Julia Davis is a circle holding trainer, yoga teacher trainer and mentor & senior yoga teacher. She is founder of Yoga Teachers Forum an organisation that provides CPD/CET training, business support and mentoring for yoga teachers. She runs a wide variety of circle holding training courses and also trains yoga teachers in Yoga Nidra & Perimenopause. She has written articles for Spectrum Magazine, The Menopause Exchange and the Yoga Teachers Forum E-Magazine. Julia has spoken on a number of podcasts including The Embodiment Podcast and Life an Inside Job on topics ranging from Menopause to Circle Holding. She lives in London, UK. Tessa Venuti Sanderson, PhD, has been running talking circles for nine years, including at trainings, retreats, and festivals. She is a senior yoga teacher and trainer and she co-facilitates the Yoga Nidra and Circle Holding course with Julia Davis.

She has written a number of books for women and children and she has written articles for Juno, Green Parenting, OM Yoga, and Mother & Baby. Tessa has spoken at a number of organisations and conferences, specifically on perinatal health. She lives in Reading, UK.