About me

A bit about myself and how I came to teaching yoga..

After graduating in 2016 with a Business & Management degree, I started my career working at one of the Big 4 in the M&A team. I worked for a prestigious company, had an amazing boss, a fun loving team, worked on high profile projects and got the chance to travel from early on - I really couldn’t have asked for a better start to my career. Given all of this, one would assume I would be content having a secure job, earning well (paying no rent!) and living the “London life”. What I thought would bring me satisfaction and fulfilment, didn’t and I knew this wasn’t the path for me.

After contemplating applying to jobs in other sectors, shifting industry all together, thinking up possible business ventures, the idea of opening and managing my own yoga studio stuck in my head and it was on this basis I left my corporate job. I went to India to undertake training in yoga and it was on this 6 month trip that I found what I was passionate about - holistic health & wellness. Through realising this interest it was clear that rather than just own a business, my goal should be much greater. I wanted to create a lifestyle where work and play were not worlds apart, and “living for the weekend” was no longer the norm. I undertook training under a variety of teachers and each brought forward their own perspective and through this I formed my understanding of how yoga is a holistic lifestyle, not just a physical practice as I initially thought coming from a western country.

My goal is to bring this holistic understanding of yoga into the mainstream so that all that choose this path can benefit from its teachings in an all rounded way - physically, mentally & emotionally. The principles of what we practice for 1 hour on our mat should eventually spill over into the remaining 23 hours of the day. It’s in this way that we will experience the true transformational ability of yoga.

When I’m not teaching, I love reading and researching about all topics wellness and spirituality related. In particular Ayurveda, the sister science of Yoga. It is an ancient Indian medical system, translated as the “Science of Life”. Together, Yoga & Ayurveda explain how our quality of life has several equally weighted factors; what we eat, how much we move, our quality of sleep, the way we breathe, and the nature of our thoughts. Humans are not machines, we are complex beings that require a holistic view. It has never been one size fits all, we are all internally and externally different and my continued study of these ancient Indian sciences has really helped shape my view on the world and influence the way I teach.

Covid brought the importance of health to the forefront of our minds. Not just our physical body and immunity, but our mental health given the amount of change, in many cases distressing change that we’ve had to deal with. It was then I launched MOVEMENT MINDFULNESS MEDITATION and began offering free online classes for the first few months to anyone & everyone in the hope it would bring people more routine to their days at home and something to look forward to. The feedback I received gave me that feeling of fulfilment that I used to crave in my corporate job. From then I continued and maintained an online presence as many have now become accustomed to this way of practicing and I have also gone back to in-person classes and retreats.

The world of health and wellness is constantly evolving and can get very overwhelming with so many things in the market but I truly believe that refocusing on the basics that are regular movement, healthy nutrition, good quality sleep and managing stress levels are the key to a happy and healthy life. In my experience, simplicity is the way forward.