Meet the Team

Jenya Di Pierro

CEO & Founder and Herbal Medicine Practitioner

Jenya Di Pierro is the founder, CEO and leading herbalist of Cloud Twelve. Inspiration for Cloud Twelve developed through Jenya’s work and experiences in the field of holistic well-being, and her passion for harnessing the healing power of nature to support the mind and body.

As a professional naturopath with a qualification in herbal medicine from the College of Naturopathic Medicine, Jenya focuses on a holistic approach to wellness, which encompasses emotional, mental and physical health. She believes that everyone’s physiology is unique – influenced by genetic, environmental and social factors – and therefore bespoke herbal preparations and personalised diet work best to correct health imbalances.  

‘Ultimately, by boosting general vitality, restoring digestive capacity and removing toxins we can empower our bodies to overcome most chronic conditions, including mental, reproductive and immunological problems.’

Jenya is an affiliated member of the Association of Master Herbalists and the Association of Naturopathic Practitioners. Her team of accredited naturopaths and professional therapists at Cloud Twelve has been hand-picked to develop continuous yet achievable wellness programmes within a diverse, inclusive and welcoming environment. 

Before becoming a naturopath and an entrepreneur, Jenya spent 17 years in the financial industry; her last role was managing director and head of European quantitative equities at State Street Global Advisors. She brings her managerial skills and investment discipline to the fore of her new business.

In addition to the Diploma in Naturopathy and Herbal Medicine, Jenya holds Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in economics and Japanese studies, as well as a Teacher’s Diploma in Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arrangement. 

Zhenya Rudman

COO

Zhenya has been part of the Cloud Twelve team since its inception, joining as the project director in 2015. Now general manager, Zhenya is responsible for developing and overseeing all aspects of the club’s operations across its spa, salon, wellness clinic, family space and brasserie facilities.

Previously, Zhenya managed a range of residential property developments, both in the UK and overseas. Her experience also includes working with start-up apparel brands, analysing, optimising and developing supply chains and production operations.

In a former role at AMG, Zhenya focused on consultancy services, overseeing international management assessment projects of executive board teams in top-tier financial and telecom institutions. Prior to this, Zhenya was a business developer in a boutique private equity firm, with a focus on the development of the world’s largest biomass (renewable energy) power plant. Zhenya holds a BSc in management and systems from Cass Business School. 

Paolo Di Pierro

Project Director

Paolo joined Cloud Twelve as project manager and technology officer, responsible for the management and operation of technology infrastructure, marketing and social media strategy.  

Paolo’s career in information technology and project management spans over a decade. At Ericsson, he developed broad-based technical expertise in process flows, supporting digitalisation and innovation. During his eight-year tenure there, Paolo worked as project manager and IT solutions architect, developing process optimisation solutions and software application programming to support its global customer base. 

At Cloud Twelve, Paolo works closely with the management team to ensure the technology infrastructure supports the club’s culture, mission and values. Paolo believes that technology, if managed correctly, can provide effective solutions to reduce a corporation’s environmental footprint. He strives to cultivate solutions to optimise the club’s operations, reduce waste and improve overall business efficiency. He is also involved in supplier selection, ensuring that their products and practices are aligned with Cloud Twelve’s ethics and quality requirements. 

Born and raised in Puglia, Italy, Paolo has a passion for cooking and creating authentic Italian recipes sourced from the simple and abundant produce of his homeland.

Paolo holds a BSc/MSc degree in telecommunications engineering and an Executive Master Certificate in project management, both from the Polytechnic University of Milan. 

Sanae Baba

Acupuncture, Craniosacral, Acupressure, Reflexology

Japanese-born Sanae started her journey in complementary health in 2003. Trained in traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture at the College of Naturopathic Medicine, and in craniosacral therapy at the College of Craniosacral Therapy, Sanae specialises in reproductive health, including IVF support, menstrual problems, hormonal disorders, fertility, pregnancy, and postnatal care. However, the scope of her therapy includes musculoskeletal discomfort, such as inflammation and pain, allergies, digestive disorders, depression, anxiety, and stress.

