· 1000h Yoga Teacher & Yoga Therapeutic Specialist
· Trained with Yoga Medicine® & Threes Physiyoga
· BA (Hons) in Contemporary Dance

The highlight of my journey is a personal transformation through movement and mindfulness, which has inspired me to share these teachings with others. A lifelong mover, fascinated by how the body and mind work, I graduated with a BA (Hons) in Contemporary Dance. Meanwhile, through my engagement in therapy, I discovered and immersed myself in the teachings of mindfulness. Underpinned by my interest in science, these two paths have converged and led me to the study of yoga, with a special focus on therapeutic yoga. Now with more than 1000h of training, in my one to one work I specialise in helping people affected by chronic pain to move freely again and feel at ease in their bodies. I also work with people who are looking for a personalised, intelligent practice, to support their body & mind. Beyond one to one sessions, I help yoga teachers with creative and anatomical sequencing and teach a variety of classes for my online yoga studio.

Movement is my first language, and has been a continuous presence throughout my life for the last two decades. For most of my adolescence, I spent the after-school hours in a youth dance company. I found dance mesmerising and loved the dedication, curiosity and awareness it called for. What started out as a love for movement, later became a way to connect to myself on a deeper level. In an otherwise chaotic life, dance was an anchoring presence and a focus that allowed me to keep going. By the time high school graduation approached, I knew I wanted to dedicate my life to movement.

Soon after I enrolled in a BA programme in contemporary dance. I have always enjoyed the practical aspects of dance, but as the degree progressed I became more and more interested in movement science. As not all technical aspects of dance came easily to me, I started to look into research for answers. While everyone else was creating performances for their final dissertation, I decided to write a research study on the science of external hip rotation.

As I wasn’t dealt the best hand in life and full-time dance training was pretty demanding, I soon found myself dealing with an assortment of mental health issues, and so referred myself to therapy. Little did I know that the therapeutic modality I ended up in was grounded in mindfulness. I didn’t have a clue what that was at the time but as it made interesting links between mind and body, it sat well with me. So well, in fact, that I’ve spent solid five years dedicated to it.

Fast forward several years, with a solid interest in movement, somatics and mindfulness, I ended up in yoga. Being situated at the convergence of everything I was interested in, the practice really felt like home. Needless to say, things spiraled from there! I soon completed my entry-level teacher training in yoga. As I scratched the surface of this extensive subject, it sparked in me a deep curiosity for further study of the body & the mind.

Prompted by personal experience of chronic pain and autoimmune disease, I felt drawn to continuing education with a strong focus on anatomy and kinesiology, coming full circle since my university years to specialise in movement science. I see myself as an embodied scientist and the way I teach and practice has evolved into a unique blend, with influence of the organic and intuitive movement wisdom of contemporary dance, the somatic insight of yoga and the intellectual curiosity of science.