Over 25 years’ exploring yoga, meditation, breathwork and psychological therapies has taught me that my role as a yoga teacher and massage therapist is to offer you new and healing ways to experience yourself through your body – as the beautifully unique person that you are.

I’m not here to tell you what to do, but to create a space where you can listen to your body and discover what works for you – developing a relationship with yourself based on curiosity rather than judgement, and care rather than force.

As part of the process, we pay attention to anatomical alignment, physiological responses, subtle sensations and changes, and how we feel – physically, emotionally and energetically. 

We don’t force ourselves into positions or override discomfort and pain. Instead, we listen, adapt and work with what we find, with curiosity and care – discovering how often small adjustments can create more freedom in our bodies and minds. 

Over time, we can learn to move – on the mat and in life – in ways that release unnecessary tension and soften patterns of holding that may no longer serve us.

My approach is deeply influenced by the work of professional ballet dancer and yoga teacher Vanda Scaravelli, who encouraged us to explore movement, breath and the intelligence of our own bodies.

With particular attention to the spine as a source of vitality, we use movement to explore how the body can move, breathe and respond with greater freedom and ease.

Alongside this, I’m fascinated by the ongoing study of neuroscience, anatomy, physiology and fascia — fields that continually deepen our understanding of how interconnected the body really is.

This knowledge helps us explore how the relationship between our bones, structure, breath and gravity can create greater support and ease. Rather than holding ourselves up through effort, we can begin to soften into and rise out of gravity, allowing the body to feel lighter, more spacious and more at home in itself.

It’s a lovely feeling.