Acupuncture has traditionally been used to help the body restore balance, addressing the root of the disorder and specific symptoms that are unique to the individual. Clinical research has shown that acupuncture causes physical responses in nerve cells, the pituitary gland, and various parts of the brain. These responses can cause the body to release proteins, hormones, and brain chemicals that control a number of bodily functions. In this way, acupuncture can affect a multitude of symptoms, resulting in improved quality of life, and greater control of autoimmune diseases.

Craniosacral therapy, on the other hand, engages with the most profound inherent healing forces within the body, promoting natural motion and rhythmic movements of the cranial bones, sacrum and other tissues and fluids. It is effective for a host of physical and emotional problems, including headaches, breathing difficulties, back pain, and stress. Additionally, mothers and babies often come with problems associated with difficult or traumatic births. Letting go of tension and fear held in the body enables both to settle into calmness. Sanae’s treatments also incorporate a variety of Eastern and Western massage techniques, such as deep-tissue massage, acupressure, and reflexology, enhancing the overall effect by relaxing muscles and improving blood flow and working on additional pressure points.

Sanae is a member of BAcC (British Acupuncture Council), ANP (Association of Naturopathic Practitioners) and CThA (Complementary Therapists Association).

Victoria Cooper

Colonic Hydrotherapist

Victoria Cooper has been a member of the Association of Registered Colon Hydrotherapists (ARCH), the leading professional body for UK hydrotherapists, since 2001.

She began her therapist journey in Cape Town, studying natural modalities with Dr. Rex Johnson. Upon her return to England, she gained her qualification as a healer after a two-year clinical training to standards of the Confederation of Healing Organisations at the SAGB facility, then in London’s Belgrave Square. She continued her studies into all aspects of natural medicine with Dr. Ramses Seleem at the Sia Academy based in London, before focusing upon and undertaking her more detailed and practical training as a colon hydrotherapist with Dr. Milo Siewert.

She has worked at London’s Hale Clinic and EFMedispa.

Victoria was part of the ARCH working group developing National Occupational Standards for colonics, which were finalised in February 2018.

She held the position of Vice-Chair of ARCH from June 2017-June 2018.

Suzie Bath

Yoga Instructor

Suzie is an engaging and bubbly yoga teacher who shares her passion by teaching creative and physically challenging classes. She has been practising yoga for over a decade and never teaches the same class twice, using music, philosophy and breathwork to inspire her students to move from their minds into their bodies. Suzie has been praised as a teacher for her upbeat energy, creativity and unique approach. Her passion is to help people achieve what they thought was impossible both physically and mentally.

Dr Federica Boecklin

Medical Doctor

Dr Federica Boecklin is a medical doctor trained in both conventional and complementary medicine who has been practicing Integrative Medicine for more than 20 years. 

Dr. Boecklin is a graduate from University “La Sapienza” Medical School in Rome, where she also obtained her Specialist qualification in Clinical Haematology. Has worked in the field of Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplantations as well as clinical research in blood cancers both in Rome and Imperial College University in London. 

​She then studied a number of natural and complementary therapeutic interventions, gained full Membership of the Faculty of Homeopathy and a Diploma in Traditional Chinese Medicine from the Chinese Medical Institute and Register and The Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacology. Also earned a Certificate in Oncology acupuncture from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer centre in Boston. Has learned about paediatric acupuncture from Dr Julian Scott “gentle needle” courses. 

​Dr Boecklin worked as an NHS specialist at the Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine (RLHIM), part of University College Hospitals, from 2001 – 2014. Her work at the RLHIM was centred on a variety of clinical specialties including Woman’s health, Fertility, Integrative Cancer Care, Children’s Health, Chronic Pain Management, and Addictions Management. She also ran a busy high-volume Acupuncture Clinic for the treatment of menopausal hot flushes and menstrual period disorders. 

She has also developed a special interest in paediatric acupuncture, treating children and young adults, in which she combines homeopathic remedies with very gentle acupuncture and acupressure. 

