Just the right balance...
That is how I would describe my approach to yoga and to life. I get a genuine buzz from practising and from seeing the shift in energy as a class moves and breathes together.
I first trained in 2003 to 2004 with the CYS 200-hour Teacher Training programme, which I continue to support and teach on today. I had been attending classes since childhood with my wonderfully open-minded mum, and yoga always felt like home. In my early twenties, I turned to teacher training as a way to explore the big emotions that come with that stage of life. Teaching became a natural and deeply rewarding outcome.
Over more than twenty years my teaching has evolved through the guidance of many experienced and generous teachers. My own practice has ebbed and flowed through children, injury and the many phases of life. Yoga has been a constant support.
I currently teach Hatha Raja Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga and the Yoga for Healthy Lower Backs programme. My classes focus on breath, steady progression and helping people build resilience both physically and mentally.
Yoga is not about performance. It is about learning to bend so you do not break.