

Nelum Jayakody
Nelum Jayakody is a passionate and dedicated teacher
Nelum Jayakody is a passionate and dedicated teacher of Mindfulness eager to help others experience the life enhancing benefits of mindfulness meditation. Having completed the relevant teacher training (outlined below), together with extensive personal practice, Nelum is fully qualified to teach Mindfulness programmes for both adults and children. Sri Lankan born Nelum, a former banker, discovered Mindfulness in 2008.
After years working in a highly stressful environment and having faced difficult personal circumstances, Nelum is no stranger to the effect that stress and suffering can have on the body. Diagnosed with fibromyalgia and chronic stomach pain, the adoption of a mindfulness lifestyle, as advocated by the MBSR programme, led to the almost complete disappearance of physical symptoms. This was the turning point in her life; leaving the corporate life behind, Nelum embarked on her mindfulness teaching journey.
During her free time, Nelum continues to deepen her expertise of Mindfulness by attending regular Vipassana retreats. Helping children who face poverty and crisis is a cause close to Nelum’s heart and she is involved in projects to improve their life chances and well-being. Such projects include responding to the needs of those displaced in the aftermath of the Tsunami of 2004 and ongoing work with terminally ill children in Sri Lanka.







Qualifications, training and experience in Mindfulness
- Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Teacher Training
Bangor University Wales – CMPR
- Trained to teach Paws B Mindfulness programme
Mindfulness in Schools Project, UK
- Trained to teach . Breathe
Mindfulness in Schools Project, UK
- Trained to teach .B (dot be) Mindfulness programme
Mindfulness in Schools Project, UK
- Higher National Certificate in Counselling
- Suicide Awareness Training
Zero Suicide Alliance
- 4 day Mindfulness retreat by Thick Nhat Hanh
University of Nottingham, England – 2008
- 4 day Mindfulness retreat by Ajahn Brahmavamso
Frankfurt, Germany – 2008
- 10 day Vipassana Silent Retreats
Dhamma Dipa Herefordshire, England
- Completed the Inner Engineering Programme with sadhguru
Isha Foundation in London 2019


Nicola Leslie-Gallagher
Nicola currently teaches in further education
Nicola currently teaches in further education; her focus is to help students try to maintain a more peaceful lifestyle through yoga and mindfulness. She currently teaches the mindful movement session on the 8-week MBSR course as well as the silent retreats. Nicola is qualified to teach mindfulness for young children.



Qualifications, training and experience in Mindfulness
- Trained to teach .B (dot be) Mindfulness programme
Mindfulness in Schools Project, UK