What We Offer
Personal Coaching
I also offer life and wellness coaching, tailored to your unique journey. Coaching provides compassionate support and evidence-based tools to help you:
Navigate change and uncertainty
Find clarity and direction
Reconnect with purpose and wellbeing
Create lasting strategies for growth and resilience
Workshops & Retreats
For those seeking immersive experiences, I run workshops and retreats both in-person and online.
These gatherings combine mindfulness, nature-based practices, and holistic tools to restore balance, deepen self-awareness, and inspire personal growth.
Ovio Online Courses
Accessible from anywhere, Ovio’s online courses bring mindfulness to life in a practical and inspiring way. Whether you’re new to mindfulness or looking to deepen your practice, these courses offer tools to:
Reduce stress and anxiety
Improve focus and resilience
Enhance wellbeing and relationships
Bring greater calm and clarity into everyday life
Cheryl’s Story
I’m Cheryl Strawbridge, founder and guide behind Ovio. I first discovered mindfulness in 2008 while supporting clients in my thriving life coaching practice. The transformation I saw — in my clients and in myself — inspired me to create Ovio, a teaching approach that is both evidence-based and deeply human.
With a background in science (Biochemistry and Psychology) and decades of experience in healthcare and coaching, I weave together ancient wisdom, modern neuroscience, and holistic practices to support people in living more consciously and deliberately.
“Reminding people to live with awareness and purpose feels like the worthiest way to use my time. One heart at a time, the ripple effect spreads into families, workplaces, and communities — creating real and lasting change.” – Cheryl
Begin Your Journey
Book Personal Coaching – Tailored one-to-one sessions for guidance and support.
Join a Workshop or Retreat – In-person or online gatherings for deeper connection and transformation.
Ovio Online Courses – Build a foundation in Mindfulness.
All pathways lead to the same place: a more present, purposeful, and fulfilling life.
A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT SOME OF THE STUDIES SHOW
Mindfulness reduces stress and anxiety
Mindfulness has been shown to reduce the reactivity of our limbic system associated with flight or fight, thereby reducing stress and anxiety and improves decision making and cognition.
(Eight Weeks to A Better Brain, Harvard Gazette)
Mindfulness assists with improved physical health
Reduced stress not only improves mental emotional wellbeing but it has been shown to reduce inflammation and improve the immune response leading to better physical health.
(Workplace Based Mindfulness Practice and Inflammation, National Center for Biotechnology Information)
Mindfulness improves mental cognition
Neurosciences also shows that practising regular mindfulness causes positive structural and functional changes within the brain, increasing gray matter in the upper cortex, which is associated with higher level thinking.
(Mindfulness Practice Leads to Increases in Regional Brain Gray Matter Density, National Center for Biotechnology Information)
Mindfulness initiates the body’s natural relaxation response
Mindfulness initiates the body’s natural relaxation response lowering blood pressure and heart rate.
(Functional Brain Mapping of the Relation Response and Meditation, Neuroreport)
Start enjoying your life today!
Discover all the benefits of Ovio Wellness & Wisdom
IMPROVE WELLNESS
Enjoy better mental, emotional and physical wellbeing.
REDUCE ANXIETY
Feel calmer, more relaxed and less stressed.
SLEEP BETTER
Enjoy a more restful sleep and increased energy.
INCREASE PERFORMANCE
Boost your productivity and performance at work.
IMPROVE FOCUS
Experience increased concentration and mental clarity.
BETTER RELATIONSHIPS
Connect and communicate with others better.
“I was better equipped to manage my stress and find space to lead with creativity and compassion.”
Dr. Gordon Roberts
“The whole experience was the best thing I have ever done… absolutely no regrets.”
Dan Carson
“Mindfulness has made parenting so much more enjoyable and rewarding. My sleep has also improved!”
Kim Kelly
“Ovio has been transformative for me. Where I would have previously felt stressed or anxious, I now feel calm.”
Nicole Kirkham
Global companies are increasing employee wellness and performance with mindfulness
Ovio Mindfulness is part of a global, evidence-based mindfulness movement, which has seen companies such as Google, LinkedIn, Apple and Harvard Business School dramatically increase engagement and purpose-driven performance by adopting mindfulness training.
More mindfulness for everyday life
Resource Centre
Tools, talks, audio downloads and the latest thinking on mindfulness.
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