​Dr. Boecklin is currently volunteering at The Pickering Cancer walk-in centre in Tunbridge Wells offering cancer patients a wide range of supportive treatments during their journey including oncology acupuncture, homeopathy and flower essences prescriptions. 

​Her particular approach to health and healing is to provide patients with individually tailored health programs, using the safest and most effective combination of approaches and treatments from the world of both conventional and complementary medicine. She has extensive expertise in using a wide range of healing plans to manage numerous conditions and keeps up to date with all the clinical research aiming to promote evidence based therapeutic interventions. 

Dr Boecklin believes that individuals can contribute appreciably to their own healing and encourage her patients to take an active role in that process. Thus, after charting your personal medical history, you and her will work together to develop a collaborative and holistic treatment plan that is tailored to your individual needs. To achieve the most effective treatment, this plan may combine a wide range of both conventional and complementary therapies that address all aspects of your health and wellness — biological, psychological, social, and spiritual. 

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Britta Heubeck

Nutritional Therapist

Britta works with a broad range of clients of all ages, locally and internationally, with a special interest in women’s health, auto-immune conditions and optimising health potentials as a preventative tool for long term health.

Her natural curiosity and appetite for research, mean that she works hard to uncover the root causes of symptoms enabling her to focus on her client’s individual needs and areas that need supporting.

Britta strongly believes that a variety of factors play a role in affecting an individual’s health – from genes to environment, down to the way we breathe – that any protocol must be personally tailored to optimise the outcome and help achieve her client’s individual health goals.

Believing the approach to nutrition and food needs to be enjoyable, feasible and bespoke, she promotes making realistic long term changes focusing on the enjoyment of food and nutrition, rather than applying strict restrictions and rules.  

Britta can help you with a bespoke and tailored approach to the following health concerns + conditions: 

Autoimmunity

Post Viral Recovery

Immune System Support + Optimisation

Energy + fatigue

Stress + mood + sleep support

General health + well-being

Hormonal health

Female health (fertility, PMS, PCOS, menopause)

Sustainable weight loss + weight management

Skin health + healthy ageing

Gastrointestinal disorders (IBD, IBS, Crohn’s etc.)

Allergies + Intolerances

Cardio-metabolic health (i.e. high cholesterol/blood pressure + insulin resistance)

Muscle + joint health

Sports Nutrition

Childhood + teenage nutrition

Nutrition support for the elderly

Proactive approach to future health + age related health concerns

Jen Walpole

Nutritional Therapist

It was Jen's own health struggles that led her to Nutritional Therapy, suffering with hormonal imbalances throughout her 20's and was later diagnosed with PCOS. What began as a passion for healthy eating and living, led Jen to study for a three-year Naturopathic Nutrition diploma at The College of Naturopathic Medicine - a functional, evidence-based and personalised approach to nutrition that focuses on the individual as a whole whilst incorporating lifestyle factors. 

Jen typically works with clients that are experiencing irregular menstrual cycles, have been diagnosed with PCOS, endometriosis or those that wish to support their fertility, pregnancy or require ante-natal or menopause support. 

Joe Sharp

Yoga Instructor

Practising meditation helps develop a calm and stable mind and improves our ability to cope with challenges we face. Yoga brings the same mental benefits and with regular practise helps develop a strong, flexible and healthy body. Joe wants students to realise these benefits with his supportive and fun teaching. Joe trained at Sangyé Yoga School with Cat Alip-Douglas and Phil Douglas. He has also completed an apprenticeship with Cat and a 50 hour Advanced Teacher Training. Joe is registered with and insured by Yoga Alliance. 

Katie Holden

Naturopath & Herbalist

Katie is currently completing postgraduate certification in Iridology.

After having five daughters, and with more than a decade of personal experience to draw upon, she came to the wellness space with a passion to provide truly nourishing perinatal care that empowers women to feel their limitless worth. 

Each new mum is unique and has individual needs. 

