Rosie is a contemplative educator who offers workshops, courses and 1:1 coaching in a variety of mindfulness-related practices. She has taught mindfulness to staff and students at several universities, as well as teaching at businesses and charities. She first learned to meditate at (what was then) a tiny Buddhist Centre in Brighton in 1996 (aged 22) where she developed a love for exploring contemplative practices and the ways they support joy and open-heartedness in daily life. Over the next decade, Rosie spent her time travelling and learning from a variety of meditation teachers and traditions in India, Australia and the UK. Her commitment to daily contemplative practice has continued for the past 25 years.

In 2001 Rosie lived and worked for a year as a manager at Gaia House, the UK’s largest silent retreat centre, where she was fortunate enough to meet and learn from many excellent teachers and colleagues. Since this time, she has continued to attend regular retreats and trainings with teachers linked to Gaia House and the Insight Meditation tradition. In 2017 Rosie completed an intensive one-year mindfulness teacher training with the Mindfulness Training Institute, taught by Martin Aylward and Mark Coleman. She was inspired by their approach and desire to offer mindfulness courses that went deeper than stress-reduction and wellbeing; this training teaches how to support individuals in cultivating more wisdom, kindness and compassion. In order to deepen this learning journey, Rosie has also just accepted a place on the 2024-2025 Community Dharma Leader programme at Gaia House, starting in February 2024.

Rosie has worked in Further and Higher education for the past 20 years and is very passionate about good learning experiences and started working in 2023 as a Learning Designer for Ding. In particular, she is interested in the ways that contemplative practices can support teaching and learning. During her Post Graduate Certificate Teacher Training in 2014, she started researching the ways that walking, as a contemplative practice, can support creative thinking and learning. Shortly after this research began, she was delighted to find that this was a growing field of research internationally: Contemplative Pedagogy. At a recent post at The University of Winchester she met many like-minded educators and became assistant director of the ‘Winchester Institute for Contemplative Education and Practice’ (WICEP). In 2022, on behalf of WICEP, she facilitated an introductory online course in Contemplative Pedagogy for a group of internationally-based academics, and now continues to be a core member of the steering group for the UK-based Contemplative Pedagogy Network. This network of educators organises regular events, webinars and conferences that explore the ways that contemplative practices can support students and educators in creating deeper and healthier learning experiences.

Rosie is based in Hampshire and also works part-time at the University of Chichester as a Specialist Mentor where she often shares contemplative practices with her students to support their learning journeys.