As an Event Producer, Senior Project Manager and Data Analyst I have travelled the world and experienced mental, emotional and physical challenges first hand. Practising Yoga helps me cope with stress, has supported in recovering from severe lower back pains and other mental and physical health issues over the years. I trained as an yoga teacher and yoga therapist to be able to share practices that are accessible, inclusive, grounding, balancing and supportive. Since completing my initial 200hrs Yoga Teacher Training in 2016 I have completed additional courses in: • Yoga for Kids • Oncology Yoga • Yoga Therapy • Yoga Anatomy and more…
“Saying you are too stiff to do yoga, is like saying you are too dirty to have a bath”
Peter Clifford, Anahata Yoga
Senior yoga teacher (E-RYT 500) and master of the 5 Element Form
Anahata Yoga
The style of yoga I am trained in is Anahata Yoga. I first came across this in 2012 and started following annual workshops with Peter Clifford, my original teacher.
Anahata Yoga is one of the rare, ancient traditions that holds the Heart Chakra as the sacred meeting point of Shiva (consciousness) and Shakti (energy). It is a practice of love, compassion, balance and union, where masculine and feminine energies are invited to dance together. This path is embodied as the Dance of Love – or Dance of Shiva & Shakti – a graceful flow of movement, breath and awareness, guiding the subtle energy of Shakti upward into the heart’s space, where it meets Shiva and dissolves into wholeness.
My teacher, Peter Clifford, the founder and director of modern Anahata Yoga, has studied and practiced yoga for over five decades with many of India’s venerable teachers. His teachings weave together posture, alignment, anatomy, and a living philosophy of union, offering practitioners tools to bring the heart’s wisdom into daily life.
In Anahata Yoga, opening the heart is not merely emotional, it is the opening of inner awareness, where the boundary between self and other softens, and universal compassion arises. Practice invites you to rest in the space between energies, not favouring doing over being, not preferring one polarity over the other, but allowing their interplay to create harmony.
Yoga Therapy
Personalised yoga for health and wellbeing.
Yoga therapy is a holistic approach that adapts yoga practices to the needs of the individual. Unlike a general class, each session is designed around you — your body, your health history, and your personal goals. Practices may include movement, breathing techniques, relaxation, meditation, or restorative postures, applied with care and precision.
As I found myself interested in teaching one-to-one, smaller groups and people who deemed themselves “not flexible enough to do yoga”, in 2020 I decided to pursue further education as a Yoga Therapist. My training with Yogacampus (a 600+ hour diploma accredited by the British Council for Yoga Therapy) deeper insights in yoga model, anatomy, physiology, philosophy, and therapeutic skills, alongside supervised clinical practice. I have studied with respected teachers, see training section below, and continue to expand my knowledge through ongoing professional development (CPD).
Yoga therapy is recognised by the Yoga Therapy Association, which promotes high standards and safe practice. It can support people working with a wide range of physical, emotional, or mental health challenges – from pain and fatigue, to stress, cancer treatment recovery, or simply a need for deeper balance.
Whether in one-to-one sessions or small therapeutic groups, the aim is the same: to meet you where you are, and to offer tools that help you move toward greater ease, resilience, and wellbeing.
Sytske is a really special teacher, who clearly cares deeply and comes fully prepared to support, but always listens first.
This means what she provides really meets the needs of the client.
I have been so lucky to be working with her on this complex and frustrating condition at the time that I did.
Amy B
Yoga Therapy client diagnosed with Long COVID incl. chronic fatigue & respiratory issues
The 5 Elements
The Dance of Love
I want to join with me (you)
Open my heart without any expectations Give my love without any conditions Honour and respect that love
And be strong, to protect that love
The 5 Element Form
The 5 Element Form is a moving meditation that draws on the ancient wisdom of yoga and Tantra to restore balance between body, mind, and spirit. Rooted in the qualities of Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Akasha (Space), it offers a way to explore how these natural forces live within us and shape our wellbeing.
Each element represents a different quality — from grounding and stability to flow, creativity, vitality, and connection. Through simple, accessible sequences, the practice invites you to embody these qualities in movement, breath, and awareness. It can feel steady and strengthening, soft and flowing, or expansive and spacious — always guided by your own pace and capacity.
The 5 Element Form is both therapeutic and transformative. It can help release stress and tension, encourage resilience, and foster a deeper sense of connection to yourself and the world around you. Whether practiced as part of a yoga session or as a stand-alone form, it offers a gentle yet powerful pathway to balance, creativity, and inner harmony.
The 5 Element Form can be played (practiced) by anyone, no matter how fit or unfit they are, seated, standing or even lying down, whether they have any accessibility requirements or injuries. The Form is fully adaptable to meet you where you are. Sytske has been trained in the 5 Element Form and integrates this in her practices and teachings.
Oncology Yoga
Oncology Yoga is a therapeutic approach designed to support people living with or recovering from cancer. My training with Jenni Stone at the Yoga for Cancer Academy, together with specialist modules from my Yoga Therapy diploma, gave me a solid grounding in adapting yoga for the unique needs of cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers in all stages of their cancer journeys.
Research shows that yoga can help ease side effects of treatment, reduce anxiety, improve sleep, and support overall wellbeing . In practice, this means gentle postures, breathwork, and relaxation techniques that can be tailored to different stages of treatment or recovery, including when energy is low or mobility is limited. Every person is unique and often clients have addional health conditions to be taken into account.
Beyond the physical benefits, Oncology Yoga also offers space for emotional support and connection. Practices are adapted to meet people where they are; whether that’s managing fatigue during chemotherapy, rebuilding strength after surgery, pain management, addressing neuropathy, regaining functional skills, or finding calm during uncertain times.
My approach integrates both evidence-based teaching, compassionate presence and an approritate portion of humour, creating a safe and trauma aware environment for clients to explore movement and stillness at their own pace.
In early 2019 I completed the YogaBeez Foundation Children’s Yoga Teacher Training, a program blending classical yoga with Montessori principles to support children’s physical, emotional, and creative development. After qualifying, I taught weekly group classes, one-to-one sessions, and also covered school classes for YogaBeez founder Bryony Duckitt.
Although I paused teaching children during the pandemic, the skills and practices I gained continue to influence my work today. Simple breathing techniques, playful movement, and creative mindfulness activities can be just as valuable for adults as they are for children – bringing lightness, focus, and joy into my classes and one-to-one sessions.
