• Owner/Manager of Ashe House ,Centre for MindBody Integration
• Certified Sensorimotor Psychotherapist (CSP) with the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute, Boulder, Colorado
• Certified in Mindfulness Based Approaches
• Mindfulness Supervisor

Anne trained as a General Nurse, specialising in the area of neuromedical/neurosurgical nursing, and then as a Midwife over 30 years ago.

With a concrete background and passionate interest in neuroscience, neurobiology and psychology, it was a natural progression to training in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy- a body centred psychotherapy grounded in somatic psychology and neuroscientific research.

Anne is qualified as an Advanced Practitioner (Certified Sensorimotor Psychotherapist) by the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute (SPI), Boulder, Colorado, and was the sole Organiser and representative in Ireland from 2010 to 2022 for all adjunct Professional Trainings both in Traumatic Trauma and Developmental Trauma offered by the Institute at Ashe House. Sensorimotor Psychotherapy® draws from somatic therapies, neuroscience, attachment theory, and cognitive approaches, as well as from the Hakomi Method, all underpinned by Mindfulness.

Mindfulness Based Training from 2013 to Present:

Anne began her personal meditation practice in 1981 and began formal mindfulness training in 2013.

• Certified MBSR Teacher with the Institute for Mindfulness Approaches, Germany.
• Certified Mindful Self-Compassion Teacher with the Centre for Mindful Self-Compassion, San Diego School of Medicine
• Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach, awarded by The Awareness Training Institute with the Greater Good Science Center, Berkeley, University of California.
• Recognised and Endorsed Teacher by Dr Rick Hanson to teach Positive Neuroplasticity (PNT) program
• Mindfulness Based Compassionate Living (MBCL) with Fritz Koster and Eric Van Den Brink
• Mindful Self-Compassion for Teens and Young Adults (formerly called MFY ‘Making Friends with Yourself’) Teacher Training course held in Ashe House, led by Dr. Karen Bluth, and Lorraine Hobbs.
• Advanced Compassion Focused Therapy Training, Dr Paul Gilbert, December 2021
• Teacher Training in Mindful Compassionate Parenting, November 2022
• Mindfulness Supervision Training with Lot Heijke Mindfulness, Amsterdam Nov 2021-Nov 2022

Anne regularly delivers the following Mindfulness Based programmes to the public at Ashe House, as well as in corporate and healthcare settings Nationwide:

• 8 week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
• 8 week Mindful Self Compassion (MSC)
• 6 week Cultivating Happiness-Positive Neuroplasticity (PNT)
• Mindful Compassionate Parenting Course
• Compassion Focused Therapy
• Stress Response Courses
• Introductory Days on Trauma Through the Lens of Mindfulness.

www.fionnualagill.com

Fionnuala Gill holds an honors degree in Psychology from Trinity College, Dublin and an MA in Vocal Performance from the RSAMD in Glasgow. Having worked as a professional musician (singer and harper) for over twenty years she completed her mindfulness teacher training with the Institute for Mindfulness-Based Approaches (IMA, Germany) in 2010 and has been teaching eight week mindfulness courses in different settings on a regular basis since – both MBSR and MBSR/MBCT.

Fionnuala is a qualified yoga teacher (RYT 200) and is currently completing the Teacher Training Pathway with The Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice in Bangor, Wales. She has completed the CMRP Supervision training and is a member of the Mindfulness Peer Supervision Group in the UK. She is passionate about the role that supervision plays in the development and nurturing of good teaching practice. Fionnuala adheres to the Good Practice Guidelines set out by the Irish Network of Mindfulness Teachers, thus receiving regular supervision while teaching and attending retreats and further mindfulness trainings each year.

Fionnuala adheres to the Good Practice Guidelines set out by the Mindfulness Teachers Association of Ireland (MTAI).

Holds a doctorate in Humanistic and Transpersonal psychology with a research emphasis in the fields of self-identity formation and Ancestral connectedness, transgenerational trauma and systemic effects of oppression.

Dr. Cutler specializes in the impact that cycles of violence and oppression have on both survivors and perpetrators, their families, and communities.

An independent scholar and educator, Dr. Cutler lectures internationally on the effectiveness of including the body in addressing systemic violence, racism, and oppression.

