Tutor - Sally Lomas
Profile
Sally Lomas was born in London and has since lived and worked in the UK, Australia and California. She trained originally at West surrey college of Art and opened a shop in London which successfully traded in silks and textile design for many years. With the birth of her first child in 1988 Sally became interested in yoga and inspired to move into the specialised world of birth and babies. 26 years later she has 4 children and is based in Cambridge UK and is a former Director of Birthlight Teaching LTD
Experience and Qualifications
Sally qualified as an Active Birth teacher in 1997 after training with Janet Balaskas at the Active Birth centre in London. She continued her training with Birthlight working with Françoise Freedman in Cambridge and qualified as a Birthlight Tutor in Perinatal Yoga (2003), Baby Yoga (2002), Baby Swimming (2003) and Aqua Yoga (2004) Her general adult yoga qualification is with the Natural Healthcare College NHC Dip (2010)
Sally trained with the ASA as an assistant swimming teacher (2004) and holds the STA parent and baby qualification (2002) as well as the Birthlight swimming and Aqua Yoga qualifications. She attended a course specializing in Ai Chi with Jun Konno in Switzerland 2004.
As a director of Birthlight Teaching LTD. She has been involved in the development of teacher training courses. These courses are offered in many locations including Australia, Asia, Russia and many countries in Europe where they have gained international recognition.
Professional connections include training teachers for Sure start, Touch Learn, Kids Unlimited, Calm-a-Baby and Turtle Tots. Sally is also a qualified Montessori teacher and councillor and has many years experience working with pregnant women, parents and babies.
Featured speaker at the 7th WABC world aquatic conference Waikiki 2003, the 8th WABC conference 2005 and the Birthlight conference Beijing 2018
Sally is a registered SYT teacher with Yoga Alliance UK. This accreditation demonstrates excellent standards as set by Yoga Alliance UK, and is a member of the Federation of Antenatal Educators.
Her local Birthlight classes have been running successfully for over 20 years in Cambridge with Joyful Babies Yoga and the Joyful Dolphin Baby Swim School
Sally still enjoys teaching locally and continues to care passionately about supporting women and their families through the journey of pregnancy, birth and parenting.
www.joyfulnurture.com