About the founder...

Kelly Sloan-Murphy

I received my 650 hour diploma in massage therapy from the New Mexico Academy of Healing Arts in 2001 and became board certified shortly after.  

In 2003, I followed on with yoga teacher's training and began teaching yoga at the YMCA and as an independent contractor around the Kalamazoo, MI.  I recall teaching my very first "beginner class" at my own level of fitness.  By the second class, I'd lost half of the beginners.

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I taught yoga in the military, but became disabled during military service and discovered my previous abilities had all but vanished.  

I moved to the UK and attended university, receiving my DipLaw, LLB, and an LLM in Corporate Governance, as well as a mediation certificate.  I had every intention of becoming a solicitor, but my disabilities impeded my efforts at every turn.  

I turned back to yoga and ultimately found Julie Montague's "Whole Self Yoga" classes and wellness retreats.  

I recertified in 2022 with the specific intent to widen accessibility to the disabled community.  Specifically, I'm working on integrating assistance dogs into the practice and am working on starting a Community Interest Company (non profit in the UK) to deliver free training and classes to our disabled community.

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I believe my personal journey with chronic pain and brain trauma are a gift which enable me to deliver a more accessible class to the community that I simply wasn't capable of in my twenties.

I'm keen to offer assistance dog training classes that will allow a yoga practitioner much needed mobility support, along with fun experience for both human and dog.