The Core Clapton team is a group of highly motivated individuals who all care deeply about improving the health and wellbeing of the local community, regardless of anyone’s financial situation.
A vision for a pain-free world | It was whilst lecturing at the University College of Osteopathy and working as the principal Osteopath for Goldman Sachs that I decided to set up Core Clapton with the backing of Bobby Vedral, then one of my patients and a Goldman Sachs Partner. He shared my belief that Osteopathy was not just for the wealthy. So began our mission to make Osteopathy accessible to all, and our vision of building healthy, activecommunities, free from pain. Our dedicated team is advancing Osteopathic healthcare by treating holistically and regularly holding seminars for healthcare practitioners and wellness professionals. I am proud that Core Clapton has evolved into a wellness centre, helping nurture a community that is free from pain.
Freyah gained her Masters of Osteopathy in 2015 from the British School of Osteopathy. Since then, she has worked in multi-disciplinary private practice clinics, establishing connections with local GP’s and surgeons. She uses a combination of cranial techniques, soft tissue massage, Medical Acupuncture, and manipulation techniques. Explaining the cause of the problem forms an important part of her treatment, as does advice on home exercises, stretches, nutrition and mindfulness techniques. Also using her additional qualification as a personal trainer which she uses along with clinical Pilates and Osteopathy to maintain progress.
Availability: Tuesday 2:00pm - 8:00pm, Friday 9:00am - 6:00pm
Gosia teaches with warm and genuine energy straight from the heart. She shares her in-depth knowledge of Yoga, which she gained from the motherland India. Whilst practicing classical Hatha Yoga for fourteen years she enriched her teaching with a form of Restorative Yoga under Judith Hanson-Lasater. Her classes are a fine balance between vitality and grounding. She works with a diversity of people with varying needs and abilities. This experience has increased her adaptability and observational skills, helping her students to understand and experience Yoga more clearly.
Availability: Tuesday 19:45 -20:45
Joe qualified with a masters degree from the British School of Osteopathy in 2015. His Osteopathic interest developed following several years competing in endurance sports. Through several injuries, he discovered the profession and has focused his learning on Osteopathy since.
Joe expanded his knowledge and now specialises treatment acute and chronic spinal pain. He combines hands-on skills with bespoke spinal rehabilitation programs to generate complete and long-lasting results. He has additional interests in the diagnosis and treatment of dizziness and vertigo due to the ability of quick results.
Due to the being located in Suffolk, he has begun working remotely during the 2020 pandemic.
Graduating with a master's from the University College of Osteopathy. Lisa is an experienced practitioner having worked in specialist Osteopathic clinics for the pregnant, HIV patients, and the elderly. This has equipped her to deal with complex cases, giving her the ability to apply a holistic approach to treatment, considering lifestyle, mental health, and more.
She believes that the body aims to heal itself. Thus, through thorough case history taking and examinations, she develops a diagnosis and a personalised collaborative patient-practitioner treatment plan to support health.
Availability: Monday 9:00am - 6:00pm, Wednesday 11:00am - 8:00pm, Thursday 9:00am - 6:00pm
Sarah is a qualified level 3 sports massage therapist, level 3 Swedish massage, pregnancy massage and is a student osteopath at the British College of Osteopathic Medicine. She specialises in re-alignment through soft tissue manipulation and has worked with a lot of desk workers suffering from neck and shoulder pain. She uses a range of soft tissue techniques and stretching to help her clients achieve their physical goals. She is captivated by how the body works as a unit and the psychological link to pain in the body.
Availability: As per appointment
Thomas completed a master’s degree in Osteopathy at Swansea University. He explores the interrelations between our physical and emotional health, and the neuroscience behind it, which led to publishing a research study in the renowned journal Frontier in Psychology. After graduating, Thomas joined the medical-equip Medical Volunteer International, providing Osteopathy for asylum-seekers at the Moria refugee camp. This experience strengthened his resolution to end health inequalities as it is often the case.
