My Story
My journey started in 2011 when I moved to London and tried yoga for the first time. My initial thoughts?
“This is weird and why on earth can I hear people breathing?”
I persevered, mainly because I wanted to spend more time with my soon-to-be best friend. Gradually, I noticed that I started to feel good and strong! You guessed it, I had arrived at the Ashtanga end of the spectrum, and I was good at it! And I say that very purposefully.
The idea that you are "good" or "bad" at yoga is nonsense, and I know this now, but that journey was an important one for me. I came to yoga after the need to be good at school, good at university, and now, good at my job. So, it's hardly surprising that when I found yoga, and one that emphasized alignment, I was driven to be "good" at it. Context is everything.
But over time, my body started to "speak to me." Sciatica was ever-present, and no one could find the root cause of my debilitating back pain. I kept pushing through until one day, I had to stop; my body had had enough. At that point, I found a slow-flowing practice where the focus was less on the asana and more on the felt experience. It was what I later learned was "embodied." By removing the goal of alignment, I didn’t push my body beyond what felt right at that time. All of a sudden, I was able to have an introspective experience. One that wasn’t about what something looked like, but about how something felt. This opened the floodgates for me. Tears would roll down my cheeks in Savasana, and I went from hard and unemotional to compassionate and intuitive.
Removing the goal, unlocked my ability to feel. It taught me to be kind to my thoughts, to listen with curiosity, to be open to sensation, and for that, I am forever grateful.
But that is merely my journey. My experience is forever evolving as more and more layers of my "self" are peeled back. I personally needed to learn what removing the goal felt like so I could begin building a connection with my body. Now, practicing longer-held poses takes on an entirely different form, and it all has its place. This is why I am passionate about offering a full-spectrum practice to meet you where you're at. From slow and juicy, to dynamic, energetic and inverted, right back down to Yin and restorative.
Throughout, my emphasis is on supporting you in tuning into your body with compassion and curiosity so that you can experience the fluctuations of the mind subsiding and your innate wisdom rising.
“Endlessly approachable, warm,
creative, soulful and hearty”
— Good friends