About Me: Hampshire Yoga Therapy

My passions are my work as a psychotherapist and my yoga practice. Since qualifying as a psychotherapist in 2018, I have discovered that I also draw on my experience as a yoga practitioner for my own self-care but also to help my clients. My yoga practice helps me to prepare myself before seeing clients and is also useful for some of my clients to learn breathing techniques, grounding exercises and mindfulness. This has been particularly helpful for my clients presenting with anxiety.

I have practiced yoga for 25 years and found it to be a crucial part of maintaining my own well-being, both physically and mentally.

Since beginning my own private psychotherapy practice in 2019, I have now decided to develop my business further by training as a yoga therapist. I have recently qualified as an accredited yoga therapist - C-IAYT. This now enables me to blend both work with the mind and the body where appropriate to help clients feel an increased holistic sense of well being within themselves.

Other relevant qualifications:

2021-2025 Advanced yoga therapy diploma, 850 hours - Yoga Therapy Institute. Accredited with IAYT

2019 – Introduction to Yoga therapy skills, The Minded Institute, London

January - June 2017 Yoga Immersion Course - Laura Green yoga training

2015-2018 MA Integrative psychotherapy and counselling, University of Roehampton

Continuing Professional Development (short courses):

20-21/04/2024 Yoga therapy for anxiety attacks. 6 hrs CPD YACEP - Montserrat Gomez (Yoga therapy Institute)

21/04/2021-25/04/2021- Yoga psychology: philosophy & practice for anxiety and depression relief: Lisa Kayleigh Isley (Yoga Therapy Institute)

08/03/2021 –Transforming Attachments (attachment theory, mindfulness and body psychotherapy): Linda Cundy, Siobhan McGee, Kathrin Stauffer.

06/03/2021 –Somatisation – The Physical Expression of our Unspoken Story: Juliana Appel-Opper.

27/02/2021 –An Experience of Embodied Relational Therapy: Stephen Tame and Allison Priestman.

24/02/2021-Transforming the ‘Living Legacy’ of Trauma: Janina Fisher.

5/02/2021 –Creativity as a healing tool: Connectiong mind, body & imagination: Lemn Sissay & Bessel Van der Kolk.

05/02/2021 -The Body keeps the score

09/01/2021 – Body Talk: Working with the Unspoken. When talking is not enough: Lorna Evans.

21/04/2018 –Trauma and the Body: Graham Music

If you would like to find out more about the services I offer or how I can help you, please do not hesitate to get in touch with me by calling 07900 501649 or emailing me on sophia@sophiaarmstrong.co.uk.