TOGETHER WE ARE MESHWORK
We developed MESHWORK to convey insights distilled from over 40 years of combined practice, research, teaching and clinical experience. Between us we hold qualifications in the following fields: Osteopathic Medicine, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Clinical Hypnotherapy and Iyengar Yoga.
Our hope is that MESHWORK inspires you to move towards a fuller understanding of Integrated Embodiment.
Rather than write our own bios we decided to keep it fresh and write one for each other. We hope that this gives you some insight into how our paths have grown together and enabled MESHWORK to emerge.
NICOLE NEVEU
Nicole and I met by chance – this chance crossing of paths marked the beginning of MESHWORK.
Nicole has been practicing yoga for 25+ years and sometimes describes practice this way: ‘all you need to learn is how to lie down’. This is her modest and playful way of emphasising the centrality of the transcendent practice of Savasana (corpse pose).
Nicole’s engagement with movement began with dance and gymnastics. Movement became a continuous and explorative thread throughout Nicole’s life. Her explorations continue(d) to diversify and include her engagement with disciplines like performance art, movement theatre, Butoh and Contact Improvisation. It is perhaps due to these rich and diverse experiences that she does not equate physical feats with yoga and her teaching encourages people to move beyond mechanistic performance towards Integrated Embodiment.
Teaching yoga was Nicole’s vocation for 15 years. Nicole’s pedagogy incorporates subconscious terrains and altered states with a focus on experiential knowledge. This is informed by her training and experience as a Clinical Hypnotherapist.
Nicole is a practicing artist with a degree in Visual Arts and Masters in Electronic Arts. Her artistic process demonstrates the same insight, rigour and sensitivity as her approach to embodied practices. I often describe her artwork as being suffused with biological, phenomenological and ecological qualities across different scales. There is a natural continuity between these expressions and the content, integrity and sensibility of MESHWORK.
DR PATRICK CRAIG
When I first met Patrick we exchanged a few words about yoga and arranged to practice together. These practice sessions and dialogues represent the beginning of MESHWORK.
Patrick is springy, agile and dynamic both in mind and body. This enables him to translate between the theoretical, the biological and the embodied, and share it with others in an engaging and relevant way.
Until 2019, Patrick spent his days helping people as a full-time Osteopath. His practice of Osteopathy was informed, insightful, skilled and generous. Patrick was an astute clinician whose infectious liveliness helped patients regain a sense of enthusiasm for their own wellbeing. Importantly, he also helped patients develop greater self-sufficiency and resilience.
Patrick overhauled generic rehabilitation approaches – to craft individualised and highly effective patient care with excellent clinical outcomes. Patrick taught his patients movement practices which emphasised the qualitative aspects of functional movement, continuity and awareness. His approach is informed by ongoing post-graduate training, independent research and the practice of Chinese internal martial arts.
Patrick’s science background, and continued engagement with the philosophy and methodologies of science, has given him the skills to critically appraise research. This has enhanced his ability to extract and convey concepts which improve patient care and clinical outcomes. MESHWORK takes this information off the shelf, out of the clinic, and into the fabric of the organism – to transform the way you perceive and experience the body.