Naomi Waters

Email: naomi@mind-the-gap.net

Naomi Waters has broad experience in the private, Health Service and voluntary sectors as a service provider and a director of three successful small businesses.

Drawing on 11 years’ experience as a facilitator, trainer, holistic therapist and yoga instructor she supports balanced, effective change in individuals and organisations.

Naomi emphasises health and wellbeing as foundation principles in her work. Rather than addressing change from a position of stress, fear and tension, Naomi builds on the strengths that people and teams bring. She works closely with clients to encourage lasting change that is born from a place of clarity and calm.

Qualifications

• BSc Health Sciences 1st class honours – 2004 (Health Education, Health Promotion, Public Health, Occupational Health, Holistic Health, Research for Health, Transcultural Health)
• Diploma in Reflexology IIHHT – 1996
• Foundation Level Shiatsu Do – 1997
• Diploma in Holistic Counselling IIHHT – 1998
• Certificates in Yoga Teacher Training & Instructing (Baby Yoga, YogaBugs, Yoga’d up, Dru Yoga, Sivananda Yoga – 2003 to 2007)
• Certificate in Participatory Appraisal - 2005

Naomi has worked in high pressured sales and marketing environments and has experience of all aspects of project management and of developing, branding and growing a small business.

She has organised national and international conferences and frequently designs and delivers workshops on health and wellbeing.

Naomi is equally at home facilitating large groups and with one-to-one personal development. She is currently working with teams and community groups in South and East Staffordshire, primary and secondary schools, individual clients, and groups of people from various backgrounds who are interested in identifying ways of supporting change effectively.