I have been practicing yoga for over 15 years and have always been interested in how the body affects the mind and vice versa. I have been fortunate to travel extensively and learn about myself and the world around me through experience, this in combination with a degree in Sociology and Politics has taught me the beauty that lies in observation. When I returned from my travels I trained as a teacher of Religious Education and Philosophy and enjoyed learning more about spirituality, ethics and moral conundrums with the students that I taught. In 2016 I experienced a overwhelming desire to return ‘home’; I gave up my career as a teacher, left Malaysia and moved back to Stroud. Although at times this transition was more difficult than I had anticipated, yoga supported my transition and allowed me to listen to my body and what it was telling me.

I now work at Stroud Community Agriculture and feel privileged to experience the seasons so profoundly. When I feel moments of self-doubt it is yoga that reminds me that I am on the right path. 

Although I have been practicing yoga since 2005, it wasn't until 2016 that I began to see yoga as an integral part of my life. In 2018 I completed the British Wheel of Yoga foundation course and in April 2019 I completed my 200 hours (Yoga Alliance Professionals UK accredited) teacher training certificate (TTC) in India. 

My approach to yoga is one of self-inquiry; yoga is not about creating the perfect shapes or indeed the perfect body, it is a tool to teach you to respect and support the body that you have been given; it is a tool to show you how we can be both strong and supple, overwhelmed and grounded; most importantly it is way to help you accept exactly where we are; for that is where we are supposed to be.

You are never too young, too old, too inflexible...no matter where you are in your journey, what your background is, it is never too late to start yoga and benefit from it. I invite you to join me for a class to experience the transformation that occurs over time. In the word of Donna Farhi, ‘the practice is the reward; there is as much pleasure in digging a hole for a sapling as there is in admiring the fully grown tree’.