River offers meditation retreats and one-to-one mentoring for meditators and dharma practitioners. She completed Dharma Teacher Training with Bodhi College, and teaches at Gaia House retreat centre in Devon, as well as throughout the UK and Europe. A former Derbyshire Poet Laureate, she has led arts projects for many years, teaches Qi Gong, and is an activist in the LGBTQIA+ community. Her latest non-fiction book is a creative exploration of the Brahma Viharas as an antidote to burnout: The Subtle Art of Caring: A Guide to Sustaining Compassion.