Tracy is a fully qualified Yoga Teacher and Yoga Teacher Trainer with the British Wheel of Yoga (BWY)
About Tracy
Tracy is a well-respected yoga and wellbeing teacher and runs Summerhouse Yoga & Wellbeing in Horsham, West Sussex, which she set up in 2010.
She offers regular yoga, meditation, wellbeing and Qigong classes, private tuition, workshops, wellbeing days and Teacher Training. She started training in 2004 to achieve her BWY 500 Hour Diploma and has been a fully qualified Yoga and Meditation Teacher since 2007. She continues to learn and holds additional yoga, meditation and Qigong teaching qualifications.
She has taught at the Om Yoga Show in London and been recognised as one of Sussex’s top Yoga/Pilates teachers in the Muddy Sussex Local Awards. As well as her love of practising and teaching yoga, she is also mum to two daughters, Emma, Amy, a cheeky Spaniel, Bunty, and wife to husband, Lee.
My yoga story
Tracy remembers her first yoga class well. It was in a large, cold school PE hall. She says "There were lots of people and I found my way to the back, far out of sight of the teacher." She realised the benefits to her body and mind straight away and after that class she was hooked!
She first discovered yoga in 1997 as part of her rehabilitation from a terrible accident being knocked down by a bus as a pedestrian in Vancouver, Canada! She had always led an active life, being a runner for many years. But the accident left her with a damaged spine and chronic back and neck pain.
A far-sighted GP recommended yoga and, with an inspiring osteopath, she began to rebuild her health. She understands how pain and tension can be debilitating and fully believes that a regular yoga practice developing strength, flexibility and relaxation can keep students mobile, strong and pain-free.
She says "For me, practicing yoga is a simple choice - it keeps the pain away! It makes me feel free and at ease in my body and mind."
Being a Yoga Teacher
Tracy was accepted on a British Wheel of Yoga (BWY) Teacher Training 500 hour Diploma Course in 2004, qualified in 2007 and started teaching straight away in Essex. In 2010, she set up Summerhouse Yoga, after moving to Horsham, West Sussex.
She says "When I first met my husband we spoke of our dreams. Mine was to give up "work" and teach yoga and I love that I am doing that in Horsham!"
In her yoga teaching Tracy has worked with complete beginners, experienced yogis, students with Cancer, Multiple Sclerosis, Motor Neurone Disease, rehabilitation after Stroke and pregnant students. She is immensely proud of inspiring a number of her students to take up their own teacher training and continues to support their yoga teaching journeys.
The British Wheel of Yoga
I am proud to be a British Wheel of Yoga teacher and Yoga Teacher Trainer (500 hours Diploma, 300 hours Certificate and 60 hour Foundation Course). I have previously been a Trustee, serving as Treasurer on the national Charity Board.
The aim of the British Wheel is to "promote good safe practice of yoga through trained, experienced, qualified teachers. We intend to be a guide for all who practice yoga."
The British Wheel is the largest yoga organisation in the UK and is also a registered charity, recognised by Sport England as the National Governing Body for yoga. There is a national network of qualified teachers.
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