ABOUT ME
I sustained an injury after The Great South Run in 2014. It had been niggling away at me for weeks and after trying to ignore it, my body retaliated by knocking me for six. I suffered with depression and anxiety as I lost all confidence in my body. I was in pain every day. I needed to try something new.
After multiple trips to see various specialists (£££), I tried yoga.
I felt like an impostor. I clumsily dragged my body through each class, not understanding that there was more to yoga than making shapes. However, as I lay quietly in savasana, something eventually settled in me. I decided to keep showing up: to learn; to listen; to experience it all. It helped me to heal (physically) at a realistic pace. And as I kept up my practice, things began to shift mentally too. I began to nurture a mind and body connection and realised that in order to return to full health I had to let go of my competitive nature that, at the time, was integral to my identity. Paradoxically, the determination to 'beat' the injury and quickly return to normality was the exact thing preventing me from doing that! I established a new relationship with myself and unlocked a whole new depth of understanding around being present.
In 2016 I undertook my training qualification over the course of a year. I was eager to learn more: to appreciate and honour the ancient foundations of yoga; dissect the complex anatomy of the body; to eventually, to the best of my ability, pass on the magic of yoga.
I became pregnant in 2019 and despite a healthy and straightforward pregnancy, my son decided it was his time to arrive 6 weeks early. The only thing I had to guide me through the drama of his birth was my yoga experience. I instinctively found my own methods of coping through movement and breathwork. During labour I remained completely focused and, in that moment, I had the most phenomenal spiritual experience. Despite the circumstances and medical intervention, I felt so in-tune with my body - the most powerful I'd ever been.
A year later, I enrolled with the wonderful Sally Parkes to gain a FEDANT accredited pregnancy/postnatal yoga qualification (YTT85 hours). It was inspiring and insightful - it helped me to process my birth and postnatal experience too. Since then, I have supported women from all over the UK on their journey to motherhood, pre and postnatally. I have also been blessed to have another beautiful child, this time, by elective c-section.
I love to be outdoors and I teach yoga outside at Needham Lake during the Spring and Summer.
If you're looking for a nurturing Postnatal Yoga class you can join me on Wednesdays at Christchurch Hall in Needham Market.
I run nourishing Monthly Reset Yoga sessions at Red Gables, Stowmarket.
I support local businesses enhance their employee wellbeing with regular workplace yoga sessions in Stowmarket.
Year round, I also offer 121 private sessions at my private garden studio or online via Zoom.