Welcome to Your Vitality Coaching

Welcome to Your Vitality Coaching, the continual creation of Zoë Smith – no not the Olympic weightlifter….the more spirit-lifting Zoë Smith from ‘up north’!

Zoë has an extremely varied and eclectic background which she aims to bring together under the umbrella of 'Your Vitality Coaching', supporting and empowering others on their holistic wellness journeys – however that looks for you. 

Zoë has worked in the corporate sector and knows all about the hectic pace of life – juggling business, family and pleasure, often at the expense of any time for yourself. She understands what it is to work long hours – often working 70-hour weeks when in teaching just to ‘stand still’. She also knows the profound effect of getting that balance right; of self-care - of making time for yourself and having strategies and tools in place to deal with the challenges life throws at us. 

In 2015 Zoë had 5 months off work with depression and anxiety, caused by stress. Finding herself crying under her desk whilst working from home one day she realised she really wasn’t well. Googling ‘symptoms of depression’ and being able to answer yes to a list of self-diagnosis questions she knew a trip to the doctors was needed, and a sick note to take a break from work. Always an advocate of natural healing, Zoë opted for talking therapies over medication and, along with a love of walking and a new-found love of yoga and meditation, was able to take charge of her life once more. 

Zoë has used the skills she learnt during that time to continue her journey of self-discovery and development. Always seeking to understand herself and the world around her on both a deep inner level and a wider outer knowing.   Since childhood, she has had a keen interest in spirituality, which saw her study Religious Studies for her degree.  This interest has grown and developed over time and it remains extremely broad. 

She has been fortunate to be able to travel widely, and has spent time in India, where she was able to experience yoga, Ayurvedic medicine and spirituality at source. She has also lived in China, where she engaged in yoga and was introduced to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Both Ayurveda and TCM are holistic wellness systems which focus on practices such as Yoga and Tai Chi Qi Gong to enhance the life-force energy within us, and using herbs, oils, food, and breath as medicine, with a focus on balancing the body and mind. Zoë has used and seen the healing benefits of both traditions and is a firm advocate of many of the principles.

Her love of Eastern culture is also reflected in her Reiki healing. This practice also tunes into life-force energy and the healer uses their hands with the intention to guide the flow of healthy energy through the patient’s body to promote healing wherever it is needed most.  Harnessing the power of life-force energy can not only help us to stay healthy but can also help us to visualise and achieve our goals - understanding how to use simple techniques such as breath-work, moments of mindfulness, expressing gratitude, embracing nature have been shown to significantly improve our health and wellbeing. Such techniques also help us to understand ourselves on a deeper level which ultimately increases our confidence, motivation and emotional and mental wellbeing.

An interest in past lives has seen Zoë qualify as a Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique (QHHT) practitioner, the method of hypnotherapy developed by the late Delores Cannon.  This approach allows people to access the part of themselves that holds all of the answers - the 'Higher Self' or 'sub-conscious'.  This gives clients a clearer understanding of why things are the way they are and ultimately, the ability to create change within themselves.  For some, it can be an incredibly enlightening and healing process with profound and life-changing results.  

Through Your Vitality Coaching, Zoë now shares her love of spirituality, yoga, exercise and Eastern culture to help her clients enhance their own lives.  Building self-discovery and simple techniques into their lives to let their inner life-force energy flow strongly once more and regain their own vitality.  

When she isn't working, Zoë can usually be found relaxing with a good book, lost in meditation, or off exploring the Yorkshire Wolds, Moors and Dales on foot.  She loves fitness and enjoys training in the gym, teaching Body Combat, Body Pump and Spin classes.  Zoë is a keen writer and has her own travel blog, written to document her travels when living in China.