teacher Training – East England Yoga School (500 hours)
- 2019 – Ayurvedic Yoga / Yoga Therapy Foundations – Chi Therapeutics (150 hours)
- 2019 – Yoga Anatomy with Amy Matthews & Leslie Kaminoff (20 hours Online)
- 2019 – Advanced Yoga Teacher Training – East England Yoga School (100 hours)
- 2018 – AcuYin Yoga – Chi Therapeutics (31 hours)
- 2015 – Core Vinyasa Krama Teacher Training – Srivtasa Ramaswami (25 hours)
- 2014 – Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction – Glasgow Mindfulness Centre (8 weeks)
- 2014 – Core Vinyasa Krama Teacher Training – Srivtasa Ramaswami (10 hours)
- 2011 – ChillOut Yoga Teacher Training Diploma – Brenda Louw (200 hours)