My love of movement began when I was a child, even though I was labelled as shy and clumsy, I loved to dance and perform.
As a teen I discovered yoga from a book, and found it sparked something inside of me that would later become a deeper daily practice. Then while studying theatre I learnt about different movement modalities - I was lucky enough to go to some amazing dance classes in Cape Town, U.K. & Berlin and as well as tap, ballet, contemporary I got to experience Alexander technique, Contact Improv, Franklin Method, Feldenkrais, Pilates and more. This laid the groundwork for how I eventually came to teach. These practices were my medicine, helping me to find confidence in my own skin.
In 2009 I trained as a yoga teacher and simultaneously did two teacher trainings (via YogaCampus and Sianna Sherman)- which was intense but taught me to explore different options and never to be too rigid in my approach or style.
In 2011 I became a full-time yoga teacher and have taught in various spaces and places to many different wonderful unique bodies. From 2014 - 2019 I co-facilitated The Practices teacher training alongside Leila Sadeghee where I learnt how to hold space and articulate the nuts and bolts of teaching. I have always continued my personal studies, including doing a Thai Yoga massage training with Kira Balaskas, meditation teacher training with Sally Kempton, embodied anatomy & mentoring with Mollie Morris, restorative yoga with Judith Lasater, an advanced 500 hours TT with Sianna Sherman, and in 2017-2019 studying with Tara Judelle who greatly influenced my practice and teaching, and led me down many rabbit holes of listening to the body, skin, organs, fascia and more.
Becoming a mother in 2019 has been my most challenging yoga practice! And inspires and informs how I hold space. I am still learning and growing as a student and teacher, and am training as a Pilates teacher (a discipline which I have been studying alongside yoga for many years) as well as diving into breath and fascia explorations with Ana Barretxeguren …
I have loved to learn with all these amazing teachers, and have been very privileged in my pursuit of knowledge, but really the greatest lessons are those I have experienced in my everyday mundane moments, the embedding of the daily practice which rewires the body-mind and slowly helps me find more joy and space in life.
