Therapeutic yoga
mentoring
and Practice to support real life balance.
Online and from my home base in Aboyne, Scotland
Welcome, I’m Gem
I’ve been teaching yoga full time for 14 years and practicing for more than two decades. After a year away caring for my father, I’m returning to teaching with a renewed focus on yoga therapy, mentoring and small online courses that explore how practice can support daily life, our body and nervous system.
The heart of my teaching is simple: to help you build steadiness, awareness and ease within a safe and therapeutic environment that fully supports you. Practice can offer you a way to meet life and its many demands where you are now - through your body, your breath and your mind.
Whether you are a student, a teacher, or someone seeking a more therapeutic relationship with yourself through the lens of yoga, my aim is to support you in finding clarity and confidence both on and off the mat.
helping you to CREATE A PRACTICE WHICH IS BOTH MEANINGFUL AND FULLY SUPPORTIVE, whether you are a yoga student or teacher.
Online Yoga and Group Mentoring Series
I offer private mentoring for yoga teachers who wish to integrate therapeutic principles into their teaching or refine their personal practice. These courses can count towards your CPD with Yoga Alliance.
AYURVEDIC YOGA MASSAGE AND REIKI
I am a qualified massage therapist offering yoga massage and therapeutic body work. Local sessions are available near Aboyne. Please contact me directly for availability.
Yoga therapy
As part of my Yoga Therapy training (C-IAYT), I’m currently offering limited online case study sessions.
Sessions are one-to-one and tailored to your needs—whether that’s managing stress, fatigue, anxiety, chronic pain, or supporting emotional wellbeing.
YIN YOGA TRAINING TESTIMONIALS
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The training was not just about imparting knowledge but also great preparation for starting to teach Yin confidently. Great ideas about how to structure classes – very pragmatic training, encouraging you to apply your knowledge in a practical way.
Sonya McKinlay (2023 Yin Training)
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Gem’s yin yoga teacher training exceeded my expectations. It covered everything I needed to know to begin sharing yin yoga to others. Gem has so much insight and wisdom and delivers this authentically with passion and precision. There was the perfect balance of yin practice, theory and teaching/planning classes. She welcomed the group into her warm and comfortable home and cooked DELICIOUS lunches each day! This course has given me the tools and resources to confidently start teaching yin yoga. Thanks Gem!
Emma Savill (2023 Yin Training)
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I am grateful for this learning opportunity with Gem. I wished this training wouldn’t ended because it was so lovely to meet and come together to deepen our Yin side of practice. Gem is a great teacher with many years of practice and teaching. Her knowledge and understanding of anatomy and theories are for the benefit of others, which is like a treasure in this modern world. I highly recommend this training with Gem if you are keen to deepen your Yin practice and teaching.
Yuki Sakuma (2023 Yin Training)