My yoga journey began 12 years ago when I started practicing Ashtanga, while training professionally as a dancer. At first, like most people, it was all about the asana, achieving postures. However, training under the watchful eye of my Mum at The Yoga Barn Glasgow I slowly began to understand the importance of yoga in every aspect of my life.
The physical aspects of my practice allowed me to find balance in my body and very quickly I started to see old injuries from years of dancing, and crazy fitness trends, disappear. I started to build strength in a functional way, nurturing my body instead of punishing it. But the biggest shift was in my mental health. I started to understand what it meant to feel calm, at peace even. This was big news for me and my anxious, wandering mind and so my eagerness to learn more began.
Practicing with my incredible teachers: Rosina Bonsu, Maureen Thorpe and Donald Hargrove, I quickly learned the true meaning of yoga. Yoga means unity. To me it is living with kindness and compassion at the root of your being. Yoga is about inclusivity. Yoga should be for EVERYONE. If you can breathe, you can do yoga. Yes, the physical practice is very important but it doesn’t end there. This was a road to self discovery and I was excited to embark on my own, personal adventure. After a few years, traveling all over the world and practicing a range of styles with different teachers, I decided to do my first teacher training with Fierce Grace Yoga in London. Since then I have been lucky enough to further my training with The Yoga People, Wholehearted Yoga and Alice Gray.
Yoga has helped me to find stillness in my hectic life. It has helped me understand my mental health and physical well being. I want to give back what yoga and my teachers have given to me. I want to share my practice with others to help people grow and find peace within themselves.
