Sometime in the early noughties in a crumbling leisure centre in the East End of Glasgow, surrounded by mirrors and under the harsh glare of buzzing strip lights, my first yoga class made no sense to me. Disappointed, I put yoga to the back of my mind and stuffed my mat to the back of a cupboard.

About a decade later, after the birth of my third child, my body no longer felt like a friend and I was struggling with my mood, with thyroid issues and with mounting anxiety. A friend recommended a local yoga studio and in that first class - Gentle Hatha straight after the school run - it suddenly landed. I took the first deep breath I’d taken in years and allowed myself to stay present in my body, moving in a way that nurtured and grounded me, connecting me to an inner wisdom I’d long forgotten.

In 2018 I undertook my first teacher training at that same studio and have gone on to complete trainings in Yin Yoga, Special Yoga, Transpersonal Yoga, and Reiki. I love sharing the therapeutic benefits of yoga - the way it connects us to ourselves, to the Earth and to others; the attention it allows us to pay to our breath and our bodies; the deep healing that can come about through noticing what happens as we move and as we are still.

My classes combine breath work, movement and mediation practices and are influenced by the seasons, Traditional Chinese Medicine and the many other healing modalities that have helped me over the years.

Aside from teaching yoga I love cats, tea, incense, the Scottish landscape and a really good thriller. I’m also slightly obsessed with the moon, Oracle Cards and Goddesses and I love a really creative swear.

You don’t have to tie yourself in knots to do Yoga. You don’t have to be bendy or zen-like or look a certain way. You just have to breathe and be open. Yoga is a practice and if you’d like to chat more about practicing with me please get in touch…