Emily Gilchirst

I am a mother, yoga teacher, energy healer, mindfulness coach, fun loving, creative, cheeky catalyst for transformation and positive change.

I am devoted
to the path of creating sacred, safe, loving and nurturing spaces where people can come, unravel, and be free to show up without apology, exactly as they are. I believe in being authentic and sharing the imperfect, perfect truth of who I am and life, so we can learn to truly accept and embrace the whole of who we all are.

How it began
I became involved in the art of healing over 20 years ago, after my own personal journey in Yoga had started. Yoga found me at a crucial turning point in my life back in 2001, whilst living in India.

It was through my own trauma and being left with little confidence in myself and who I was that got me on the mat! It didn’t take long before I noticed the profound benefits Yoga had started to have on my overall state of mind and wellbeing, that I soon found myself on the way to the ashram, in south India, embarking on my first TTC, where the course of my path would change forever! I left knowing it was my mission to share this medicine wherever my heart led me.

At 17 I left home with a strong desire for freedom and discovery as well as spiritual hunger. My life took me on some wonderful, painful twists and turns resulting in living and travelling in a wide variety of countries. My work diverted from waitressing, sales work, acting, wholesaler of clothes, you name it, I tried it and finally found my path in Yoga. I have spent half my adult life living abroad, between; Spain, France, Dubai, India and Ethiopia, which have all played a huge role and impacted the way I teach and who I am today.

During my time in Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, I set up a karma yoga project, ‘Yoga in Ethiopia’. Here I initiated and organised a collaboration of local art therapists and international Yoga teachers, to offer courses in local women’s shelters and Juvenile centers.I also set up one of the first Yoga studios and started running retreats, in support of the local expat community.

My work in Ethiopia gave me huge inspiration, passion and affirmation regarding the importance and power of community that is created within the retreat space, so much so that I have continued to love and thrive from running retreats ever since!

I currently reside in Forest Row in the South East of England, amongst a beautiful community of kindred spirits, with my partner Ben and my son Isaac, where I also continue to curate well-being retreats, run classes, workshops and corporate sessions.

I thank you for taking the time to read a little bit about me. And if our paths haven’t already crossed, I hope that one day they will.