I have found this practice to bring good things.

Fresh out of university and living in Paris, I first found yoga at a little studio called Qee in the 9th arrondissement. At Qee, I tumbled into Ashtanga yoga, delighting in the strict strengthening and lengthening of body and breath.

From Paris, I moved to New York City, where the now defunct YogaWorks studio on the Upper East Side became a second home. A strong Vinyasa Flow practice saw me through exciting times at work; Prenatal yoga shepherded me through my pregnancy and beyond. Later still, as divorce and my mother’s death came into focus, my practice kept me whole. Ordered movement orders the mind, and with ordered mind and breath I could keep moving forward.

And move forward I did, all the way from the United States to Bristol in the UK. From this base, I completed hundreds of hours of yoga teacher trainings, honing in on the yoga that resonates most. A love for movement with breath and beats led me to London and 4Beat, the crisp beats-filled blend created by Marcus Veda; a desire to further the yin to the yang led me to Yin yoga at Indaba, where I trained with veteran Yin master Norman Blair.

I have found this practice to bring good things - and the teachers and fellow travellers it has brought me into contact with have been the very best. I am grateful to Rory and Dory at Yogakutir and the masterful teachers at Mission E1, as well as those who brought the breath in NYC and the open-hearted teachers who got me started on this ride way back in my Paris days. And to so many more: thank you.

Today, my teaching gears towards the strong and dynamic practices of Vinyasa Flow and 4Beat alongside the deep and extending stillness of Yin yoga, at all levels. While finance and tech have been the sectors I worked in for a long while, yoga means more now. The movement, the breath, the community - it feels so deeply right and real.

Know that there is no being ‘good’ or ‘bad’ at yoga: there is just yoga. The physical practice can be fast and sweaty and hard; it can be slow and quiet and soft. Is yoga for you? Yes, yoga is for everybody and every body; it will give you what you need. Getting started is simple: rock up to a class, unroll your mat, and be open to finding out.