Availability: Monday 2:00pm - 8:00pm, Tuesday 9:00am - 6:00pm, Friday 9:00am - 6:00pm
During consults, Alexander’s primary aim is to help patients develop an understanding of their body, guiding them through the process of Osteopathic treatment and practical self-management. As part of his training, he has worked in specialist clinics with isolated older adults, the homeless and those living with HIV. He is also a qualified Sports Massage Therapist, a keen motorcyclist and golfer, with a sporting background in competitive level American Football, Rugby and Javelin. He wrote his dissertation on fear-avoidance behaviour in injury recovery; furthering his interest in helping patients avoid developing and the management of chronic pain.
Availability: Wednesday 11:00am - 8:00pm, Friday 9:00am - 6:00pm
Following a career as a professional Basketball player, Anestis graduated from the University College of Osteopathy.
His deep interest in his patients contributes to his desire to include them in their Osteopathic treatment plan to produce a truly holistic and collaborative outcome. His interest in people had contributed to him furthering his education in studying Psychology to integrate into his Osteopathic treatment.
Availability: Thursday 9:00am - 6:00pm
Christa qualified as an Osteopath in 2015 from the British College of Osteopathic Medicine. She acquired a comprehensive understanding of working with the body through a previous international career in professional dance and teaching yoga. She strives to help her patients understand their condition and find coping strategies by offering honest and practical advice. She always informs her patients what the cause of their pain is and what can be done about it. Her Osteopathic sessions involve a combination of manual therapy, Medical acupuncture, Kinesio Taping and exercise prescription as part of a treatment plan, in which the patient's goals are the key driver.
Availability: Currently on Maternity Leave
As an Osteopath she uses a gentle approach, utilizing a range of techniques to meet the needs of each individual patient, through structural and visceral techniques, exercise and advice. Johanna has worked with a variety of patients, supporting them through injuries, chronic pain conditions, pregnancy, old age and general aches and pains. She believes that Osteopathy is for everyone and can be used as a powerful tool to help restore the body’s natural self-healing mechanism, and to support the individual’s recovery to health and empowerment. She uses her qualifications in Deep tissue and Sports massage and interest in yoga and meditation to support this.
Availability: Tuesday 11:00am - 8:00pm, Thursday 9:00am - 6:00pm
Graduating with a master's from the University College of Osteopathy. Lisa is an experienced practitioner having worked in specialist Osteopathic clinics for the pregnant, HIV patients, and the elderly. This has equipped her to deal with complex cases, giving her the ability to apply a holistic approach to treatment, considering lifestyle, mental health, and more.
She believes that the body aims to heal itself. Thus, through thorough case history taking and examinations, she develops a diagnosis and a personalised collaborative patient-practitioner treatment plan to support health.
Availability: Monday 9:00am - 6:00pm, Wednesday 11:00am - 8:00pm, Thursday 9:00am - 6:00pm
Renato moved to London to complete his degree at the University College of Osteopathy. His interest in Osteopathy stems from a desire to help others, particularly engaging physical activity, as a proven method of improving health and wellbeing. He adopts a mainly structural Osteopathic treatment approach whilst understanding this in the context of the patient’s lifestyle and personal goals. He supports this with his actions as having completed the Land’s End to John O’Groats cycle ride in 2015, he still maintains a keen interest in cycling.
Availability: Mondays and Wednesdays 9:00am -6:00pm
Ruby's interest in Osteopathy began after benefiting from treatment as a child, feeding her keen interest in nutrition, fitness and leading an active lifestyle. Ruby aims to enhance her patient's resilience, wellbeing, and ability to live a more active and personally fulfilling life. She is interested in treating acute and chronic patients, working to understand the circumstances that led up to injury and the mechanisms that maintain painful or discomfort. As a member of the British Geriatric Society, having a particular interest in treating older patients.
Availability: Tuesday 11:00am - 8:00pm, Thursday and Friday 9:00am - 6:00pm
Tania graduate with a master's from the University College of Osteopath and uses Osteopathy to help reduced relieve pain, restricted movement and stress. She has particular experience in treating patients in stressful jobs, the performing arts, sports and during pregnancy.
