About

Our Philosophy

Work is love made visible

Amovita is born out of a creative partnership between husband and wife team Elizabeth and Michael Cairns. As CEO Elizabeth works full time for Amovita whilst Michael has a full time teaching job and is the brains (and the rock) behind the scenes.

Elizabeth is passionate about inspiring and achieving potential. An experienced facilitator and coach who gets to the heart of life and work, her mission with Amovita is to educate, inspire and motivate you to achieve what you may never have thought possible and to come to a deeper realisation and appreciation of your unique authentic self. Amovita is very much an embodiment of what is possible when you combine your passions with your talents and live an inspired and joyful life.

The purpose of our work is to:

  • Help individuals and teams find vision, passion and purpose to unleash potential and move positively forwards
  • Share our passion and vitality for life and to rekindle that spark in our clients
  • Support teachers in education with the skills, confidence and tools for effective classroom management and more positive learning
  • Enrich the lives of young people by providing educational programmes and workshops that inspire and empower them with the knowledge, skills and mindset to lead, happy healthy and successful lives
  • Do what we love and love what we do!

Corporate Social Responsibility
The government defines Corporate and Social Responsibility (CSR) as the voluntary actions that business can take, over and above compliance with minimum legal requirements, to address both its own competitive interests and the interests of wider society.

Nature loves at heart nature lovers in action, we have a CSR policy that helps us to walk our talk, which in reality means:

  • Walking, cycling and taking public transport where possible and being a one car household
  • Recycling where possible
  • Turning off lights, turning down heating, switching off at the wall, using less gas, conserving water
  • Marketing electronically as much as possible
  • Using recycled paper for those times when we do print and using printing companies with environmentally friendly policies
  • Valuing and advocating fair international trade and supporting local people and local industries.

Principles we hold dear
We follow the presuppositions of NLP, some of our favourites being:

  • There is a solution to every problem (you just have to look for it)
  • People have all the resources they need, even if they do not currently have access to those resources
  • The mind and body are part of one system and inextricably linked
  • The meaning of your communication is the response you get
  • You cannot not communicate
  • More choice is better than no choice
  • There is no failure only learning.

We also believe that it is easier to have what you really really want than it is to settle for what you think you can get

Our People

Elizabeth Cairns Founding Director. NLP Master Practitioner. IIHHT. Cert Ed.
Elizabeth Cairns launched her first company in early 2002 after progressing from a career in sales and marketing in the IT and Telecoms sector.

As a Inspirational Speaker, Facilitator, Teacher, Therapist and Coach Elizabeth has experience of working internationally to improve performance and wellbeing with individuals and teams from a large cross section of industry sectors including work with young people and teachers in schools and colleges.

A qualified teacher, part of her work since 2004 has been the design and delivery of creative, experiential courses in NLP, classroom management, confidence, assertiveness and life coaching. She delivers these to a variety of audiences including corporate groups and private individuals, tutors and trainers, teachers and pupils at Further Education Colleges and Schools in London and the South East.

Elizabeth favours an experiential approach to learning, and makes use of the outdoors frequently as the context for powerful personal and team development work. Elizabeth coaches individuals looking to find the work they were born to do and unleash their inner potential through her unique “Walking to Clarity” coaching process which takes place on a walk in nature.

In addition to training and development Elizabeth is passionate about health and wellbeing.

A Reiki Master, NLP Master Practitioner, Holistic Therapist and Coach, she runs a successful coaching and personal development practice. At the heart of this work is a profound understanding of the mind body connection and a belief that health and vitality is a birthright. Part of reclaiming this natural state for us all lies in finding the right work and ultimately being successful in it.

Elizabeth successfully coaches entrepreneurs, directors and senior managers, as well as those considering starting their own business, to create inspired businesses that align with the personal values of their founders and are sustained by motivated and empowered teams.

She is a true possibility thinker and intuitive healer and enjoys working with like minds.
She collaborates with a small number of very special organisations that share her desire for the development of human potential.

Elizabeth has a relaxed and humorous style suited to presenting to and facilitating both large and small groups. Her ability to relate on all levels means that she can articulate concepts and skills in a way that brings them to life and makes them easily accessible to her audience. An articulate and engaging public speaker she enjoys presenting on business development, networking and communication skills to people in business.

Highly self-motivated, one of her key strengths is her ability to see the big picture of complex issues and add enthusiasm, energy and focus to all of her interventions with powerful results.
Elizabeth strives to help people realise their limitless potential and welcomes opportunities to work with like minded people.

Elizabeth has facilitated conferences, events and development programmes for a vast number of clients including: The AA, BT,CISCO Systems, Electronic Arts, Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Microsoft and Kingston Council.

Michael Cairns. Director. B.Mus, PGCE
A professional musician with over 16 years experience in the industry, Michael is the Musical Director for Amovita he brings his expertise into play in many of our interventions from corporate events to specialist retreats and workshops.

He studied at the London Music School and the London College of Music and Media achieving a Bmus degree in Popular Music Performance and a platinum grade diploma in Music and now, having obtained a PGCE from Goldsmiths University, teaches music and drama at a secondary school in London where he is joint head of a busy music department. His passion for learning has led him to pick up his Piano training again and is currently delighting the household with his grade 6 pieces.

He has a love of all genres of music and is proficient in many drumming styles. His passion for communicating good music drives him to perform at many live gigs in a variety of bands. A skilled drum teacher he seeks to aid the creation of music and believes everyone in the world should own a drum kit!