Hi, I'm Donna
I'm so happy you are here
I’m a yoga teacher, yoga therapist, and TRE provider based in Manchester.
My work weaves together nearly three decades of practice in yoga, meditation, and energy healing to help you release tension, restore balance, and reconnect with your calm, grounded self.
My spiritual journey began in 1995 after experiencing a solar eclipse in India. It was a profound awakening that set me on a path of discovery—leading me to Vipassana meditation, Reiki, and Yoga.
Yoga has been a constant in my life for over 28 years, supporting me through both happy and difficult times.
I studied Ashtanga Yoga with Rolf Naujokat, in Goa, practicing daily with him for 6 months at a time. I trained to be a teacher with John Scott and was later Authorised by Manju Jois.
Ashtanga purifies the physical and emotional body, while Vipassana meditation purifies the mind—together, they complement each other perfectly.
I have recently trained in Yoga Therapy with Svastha Yoga, going to the roots of Krishnamacharyas teachings, and realising that the Ashtanga system has its roots in these teachings. It was lovely to come full circle with this training and appreciate where my practice comes from.
This deep inner work allows me to be a clear channel for the universal life force energy of Reiki to flow freely.
My love for Crystals began over 30 years ago, while travelling in the mountains in India, and collecting lots of beautiful clear Himalayan quartz crystals.
My journey led me to train as a Crystal Healer in Goa, with Pippy Wardell and Luca
Fotonico who channelled their teachings from the Pleiades. It was very 'far out".
Later, I discovered TRE (Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises) and was so profoundly moved by its effects that I needed to learn more about it so I trained with TRE Scotland to become a certified provider.
TRE is a simple and incredibly powerful technique that taps into your body’s natural shaking mechanism to release stored trauma and tension.
The combination of Yoga, Meditation and TRE complement each other beautifully and work together to help to release the stuck energy from your body and return you to a calm and contented place.
These three methods have supported me through some massive changes in my life.
They grounded me, and enabled me to function during a year when I lost my cat, my parents, my aunty and my job of 20 years.
It felt like my whole life had disintegrated around me and has taken a long time to come out the other side.
Looking back on that time, I realise that without these three wonderful practices in my life, as a constant to return to every day, I would have certainly crumbled.
But they helped me to get through it and are still there in the background supporting my life and enabling me to make it through the challenging times, which still crop up occasionally.
What I have learned is that life is ever changing, and it WILL throw everything it can at you.
Good and bad, and sometimes it’s helpful to have some tools in place to support you and hold you. Practices and routines that help you to reconnect with your unchanging essence of joy and peace.
That essence is there in everyone. But life just sometimes gets in the way, and we can't find it.
There is a famous quote from the founder of Ashtanga yoga:
"Do your practice, All is coming."
He was right, The world really will throw everything at you!
Having a practice like Yoga, TRE or Meditation, really helps to sustain and support you when life gives you it's worst.
My Philosophy
"We are, at our essence Joy, an unchangeable pure awareness of the ever changing roller coaster of life that surrounds us."
You deserve to feel peace and contentment. It's your birthright.
My Approach
I create personalised sessions that meet you where you are at and empower you to learn ways to look after your own wellbeing.
I will teach you tools to manage life's ups and downs. Tools that you can take home with you from the first session, and use whenever you need them.
The sessions can be individual or a blend of :
- TRE, to release stress, tension, and stored trauma by tapping into your body's natural tremor mechanism.
- Yoga Therapy tailored to your body, to help you with strength, stability, flexibility and emotional wellbeing.
TRE and Yoga Therapy are available both in person and online.
I also create bespoke healing sessions with a blend of
- Reiki and Crystal Healing for deep relaxation and energetic balance
These sessions are only available in person.
Supporting Women Through Life’s Transitions
Sometimes, being a woman isn't easy. From being a young girl right through to older age we have to face some major transitions in life.
I’m passionate about empowering women through those transitions: Menstruation, Pregnancy, Post‑birth recovery, Perimenopause, and Menopause — helping you to navigate these sometimes difficult transitions with knowledge, compassion, and tools that support your body, mind and nervous system.
I'd love to empower you to see these as positive transitions and help you to step into your full creative power.
Women are the creators of this world.
We literally have the capacity to create a new life. This creativity needs to be used, acknowledged and celebrated even if we don't create new lives. .
Menopause doesn't have to be the end, and perimenopause does not have to be a difficult transition. Using Yoga and TRE , I can teach you how to regulate your nervous system, and cope with those surges of hormones.
I will help you to understand how your body reacts to situations so that you notice when the surges occur and can put into place strategies, that I will teach you, to manage them.
This will empower you to embrace a different version of menopause to the one you thought you had to put up with. This new found energy can then be channelled into creativity.
I also offer gentle support for those processing birth trauma, which is increasing as birth becomes ever more medicalised, and funding for the NHS dwindles.
At the best of times giving birth can be a scary experience, but when things don't go to plan, it can leave lasting effects.
I create a safe space to heal and rebuild the trust in your body.
If you'd like to find out more book a FREE 15 minute discovery call.