Making these sorts of introductions always feels a little forced and rather terrifying, I’m sure you know what I mean! On the other hand, it’s important to me that you know who I am and where I’m coming from, since so much of that is woven through the work I share. So.. deep breath! Here goes…

I am an identical twin and one of five siblings. The typical middle child, I have a strong will to keep the peace and mediate conflict. I am and have always been highly sensitive to my own emotions and those of others and I ‘m sure that this has lead me into offering the work that I do. I grew up in a small village not far from London, UK, left home for university when I was 18 and have never moved back. I lived in India for 2 years and since 2018 Berlin has been my home. I am very rooted to my family, all of whom reside in England.

Fairly early on after qualifying as a yoga teacher I had the opportunity to teach on teacher trainings. With far more enthusiasm than experience at the time, I launched myself into studying all of the material that was being taught on the course. Those 3 years were very formative for me, I exchanged with A LOT of prospective teachers and learnt a great deal about anatomy, alignment and philosophy. In hindsight I was far too inexperienced, but having a full-time yoga teaching job was a rich opportunity to submerge myself in the subjects of bodies, movement and meditation. I don’t teach on teacher trainings any more and have deliberately chosen to distance myself from spaces that tend to only scratch the surface, but I do consider this time of exposure and intensive learning a solid starting point and one of the foundational bricks of the house that surrounds me today.

Other bricks that make up that house include many years training in classical and contemporary dance and BA studies in social science and the politics of identity. I consider myself a social activist, feminist and an advocate for counter culture that centres on building sustainable communities.