about barbara

After almost 50 years in nursing, midwifery, health visiting and nurse teaching, I now teach yoga! I feel absolutely privileged in so many ways to have had such a career, as it now informs and rewards my yoga life.

But it all started a long time ago. I began practising Hatha Yoga with my dear school friend Suzanne when I was 17 in the 1970s. I loved it then and returned to practice after I had my children in the 1980s. Later trained as a Pilates teacher then a Body Balance Instructor. When I rediscovered the Yoga life in the 2000s. I have trained as a yoga teacher with the BSY, achieving a Diploma in Teaching Hatha Yoga, a Diploma in Teaching Ashtanga Yoga (with distinction), an Advanced Diploma in Teaching Hatha Yoga (with distinction) and Ashtanga Yoga Intensive training with Manju Jois and David Swenson. 

A life long learner Barbara completed her Yin and Meditation training with Kashish Yoga in February 2022 and is enjoying teaching Yin both face to face in Glossop and online on Zoom