About Katarina Tilley
“To date, I have never found anything that makes more sense than living life in the present moment, lovingly, peacefully and joyfully. This is my recipe for happiness. This is what I live and what I teach.” - Katarina -
Katarina Tilley, Qualified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher and Reiki Master Teacher
The journey began with a search for inner peace when I was a teenager. I realised that without this inner balance nothing could be enjoyed. For many years, this led me to delve deep within myself, to understand my emotional nature and my mind. From 1996 meditation became an integral part of my life, until this present moment.
Katarina Tilley, founder of Living in the Light Meditation Centre in Little Clacton, nr. Colchester, Essex delivers transformational mindfulness courses and Reiki courses, provides Reiki healing and offers spiritual guidance and facilitates spiritual awakening.
In 1998 I became a holistic therapist and explored many complementary therapies. Meditation and Reiki were the start of finding peace.
Whilst working as a therapist and subsequently as a Reiki Master Teacher, I continued my healing journey, until I began to feel a deep yearning to learn from an enlightened teacher. In 2001, I found my spiritual teacher and Guru, Amma. I undertook all the spiritual practices suggested by my teacher, with great passion and true dedication.
From Amma I learned about the beauty of pure love, through direct experience. She inspired me to make a choice for love and peace in every moment and to gradually begin to embody pure love, for the greater good. This journey was full of study, observation, self-reflection, selfless service, adventure and lessons. It was a unique experience that has enabled me to gain deep insight into true spirituality, spiritual practice and unity consciousness.
In 2004, a sudden awakening took place, enabling me to glimpse into my true nature. Since experiencing the uncaused joy and bliss that is inherent in the Self, I have come to understand that stillness, peace and Love are our real inner qualities of being.
When we rest in our true nature, our inner Presence shines forth, from the core of our being. In this natural state, our minds and hearts are united, open and all is well.
Since then, I have enjoyed greater freedom to express who I truly am, a lightness of being and an ease and flow in day-to-day living. My invitation is for you to awaken to your inner Presence and enjoy greater freedom and fulfilment.
A little about my work…I work intuitively, with awareness and with a light heart, to enable you to reach greater possibilities. The qualities of love, peace and harmony are always present in my work, which has now spanned 24 years of professional practice.
It is my way to use any situation to help you grow spiritually. My aim is to assist and support you, in your journey towards wholeness. I do that through imparting spiritual teachings, increasing the level of awareness of yourself as well as the reality of life and through identifying any limiting patterns and/or core beliefs, that act as hindrances to your spiritual growth. I then guide you to problem solve, at the level of your beliefs. Your beliefs create your perceptions and your life story and what you experience in your life and as such they are the cause of whatever issue you experience. By working at this level, I can help you alter your perspective on life and assist you in changing the course of your life. I encourage you in becoming a conscious creator of your life story, so that you can enjoy the ‘play’ of life and create a beautiful life for yourself and others.
Professional qualifications and experience
Qualified, experienced Teacher & Lecturer - Certificate in Education
City & Guilds level 3 certificate in delivering learning: an introduction
Qualified Reiki Master Teacher and Karuna Reiki® Master Teacher
UK Reiki Federation Master Teacher Member. Master Teacher Membership no: 2022308.
Registered with the International Center for Reiki Training, US, as a Karuna Reiki® Master
Karuna Reiki® is the registered trademark of The Center for Reiki Training
Qualified Original Usui Reiki Practitioner and Master
Have been teaching Reiki for 22 years
Qualified Reiki and Karuna Reiki® Practitioner
Have been providing Reiki treatments for 25 years
27 years of meditation experience and 24 years of teaching experience
Qualified Meditation Teacher Diploma (Distinction)
Qualified Mindfulness Teacher Diploma (Distinction)
CMA Registered Training School with the Complementary Medical Association
Received mantra initiation from my spiritual teacher Amma in 2001 and learned the art of mantra recitation (japa). From Amma, I learned meditation (raja yoga), mindfulness, selfless service (karma yoga) devotion & love (bhakti yoga) and Advaita Vedantic knowledge (jnana yoga). Through inner purification, direct observation and detailed study of Amma’s lived experience of oneness, as well as through her guidance, study and through the application of her teachings, I learned about the true nature of reality, the authentic Self (pure awareness) and unconditional love, for all beings. This spiritual training has so far, spanned 20 years.
Learned Amma’s Ma Om Meditation in 2001, in London and trained in Amma’s ‘I am Meditation’ in 2003, in India
Have been teaching meditation for 22 years
Have delivered mindfulness meditation courses for 12 years and mindfulness teacher training for 10 years
Attended an 8 week Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Programme (MBSR)
Provide one-to-one mindfulness sessions in Spanish, on Zoom
Hold an AC recognised certificate in Mindfulness-Based Awareness Coaching (MBAC)
Provide mindfulness-based awareness coaching sessions
Have provided workshops for Help for Heroes and Home-Start in Colchester, Essex
Have provided wellbeing sessions for staff at Fenwick, Colchester, Essex
Have delivered mindfulness meditation to secondary school students
Provide one-to-one spiritual guidance and spiritual awakening sessions
Have run mindfulness meditation retreats for 11 years
Qualified with distinction in Reflexology
Carried out reflexology treatments for 18 years
Taught Reflexology for The British School of Reflexology from 1999 - 2009
Taught Anatomy & Physiology for The British School of Reflexology for a number of years
Taught Reflexology and Anatomy & Physiology for Phoenix SHB from 2002 - 2009
Have provided healthy living workshops about the link between the gut and the immune system, at Phoenix SHB
Have done voluntary healing work for Farleigh Hospice
Authoress of the book “A Journey into Divine Love”
Endorsement
“I was recently discussing a prospective new student’s learning journey. She was describing how, after many years of disappointing training, she had found an inspirational meditation teacher. I was not in the slightest bit surprised to hear that the teacher she was telling me about was in fact, Katarina.
I have known and worked with Katarina since 2002 when I introduced reflexology into our training provision. Katarina has always been ahead of her time and her insights into the mind-body connection is a powerful combination that has served me personally as well as hundreds of students. She is a dedicated professional with love and compassion at the centre of all she does. You only have to spend a short time in her presence to absorb her powerful healing energy. I could always tell when Katarina had been working as the entire building had a different feel to it. After a few years out of the country, I am delighted that she is back in the UK and doing the work she is meant to do. If you would like to learn how to be authentically happy, loving and peaceful you won’t find and more supportive and compassionate guide.”