Find the Balance @ About
Joyce set up the company in 2007 to share her passion for yoga and therapies and help others find the balance in their lives.
Joyce qualified in Holistic Massage, Reflexology and Indian Head Massage in 2003. She went on to study deep tissue massage in 2004 and obtained a certificate in Ayurvedic Massage in India in 2005. In 2007 she studied Maternity Reflexology with the highly regarded Susanne Enzer and fell in love with the treatment. In 2010/2011, having received a number of treatments from the infamous 'three sisters' in Mysore, India, she completed a training in Chavutti Thirumal Massage - a deep tissue massage using the feet to massage the body.
She has been practising yoga daily for more than 10 years. Her current teachers are Anna Ashby, Alaric Newcombe and Eileen Gauthier but she believes that the most important teacher is the inner teacher. She regularly takes workshops to develop her own knowledge and visits India every 18 months to work with Sharath (grandson of Sri K Pattabhi Jois), Rolf Naujokat and Emil Wendel. She has been teaching yoga since 2006 and in 2007 qualified as a British Wheel of Yoga teacher and completed an Ashtanga Yoga Teacher Training with David Swenson. Since then she has completed teacher trainings in Restorative Yoga with Judith Hanson Lasater and is a certified Relax and Renew trainer, Insight Yoga (Yin Yoga and Mindfulness) with Sarah Powers and Meditation with Swami Saradananda.
She teaches ashtanga yoga and more playful dynamic classes alongside a weekly restorative class. The classes are strong with a healthy focus on alignment, the use of breath and most have a seated seated meditation weaved in to help draw the awareness within. Students develop a growing understanding of their body, the essence of yoga beyond the purely physical aspect and generally leave the class feeling a sense of calm.
Joyce has a BA (hons) in Communication Studies. Prior to setting up Find the Balance she advised companies going through change on the best way to communicate internally; constantly striving to find a balance between working in the City, her holistic business and her own spiritual practice. She believes that it is important to find the balance in all aspects of your life and taking care of your body and your mind is an essential aspect of this.