Sammie has a Masters Degree in Applied Neuroscience from King’s College London and an undergraduate honours degree in Conductive Education. 

As a qualified Conductor, she has been teaching children and adults with neurological disabilities the skills to help improve their daily lives since 2011. She is on the committee for the Professional Conductors Association and is passionate about seeing Conductive Education thrive in the UK.

Having studied L5 Sport and Remedial Massage at Loughborough, in order to help parents and carers who frequently injure themselves, whilst manually handling children. With a special interest in hands-on therapy she decided to travel to the USA in 2013 to train in Craniosacral Fascial Therapy (CFT) and was one of the first practitioners in Europe in this field.

In October 2014 Sam opened Blue Skies Ahead, a multi-disciplinary therapy centre working to help children and adults with a range of neurological difficulties.

With a passion for physical rehabilitation, Sammie has invested in photobiomodulation, hyperbaric oxygen therapy and whole-body vibration plates including the Galileo with over a decade of experience using them. She has also trained in DMI.

Cath’s expertise lies in Early Childhood Development and  is an Advanced Portage worker with over 20 years of experience working with disabled children.  Cath brings a wealth of knowledge and experience teaching parents of  how to support their children’s development.

Cath leads our newborn Craniosacral Fascial Therapy (AKA The Gillespie Approach), she was the first in the UK to specialise with babies have trained in the USA over a decade ago and has since expanded her skills to become a qualified Tongue Tie Assessor and is about to graduate as an Accredited Infant Feeding Coach. 

Cath has further expanded her skill set and into the field of Primitive Reflex Integration, and as a qualified Rhythmic Movement Consultant she works with children and adults. She has seen significant changes with adults struggling with anxiety and other mental health disorders and has now started working with schools and local authorities supporting children with emotional regulation.  

Scott is one of two Movement Lesson Practitioners in the UK. He holds a BA (Hons) in Sport, Health & Exercise from Durham University and a PGCE from MMU and is currently completing a PhD linking intelligence with sports performance.

He spent a decade as a Sports Lecturer & Football Coach working in Sixth Forms, Colleges and Football Clubs across the North West. Where he taught anatomy & physiology, how the body moved and why. He both understands and appreciates movement and what the body is capable of; knowing how to move and how to teach.

Scott’s Movement Lesson story started in March 2017 when his daughter Quinn arrived 15 weeks early via emergency c-section weighing just 710g. He initially took some Movement Lesson courses to help Quinn but once he saw the profound effect it had on her physical development, Scott decided to fully qualify and help other children with disabilities.