Paola Ceccarelli
Osteopath and functional medicine practitioner
Ms. Paola Ceccarelli is trained in Functional Medicine in the prestigious Institute of Functional Medicine
As well as being experienced osteopath whose approach to better musculoskeletal health blends elements of osteopathy, medical acupuncture, yoga, functional medicine, complex homeopathy, psychosomatic bodywork and nutrition.
Paola grew up in Milan and moved to London to study Law and qualify as a Lawyer and study for an MSc in Eu Law and Economics. However, after working in Brussels for the European Commission Humanitarian Office, focusing on health programs, she started to develop her fascination with health both at global and individual level and decided to take some time off to deepen her practice of yoga and health studies.
She has been practicing yoga for over 20 years and qualified as an International Yoga alliance certified yoga teacher ( 500 hours) in 2002 after completing a one year full time yoga teacher training with Yogaarts in Byron Bay, Australia.
While continuing with her yoga practice and yoga teaching she qualified as an osteopath with a BSc ( Ost) from the British School of Osteopathy in London. She completed various postgraduate training , including cranial osteopathy, functional rehabilitation, nutrition, visceral osteopathy.
She is also trained in western medical acupuncture and has deepened her understating of the complex connection between anatomy , physiology , mind, and emotions by qualifying as a Bioregulatory Medicine ( Functional Medicine ) Practitioner under the training of qualified medical doctors at Biomedic in London . Paola also holds a Master in Population Health and Global Epidemiology from the London School of Economics, London.
Since 2013 she has also been teaching the Anatomy and Physiology Module for Aditya Yoga teacher Training and since 2018 for the YogaCampus Teacher Training Programme