Creator of the Transgenerational Regeneration Institute, Dr. Cutler brings over 30 years of experience in shamanism, psychology, somatic approaches to healing, applied spirituality, the effectiveness of integrating mindfulness skills in the disruption of cycles of violence, practical somatic applications in treating dissociative states, and the intersubjective relational impact of indigenous wisdom to her commitment in assisting others to resolve legacies of trauma and build a safer relationship with their own bodies, communities, and the planet.

Dr. Cutler created the Regeneration Process Method as an accessible approach to transformation that goes beyond sustainability and resilience to that of regenerative action that benefits the whole of humanity and the planet.

Andrew Harkin is a medical doctor (University College Dublin 1990) and Psychotherapist. From 1997 to 1998 he completed a two-year postgraduate training with the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute in Colorado, U.S.A. For more than 5 years Andrew was a lead trainer with this organization, teaching Psychiatrists, Psychologists and Psychotherapists in the fields of trauma and attachment across the United Kingdom, Europe, North America, and Australia. This method is endorsed by world renowned specialists working in the field of trauma. (See sensorimotorpsychotherapy.org)

Andrew has also trained in other trauma related models such as EMDR. Additionally, he is a teacher in Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) having trained with the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice at the University of Bangor, North Wales.

In 2013, Andrew and his family emigrated to Western Australia to accept a Senior Therapist position in a psychiatric day hospital running a group therapy programme there for 5 years. Andrew now divides his time between providing training across Australia for Mental health clinicians in body-based approaches to Psychotherapy and a private practice in Bunbury.
He was honoured to be asked by Dr Corrigan to become a trainer in Deep Brain Reorienting a few years ago and is delighted to now be teaching DBR in person through Australasia and in Europe

You can view Andrew’s TED talk ‘Mind the gap: Moving from the brain to the body’ at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfcnRzcpTd4.

Sharon is an integrative counsellor with 15 years experience, currently working in private practice. She also worked as a volunteer at Lifeline counselling based at Fisherwick church and managed the agency for 4 years. She is a certified Sensorimotor psychotherapist and have completed the Mindful Self Compassion course. She is also a qualified pharmacist with nearly 25 years experience working in the community. Together her trainings and experience have helped her to understand the connection of our mind, body and spirit and the importance of showing kindness and compassion for all parts of ourselves.

Grainne trained with PCI College in 1996 and is a registered Psychotherapist with the NAPCP. She went on to train in the body centred “ Hakomi Method”, first developed by Ron Kurtz, USA and is certified in this model. Grainne was so inspired by this work that she introduced Sensorimotor Psychotherapy into Europe, with Ireland holding the first training with Dr Pat Ogden as tutor( founder and Director of the Sensorimotor Institute (SPI ) , Colorado and successfully ran trainings with SPI for over 14 years. She is a Certified Practitioner in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and also gives Supervision to therapists and students trained in this method. Grainne also trained in” Spiritual Psychotherapeutics “ with Peter and Elizabeth Gill from the Waymark Centre (Part of the White Lodge Centre, London).

5 Rhythms Dance Movement, Open Floor, Embodied Presence, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute Level 1and Level 2 Trained.  www.embodiedbrain.ie

Based in Connemara, Co. Galway and delivering workshops at Ashe House and throughout Ireland and abroad, Caitríona Nic Ghiollaphádraig has been practicing the 5 Rhythms movement practice of Gabrielle Roth for over twenty years.  In the early days of her dance experience, Caitríona worked closely with Gabrielle Roth and the Moving Centre core faculty in California before completing her 5 Rhythms Training with Gabrielle in 1997, thus becoming the first accredited 5 Rhythms Teacher in Ireland.

Caitríona is a natural born teacher and spent many years imparting her knowledge and wisdom to students before every studying the 5 Rhythms.  She is passionate about integrating the paradigms and practices of modern neuroscience, mindfulness and the Buddhist-based teachings of Pema Chodron into her workshops and classes and witnessing how participants use these varied teachings alongside the physical dance to transform and ameliorate their lives.

Caitríona is a much respected and well-liked teacher who holds a very safe space, injected with a gentle compassion and great humour, that reassures and helps to anchor workshop participants.  She skilfully applies an embodied approach to steadying the mind, opening the heart and meeting life’s challenges with resilience, grace and courage. In 2007 Caitríona completed her advanced teacher training in the emotional side of the 5 Rhythms and now regularly delivers on-going groups in both Connemara and Dublin called ‘Heartbeat’ and ‘Shadow & Light’, and ongoing courses in ‘Embodied Presence’.