Hi – I’m Cathy Davies, and I am 60 years old.       

I’m a yoga therapist and yoga teacher, and a cognitive behavioural master coach. Before doing this wonderful work, I had a long and “successful” career as a HR Consultant, so this is my second career and I am very grateful for it.

For many years, I was treated for depression and anxiety whilst upholding a busy career and family life.  Which is why “successful” is a doubtful description! Although I had position and privilege, respect and opportunity, I also had a very early menopause. Alongside this, I suffered a ream of stress-related physical conditions like IBS (Irritable bowel syndrome) and severe asthma. I was overweight, under-nourished and deeply unhappy.

And I could not sleep.

I was exhausted and sleep-deprived for so long that I believed I would die early.

My issues with sleep brought me to yoga and mindfulness, eventually.

And my life changed, wholly and entirely. As did my ability to sleep, thankfully.

I booked on a yoga teacher’s course with a sleep consultant, before I even qualified as a yoga teacher. And then, things started to change.

Slowly but surely, I learned to reframe how I thought and felt about sleep. It touched my diet, my exercise and rest patterns, my medication and HRT. And most of all – it touched my tendency to anxiety, stress, overdoing stuff, going too hard on myself …. I think you get how deep this went, with me!

We are all different, and my issues are certainly not going to be the same as yours. But the point is: There is hope and some light at the end of that dark sleepless tunnel!

Please contact me here if you want to talk. You are not alone, and you CAN sleep better!