“It’s time for you to move, realizing that the thing you are seeking is also seeking you”.

Iyanla Vanzant

About Me

Being a dancer from a very early age I experienced a serendipitous moment when I was introduced to yoga at the age of 17 by one of my dance teachers.

For me dancing was my lifeline in discovering myself. If I was ever mentally or emotionally challenged my body released whatever it needed to release by moving it. Then yoga came into my life and I loved the way my body and my mind felt during and after the practice. It felt like I was coming home. Back to the source and truth of who and what I am.

My unique style of yoga has developed over the years by my love of anatomy and physiology and the way in which the body wants to constantly heal itself. Moving and breathing in our bones enables the tissues and the fluid systems to pulse in an intelligent and healing way connecting us to our own innate wisdom. 

By tuning in and truly listening to what is going on, our mental, emotional, physical and psychic bodies resonate with mindfulness and clarity.

I believe passionately in the power of yoga, it helps us to transcend our limitations and to find increasing freedom in our lives. What I enjoy most about teaching yoga is being able to assist others in their journey within and to help find acceptance and peace no matter where they are in their yoga practice.

I am a mother to two beautiful children and we have lived in Somerset for nearly 20 years. I have also worked in the film industry for 25 years and have worked my way up from a runner to a 1st Assistant Director. I love walking in nature with my beautiful dog and experiencing the wildness of the elements. I currently teach at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre school. I have developed a Mindfulness Resilience Training for Actors. I have combined my three careers as a dancer, 1st Assistant Director and yoga teacher & created a programme which helps actors to understand their stress responses in a somatic and mindful way, which in turn builds greater resilience in a very competitive industry.

I am a trained professional dancer & a registered Senior Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance. I am a Satya Prajna teacher with Tias Little from Prajna Yoga. I am also a SUP Yoga (Stand Up Paddleboard) teacher and classes will be coming available to book in Spring 2024.

Come inside and feel the beauty of movement

Spaces

I am the founder of Room. A beautifully designed studio in the heart of Frome, Somerset. An affordable space to hire for local teachers designed with flow and peace in mind.

To hire the space please do get in touch.

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The Story Behind My Logo

 
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The letter ‘I’ in Sanskrit has many symbolic meanings. 

When I first saw this letter I fell in love with it’s shape & it’s form. Curved forms embody the principle of give and take; as one edge recedes, another advances. This relationship is stunningly illustrated in the symbol of Yin & Yang, feminine / masculine, activity / receptivity, expansion / contraction, black / white, a perfect expression of the interdependence of opposites. Each principle can not exist without the other. The ebb and flow of life itself. Shaped like a serpent with it’s cyclical coils the letter ‘I’ represents the spiral of life.

Cultures around the world have rich histories and stories, it is not uncommon for letters and symbols to have deep hidden meanings - even magical powers. The letter ‘I’ represents the Hindu ‘cupid’ Kamadeva, he is the Hindu god of human love and desire. This letter symbolises the primordial feminine force relating to compassion, wonder, awe and to go beyond and to obtain. 


 
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 YOGA ALLIANCE SENIOR YOGA TEACHER

CERTIFIED SATYA PRAJNA YOGA TEACHER


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