About Debbie and 'Subtle® Inspired Yoga'

I am Debbie, a yoga teacher, retired NHS manager, mum of three and grandmother of six.  My path to yoga wasn't always smooth or serene.  It was forged through years of stress, self doubt and physical pain - it's exactly that journey that fuels my passion for helping others heal.

As a working mum in a demanding management healthcare management role, I often put myself last.  The pressure built until my body literally gave way - Perthes disease meant that stress caused my hip to collapse beneath me.  It was a wake up call I couldn't ignore.

I also carry a family history of osteoporosis, and as I grew older, I knew it was part of my story too.  I've spent years researching how to slow its progression - not only for myself, but for my daughters and grand daughters.  Yoga became my anchor: a way to build strength, protect my bones and reclaim control. 

I also have a cleft lip and as a teenager it made me shrink into myself, convinced I'd never be seen or chosen.  Later, as I climbed the career ladder, I feared it would make others question my capability.  But yoga taught me to inhabit my body with pride, not apology.  It helped me rewrite the story I told myself.

Today, I teach yoga, not as a perfect guru, but as someone who lived through the storm and found breath,  balance and beauty on the other side.  My classes are grounded in compassion, resilience and the belief that healing is possible - no matter where you begin.

If you are considering going to a yoga class for the first time

then you are joining over 460,000 people in the UK who have done the same thing. 

Welcome to a really great way to move and to look after your body.

I am the founder of Circle-Yoga, I trained as a yoga teacher at

Whitespace Yoga and Wellbeing

Studio in Stoney Stratford.  

I have practiced yoga since my early 20’s, forty plus years. 

I believe that yoga brings so much more to people’s lives than movement. 

I am a life long learner and I continue to deepen my study of yoga constantly.  I have completed 159 hours of training with Subtle® Yoga teacher Kristine Weber and a further 67 hours with other teachers including Dr Yogi (Andrew McGonigle), Dawn Wright and Laura Green.  I now include Subtle® Yoga practices within each of my classes. Subtle® Yoga is very accessible so is ideal for beginners.  It is also good for people who have practiced yoga and want something slower and more mindful. 

This slower type of yoga can help with nervous system resilience.  What does that mean?  It helps with the ups and downs of everyday life. It enables your own intrinsic healing to take place.  It activates the parasympathetic nervous system which opens up the 'tend & befriend' behaviour.  It improves physiological balance.  The slow mindful practice builds interoception, or becoming more aware of how your body feels. Where your emotions lie, your places of comfort and discomfort.  This then leads to feelings of peace, connectivity and unity. 

This practice of yoga is not simply about stretch and workout but feelings of being nurtured, self-regulated and peaceful.  It enables you to train your nervous system and slow down. Slow, mindful yoga can be part of the equation to address

long term health conditions naturally. 

Long term health conditions include diabetes, arthritis,

chronic fatigue syndrome, anxiety and fibromyalgia.

I am also very aware of osteopenia and osteoporosis, so there is an

emphasis on safe spinal work. I recognize that many people are developing osteoporosis as they age and the classes are aimed to support this. 

I have osteoporosis and I use yoga to enable my bones to remain

as strong as possible. 

I aim to bring yoga to a wide range of people, people who would not normally have thought they could participate, people living with Long Term Health Conditions including asthma and diabetes.  Subtle® Inspired Yoga enables the body to experience a wide range of functional movement, strengthening and

stretching the body for its day to day activities. 

I am also passionate about cycling and I hold specialist workshops for cyclists, especially women cyclists.  I have been trained by British Cycling and the ‘Breeze’ project to encourage women to cycle. 

Do contact me direct if you wish to learn more about this.
 

I provide dedicated support for relaxation for NHS and Social Care personnel, including nurses, doctors, social workers and administrative staff.  I worked in the NHS for 30+ years, initially as a manager in the local Health Authority and then the Primary Care Trust.  I then became a Practice Manager in a GP surgery and worked locally for 12 years in GP practices. 

My area of focus is to use yoga techniques to help employees

manage the day to day stress of life in the NHS.
 

If you were to ask me what my main theme is in life now that I am retired and I have moved to being self-employed as a yoga teacher, it would be fun.  Fun with my children and grandchildren, fun with the people I meet in my classes, fun with my fellow yoga teachers, fun riding my bike.

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Courses that I have studied since qualifying in 2018 (250 hours in total):

Subtle Yoga Teacher Training 40 non-contact CEU hours Kristine Weber 
Yoga and Neuroscience Connection 40 non-contact CEU  hours Kristine Weber

Teaching the Neuroscience of Yoga 13 hours online interactive Kristine Weber

Certified Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming in person  Pip Thomas

The Neuroscience and Psychology of Chakras 13 hours online interactive Kristine Weber

The Science of Yogic Meditation 13 hours online interactive Kristine Weber

The Science of Menopausal Magnificence 6 hours online interactive Kristine Weber

The Neuroscience of Yoga for Lower Back and Hip Health 6 hours online interactive Kristine Weber
Yoga Nidra online interactive 40 hours Dawn Wright

The Neuroscience of Subtle Yoga for Adrenal Exhaustion 3 hours online interactive Kristine Weber

Trauma, Resilience and Being Safely Embodied 4 hours online interactive  Golden Mandala Yoga School 

Subtle Yoga For Enhancing Trauma Recovery 13 hours online interactive Kristine Weber
The Physiology of Yoga 13 hours in person Andrew McGonigle and Matthew Huy

Demystifying Osteoporosis and Bone Health 2 hours online interactive Andrew McGonigle (Dr Yogi)

Demystifying Arthritis 2 hours online interactive Andrew McGonigle (Dr Yogi)

The Science of Teaching Chair Yoga 12 hours online interactive Kristine Weber

Yoga and your fascia 6 hours online interactive Laura Green 

The Subtle Yoga workshop Sequencing Alchemy, Edinburgh, 2025 12 hours in person Kristine Weber

Philosophy & Yoga  12 hours online interactive Laura Green 

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