About Sharon

My Qualifications

Mission statement : “My aim is to help people understand how to release tension, build strength and mobility.”

Through my love of dance and sport, I have developed an eye for movement and explored movements within my own body. I have overcome quite a few injuries over the years which has helped me to develop an understanding of giving the body time and patience to heal, adapting movements and helping others to explore how they move, how to strengthen, mobilise and adapt movement patterns with a combination of massage, exercises and breathing.

I spent many years in Banking before coming back to my true passion of working with the body, I spent an intense few years gaining qualifications in Holistic (Swedish) Massage, Level 4 Sports Massage and Yoga Teacher Training. On leaving Banking, I continued to develop my skills and gained a level 4 Strength & Conditioning, including weightlifting for athletes. I enjoy helping people to release tension, recover from injury, build strength and improve their movement - I still remember my own struggles with press ups and pull ups, let alone weight-lifting. My current personal battle is accepting that an aging body requires more maintenance and recovery.

Off the mat I enjoy coaching and competing in Athletics (specialising in speed and jumps), horse-riding, ski-ing and music, all of which continue to help me develop my understanding of the body and the impact the state of mind can have on our actions and performance.  teaching draws on all of my experiences and teachers past and present.

About Gary Telfer

 Gary Telfer has been involved in competitive sport for over 30 years. A severe knee injury sustained during a competitive football match led Gary to undertake extensive rehabilitation under a physiotherapist. As part of his rehabilitation Gary joined an athletics group to improve his technique. Gary went on to compete in 400m hurdles at international level. On retiring from competing Gary has remained involved in Athletics, successfully coaching young and senior athletes, some attaining national and area champion status. Gary is Head Coach at Thames Valley Harriers, Specialising in Sprints and Jumps, a Sports Massage Therapist with a passion for rehabilitation and improving performances at every level.

Gary has a passion for helping people to heal from injury, through his knowledge of the body and background in strength and conditioning, Gary helps people to rebuild strength. Gary’s background in athletics followed by coaching and developing children in athletics to compete at International level, has enabled Gary to develop a keen eye and coaching skills to help people retrain movement patterns, helping patients of all levels to move forwards from injury back to daily life whatever their performance levels.