ABOUT

KATHRYN WILLDER 

Kathryn holds a BA in Psychology (1984), MA Analytical Psychology (1988) and a PGCE in Primary Education QTS EYPS (2007). She is a qualified yoga teacher RYT200 (2016), meditation teacher Cert.iRest (2019) and iRest certification mentor.

Kathryn has been a student and advocate of yoga and meditation for most of her life.  She became fascinated by yoga as a teenager and trained in zen meditation when she was a student in London. After completing an MA in Analytical Psychology, she facilitated the initial provision of yoga and meditation classes in prisons throughout the UK with the Prison Phoenix Trust in Oxford.

Kathryn founded Time For A Little Rest Ltd in 2017 where she offers a unique blend of writing practice, Non-sleep Deep Rest (NSDR), yoga, and iRest meditation.

“I especially love iRest meditation because it provides a systematic way of combining cognitions of insight and awareness with feelings of joy and ease to achieve lasting wellbeing.”

Kathryn also enjoys hiking and seaside holidays with her husband, children, grandson and springer spaniel.

Kathryn happily mentors and contributes to a variety of charities and social enterprises, including JabuMind Self-Care app for Teachers, THRIVE INSIDE, Cybermindz and The iRest Institute.