I had been practising yoga on and off for much of my adult life but it was the weekly classes with Bridget Thornborrow that hooked me into this way of approaching yoga and approaching life in general.

‘With family life and a busy job I discovered that yoga was a way of finding space and sense in amongst the joys of everyday chaos. The weekly classes, and subsequently regular practice, gave me time and space for myself. By exploring movement and taking time to breath, yoga helped me become re-connected with my body and gain some perspective in my life.’

I decided I needed a change in the way I worked and took the two-year London Yoga Teacher Training course finishing in 2015. This course was founded on the teachings and yoga of Vanda Scaravelli (author of Awakening the Spine) and Mary Stewart: two teachers whose approach to yoga emphasises the relationship between gravity, breath and the spine. There were many wonderful and inspirational teachers on this course including Chloe Fremantle, Anne-Marie Zulkahari, Lisa McRory, Pete Blackaby and Neville Cregan.

I am a fully accredited British Wheel of Yoga Teacher Member. I continue to study with Gary Carter and Giovanni Felicioni.