Sophie Nevill, M.A.
The Journey
After a few difficulties around health and relationships as a teenager, Sophie decided to learn meditation at the age of 18. Since this time Sophie has now been meditating daily for over 12 years. So inspired and encouraged by the incredible life-changing benefits of meditation, and also seeing a great need for a deeper sense of peace and serenity amongst her peers, Sophie started teaching meditation at the University of Edinburgh when she was undertaking her degree. Since this time, Sophie has been teaching meditation to many people across various cities around the world.
Although teaching meditation has always been Sophie’s greatest passion, she also started to find that it wasn’t always enough to help her students deal with, and integrate, life’s difficulties and challenges. Subsequently in order to gain a greater understanding of the human body, mind and soul, Sophie undertook a full-time, 4 year training and Masters program in Transpersonal Psychology and Mindfulness-based Counselling. Now practising as a fully qualified transpersonal psychotherapist, Sophie has a much vaster and deeper understanding of the human psyche and spirit, and is subsequently able to fully support her clients in navigating, and integrating the inevitable ups and downs of life in a healthy and grounded way.
After a few difficulties around health and relationships as a teenager, Sophie decided to learn meditation at the age of 18. Since this time Sophie has now been meditating daily for over 12 years. So inspired and encouraged by the incredible life-changing benefits of meditation, and also seeing a great need for a deeper sense of peace and serenity amongst her peers, Sophie started teaching meditation at the University of Edinburgh when she was undertaking her degree. Since this time, Sophie has been teaching meditation to many people across various cities around the world.
Although teaching meditation has always been Sophie’s greatest passion, she also started to find that it wasn’t always enough to help her students deal with, and integrate, life’s difficulties and challenges. Subsequently in order to gain a greater understanding of the human body, mind and soul, Sophie undertook a full-time, 4 year training and Masters program in Transpersonal Psychology and Mindfulness-based Counselling. Now practising as a fully qualified transpersonal psychotherapist, Sophie has a much vaster and deeper understanding of the human psyche and spirit, and is subsequently able to fully support her clients in navigating, and integrating the inevitable ups and downs of life in a healthy and grounded way.
Alongside this journey and training Sophie has been undertaking her own ever-deepening meditation practise and inner self-work, which has led her to have a number of very profound and deep Awakening experiences. At the age of 23 the ‘self’ spontaneously and completely dissolved and she experienced herself as Every-thing and No-thing. She was then shown all her past lives in concordance, very much like a movie screen, and for the next few weeks was able to see and experience first-hand how connecting to and staying in alignment with this inherent infinite ‘impersonal’ Void of Everything – her ‘personal’ thoughts and prayers would manifest almost instantly into form.
The profound affect of these few weeks has never left Sophie and her journey since then has been an ever-deepening stabilisation and embodiment of her true essential Being within her specific human personal-reality. This deep Awakening also led her to have a very intense ‘dark night of the soul’ that lasted many years where the personal ‘self’ was brought more strongly to the light of conscious to be seen, healed and integrated in the unconditional Love of Awareness.
Through these experiences, and many more, Sophie has become more acutely and deeply aware of her own true Self, beyond, and within the conditioned mind. Recognising and deeply experiencing how God is both transcendent, and within all things. More and more Sophie has been able to experience this inner stillness, profound peace and spacious Awareness permeate her day-to-day life. Recognising her essential 'No-thingness' and also her very real earthly manifested personal ‘self’ and story.
Sophie aims to hold this level of Awareness with every client she sees. To gently and compassionately hold both her clients ‘story’, and their infinite timeless Being beyond their story, without bypassing either. It is Sophie's experience that when life is seen and experienced more and more from this place of 'Being’, the world starts to become a much lighter, easier and more fulfilling place. From this deeper stabilisation in Presence, one can start to see their story and all their humanity, both the ‘light’ and the ‘shadow’ from a higher perspective and thus move towards it with greater acceptance, love, forgiveness and compassion. It is Sophie's belief that only from this place of compassion and understanding for both ourselves and others, can we truly start to come into a greater level of wholeness and integration within ourselves, and ultimately step ever-more fully into our true unique embodiment of Self that we were always destined to be.
