Derry CookeI am a certified Hypnotherapist and Hypnosis trainer with a background in nursing and complementary therapies. I maintain a busy practice in Kensington and online. I enjoy teaching skills, strategies and understandings to help people make intentional positive changes in their habitual thoughts, feelings and behaviours. I love seeing the amazing changes people can make using brain-based hypnosis and related mind-change techniques. You can find out more about me and hypnosis on my website: www.derrycooke.com.
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Helen RoseHelen is an avid yogi and enjoys empowering people to develop and sustain their own yoga practice. Since 2013 she has explored various styles of yoga, completed a three-year Hatha Yoga apprenticeship (Yoga Being, Whangarei) and attended workshops with Shandor Remete and Emma Balnaves (Shadow Yoga, Auckland & Adelaide).
Helen is committed to creating supportive and inclusive environments for sharing yoga and is also trained as a Trauma Sensitive Yoga Facilitator (Centre for Trauma and Embodiment, Boston). She has a background in psychology and education and is a registered member with the New Zealand Psychology Board. Together, this informs her passion and ongoing explorations of the benefits of yoga in supporting mental wellness, rehabilitation and personal development. |
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Gayle ForsterGayle's artistic and educational background have existed side by side since she graduated from Ilam University, did her postgraduate in England and Japan and gained her teaching qualification to take this knowledge into teaching and regularly exhibiting. Her teaching posts included Hagley Community College and Canterbury University and Gayle has run many weekend workshops throughout New Zealand. Gayle has had over 24 solo exhibitions with many group and selected exhibitions. Most importantly Gayle has a love of teaching and delights when she sees students take on new knowledge that enables further development of their work. This is her website www.gayleforster-art-studiospacetuition.nz
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Maria AlvarezI’m from Mendoza, Argentina and I arrived in New Zealand in 2005 and have been in Whangarei since 2008. I live with my husband (he is from Argentina too) and our son. We speak Spanish at home so our son can keep the language, he is bilingual. I love New Zealand and I always say that I have two homes! I enjoy teaching Spanish, I’ve been doing this around eight years. I love sharing my experience about learning another language, I know it’s not easy, mainly when you are an adult, but it is possible! I love other people to learn Spanish, that’s why I teach. I have a fabulous and positive personality that engages others.
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David Herbert
As a local commercial beekeeper and a member of the Whangarei Bee Club I have been involved with bees since the earth was flat and have a vast amount of experience and knowledge to share. I periodically offer a practical ‘hands-on’ bee-keeping session with CEW to give people the opportunity to handle a hive (protective gear is available). The aim of the class is to get people ‘up close and personal’ with an actual beehive to see if they have the aptitude to work with bees.
(David is not currently running any sessions)
OUR PEOPLE
Ben Fernmoor
Before leaving high school in the UK, I had to decide between nursing and catering as a career choice. I chose nursing and this has been my vocation for most of my working life so far. But it is not my passion. Food and cooking are the things that get me excited. After a long career as a training instructor with an airline, I finally became a professional cook. It was a role I immediately felt comfortable in and although I'd been the main cook at home for years, being paid to cook for a living was a real thrill.
I love cooking! I love the science that transforms raw ingredients into a meal. But cooking is also an art form. The sight, sounds, tastes and smells of food being cooked and served inspires and stimulates.
Cooking is like music - a limitless abundance of combinations and arrangements. (Ben is not currently tutoring any classes)
I love cooking! I love the science that transforms raw ingredients into a meal. But cooking is also an art form. The sight, sounds, tastes and smells of food being cooked and served inspires and stimulates.
Cooking is like music - a limitless abundance of combinations and arrangements. (Ben is not currently tutoring any classes)