Dee Opp
BsPharm, Minded Yoga Therapist, Integrated Yoga Psychotherapist in Training NCIP Accredited, C-IAYT, RYT 500, E-RYT 500, YACEP
I offer personalised yoga therapy for long-term health and wellness. At its root, yoga therapy is “eudaimonia,” which means living one’s fullest intentional life. Eudaimonic happiness is independent of momentary events, steadfast and enduring. Eudaimonic well-being is associated with positive health outcomes, including improved immune function and decreased inflammation. This is not a quick fix, but a beautiful path filled with evidence-based traditional honored yogic practices, modern techniques, and the power of human connection. I offer reduced rates for health professionals, fellow yoga teachers, yoga therapists, and yoga therapists in training.
My areas of expertise are trauma (recent, complex, and developmental), grief, anxiety, depression, balance rehabilitation, compassion fatigue resilience, vicarious trauma recovery, and trauma-informed breath retraining. I am also a Minded Yoga Therapy Course Senior Supervisor (since 2019). I offer trauma-informed therapeutic yoga intervention programs within secure settings, nursing homes/dementia care, Therapeutic Yoga & Wellbeing Lead for the Believe Foundation, and consultant for other various charitable organizations.
I am on a ceaseless path of transformation while partaking daily in sacred reciprocity with others. I have trained with Heather Mason (Founder of the Minded Institute in London), Dr. Richard Brown and Dr. Patricia Garberg (Breath Body and Mind Foundation), Linda Thai (sensorimotor psychotherapist and assistant to Dr. Bessel van der Kolk), Robin Rothenberg (Author of Restoring Prana Program), James Fox (Director and Founder of the Prison Yoga Project), Rene Quenell Himalayan Institute Sri Vidya Tradition, Uma Dismore Tuli (pregnancy yoga and Women’s Health), and Dr. Franciose Freedman (Perinatal Mental Health & Pregnancy Yoga). These teachers have had a profound effect on my teaching and personal practice. Countless other skilled teachers have and continue to positively influence my practice and path to deeper understanding, embodiment, and growth.
The breath, the ‘wordless storyteller’, I believe, is our anchor to our true selves. I have experienced complex trauma and significant grief; losing my husband of 25 years on 4 April 2014. Teaching, learning, self-transformation, and deep self-care bring me great inner peace and personal satisfaction. My tool kit includes body and brain-based interventions: advanced trauma-informed IEMT, flash technique, nature therapy, cold water therapy, acro yoga, Qi Gong, dance, aromatherapy, mindfulness techniques, somatic practice, somatic embodiment and regulation strategies, restorative yoga, & yoga nidra. Certified to work with child/adolescents, pregnancy, and perinatal mental health. I love to hike, bike, wild swim, paddleboard, travel, and craft.