About
You might think I was always flexible and totally zen? But honestly, I struggled when I started yoga, finding my body stiff as a plank of wood!
So my mission statement is simple: Yoga for All Abilities.
It’s not about what how far your body goes, or listening to the mind… it’s about the heart.
We are often disconnected from our bodies, our inner voice and the world around us. I want to give people a taste of reconnection in every yoga class.
Through this reconnecting I love to see students find new optimism for life, and follow their heart to greater happiness.
The Beginning
My first class was with an incredible teacher Flo in a sunlit loft in Covent Garden in 2011. I remember lying under the beams during final relaxation and floating on a cloud. Not believing I had managed to do some of the poses I had.
I was in the class to get to know colleagues, de-stress and work on my fitness.
So either I had something to prove or wanted to improve myself. But in yoga I found I had nothing to prove. It became a place of peace and retreat for me.
I came out of class stronger and lighter, with more patience and confidence.
Bonds formed with classmates, as we challenged ourselves in a supportive environment.
As my body grew stronger and I regained lost flexibility, so my mind did too, I gained more focus and entertained new possibilities.
The Middle
Three years later I travelled to Goa, to take an Intensive Yoga Teacher Training with Yoga Prema - this was one of the best decisions I ever made!
This course followed traditional yoga and I learnt from heartfelt, gifted and highly experienced teachers Lila Conway and Elahn Keshava. How to describe that month? Well… getting up at 5.30am, vegetarian food, 4 hours of classes per day… it turns out, a path to bliss :)
After a few detours, I finally began to work as a teacher in 2017 and met my forever teacher Sonia Sumar that same year, when doing her Part 1 training in Yoga For All Abilities.
The Now
Since meeting and training with Sonia Sumar the last 7 years, there are no doubts in me! I wanted to spread the knowledge and techniques that have helped me so much.
In particular, I wanted to teach people with additional and complex needs. Always the most genuine, lovely people I have ever met :)
Really we all have some unique needs, whether it’s physical, energetic, mental or emotional. In facing my own needs, I’ve learnt through experience how to teach people to work with all these layers.
The Future
Physical and mental issues due to modern life are all too common, and in an effort to be able to holistically evaluate every student, I am beginning a 2-year Professional Diploma in Yoga Therapy at The Minded Institute from May.
Conditions covered will include: immunological, anxiety, respiratory, Parkinson’s Disease, cancer, depression, reproductive, PTSD, chronic pain, eating disorders, diabetes, dementia, bone disorders, chronic fatigue, addictions, ADHD, OCD, stroke, hypermobility, kidney disorders, and grief.
Qualifications & Certifications
Hatha Yoga Teacher Training
Nov 2014 - 200 hours Hatha Yoga Teacher Training with Yoga Prema – Assagao, Goa
Feb 2017 – 200 hours Hatha Yoga Teacher Training with Sivananda Vidya Yoga Peetham – Varkala, Kerala
Yoga For All Abilities
Sept 2017 – 50 hours The Sonia Sumar Method: Yoga For All Abilities (YFAA) Part 1 training – London, UK
Nov 2017 – 50 hours YFAA Part 2 training – London, UK
(Followed by many CPDs in YFAA and repeating Part 1 & Part 2)
June 2019 – 200 hours Hatha Yoga Teacher Training with The Sonia Sumar Method: YFAA
Apr 2022 – 100 hours Intermediate Hatha Yoga Teacher Training with YFAA
Sept 2023 – Level 4 Senior YFAA Licenced Practitioner
Anatomy
Feb 2019 – 50 hours Yoga London Anatomy course
Yoga Therapy
May 2024 – Feb 2026 – 600 hours Professional Diploma in Yoga Therapy at The Minded Institute
I start this diploma in May; The Minded Institute is an international leader in the field of yoga therapy training. Students learn cutting-edge mind-body research and its relevant applications to yoga and mindfulness.
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