Tania starts by identifying the causes and aggravating factors, then diagnoses the underlying issue. She works in partnership with the patient to understand their experience. Treatment consists of exercise as needed and a combination of manipulations, massage, Medical acupuncture, Kinesio taping, Lymphatic drainage, Cranial, Visceral and Structural Osteopathy techniques.
Availability: Monday 2:00pm - 8:00pm
Thomas completed a master’s degree in Osteopathy at Swansea University. He explores the interrelations between our physical and emotional health, and the neuroscience behind it, which led to publishing a research study in the renowned journal Frontier in Psychology. After graduating, Thomas joined the medical-equip Medical Volunteer International, providing Osteopathy for asylum-seekers at the Moria refugee camp. This experience strengthened his resolution to end health inequalities as it is often the case.
Availability: Monday 2:00pm - 8:00pm, Tuesday 9:00am - 6:00pm, Friday 9:00am - 6:00pm
Australian born Artist and Session Musician Dion Palumbo. Palumbo worked in the music scenes of Liverpool & Manchester and achieved a Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy. In 2010 a Degree in Music Production & Arranging @ LCCM London led to facilitating music workshops therapeutically in dementia & mental health centres. Dion was invited to lead Core Clapton's Social Singing group in 2019 focused on community and boosting morale via singing popular classics.
COVID 2020 has galvanised Social Singing into a weekly mutual support group also using tech such as WhatsApp and Zoom
Availability: Friday 11:00am -12:00pm
Francesca has always taken part in sport or dance since she was a child in her native Italy; from ballet to volleyball. When she came to London, in the early '90s, she continued going to gyms for weight training and there discovered Yoga and Pilates. Initially, she was really drawn to yoga, which she had been practicing for over 25 years. Then, Francesca's first child was born. Her terrible sciatica which left me on crutches for a month. Her Acupuncturist suggested Pilates, the pain went away and she got back to who she was! Francesca then started to really get into Pilates, to the point of training to be an instructor, and here she is!
Availability: Monday 19:45 - 20:45
Georgia has explored many styles of Yoga and meditation over 25 years and trained in Vinyasa Flow at Yoga on the Lane in 2018-19 with Naomi Annand and Adam Hocke. She truly believes Yoga can be accessible for everybody – regardless of background, age or mobility. From the physical benefits to the subtle and transformative powers, Yoga has helped her recover from injury, given her a real appreciation of the body, and enabled her to navigate emotions, anxiety and the challenges of modern life! She loves Hackney and has lived here with her family most of her life.
Availability: Friday 7:00 -8:00
Gosia teaches with warm and genuine energy straight from the heart. She shares her in-depth knowledge of Yoga, which she gained from the motherland India. Whilst practicing classical Hatha Yoga for fourteen years she enriched her teaching with a form of Restorative Yoga under Judith Hanson-Lasater. Her classes are a fine balance between vitality and grounding. She works with a diversity of people with varying needs and abilities. This experience has increased her adaptability and observational skills, helping her students to understand and experience Yoga more clearly.
Availability: Tuesday 19:45 -20:45
Helen’s passion is mindful, creative, and intuitive movement that unites the body, mind, and soul. She aims to create a space where all can connect inwards and explore being present in their bodies. Classes are thoughtfully sequenced, playfully encouraging practitioners to develop an embodied practice that integrates strength and mobility to allow breath and energy to flow. Helen completed her 200hr YTT with Stretch London in 2017 and has since trained in ‘Embodied Anatomy’ with Mollie McClelland Morris and Chakra Mandala Vinyasa with The Yoga People.
Availability: Wednesday 19:45 -20:45
Having spent 15 years practicing and studying a variety of Yoga disciplines, she eventually completed her YTT 200 hours in Mysore in 2016. Since then, she has continued to study and practice of Yoga, meditation and sound healing. Lindsay’s classes combine traditional Hatha principles with empowering breath-led flow. Expect a balanced and mindful practice incorporating fluid movement, strong asana (posture), longer held stretches and relaxation. Through weaving pranayama (breath-work), meditation and elements of Yoga philosophy through her classes. She strives inclusive for all levels by offering variations for postures and encouraging rest when it’s required.
