ABOUT
I came to yoga by chance in 1997 via a Buddhist meditation course with the Triratna Buddhist Order. The very first class I attended felt like I had found me! I knew that I was going to practice yoga from that moment on. From those very first classes I became calmer, clearer happier and more embodied. It didn't take long for my yoga practice to become a daily ritual for me as I felt the benefits in body, mind and spirit.
On a year long trip travelling around Asia I traveled to India for 6 months in 2003 and spent time exploring yoga in more depth, spending time at the Yoga Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh and practicing with many teachers all over India and returned in 2004 for further study. During the earlier trip I became really inspired and truly started to connect with yoga philosophy and teachings beyond just the physical asana practice. It also affirmed my desire to teach so on returning to the UK I trained with Jim Tarran (my teacher of several years and the founder of Vajrasati yoga) in the Vajrasati School of yoga and started teaching in 2004 and became fully qualified (Yoga Alliance 500 hours) in 2006. I am now a Senior Teacher of the Vajrasati school and I co-run the Vajrasati teacher training course with Jim Tarran (my now partner!) in Brighton and London. As I believe yoga is a constant journey of learning I have continued to further my development with regular training with teachers such as Cathy-Mae Karelse, Judith Lasater, Sarah Powers, Donna Farhi, Paul Grilley, Sally Kempton, Kaivitha Chinnaiyan and Christopher (Hareesh) Wallis. I have a Masters Degree (with distinction!) in the Traditions of Yoga and Meditation from SOAS University, London.
My teaching style is calming and focused with particular attention given to breath awareness and cultivation and recognition of energy and connection with our inner state of being. I use dynamic and restorative (and a whole range in-between!) classical and modern postural yoga asanas to bring us towards yoga/integration. I teach based on the aṣṭāṅga (8 limbs - not to be confused with aṣṭāṅga vinyāsa) path of yoga , incorporating yoga philosophy into my āsana classes, and teaching other practices such as pranayama (breathing practices), dhyana (meditation) and mantra (chanting). I am inspired by traditional yoga philosophy such as the Patañjali yoga-sūtras, non-dual tantras and a mindfulness practice. I also take inspiration from anything and everything from being a mother to being an environmentalist or just simply being a being in the world!
My classes are fully inclusive. Everyone is welcomed regardless of ability, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation and age. My classes provide an open welcoming space for all people. I teach yoga with respect to the roots of the tradition, acknowledging that as a western woman I am gratefully borrowing teachings from a culture outside of my own. With this in mind I pledge to remain respectful by continued study of, and appreciation of yoga's roots within the Indian sub-continent.
On a year long trip travelling around Asia I traveled to India for 6 months in 2003 and spent time exploring yoga in more depth, spending time at the Yoga Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh and practicing with many teachers all over India and returned in 2004 for further study. During the earlier trip I became really inspired and truly started to connect with yoga philosophy and teachings beyond just the physical asana practice. It also affirmed my desire to teach so on returning to the UK I trained with Jim Tarran (my teacher of several years and the founder of Vajrasati yoga) in the Vajrasati School of yoga and started teaching in 2004 and became fully qualified (Yoga Alliance 500 hours) in 2006. I am now a Senior Teacher of the Vajrasati school and I co-run the Vajrasati teacher training course with Jim Tarran (my now partner!) in Brighton and London. As I believe yoga is a constant journey of learning I have continued to further my development with regular training with teachers such as Cathy-Mae Karelse, Judith Lasater, Sarah Powers, Donna Farhi, Paul Grilley, Sally Kempton, Kaivitha Chinnaiyan and Christopher (Hareesh) Wallis. I have a Masters Degree (with distinction!) in the Traditions of Yoga and Meditation from SOAS University, London.
My teaching style is calming and focused with particular attention given to breath awareness and cultivation and recognition of energy and connection with our inner state of being. I use dynamic and restorative (and a whole range in-between!) classical and modern postural yoga asanas to bring us towards yoga/integration. I teach based on the aṣṭāṅga (8 limbs - not to be confused with aṣṭāṅga vinyāsa) path of yoga , incorporating yoga philosophy into my āsana classes, and teaching other practices such as pranayama (breathing practices), dhyana (meditation) and mantra (chanting). I am inspired by traditional yoga philosophy such as the Patañjali yoga-sūtras, non-dual tantras and a mindfulness practice. I also take inspiration from anything and everything from being a mother to being an environmentalist or just simply being a being in the world!
My classes are fully inclusive. Everyone is welcomed regardless of ability, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation and age. My classes provide an open welcoming space for all people. I teach yoga with respect to the roots of the tradition, acknowledging that as a western woman I am gratefully borrowing teachings from a culture outside of my own. With this in mind I pledge to remain respectful by continued study of, and appreciation of yoga's roots within the Indian sub-continent.