Melissa Lomas

Yoga, Counselling, Creativity

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I graduated from Goldsmith’s College, University of London with a BA Hons in Fine Art in 1997
I have been practising Yoga since 1991 and teaching since 2000, completing the Anusasanam Teacher Training Course with Pamela Tyson in 2003
This was followed in 2008 by the Anusasanam Therapeutic Teacher Training Course, and Yoga for Pregnancy Training with Vivien Tallis in 2009.
In 2017 I was awarded my Therapeutic Counselling Diploma by CPCAB, and have been working in Private Practice as a Counsellor alongside my Yoga Teaching since 2019
Chant has been an integral part of my Yoga practice and Teaching since 1997. Alongside working on my chanting practice with Howard Crosthwaite and Chris Preist, I completed the three-year Vedic Chanting Course with Sheela Shankar in 2023.
In 2023 I finished Adoption Support Counselling Training with Barnardo’s and The Albany Centre
Creativity continues to be a thread running through my practices and teaching, from painting, to life-drawing, bookbinding to photography.

Individual Therapeutic Yoga classes either face to face in my Practice Space in South Yorkshire, or online via Skype or Zoom
Individual Chant lessons either face to face in my Practice Space in South Yorkshire, or online via Skype or Zoom
Regular Group Chant Workshops on Zoom
Sound Baths in South Yorkshire
Person Centred Counselling for Individuals and Couples either face to face in my Practice Space in South Yorkshire, or online via Skype or Zoom
Adult Adoption Support Counselling for Adoptees, Adoptive Parents, Foster Parents, Special Guardians, Birth Parents and Extended family members. This is offered either face to face in my Practice Space in South Yorkshire, or online via Skype or Zoom