I am indebted, first of all, to Audrey Pattison for having had the foresight and courage to start a children's Iyengar yoga class in a London state primary school in the 1970s. Without any conceptual understanding as a 6 year old, I simply knew I had found something that helped me feel how I knew I could feel. I discovered that I could choose where to place my attention, and the effect was one of my mind coming home. This sparked a connection with Iyengar yoga that has been maintained, although not unquestioningly, throughout my life. 
In my early 20s I spent a year working with the Tibetan community in exile in Dharamsala supporting Tibetan architectural heritage, and living amongst the Tibetan Lamas and Rinpoches (senior teachers) whose presence offered me more than any teachings could have at this time in my life. By the end of the year I felt ready to attend my first vipassana meditation retreat, and sat for 20 days in silence, guided by the inspirational Christopher Titmuss, co-founder of Gaia House in Devon. The insights from this first retreat have remained a compass for my practices ever since. 

These have led me on a journey that have included both a widening of my understanding as well as a process of embedding and embodying these insights into the midst of what it is to live with warm-hearted awareness in everyday life. I am passionate about a lifelong exploration of yoga, meditation and heart-based enquiry as paths of awakening, and bow at the feet of my teachers both formal and informal. The real practice shows itself in my intimate and everyday relationships, in motherhood and daily life. To this end, I am grateful to my husband Mat, and my three children JJ, Elsa and Danny: thank you for being you and being here, through it all. 
In recent years I am indebted to Alaric Newcombe for the depth and subtlety with which he understands this human form; to Martin Aylward for his guidance, contagious passion for the goodness of Buddhist meditation practices, and his delight in finding the richness of teachings amidst daily life; to my beloved friend, teacher and mentor Sarah Powers for her embodiment and teaching of a path that so elegantly unites body, mind, heart and spirit; and to my soul brother, Jeffrey Wium, for showing me my wings and the depth of my heart.

Deep bow, love and gratitude.
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1995-7: Iyengar Yoga introductory teaching certificate (Elaine Pidgeon and Meg Laing)
1996, Oct-Dec: teachers' intensive with B.K.S Iyengar, Geeta Iyengar and Prashant Iyengar, India
2001, Jan-Mar: Astanga yoga study with Patthabi Jois, India
2001: Birthlight pregnancy yoga training (Francoise Freedman)
2002: Doula training (Lilliana Lammers and Michel Odent)
2006-7: Dharma Facilitation Programme (Christopher Titmuss)
2007: Iyengar yoga junior intermediate level 1 certificate (Alaric Newcombe)
2007: Meditation and yin yoga teacher training (Sarah Powers)
2007-8: Anusara yoga immersion (Bridget Woods-Kramer)
2009: Iyengar yoga junior intermediate level 2 certificate (Alaric Newcombe)
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2013-14: Mindfulness Teacher Training (Mindfulness Training Institute: Martin Aylward and Mark Coleman)
2014: Insight Yoga Endorsed teacher and mentor (Sarah Powers)
2015: Mindfulness Institute Accredited teacher and mentor
2016: Community Dharma Leadership programme: Gaia House
2017-  ...teachings of the heart