I trained as a yoga teacher with the British Wheel of Yoga and completed their teaching Diploma (BWY Dip) with tutor Margaret Woodley in 2004. I am a British Wheel of Yoga Teaching Practice Observer for trainee yoga teachers (TPOT) and I have a Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE). In addition to my British Wheel of Yoga Teaching qualification, I have also trained as a Specialist Children’s Yoga Teacher with Christiane Kerr, at Calm For Kids, have completed the BWY Anatomy for Movement Module with Andrea Newman and have studied Trauma Sensitive Yoga with Susi Wrenshaw at Trauma Therapy Manchester. I have been very fortunate to work with some excellent teachers over the years and I am so grateful for the inspiration this has given me in my practice and my teaching.

I hold full indemnity insurance through my professional membership of the British Wheel of Yoga, I have completed Safe Guarding Training to work with children and vulnerable adults, and I hold a First Aid qualification specifically for yoga teachers.

I started practising yoga in my early twenties and over the years I have gone on to explore a wide range of yoga styles, including Iyengar, Hatha, Dru and Viniyoga. I am a longstanding vegetarian and have been interested in Buddhism for many years. I practice meditation to compliment my own yoga practice, and I have found this helps me tremendously in all aspects of my life. As a result, my teaching style is influenced by a number of schools of yoga but is centred around working mindfully (ie. being aware of how you feel in the here and now). In this way yoga allows you to approach your personal practice compassionately, working with your body and breath with an increased self awareness to develop a sense of physical freedom and mental harmony.

“There is no place of pilgrimage as fabulous and as open as this body of mine, no place more worth exploring.” Saraha, 8th Century Buddhist yogi