Certified Level 1 Iyengar Yoga Teacher

I began yoga in my 20s as an aid to my well being at a stressful time in my life. I recall meditating over daffodils in a tranformational class in which I felt that I was ‘coming home to myself’ – something of the state of mind I was enabled to release into through the containment of the helpfully positioned asana, in the atmosphere of a supportive yet challenging enough class. I undertook various different styles of yoga for some years. I was fortunate to discover iyengar yoga taught by Dolores Pinto in Adult Education, where I also worked. At that time my work was enabling adult students with physical and learning disabilities to access the curriculum through reasonable adjustments and also through training staff. I retrained as a psychotherapist and my yoga practice has been a crucial part of my deep dive into the experiential understanding of others and self. I have always enjoyed clinical work, academia and also sports, but this added a whole other layer. It has also been an instructive educator of the relationship between psyche and soma, spirit and breathe. I enjoy both an active asana practice as well as a contemplative, reflective pranayama process. In 2008 I started my immersion and investment specifically in iyengar yoga, in search of further wisdom and a more rigorous, safer practice. I started back from the beginning and undertook a Foundation course working through each step and level of iyengar yoga that I could access over subsequent years and have been invested in the artistic science of it ever since. I love it’s rigour and the intelligent sensitivity that I find in this practice which has become a way of life for me. Having experienced inspiring mentorship and years of assisting in-class with senior teachers, I completed the Level 1 yoga exam in 2024. I see iyengar yoga as a crucial part of lifelong learning and supportive of development in every plane. Please see this link at IYUK for more information. Please contact me about classes and retreats.