About
"Eva feels others deeply, allowing them to touch her heart and responds with genuine warmth and care.
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Eva's joy is infectious. She gently and skilfully guides you to drop more deeply into connection with yourself.
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When she speaks it's always with purpose and wisdom, making every word count.
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Eva's presence brings both clarity and inspiration - she's someone who makes you feel seen, heard and empowered to find your own truth."​
~ The Field Facilitation ~
Hello, I'm Eva. I'm a certified trauma-informed Somatic, Empowerment Coach, Business Mentor, and Yoga and Circle Facilitator.
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I believe we all deserve to thrive from a place of nervous system health and expand into living in the fullest expression of ourselves.
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​Coming home to ourselves is a radical, sacred act of connection - a choice to access body wisdom, alchemise emotions, clear limiting beliefs and activate our power.
When we choose to rewild ourselves through somatic nervous system expansion practices, we challenge internalised systems of 'power over' in ourselves and around us.
It transforms how we show up for ourselves and others. It’s political activism at the root. Bridging the personal, the communal and the collective.​
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My story
​I am a business development and strategic communications expert with over 17 years’ experience of leading and mentoring multi-disciplinary teams to achieve results.
Having held senior leadership positions at not-for profit and for-profit organisations in the international aid and development sector, as well as being an entrepreneur, I understand the everyday difficulties people face in their careers, and the strategic challenges small and medium businesses continually grapple with.
Culturally, I straddle many worlds. Though born in the UK, I identify as half British and half Bangladeshi.
I grew up in South East Asia, spending my school years in international education in Bangladesh and in South India.
Without realising it at the time, I was steeped in yogic philosophy.
I travelled extensively in Asia, Africa and the Latin America and the Caribbean. Both immersed in cultures and as part of my career in international aid and development. Along with studying two degrees in development studies, this has given me a wide and multi-cultural perspective on conditioning and the colonised mind.
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As a neurodivergent mother of a neurodivergent family with even more diverse ethnic heritages than myself, and in a long-term relationship, I have learnt the hard way how to navigate the competing priorities of the transitions and mysteries of our human experience.
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Alongside this, I developed a Scaravelli-inspired yoga practice of over 20 years and interest in movement, Capoeira Angola, circle facilitation, somatics and embodiment to become a Yoga and Embodiment Facilitator and have been teaching weekly yoga classes since 2019. In 2023, I expanded this to include monthly workshops focused on somatic, emotional and relational awareness.
In 2024, I completed the Field Facilitation, a powerful and transformative year-long training in the art of embodied leadership and facilitating emergent group spaces. As part of this, I completed the Culture of Care component, nervous system care course and certification to become a trauma-informed space holder.
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I burnt out twice during my career and recovered. The second time was transformative.
This is why I am committed to sharing this work as widely as I can for the highest good of all beings.
I believe the more people who can experience the simple, yet profoundly transformative power of these practices, the better place the world will be for all.
Qualifications and training
Body-oriented, Yoga, Somatic and Embodiment and Wellness
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Somatic Experiencing Practitioner student-in-training (Level 1) (2025-2028)
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Psychodynamic Coach (in training 2025)
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Culture of Care certification in Trauma-informed space holding (Jan 2025)
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Heart IQ Circle Work Facilitator Training (Dec 2024)
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The Field Facilitation training - trauma-informed, somatic group facilitation (Jan -Dec 2024).
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Duality. Jeffrey Allen. Energy Awareness (Aug-Dec 2024)
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SmartBody and SmartMind - Irene Lyon - Nervous System Rewire (Feb - Jun 2024, online)
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Nervous System Care Course - Catherine Hale (Feb-Apr 2024) online
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Healing Trauma: Working with Somatic Wounds - Peter A. Levine from The Embody Lab (2023 online)
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What the Psoas - Lauren Ohayon (2023 online)
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Floor to Core - Lauren Ohayon & Dr Courtney Conley (2022, pelvic floor education online)
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Restore Your Core - Lauren Ohayon (2021, pelvic floor education online)
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Modern Yoga Teacher, Brea Johnson, Heart + Bones, (2020- 2021, 300 hr)
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Ziva Meditation - Nishkam Karma, a 5,000 year old Vedic meditation technique from the ancient Vedic civilisation of North India - Emily Fletcher (2019, online)
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Yoga Teacher Development Programme - Dot Bowen, Integrity School of Yoga (2017-2019, 200 hr)
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Yoga Therapy & Deepening your practice - Suzy Greenwood (2016-2018 in-person)
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Scaravelli-inspired yoga practice (2002- to date) with Suzy Greenwood, Dot Bown, John Stirk, Becky Barman's, and Gary Carter.
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Business, Marketing, Management and Communications
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Words for Change: Advanced writing and editing (Sept 2024)
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Managing Difficult Conversations (Dec 2023)
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External Engagement (The Art of Storytelling, Knowing your Audience, Brand messaging and Pitching (July 2021)
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Art of Negotiation (2017)
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Working smarter not harder - Bitesize Seminars (July 2015)
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Powerful presentations - Bitesize Seminars (July 2015)
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Engaging Your Policy Audiences -Institute of Development Studies (July 2014)
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Data visualization masterclass - Guardian Masterclasses (March 2013)
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Management Development Programme - Springboard Coaching (July – August 2010)
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Editing for the Web - Learning Tree Management Institute (July 2008)
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Certificate in English Language Teaching (CELTA) - St Giles College, UK (June 2001)
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Permaculture Design (1996)
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MA Environment, Development and Policy, University of Sussex (2000)
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BA Economics and Development Studies, University of Sussex (1996)