Availability: Monday 6:30pm-7:30pm
Mike has been practicing Yoga for over 25 years and teaching professionally for 5 years. He qualified in and teaches multi-style Yoga. Most classes are a medium-paced mix of Ashtanga-based Flow and Hatha Yoga with occasional Iyengar-style focus on a particular asana. Mike has personally experienced the amazing improvements in general health, posture, mobility, and calm that regular practice can bring and is dedicated to sharing these benefits as widely as possible.
Availability: Tuesday 18:30 - 19:30
Rosie was born and raised in East London and started practicing yoga when she was a teenager. She is interested in ways in which yoga can bring about a deeper and more positive connection to our bodies, each other, and the world around us. Her pregnancy and postnatal classes give students a chance to move through strong but mindful flows, learn positions and breath techniques to support birth and postpartum recovery, and connect with each other!
Availability: Parent and Baby Yoga Monday 10:30 - 11:30
Pregnancy Yoga Tuesday 17:00 - 18:00
Simone’s classes are light-hearted, and playful, but fundamentally grounding and supportive. Her teaching leads students to self-inquiry and provides a welcoming space for students to get to know their bodies. A dedicated student herself, she trained in Ashtanga and Hatha Yoga in Rishikesh, India in 2017 and has continued studying ever since, completing an apprenticeship as well as specialised training courses on Yoga and Depression, Yoga for Runners, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Injury & Pain Management. She is also a personal development coach; like her teaching, her work aims to empower and elevate.
Availability : Wednesday 7:00 - 8:00
Sophie-Rose developed a passion for performing from a young age and began training in Music, Dance, and Theater Performance. She went on to study Performing Arts at Andrew Lloyd Webber's Arts Educational School where she really learned her craft, going on to perform worldwide in various music projects. However, when she attended her first Pilates class 4 years ago, her Pilates journey really began. Thereafter she qualified as a Classical Pilates practitioner. What Sophie-Rose loves most is motivating others in their practice, showing them that they can really achieve more than they set out to physically & mentally.
Availability: Wednesday 18:30 -19:30
The journey of yoga has let me inside my heart. Externally it's taken me to sit numerous Vipassana retreats, spend time living in caves performing Tapas (Yogic practices), traveling across India and living in the Himalayas. I also spent time with numerous ashrams. I have learned from many teachers, Gurus, and Monks from Buddhist, Hindu, and Vedic backgrounds. For years of I pursued a material life; not knowing who I really was and got lost in a haze of drugs and alcohol. The time then came where I had to take a look at myself and admit this path wasn’t working. It led me to question everything which led my path to Yoga.
Availability: Thursday 7:00 - 8:00
Carmen was the Founder and Manager Director of The Therapies Garden Ltd working in partnership with Children’s Centres, Schools, Early Intervention, Community Psychology Services, CAMHS, Community Midwives and Health professionals.
Carmen runs a range of workshops and projects in Yoga, Pilates and Meditation for children with special needs, babies and through the journey of pregnancy and labour.
She offers baby massage, one to one massage for babies with complex needs and Reflexology and Metamorphic massage for children with Autism and behavioural problems.
Availability: As per appointment
Emilio specialises in Acupuncture & Chinese Herbs. He has worked for the Therapies' Garden for seven years, running his own projects including acupuncture and Tui Na massage for families. Emilio is a member of the Acupuncture Society and holds a BSc (Hons) in TCM Acupuncture.
Aside from this, he holds a Diploma in Chinese Herbal Medicine and one in Tui Na Massage. His areas of expertise include ear acupuncture, moxibustion and cupping.During a full consultation, Emilio will listen to all your health concerns, taking full details of your health history. He will carry out a simple tongue and pulse examination to make a full Chinese Medicine diagnosis.
