We manage a community space CIC where health and wellness are foremost and where individuals support each other in personal and emotional development.
At Shanti Bee love and respect for ourselves and each other are our guiding principles.
Shanti Bee does not aim to make lots of money, our aims lie in community growth, individual experiences, personal and collective development and community collaborations.
For this reason, volunteers are at the core of what we do and who we are.
You may see some of these faces at the centre, others support from afar.
Our Directors & Volunteers
Rosie has been a Director of Shanti Bee since 2016. She is the Manager of the centre, a qualified yoga teacher, reflexologist, masseuse and trained as L2 councillor.
Outside of Shanti Bee she creative directs festivals.
She’s been teaching yoga since 2012 and is an advocate for yoga for better mental health.
Derek joined us at the start of Summer 2024, he’s at the centre once a week now helping us keep the place keen and it’s a huge help!
It gets much dirtier that you might expect all those bods in and out.
Derek also volunteers over at the much loved Star and Shadow Cinema, helps friends with dog care and has a family he speaks fondly of.
Viola volunteers at the centre as and when she can. As a trainee- Mindfulness practitioner her passion lies in facilitating, and hosting – so you will often catch Viola as social events. She support our accounts and administration.
Fay is our most recent volunteer! (2023) She is an established web designer and all round business development person based in Chester le Street and will be running the Shanti bee site from now on!
Chris has been with Shanti Bee since 2020. He helped set up this website and moved Shanti into the world of tech during lockdown! He continues to volunteer on ad-hoc projects.
Lauren has been a Director of Shanti Bee since 2016. Her Gemini characteristics make her a super social bee, which took her to London, where she currently is living.
Her experience in child development, holistic health in children and yoga drew her to supporting the development, which she continues to do today.
I am delighted to be part of the integral team at Shanti Bee, my background was originally in scientific research, having gained a Ph.D in molecular biology and oncology I became disillusioned with the corporate world and its focus on profits and sought a more holistic approach to health and wellbeing. I decided to retrain in a variety of holistic therapies and I now use my scientific background to work as a self employed Ayurvedic clinician, offering tailored herbal prescriptions, dietary and lifestyle advice and therapies, I also offer bespoke healing as a sound therapist, shamanic practitioner/ energy healer and fitness instructor, I also have a passion for music and I am one of the directors and resident DJ at the North Easts biggest sober rave Conscious Clubbing.
I truly believe in a holistic approach to healing and thrive on bringing grounded, evidence based scientific principles and theory to alternative therapies and seek to raise the vibration of humanity at every opportunity!
Shanti Bees values are so aligned with my own it is an absolute pleasure to offer this wonderful team support where I can as centre manager. I really look forward to meeting everyone and please don’t hesitate to contact me with any enquiries relating to hiring the space, classes or general enquiries and I’ll do my best to assist!