Starting a career in the Financial Services industry meant long hours in the office, stuck behind a desk. Human beings are designed to move. Yoga found me in 2009 by chance during a lunchtime session in the office. I re-connected with my love and passion for movement and joined Ashtanga and Vinyasa classes.

Having a family and trying to maintain a work-life-balance took its toll on my health in 2016. The rather sedentary lifestyle – a number of us experience in their jobs with not enough exercise – inevitably led to physical and mental problems. Information-overload, over-stimulating technology and unrealistic expectations to juggle life in today’s fast-paced society left me feeling physically and mentally drained. While taking six months off work due to stress-related ill health, I fully immersed myself in yoga and re-built my health. This time, I connected to a deeper, more holistic yoga practice that equally balanced body and mind. My yoga practice became gentler and more nurturing. I was able to connect to my true self which fundamentally changed my outlook on life and meant re-evaluating my priorities.

Having experienced the life-changing benefits of a regular yoga and mindfulness practice I wanted to learn more about the art and science that yoga is, including its underlying philosophy. I attended several yoga workshops on stress- and energy management, anxiety and depression and discovered the healing power of Yoga Nidra. Realising that children (including my own) are growing up in a world with many distractions, temptations, over-stimulation and peer-pressure I decided to take up Special’s Yoga’s ‘Teaching Yoga and Mindfulness to Children’ teacher training. Shortly after I enrolled with Yoga Campus to become a yoga teacher. I am dedicated to deepen my knowledge with Doug Keller (‘Therapeutic Wisdom of Yoga’) and Charlotta Martinus (‘Teaching Yoga and Mindfulness to Young People, aged 11-18’) and intend to continue studying Yoga Therapy – an application of yoga practices to alleviate physical and mental health conditions.

My teaching style is focussed on healthy alignment and intelligent sequencing with an appreciation for flowing artful movement. I envision making my classes accessible to every-body by providing modifications and variations in the context of centring postures around breath awareness. I aim to teach with compassion and humour by inspiring my students to discover their own unique, potential to lead a healthier life.