Emma Williams
I trained at the Royal College of Music as a flautist graduating with first class honours in 1998. I have freelanced with the BBC Symphony Orchestra for 20 years both as principal piccolo and second flute, and also work with the contemporary chamber group Apartment House, Associate Ensemble at the Wigmore Hall. Other freelance work includes the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Rambert Dance, Welsh National Opera, Royal Northern Sinfonia, RTE Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, London Mozart Players, Britten Sinfonia and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Alongside my performing work, as a qualified Hatha yoga teacher, I teach yoga, injury prevention, breathwork and mindset at the Royal Academy of Music for the postgraduate Enhanced Performance Techniques course. Other musician-specialist yoga workshops I have led include injury prevention, performance anxiety, breathing for health and well-being at Trinity Laban and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
With Beyond the Stave I am offering musicians yoga for musicians, yoga injury prevention and injury management techniques, yoga for performance anxiety and performance preparation, along with personalised visualisation or meditation sequences.
From July 2026 I will be offering physiotherapy assessment sessions and treatment.
My credentials and training:
Royal College of Music BMus (hons) (first class)
200 hour Yoga Teacher Training (Sweat Studios in Milton Keynes)
- 100 hour Anatomy, Physiology & Pathology course (ITEC Level 3) – Distinction
- 50 hour Yoga Teacher Training for the Different Stages of Menopause (Yinstinct Yoga)
- UK Hypopressives Trainer Course Level 1
- 35 hour Pregnancy and Postpartum Corrective Exercise Specialist
- How to Target the Limbic System to Reverse Trauma’s Physiological Imprint (The National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioural Medicine)
- Breathing Assessment Course (The Minded Institute)
- From the Glottis to the Pelvic Floor: Making Clinical Connections (Julie Wiebe, PT, DPT (Candidate), MPT & Susan Clinton, PT, DScPT, OCS, WCS, FAAOMPT)
- Foundation Coaching Skills for Creatives (Jessica Mogridge & Lucy Hare)
- 100 hour Yoga Therapeutics Training (in progress)
- MSc Physiotherapy (in progress)