I am Maike (pronounced Myka), mother, yoga teacher, author and lived experience speaker.
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I first trained and worked as an actress, but eventually got frustrated with the sporadic nature of the work. I went on to work for Relate as a Couple and Young People’s Counsellor and for charites including, Witness Against Abuse, NAPAC and the Luna Foundation.
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​Training as a yoga teacher felt like a natural progression and an opportunity to integrate my previous fields of work. I am a believer in the healing properties of yoga on a physical and psychological level.
I am a group facilitator for Reigate Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide (SoBS).​
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My book: The Confession – A Journey to Acceptance, charts my childhood growing up with a father with undiagnosed mental health issues who took his own life and is published by Mirror Books
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