Gail Aylward

Gail has been meditating for many years, starting in 1994 with a 10 day silent retreat in India, Bodhgaya, the sacred place where the Buddha got enlightened. 

Two years earlier, whilst living and working in London and pregnant with her first child, Gail attended her first Hatha Yoga class in London, and felt straight away the benefits of this practice. 

She has continued to practice both meditation and yoga and in 2009 was certified by the British School of Yoga. As part of her training, she studied with Judith Lasater and became a relax and renew instructor, and saw how important relaxation is in ones life.

In 2005 she co-founded Moulin de Chaves meditation retreat centre, S W France. The same year she became a student of The Diamond Approach, an embodied practice cultivating presence whilst using the art of inquiry. Deeply inspired by these teachings, she followed their 10 year teacher training, and in 2021 Gail was ordained as a Teacher/ Minister in the Diamond Approach school.

Married to meditation teacher Martin Aylward, and with two adult children, Gail  understands well the challenges of raising a family, having a job, being in a relationship and how the past can influence the present