Meet the Team

Dr Haleema Sheikh

MBBS BSc MRCGP

Dr Haleema Sheikh graduated from St George’s Hospital Medical School in 1995. She held a wide range of hospital posts including Cardiovascular Medicine, Rheumatology, Gastroenterology, Haematology, care of the elderly, Psychiatry, and Obstetrics and Gynaecology before qualifying as a GP in 2005. Particular areas of interest include women’s health and family planning.

Qualifications, Training & Memberships:

BSc Clinical Neuroscience, University of London
MB BS, St George’s Hospital Medical School
MRCP, Royal College of Physicians
College of General Practitioners
Prescribing Lifestyle Medicine, (Royal College of GPs accredited)
Applying Functional Medicine to Clinical Practice, Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM)
Membership of the Royal College Of General Practitioners (RCGP)
Member of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

Dr Yen Yen Khor

BM (Bachelor of Medicine) MRCGP DFSRH

Dr Yen Yen Khor graduated from the University of Southampton in 2007. She held hospital posts including Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Rheumatology, Psychiatry, Gastroenterology, Elderly Care, Colorectal and Emergency Medicine before qualifying as a GP in 2013. She can speak Mandarin, Cantonese as well as English, and is currently training to be able to practice Acupuncture. Dr Yen Yen's special interests are women’s health and sexual health, and she hopes to use her knowledge of Traditional Chinese medicine to complement conventional medicine to take a holistic approach to helping her patients.

Qualifications, Training & Memberships:

BM University of Southampton
GP Training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Rheumatology, Psychiatry and Emergency Medicine
Membership of the Royal College Of General Practitioners (MRCGP)
Diploma in sexual and reproductive healthcare (DFSRH)

Nicky Dye

Strala Yoga Guide. Teen Yoga & Mindfulness Teacher.

Nicky Dye has been practising yoga and mindfulness for 20 years while pursuing a corporate career in the airline industry. Nicky became a Strala Yoga Guide in 2014 and has been teaching yoga full time since then.

Strala Yoga combines the movement and healing wisdom of yoga, tai chi and qigong, and is infused with the principles of Chinese and Japanese Medicine.

Nicky is passionate about supporting people back to optimal health & wellness. Trained in the Yoga Medicine approach, she uses a Chinese Medicine evaluation to build a big picture of each client, in order to create a highly personalised yoga treatment plan. Modalities include different styles of yoga, breath work, acupressure, myofascial release, massage, meditation and visualisation. Beginners are welcome, and flexibility is not required!

Particular areas of interest include sleep, women’s health and fertility, as well as mental health for adults and teens.

Nicky organises the annual conference for the Teen Yoga Foundation, bringing together leading researchers and teachers from all over the world to share their expertise. She is also a positive mental health ambassador and teaches yoga and mindfulness to teens.

Qualifications, Training & Memberships:

Women’s Health & Fertility, (Chinese Medicine module), Yoga Medicine
Shiatsu Level 3 Diploma, BSY (in progress)
Mental Health Fundamentals; Essentials for Practice and Teaching Yoga, with leading Yoga Therapist, Lisa Kaley-Isley
Chinese Medicine Immersion with Therapeutic Yoga, Yoga Medicine
100 hour Advanced Strala Yoga Training / Shiatsu
100 hour Advanced Strala Yoga Training / Leadership
Teen Yoga and Mindfulness Teacher Training
300 hour Vinyasa Flow Teacher Training with appleyoga

Sam Varriale - The Energy Nutritionist

Samantha Varriale – The Energy Nutritionist

Registered Nutritional Therapist - BA (Hons), DipION, mBANT, CNHC

Samantha’s search for solutions to her own health issues led her to study Nutritional Therapy, a personalised, science-informed approach involving dietary and lifestyle changes. Nutritional Therapy is complementary to conventional medicine and may be beneficial for a wide range of chronic conditions as well as to optimise health and wellbeing.

Trained in the Functional Medicine approach, Sam is passionate about supporting people with fatigue, whatever its cause to boost their energy, increase their vitality and reclaim their lives. Her particular areas of interest are thyroid conditions and ME/CFS, with her approach recognising the interplay of the digestive, endocrine, nervous and immune systems in this complex condition.

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Qualifications & Registrations:

Diploma in Nutritional Therapy, Institute for Optimum Nutrition
Registered with British Association of Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT)
Registered with the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC) - an accredited nutrition register regulated by the Professional Standards Authority of the United Kingdom

Sam Varriale - The Energy Nutritionist

Christine Bailey – Functional Performance Nutritionist

Registered Nutritionist - MSc PGCE MBANT MIFM

Christine is an award winning degree qualified Registered Nutritionist (BANT), Chef and Author with over 20 years of experience in the health, corporate and food industry. With additional training by the Institute of Functional Medicine Christine is an experienced Functional Performance Nutritionist working in the public and corporate sector.

Christine has a busy online nutrition clinic and works with a range of leading corporates providing nutritional expertise, webinars, seminars and one to one consultations. She also runs practitioner and public online nutritional programmes including her popular gut health, menopause and brain health programmes. She also works in recipe and product development and lectures nationally and internationally.

She is author of over 14 books including the Brain Boost Diet, Functional Nutrition Cookbook, Go Lean Vegan, My Kids Can’t Eat That! and the Gut Health Diet Book which is endorsed by leading functional US doctor Dr Mark Hyman.

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