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Born in North Wales, Penelope’s first love was the natural world, and she studied Biological Sciences at Cambridge university. She came to the Alexander technique in 1983, when she became very stressed and tense while doing PhD field work. The technique helped immediately, and she left science to train, qualifying in 1989. After London, she lived in Sheffield for 14 years, teaching the technique and running a natural health centre, then moved to County Clare in Ireland for 19 years. In 2024 she relocated to Edinburgh and available for private lessons both in person and online.

Penelope’s work crosses a lot of boundaries. She struggled with ME (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) for thirty years, from which she is now fully recovered. Her return to health has involved exploring many health directions, physical, physiological, psychological and spiritual. She is trained in Reiki, nutrition training (dip. ION) and some Craniosacral therapy and Somato Emotional Release. She is a Certified Havening Techniques® Practitioner. She has also developed methods of her own, to integrate emotional work and Alexander work, particularly to do with emotional clearing and nurturing, better boundaries and grounding. She will often look for the emotional root behind physical pain, and uses fast methods to clear it. As she works, she always asks the question: what does this individual need right now to move forwards?

She taught in London for two years, and studied further with Miss Margaret Goldie, who had worked alongside Alexander for thirty years, and was probably the closest person to him. Miss Goldie completely revolutionised her understanding of the technique, particularly learning to come to quiet from which the technique can come about naturally in daily life, for stress reduction & clear choice making, and for natural breathing for freedom, and body strength. She also teaches Miss Goldie’s understanding to Alexander technique teachers worldwide.

Penelope’s book The Alexander technique, twelve fundamentals of integrated movement was published in March 2021. The book expands on Penelope’s understanding of the work that stemmed from her lessons with Miss Goldie. It  provides many self-help expoorations and gives up-to-date anatomical and neurological understanding of Alexander’s work. Penelope is currently teaching Alexander technique teachers internationally online with this work, alongside private lessons. She is currently writing a second book on how the Alexander techniqiue really evolved, and will be developing online courses around this.