Amanda, the Education Director at Sunrise Bushcraft since 2009, is a Clinical Ecologist by Profession.

After achieving her Level 3 Forest School Practitioner Award, completing courses in the UK with Ray Mears and travelling further afield to places such as India, China, Thailand and North America (to live with and study the lives of indigenous people). Gaining qualification as a Nurse in 1986 was followed by training as an Acupuncturist in both China and London and achieving a barrel of additional qualifications in Reiki, as a NLP Master Practitioner, Kinesiology, EFT (Emotional Freedom Therapy) and as a Director of SKART (a specialist structural treatment technique).

Amanda is also a published author and her book – ‘Essential Mind Tools’ – is considered a leading text.