WELCOME I AM RUTH
We need space to come back to our SELF. Time to notice our habitual patterns. Kindness to remember who we truly are.
My story
How we move directly impacts how we think and feel about ourselves. Ruth has been exploring this professionally for over 30 years as a movement specialist. Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner, Yoga teacher, YogaBirth Senior Tutor and former dancer /choreographer, she brings a rich, dimensional approach to working with people.
Ruth is Co-Director of the YogaBirth Training Course, and is on the faculty of the London Yoga Teacher Training Group, preparing the yoga teachers of the future.
She co-created the Bliss Space (2006), an online community supporting mothers to celebrate their motherhood experience. Ruth was one of the founders of Motherwise, the Israel Natural Childbirth Centre (1990), the first educational centre of its kind in the country and a catalyst for change and choice in childbirth for women in Israel (where she lived for 20 years.)
She has been following her passion supporting and empowering women through their life journey for over 30 years.
During her career as a dancer Ruth performed and choreographed in Europe and Israel. She was a visiting lecturer on the dance faculty at Eastbourne University and Dance Foundation Course Hammersmith Education Centre. (1987-1989)
Ruth is mum to 2 incredible human beings, who keep her awake, on her toes…and to whom she is eternally grateful. In her free time, she enjoys dancing, music, walking (on the beach in particular), cooking and gathering around good food with loved ones. She loves tending her flowers, is entranced by all things pomegranates, and all things cashmere. She lives in Sussex UK.
Ruth loves thinking “outside the box” and believes as we come home to ourselves with kindness and curiosity, change is always possible.
A life learner in search of wonderment
I listen
I observe
I create
I empower
I build confidence
I respect
I support
I think
I help
I believe
I know change and transformation can
be fun
MY MISSION
To create learning experiences with CURIOSITY, KINDNESS and GENTLENESS at their core.
To delight again in DISCOVERY
And in the magic of remembering our true SELF.
To EFFORT less and MOVE more.
Movement is life
other qualifications and letters I have after my name
• 3 Step Rewind Programme Traumatic Birth Recovery Programme
• I have completed the Playing Big Facilitators Training with Tara Mohr and am an Alumnae of the Playing Big leadership program for women (Bless you Tara!)
• Humanistic Yoga Course (Peter Blackaby)
• Birthing From Within Introduction
• Birth Trauma Training (Sheila Kitzinger)
• B. Mus. Rubin Academy of Music and Dance Jerusalem
• The Roehampton Institute B.Ed in Dance and Education
“Ruth Polden has a natural gift of being able to gently guide you whilst encouraging your mind to retain a light curiosity about how your body feels.”