My Approach
I'd like to invite you to explore stillness and movement with attitude of friendliness and ease. Encouraging you to be curious and kind as you settle into your body and move in a way that feels intuitive and autonomous. When we return home to ourselves and the present moment we gain a greater sense of belonging, both within our bodies and within the big wide world around us.
Yoga helps build and maintain functional strength and mobility which hugely improve quality of life and longevity. However, the true rewards come from beyond the physical postures as we learn to cultivate connection and compassion towards ourselves and others.
My Classes
My classes aim to move your body and still your mind. We will focus on connecting breath with movement as you drop your attention into the experience of the body to keep you anchored to the practice.
I encourage you to befriend yourself and bring an attitude of curiosity and playfulness towards the practice, empowering you to listen and respond to your own needs.
Expect a balanced and embodied practice as I guide you through a gentle warm up followed by some slow, flowing sun salutations, a sprinkling of optional challenging asanas, some satisfying stretches on the ground, and a long relaxing savasana. I hope that you’ll finish class with a little smile on your face - feeling energised and restored.
About Me
I was first introduced to yoga as a teenager living on Dartmoor by family friend and wonderful Ashtanga teacher Yasmin Kay in the mid 00s. It wasn’t until a decade later in London - when I found myself battling with the usual stresses of living in a big city - that I truly discovered the enormous benefits of yoga, and it became an essential part of my life.
After falling in love with the city - I moved to Berlin in 2016 and in January of 2017 I briefly fled the snowy European capital to enrol in a 200 hour yoga teacher training with Frog Lotus International in the sunny Andalusian hills. Back in Berlin, I took part in a mentorship programme with my brilliant asana and meditation teacher Victoria Larsson before I began to teach my own regular classes.
After moving back to the UK I completed my Pregnancy Yoga Teacher Training with Uma Dinsmore-Tuli in the autumn of 2018 while pregnant with my first child.
I now live on Dartmoor where I spent my childhood. Since having my son and daughter I’ve been rediscovering my yoga practice with the curiosity and patience required as a mother of tiny people.
In 2021-22 I was enrolled in a year long Yoga Therapy Diploma with the Devon School of Yoga.
I am currently running weekly classes and events on Dartmoor.
Inclusivity & Charity
Yoga should, of course, be for everybody regardless of ability or background. I am very aware that in the UK it is predominantly accessed by white, affluent, able bodied practitioners. Because people have been marginalised are underrepresented in yoga, and it’s important to redress the balance, I would like to offer reduced or free classes to anyone who needs them. Just get in touch via email - it would be lovely to hear from you.
10% of my yoga teaching income goes to charity with a portion of these donations going to South Asian causes. I deeply appreciate yoga's roots and hope to show my gratitude by sharing my earnings with communities and individuals in South Asia and with the South Asian diaspora in the U.K.