Whether she has become a mother for the first or the tenth time, special attention to this phase is crucial to her full recovery from pregnancy and childbirth, and the wellbeing of her infant is contingent upon this process. 

The conventional 6-week postpartum review is shockingly brief and focuses on quick physical exams and standardised advice - the pressure to get ‘back to normal’. 

In her herbal practice, Katie offers mothers a comprehensive wellness assessment, the opportunity to debrief the birth, troubleshooting feeding and milk issues, and precision prescriptions tailored to her client’s constitution, needs, and health goals. She blends Western and Eastern assessment, and counselling skills she learnt under mentorship with a psychiatrist. 

Botanical medicine works with your body to create lasting health by balancing deficiencies, soothing the nervous system, and enhancing repair mechanisms. Katie works closely with specialist suppliers to ensure the quality and safety of the herbs she uses are world-class. Suppliers adhere to organic growing and ethical wildcrafting standards, and use innovative extraction methods to enhance efficacy.

Katie sees perinatal mothers to support:

 • Digestion (heartburn, nausea, constipation, loose stools, dysbiosis, IBS, leaky gut)

 • Skin (itchiness, dry, cracked, sore, stretch marks, oedema, eczema) 

 • Sleep (restless legs, insomnia, light sleeping, discomfort, nightmares)

 • Energy (maternal depletion, deficiency, anaemia, brain fog, adrenal and thyroid support)

 • Mood (anxiety, irritability, ‘baby blues’, stress relief, mood swings, traumatic birth)

 • Early physical recovery (afterpains, perineum healing, lochia & uterine health, lactation, breast health & mastitis)

 • Immunity (allergies, UTIs, general infections, autoimmunity)

 • Baby (cradle cap, colic, yeast infection, nappy rash, teething, conjunctivitis, eczema, skin rash)

Svetlana Chebysheva

Sound Healer

Svetlana is full of enthusiasm, creativity and energy with an unbending positive outlook in all areas of life. Svetlana’s knowledge in 'Creation of Experiences' spans over 15 years of creating cross-border events for international companies and private clients, as well as lecturing in Events and Music Management at University of UWL. 

Wielding 4 degrees: 1st BA(Hons), 2nd BA(Hons), MA(Merit Plus) at Central Saint Martins UAL, PGCERT and a PhD Candidacy on Semiotics and Interpretation of symbols and signs - Svetlana is passionate towards activating the best of both worlds in creative engineering - synergising imagination and application.

She became passionate about Tibetan bowls and its immediate benefits for mental and physical health. Svetlana pursued this further and has successfully completed the Course SOUND ENERGY Therapy, Vibroacoustic Massage with Singing Bowls @Sound Energy Medicine Practitioners Association (SEMPA). 

And became certified in : 

Sound Therapy, Vibroacoustic Massage, Lhamo Sound Energy Massage 

Sound Therapy Sound Bath 7 Chakras Balance 

Sound Therapy Sound Bath 5 Elements Balance 

Dr. Alvin Penalosa

Medical Doctor & Aesthetic Medicine Practitioner

Dr. Alvin listens carefully to the aesthetic goals of the patient and discusses treatment options in line with these goals to enhance the patient’s features in an age and ethnically appropriate way.

Filipa Pereira

Reiki Master

Focused on presenting solutions to the challenges that people face everyday, Filipa has been gaining knowledge and experience for 12 years, learning from renowned Masters, Yogis, Gurus, Teachers and Lamas. It is with the use of these techniques that Filipa has mastered Reiki with passion and dedication, which has been helping people with different kinds of problems i.e. providing relaxation, facilitating healing and encouraging personal development and self-discovery. This has allowed those who see her to reach states of blissful inner-peace and let go of what is no longer serving them. 

Through her transformative chakra balancing techniques, Filipa replenishes the body's life energy from the chakras right through to the cellular level, whilst enabling the release of any depleted energies. This ensures optimal flow and even distribution of energy throughout each chakra, resulting in balance, elimination of disease and powerful healing and cleansing.