Over the years Sophie has worked with a wide range of ages stemming from 6 to 98 years old. Through her experience she has gained a very strong faith in the inherent wisdom of each client to know what they need in every given moment. She thus aims to create a deeply safe space for her clients to find their own inner security, strength and wisdom throughout each session. She believe therapists are merely guides to help hold a compassionate and non-judgmental container for their clients to connect ever more deeply to their own 'inner therapist/teacher/parent'. Sophie has substantial experience working with anxiety, trauma, grief, low self-esteem, spiritual challenges, family and relationship issues, life purpose difficulties and existential crises'.
Furthermore, throughout her life Sophie has had various health issues and physical pain difficulties. This has led her on a journey to study the mind/body connection in great depth. Her passion for healing both on the physical and non-physical realms has led her to focus more specifically on the role of emotions in disease and learning various ways to help both herself and her clients connect to the deeper wisdom and message of their illness and pain. Subsequently Sophie also specialises in seeing clients who may have chronic health and/or pain issues and aspires to help support her clients in compassionately navigating, and finding the higher reason behind this sometimes arduous journey.
The profound affect of these few weeks has never left Sophie and her journey since then has been an ever-deepening stabilisation and embodiment of her true essential Being within her specific human personal-reality. This deep Awakening also led her to have a very intense ‘dark night of the soul’ that lasted many years where the personal ‘self’ was brought more strongly to the light of conscious to be seen, healed and integrated in the unconditional Love of Awareness.
Through these experiences, and many more, Sophie has become more acutely and deeply aware of her own true Self, beyond, and within the conditioned mind. Recognising and deeply experiencing how God is both transcendent, and within all things. More and more Sophie has been able to experience this inner stillness, profound peace and spacious Awareness permeate her day-to-day life. Recognising her essential 'No-thingness' and also her very real earthly manifested personal ‘self’ and story.
Sophie aims to hold this level of Awareness with every client she sees. To gently and compassionately hold both her clients ‘story’, and their infinite timeless Being beyond their story, without bypassing either. It is Sophie's experience that when life is seen and experienced more and more from this place of 'Being’, the world starts to become a much lighter, easier and more fulfilling place. From this deeper stabilisation in Presence, one can start to see their story and all their humanity, both the ‘light’ and the ‘shadow’ from a higher perspective and thus move towards it with greater acceptance, love, forgiveness and compassion. It is Sophie's belief that only from this place of compassion and understanding for both ourselves and others, can we truly start to come into a greater level of wholeness and integration within ourselves, and ultimately step ever-more fully into our true unique embodiment of Self that we were always destined to be.
Over the years Sophie has worked with a wide range of ages stemming from 6 to 98 years old. Through her experience she has gained a very strong faith in the inherent wisdom of each client to know what they need in every given moment. She thus aims to create a deeply safe space for her clients to find their own inner security, strength and wisdom throughout each session. She believe therapists are merely guides to help hold a compassionate and non-judgmental container for their clients to connect ever more deeply to their own 'inner therapist/teacher/parent'. Sophie has substantial experience working with anxiety, trauma, grief, low self-esteem, spiritual challenges, family and relationship issues, life purpose difficulties and existential crises'.
Furthermore, throughout her life Sophie has had various health issues and physical pain difficulties. This has led her on a journey to study the mind/body connection in great depth. Her passion for healing both on the physical and non-physical realms has led her to focus more specifically on the role of emotions in disease and learning various ways to help both herself and her clients connect to the deeper wisdom and message of their illness and pain. Subsequently Sophie also specialises in seeing clients who may have chronic health and/or pain issues and aspires to help support her clients in compassionately navigating, and finding the higher reason behind this sometimes arduous journey.
"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience"
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Certifications
- Masters in Clinical Mental Health with a concentration in Transpersonal Psychology and Mindfulness Based Counselling - University of Naropa, Boulder, CO (3 years, full time)
- Foundation in Transpersonal Counselling - Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy, London (1 year, full time)
- Meditation Teacher (11 years experience)
- Children's Meditation Teacher - Completed course with CalmKids, London
- Certified Angel Card Reader (10 years experience)
- Reiki Healer, Level 1 and 2 (10 years experience)