About Seahaven Yoga

Rosie started regular yoga practice in 1999 on the doctor’s advice as a way to keep her arthritic knees moving. Rosie trained in Iyengar yoga for two years, and subsequently attended Hatha, Scaravelli, and Khundalini classes. It was the Vajrasati Yoga School which brought everything together, and Rosie felt she had found her spiritual home. 

Rosie graduated from the Vajrasati teacher training course and holds a 500hr Yoga Alliance accredited teaching qualification, and is now a senior Teacher with the school.

Rosie has also completed further training with Fiona Agombar, to teach students with ME and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, elements of which she uses with students who have other limitations to their practice.

Rosie's teaching focuses on using the breath to deepen and extend the body, mind and spirit. Rosie encourages students to work meditatively, listening closely to their own bodies and breath, and using their inner resources to develop postures only as the body allows, and without grasping. 

Rosie's current experience includes teaching more mature and less able students. She has been teaching since early 2008, and currently runs several drop-in classes in Sussex. Rosie also teaches weekend retreats, private groups and individual students. She has taught many holidays in Spain and West Crete.

Chris started her career as a nurse in the Royal Air Force where she became interested in trauma related brain injury, then becoming interested in a variety of acquired brain injuries and intensive rehabilitation. 

Throughout her career, Chris studied and supported the persons ability to cope with even the most complex bio-psychosocial needs, alongside their ability whether to remain motivated or not. As an Advanced Motivational Interviewer she ultimately always aims to provide a rehabilitation or a re-enablement plan of care where appropriate. Chris also studied the implications of the ageing process and how the brain functions, qualifying as a Specialist Nurse Practitioner in Gerontology, specializing in Dementia Care and is a Dementia Care Mapper. She developed MOT (Motivational Occupational Tool) -for LIFESTYLE CHOICES and has utilized this with individuals but also in group settings within nursing and residential homes.

Chris has extensive experience of managing inter-disciplinary teams in health and social care, whilst working with individuals on their person centered goals and aspirations to maintain their health and well-being.

For seven years, Chris attended Rosie’s Vajrasati classes and recognized the physical, mental, and spiritual benefits of yoga for all ages. And in 2020, Chris undertook a diploma level yoga teacher trainer qualification. This then led her to embrace the energy centers of the body and she undertook a diploma level qualification as a Chakra and Aura Healer, which then led her to aspire to become a Reiki Master.