I have been running Babacool since 2013 with my husband Alex. We are now a Trainer Pro provider with YAPTA, providing a Yoga Teacher Training Course (Kundalini), and further training in Gongs and Buteyko Breathing.

My husband and I provide between us Yoga, Bioenergetics, Pranayama & Breath Coaching, Tai Chi Qigong, gong baths & gong training, TRE (Tension & Trauma Release), and meditation. We run Training, classes (locally and online), events & workshops, 1-2-1s, corporate classes and events, & public speaking.

I have a degree in Philosophy so I've always been drawn to getting to the heart of everything! I think this is reflected in my teaching style and my approach to yoga. I am focused around meditation, exploring consciousness and understanding, and Yoga philosophy. I love the current crossover between science and woowoo, and try to teach the ancient wisdom in a way that makes it relevant for now. We are definitely in different times to those of the original seekers!

I come from a corporate background - I worked in finance for almost 20 years so I'm not a stranger to stress and monotony. My husband is from a military background and has a unique understanding of tension and trauma. Our life experiences shape our teaching - we're keen to release people from the shackles of the past, and restore as much freedom as possible to body, mind and life.

I initially trained to teach Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan. Whilst there is much about this style of practice that I love, I did not take to the Sikh practices nor the heavy rules and lack of transparency. I have studied widely since then both the classical texts, other styles of yoga, as well as Buteyko breathing and techniques that work with the nervous system like TRE and Bioenergetics. The more I explore, the more crossover I see with Yoga and the more relevant I can make my classes. I now specialise in breath and the nervous system, and teach to restore both to health. 

My teachers include Patrick McKeown (Oxygen Advantage, Buteyko), Steve Haines (TRE), Sarah Lo, Paul Grilley and Jo Phee (Yin Yoga), Sally Kempton (Tantric Meditation), Anodea Judith (Bioenergetics), Tom Myers (Anatomy Trains), Sarah Ramsden (Sports Yoga), Max Strom, Mehtab Benton, and Wim Hof.

I'm also a gong player and regularly use the gong during yoga classes - a style of yoga we call Gong Yoga. My husband and I run gong baths and have a house full of gongs (over 30 at the last count). We also train people to play them, running Level 1 and 2 courses all over the UK.

Away from Babacool, I enjoy writing, reading, running, travel, cooking, theatre, loud music and dancing 5 Rhythms. 

I'm inspired every day to learn a little more, to pass that learning on, and to free people from the past they carry unnecessarily in their body and mind. I'm an easy-going teacher but expect to be provoked!