Tutoring
I have 16 years of teaching experience that ranges from pre-school to coaching established academics. I am currently working remotely and have space for new clients on Monday and Tuesday mornings. Please see below for past work and qualifications.
Tutoring
I offer one to one or group remote tuition for secondary school and university students in arts, humanities and social sciences. My focus is always to first discover where the interests of my students lie, in order to generate their own enthusiasm for the work. After that I provide a caring and supportive setting for exam preparation and essay technique. Please get in touch for more details and a bespoke plan.
English Language Conversation/Tutoring
I have worked with a wide range of students from across the world to improve their English language confidence. Together we create a plan based on your goals and the context you want to use the language, and I make sure to tailor the learning style to your own interests. One person might want to prepare a business presentation; someone else might want to improve their general conversational confidence; someone else might want to expand their vocabulary and enjoyment of the language through working with literature, art or music.
Yoga
I offer one to one remote yoga tuition for people wanting to expand or start off their yoga practice. After an initial consultation, I provide a carefully tailored class that works around anything you might have going on, including injuries, pregnancy, post natal recovery or mental health concerns. We end with a plan for ongoing self practice.
Academic Teaching
I have worked as a lecturer in Human Rights at the University of London and have five years experience supervising undergraduates in Land Economy at the University of Cambridge.
Prior to that I taught English for Oxbridge Academic Programmes (Dubai), coached on an exchange programme for Kazakh academics working at the University of Cambridge, and taught English to secondary age students in Plymouth (for Anglo-Spanish Conexions), Guatemala, and Italy.
Through my dance and yoga work, I have also taught younger children, and have helped create dance curricula that meet National Curriculum requirements in numeracy and emotional literacy.
I have a PhD and MPhil in Development Studies from the University of Cambridge.
Yoga and Dance
With both dance and yoga I encourage putting to one side ideas about 'being good' or 'doing it right', to make space for experimentation, falling and play. My teaching is greatly influenced by two important collaborations; the first being Radiates, which I helped set up in Cambridge. Radiates is a programme of creative dance classes to be delivered in schools as part of the normal weekly timetable. These classes are focused on children who face challenges in learning - whether that is as a result of physical, emotional, social or mental illness, injury or condition. I have also been greatly influenced by my collaborations with passinho dancers in Rio de Janeiro (who I have written about here); I am committed to constantly learning new styles and new ways of seeing the world through movement, and all my classes reflect the diversity of my training.
Feedback from my classes includes :"Absolutely the best yoga I’ve tried in Cambridge or London in the last ten years! I really like the pace and the level of the lessons, and the way I feel physically so much better after each class. I’ve also noticed longer term improvements to my posture, back pains, and emotional well-being, as I’ve been going over a year. I’ve felt confident enough to try inversions and go out of my comfort zone in this class."
"Lucy's classes were the first I regularly attended. They have given me relief from years of back pain, a space to work on controlling my body and let go of stresses, and finally an understanding of how strength can be built and maintained without lifting weights."
"The comfortable atmosphere she engendered was part of the reason I invited friends along...It was clear classes were to be enjoyed and that it was a safe place to try out new things."
Relevant teaching qualifications:
MFA Choreography (with a dance practice component including Graham, Cunningham and Limon technique) University of Roehampton (passed with Distinction)
RAD Intermediate Ballet (with Merit)
200 hour Yoga Teacher Training Qualification with Camyoga
Forrest Yoga (Continuing qualification for teachers)
Yoga Body, Yoga Mind Introducing Yoga as a Therapeutic Modality (with Beverley Nolan)
Ourmala Teacher Training (Yoga tailored towards the experiences and needs of asylum seekers and refugees with particular attention to trauma)
BarreConcept Teacher Training
Birthlight Baby Yoga Teacher Training