About

My Teachings

I’m keen to honour yoga’s roots in my teachings and recognise the wide philosophy’s spiritual lineage through an authentic practice that I hope to share with my students. My classes include pranayama (breathwork), asana (postures), and meditation, as well as yogic philosophy weaved throughout.

I am a big believer in proving that yoga can and should be accessible to all, no matter your journey, body, or perceived limitations. I have seen how yoga can help with both the struggles of daily life, and more complex issues too, and want to help spread this power of the practice to as many people as I can. For this reason, I love teaching both absolute beginners and experienced practitioners alike.

My Journey

A targeted Facebook ad is what first got me into yoga. The pandemic had truly taken hold, and as I was scrolling I kept seeing videos of people doing some very impressive handstands. They looked pretty cool and like a lot of people I had a lot of time to kill, so I thought “why not” and signed up to the online platform.

Alongside these classes I also saw the platform offered yoga. I’d enjoyed the odd class I’d done here and there before, so decided to give them a go.

The first thing that thrilled me was how quickly my body changed and adapted. It’s worth noting that I was on my mat every day, and by committing to anything everyday, skills can quickly be improved upon. But what struck me more was that this wasn’t the first time I’d tried to get flexible, and although it was no longer a priority of mine suddenly I was progressing in a way I could have only dreamt of years earlier.

Throughout my teenage years I was a dancer. I loved it, but always felt inferior to the others I danced with. In our limbering classes everyone was perfectly bent in half and I was nowhere close, but now those poses were starting to seem within my reach. I realised the difference was that I was no longer forcing my body to do what I wanted, but rather allowing it to go where it needed. I was actually breathing in these deep stretches, connecting my mind body to my physical body. And perhaps most importantly, detaching myself from expectations and living for the journey, rather than the destination.

This was a big realisation for me, as the other thing that years of dancing will imprint onto the mind is perfection, and uniformity. Hitting the shape in the same way as everyone else, on the same count, to create the aesthetically pleasing look. Yoga all of a sudden allowed me to move in the way that I wanted to, in that moment, without it being a performance, without being judged, and without a mirror in front of me to highlight all the so called flaws. It was incredible.

These inner reflections then led me down a rabbit hole of research. I discovered Yoga as a philosophy, and the more I read, the more I resonated. It took me over, and a stoic atheist transformed into a spiritual hippy. My asana practice, the physical postures, kept advancing, but that was no longer what fuelled me. Handstands and deep backbends almost became like a hobby (I love them, they’re so much fun!) but the yogic principals I now chose to live my life by were what really had a deep effect on my being.

After graduating, I travelled to the home of yoga, Rishikesh in India, to do my 200-Hrs yoga teacher training. It was an intense and incredibly profound month, learning from the wisest and most inspiring teachers. They showed me how to live an intentional life, and to take the yoga seriously but never yourself. It was a truly special time that I will always cherish.

I recently completed an additional 40-Hrs Hot Yoga training to not only expand my repertoire, but return to being a student. To be a good teacher you must first be a dedicated student, which is why I always consider myself first and foremost a yoga seeker.

My proudest achievement as a yoga teacher is creating a community class with the aim of making yoga accessible to all. Finances can be a huge barrier to starting yoga here in the West, but the practice has always meant to be for anyone and everyone. Often those who can’t access it are those who need it the most. My other teaching endeavours are what allow me to offer this at a low cost.

My most recent and fun success was teaching at Aum Festival, a music and wellness festival in New Zealand, over the 2023/24 New Years weekend.