"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be."
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LAO TZU
ABOUT ME
I have been on a journey of discovery for over 35 years which has taken me numerous times around the globe to teachers of different disciplines all in pursuit of ‘the truth’.
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I’ve read countless books, spent hours in meditation, balanced on my head, offered my intentions to the fire, poured water through my sinuses on ashram roofs at sunrise, chanted into ecstasy on the banks of the Ganges, proclaimed mantras and shed tears. I have relentlessly pursued the deeper meaning of life.
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My path began whilst seeking stability and refuge from an overwhelming and full student life. I sweat in kung fu, memorised Tai Chi forms, listened to meditation tapes, chanted and prayed in various spiritual groups. I found relief in movement, dance and art. I studied extensively. Yoga became my obsession. ​
.​Over the years many schools of yoga have shaped my practice, most with fairly prescriptive approaches. I’ve taught students from 4 – 89 years old in village halls, yoga studios, luxury retreats, hospitals, schools as well as training yoga teachers. I am now clear that the more we can soften the hard edges of the practice and reclaim a sense of agency, meeting the body-mind with curiosity and wonder, we open ourselves to a deeper capacity for inner listening, awareness and flow.
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I am a life-long student. The teachings and practices continue to enliven my life. I am discovering that in creating the circumstances that support my nervous system and bring me closer to hearing my inner wisdom, the innate freedom I have so actively pursued begins to reveals itself as having been present all along.
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I aim to share my discoveries with integrity, humility and warmth.
Some of the experience that informs my method:
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Yoga elder (IYN) and senior yoga teacher and trainer ()
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I have been senior tutor at Yogasara's 250hr teacher training and advanced teacher training.
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Yoga Therapy Lead at National Centre for Integrative Medicine
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I curated and delivered several yoga interventions and trainings with Centre for Appearance Studies at UWE, resulting in several published papers.
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I also am a qualified kinesiologist, NLP Master Practitioner, Ayurvedic bodyworker.
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Amongst years of trainings I have studied Body Mind Centring, Dance of Awareness, Body Psychotherapy CBT, philosophy, Polyvagal Yoga and extensive study of anatomy.
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During 2025 I will be undertaking training in fascial unwinding and Taoist spiritual acupuncture
LEARNING TO REST
I am currently taking a break from teaching and in the process of learning to slow down and align with the rhythm of my true nature. It hasn’t been the easiest of tasks and after 2 years I'm only just beginning to really 'get it.' I had known for a while that I was going too hard and fast. The pace of my life was unrelenting. All around me were the kind of crises that required all hands on deck. I wanted to show up for it all. And whilst I was responding and tending out in the world, I lost perspective of my own needs. I would have kept going on auto-pilot, but life found a way to demand a withdrawal, to slow me down and open the doorway to turn quietly in. ​I’ve asked myself, why did I override the cues to slow down? I thought I was being discerning with my yes and no. Yet I was so caught up in the demands of each day that self-care was another thing on the to-do list or an indulgence that couldn’t be risked. The process has been a long and meandering road so far. I’ve found myself confronting deeply entrenched patterns and compulsions that urge me back toward being busy. I've befriended unfamiliar nervous system states (some of which I might have previously called boredom). I have been unpicking the stories from the culture that shaped me - one that places value on productivity and measures worth by scale of achievement. Layers of ingrained protective strategies are being revealed - the urge to fix, control and perfect to avoid feeling humiliated or rejected in a society driven by non-stop overconsumption, overdoing and output. Nature has become my teacher, beautifully modelling life's true essence and helping me to embrace the unknown. I am blessed with loving friends, a few wise guides and nature's wisdom right on my doorstep. I'm becoming more comfortable with prioritising simple and regular rest. I’ve discovered that life is not a race, nor a competition, or a battle and there is nothing to prove to anyone. Yes I have to pay the bills. Yes I attend to the needs of the children and animals. Yes I can still have ambition and plans. What is emerging is a deeper connection and trust in myself, nature and in grace itself. I experience life's depth and mystery in a way that I was previously too busy to fully inhabit. I was running over holy ground.  ​It seems that many of us function like this until something breaks. And then within the rupture we are humbled into remembering what is really important and valuable in our precious lives. Its often not the achievements or the bank balance or any of that stuff. What really matters is much simpler.  I’m finding my way home gently, at a speed that cannot be determined by the clock. Finding a pace that can etch its new rhythm into my nervous system. When I am ready, I'll return bringing my new story to share along with the practices I've benefitted from along the way. My personal practice is ever evolving and so is my opinion on some of what I used to 'teach'. We can find balance together, lay down our burdens and cheer one another along as we command a natural pace into our lives where there is time to listen to the quiet calls and intuitive directions that guide our choices. Most importantly we can keep reminding one another what is truly important.