Yoga and me

How did I find this path, why I practice and teach and what I can offer you.

My whole life I have always found a great sense of joy and connection to the spirit through body movement. Dancing was my first experience of feeling connected and joyful, but it had its limitations when the music stopped and I was still lost in the cycle of life and trauma and living some unhealthy patterns in my mind, body and lifestyle. I don’t regret a a moment of the drama because if yoga has taught me anything, it’s all part of the journey. Each experience is a piece of the puzzle that leads to truth.

Everything changed when I walked into my first yoga class, with no clue of what it was all about. It was like a door opened, and the more I practiced the deeper yoga settled into my soul and it began to feel like coming home, to a place to plant seeds that have become forever rooted.

I noticed a deeper awareness arising that connected the mind, body and breath. With effort and practice, this helped me to quiet the outside world and my connection to this grew and I was able to turn inward. It has helped me find some calmness, clarity and insight through observation in a world that is ever challenging.

Most of all, I’ve learned that yoga doesn’t stop on the mat, its teaching is most profound when we apply it in the world, more of a living yoga. My curiosity, devotion and dedication to this ancient wisdom I now call home has led me all over the world, completing teacher trainings in India and London. I have also taught yoga in India, New Zealand, Canada and Spain through retreats and classes and delivered yoga teacher training courses in India, with the hope to spread this powerful wisdom of yoga as far and wide as possible so we might all one day be happy, free and full of loving awareness.

My 840 hours of teaching qualifications:

200 hour Hatha Yoga Teacher Training Certification with Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre in Kerala, India

40 hour Yin Yoga Teacher Training with Norman Blair in London, UK

300 hour Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training with Sampoorna Yoga in Agonda, India

300 hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training Certification with Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre in Kerala, India

I offer and have also taught yoga classes and courses for local North East cancer charity FACT, mental health charity Mind, local schools and local and national businesses.