About Me
I first discovered yoga in the late 1990s, when I had young children and was beginning to put down roots in Bath, practicing about once a week. In 2009, I went on my first yoga retreat to Kalamata, Greece – memories of torrential rain and classes in a damp sailing hut did not dim my enthusiasm! During this retreat, I saw the enormous benefit of practicing yoga daily.
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I continued to practice regularly after this, and whilst initially, my motivation for doing yoga was to stretch – particularly when I took up running – I gradually became aware of immense benefits of yoga on mind as well as body. Leaning into the healing power of yoga saw me through a number of challenging and stressful years as I entered my 50’s.
At the end of 2017, I took a leap of faith and left my 30+ year career in Education to ‘re-wire’ and reevaluate how I could follow my passions and use this new freedom to help people. In order to find a new ‘dream career’, I attended a well-being event, at which a group brainstorm highlighted a recurring theme for me: ‘teaching yoga on a hot sunny beach’!
Driven by this new confidence, I increased my practice of yoga and began to look into training to be a yoga teacher. On paper, I felt an unlikely candidate for yoga teaching; having been diagnosed with osteoporosis in 2015 following an early menopause, suffering from broken ribs on three separate occasions, and a broken wrist in 2018 which delayed my training. However, yoga has enabled me to build back my physical and mental strength and overcome these challenges, as well as giving me a unique insight and confidence to help others through my yoga teaching.
During my training, my teaching had been on a 1:1 or small group basis, and this is what I excel at. Introducing those with little to no experience of yoga to its potential brings me so much satisfaction. I completed the Yoga Alliance certified ‘Academy for Yoga Training’ Hatha Yoga 200hr course in August 2020, the 40 Hour Yin Yoga Teaching Course in February 2021, and the 10 Hour Menopause Course in February 2023. I am currently undertaking a 40 Hour Specialist Course to become a Certified Chair Based Yoga Teacher.
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In my classes and 1:1s, my approach to yoga is gentle and accessible. You don’t need to be ‘flexible’! No matter your age, ability, or fitness level, I believe I can help you to enjoy the benefits of yoga on and off the mat.