Availability: As per appointment
Sara completed her training from Chicago College of Healing Art in Chicago, IL (USA) in 2005 in massage and further training in Structural Therapy in 2006 and have since practiced part-time in conjunction with a career in Arts administration.
Additional trainings in Shiatsu and various energy healing modalities allow Sara to combine the many dimensions of health and wellbeing in her treatment, offering alternative techniques when required. Sara’s treatments aim at flow, balance and a deep state of relaxation.
Availability: As per appointment
Sarah is a qualified level 3 sports massage therapist, level 3 Swedish massage, pregnancy massage and is a student osteopath at the British College of Osteopathic Medicine. She specialises in re-alignment through soft tissue manipulation and has worked with a lot of desk workers suffering from neck and shoulder pain. She uses a range of soft tissue techniques and stretching to help her clients achieve their physical goals. She is captivated by how the body works as a unit and the psychological link to pain in the body.
Availability: As per appointment
Simon's love of yoga and accompanying philosophy drove his study of the effects of bodywork over the last seven years and current studies of Osteopathy.
He aims to provide a deeply relaxing massage to reduce stress and muscle tightness to improve range of motion. Simon only uses chemical-free, natural, vegan massage oil and has recently started offering the option of a CBD infusion. His qualifications include Deep tissue, Yoga and a Diploma in Vegan and Vegetarian Nutritional Therapy.
Availability: Wednesday 8:00pm - 9:00pm, Thursday 5:00pm - 9:00pm, Saturday 8:00am - 1:00pm, Sunday 3:00pm - 8:00pm
A vision for a pain-free world | It was whilst lecturing at the University College of Osteopathy and working as the principal Osteopath for Goldman Sachs that I decided to set up Core Clapton with the backing of Bobby Vedral, then one of my patients and a Goldman Sachs Partner. He shared my belief that Osteopathy was not just for the wealthy. So began our mission to make Osteopathy accessible to all, and our vision of building healthy, activecommunities, free from pain. Our dedicated team is advancing Osteopathic healthcare by treating holistically and regularly holding seminars for healthcare practitioners and wellness professionals. I am proud that Core Clapton has evolved into a wellness centre, helping nurture a community that is free from pain.
Emilie is passionate about health and driven by the desire to improve health outcomes and customer experience and access to care for patients. She brings 10 years professional experience in the healthcare industry across a variety of consulting, change management, community building and strategy roles. Together with the Core Clapton Team and Board of Trustees, she is excited to build a community where everyone has the right to a pain free life.
Julia Jones joined as a trustee to Core Clapton in November 2020. Having been raised in Clapton with her Caribbean heritage. So, it is humbling for her to give back to this same community that raised her, in a trustee capacity at CORE. Julia's Doctorate in Regenerative Medicine - Skeletal Muscle from University College London and current work as a software developer in the division of the global market at a global investment bank in the city of London provide her with transferable skills and knowledge to help shape the future of CORE.
Julia also has her own positive change social enterprise, as a not-for-profit structure supporting diversity, equity and inclusion and is committed to making a lasting and impactful difference here at Core, to ensure that all are welcomed and valued.
Peter has been a trustee since February 2020. Born and raised in Newham, East London, Peter is an IT Director for a large international bank in Canary Wharf and has held a number of senior management positions across similar blue chip companies. Passionate about driving positive change, Peter focuses on providing innovative IT solutions to meet the needs of the business, optimizing organizational processes and driving a culture of continuous improvement.
Through personal experiences, Peter understands how deliberating musculoskeletal injuries can be and the benefits that osteopathy and wellness can provide, and feels strongly that it should be accessible to all.
Verity has been our trustee with a focus on HR and health and safety since December 2019. She started her career in 2004 in community development for a built heritage charity, before working in external communications in the public sector, event management in the university sector, and is now an HR professional for a leading specialist insurance broker where she is responsible for learning and development provision worldwide.
A keen long distance runner, Verity was motivated to volunteer for Core following long term back pain and running injuries which showed her the importance of hands-on treatment and self-management to manage pain, and her position of privilege to comfortably access this help while others cannot without the work of charities like Core.
