About

Although there was Yoga around me from the start, with a dear relative a Yoga teacher, I only became a regular attender to an Iyengar Yoga class in my early thirties, when I lived in North Wales. When I noticed that however tired I felt before the class, I came out at the end feeling awake and vital. One class a week changed to two, and gradually I developed my own practice. It was not until I encountered all the other “limbs” of Yoga, the ethical system, the breath and sound work, the philosophy and mindful meditation, during my British Wheel of Yoga Foundation course in 2005, that I realised I had “found a way to live”. Having an enquiring mind, and working all my professional life as a scientist, I am comfortable with the idea that each individual can have a unique dialogue with this ancient tradition, and that each generation, in any part of the world, can creatively add layers of practice and meaning.

I qualified as a Yoga teacher with the British Wheel of Yoga (BWY), in 2009 (500 hrs training), and completed the Pranayama (breath practices) self-development module with Phil Xerri in 2010. Since then I have taught regular classes, workshops and residential courses.
For me, being a Yoga teacher is about guiding students to listen to the wisdom of their own mind and body, for inner peace and vitality. I have been influenced by teachers such as Pete Blackaby (Intelligent Yoga), Eric Franklin (Franklin method) and Dan Gelblum (Feldenkrais). I also integrate use of sound into my teaching. As well as living and teaching Yoga, I retired in January 2023 from University lecturing and researching in the field of cognitive neuroscience. I am fascinated by the congruence of some of the insights within Yogic philosophy, developed purely by self-observation, with current scientific discoveries.