Why I teach.
Yoga practise is an act of radical self love, not just for yourself, but for those around you.
About me.
I started to practice yoga over twenty years ago with the odd session at the gym to stretch out after a sweaty workout. After a serious running injury at the start of 2012, I turned to a physically demanding style of yoga practiced in a hot studio as a way for me to keep my body moving. I started to notice I couldn’t complete the sequence unless I surrendered attention to my breath. For the first time I experienced linking breath and movement making me feel present and calm: at the end of class, life stresses seemed to fade away.
An initial flicker of curiosity started to deepen. And I started to Study.
A week-long Ashtanga Yoga retreat in the Portuguese mountains later in 2012 was the first time I had practiced daily, eaten Vegan food, and been introduced to the heart, history and spirituality of yoga.
I delved into things a little further in 2013 with The British Wheel of Yoga Foundation Course, which led me to train with Toni Roberts at The Yoga Garden in 2014, qualifying as a 200 hour Yoga Alliance accredited teacher in 2015. In between whilst travelling in Tanzania I met Jo Fox of Back to Nature retreats, and we formed a lasting friendship and bond which led to me assisting her on 5 retreats during 2017-2018.
During 2015 I studied Chakra Vinyasa with Shiva Rea, and followed this with Yoga Campus (led by Alesssandra Pecorella) for the foundational module of Prana Vinyasa, completed at the end of 2017. I took a further week of study with Alessandra in 2018 to delve into the Tantric traditions of yoga.
Norman Blair guided me through my Yin teacher training deep in a Wintery lock down during 2021. I am incredibly grateful to have studied meditation in person with Sally Kempton in late 2018 and again online in 2020. Sally’s teachings have created a deeply experiential shift in my love and dedication to the Spirituality of yoga
And yoga is deeply experiential.
For me, yoga is not about stretching yourself into the most challenging shapes, it's about dropping into your body and feeling. As you put yourself into different shapes, your physical body will stretch and release, and in these moments you can observe how this plays out in your thoughts, energy, and breath. Little by little a deeper connection with who you are is unfolding and this helps nurture a sense of grounded wholeness. The process of yoga has profoundly guided and grounded me when life has felt chaotic and uncertain.
Heartfelt love to all my teachers who have encouraged me over the years
I am so deeply grateful beyond words for your guidance, kindness, and wisdom. To my teachers who have inspired me in so many ways, not mentioned above, Debbie, Davy, Hannah, Emma, Sarah, Delamay, Mike and David, so much love.
“Patience comes to the bones before it takes root in the heart.”
Mary Oliver
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