About

It’s helped me move from chronic stress and disconnection with myself into a more grounded, regulated and confident way of being, where I have space to breathe, soften and actually feel at home in my own body – for the first time in my life.

Alongside, after 45 years in this body on this planet, managing emotional and physical health issues, I feel more aware than ever that our health – our vitality in both body and mind – is our most precious resource, and I want to remain physically fit, emotionally resilient and connected to life for as long as possible.

Before I found this way of practising in 2025, my relationship with yoga was inconsistent and often frustrating. I’ve explored many different styles over the years, moving in and out of classes, always drawn to the emotional and psychological release it offered, but rarely able to access the physical benefits.

In fact, most classes seemed to focus on ‘perfect postures’ with little anatomical guidance, which often left me with aggravated lower back and shoulder pain.

But, even then, I knew that yoga held something meaningful for me – and I continued to seek an approach that supported me in the ways I needed.

For many years I worked in high-pressure senior roles in the corporate marketing world (I still work in this field now but in lower pressured roles). But alongside this, I’ve always been drawn to the quieter, more intuitive aspects of life – nature, psychology herbal medicine and ways of understanding human experience beyond the surface.

I have struggled with mental health challenges since I was young, which I now understand were largely rooted in developmental trauma. This shaped much of my unhappy early life, even if I didn’t have the language for it at the time.

Everything came to a breaking point during COVID. I experienced a mental health crisis that brought everything I had been holding to the surface. What followed was a long and difficult period of recovery – one that is still unfolding.

I began to dedicate myself fully to healing, seeking out a wide range of therapeutic approaches: relational and psychodynamic therapy, somatic work, CBT, ACT, NARM, Internal Family Systems, plus psychiatric support through a renowned Harley Street psychiatrist.

I read obsessively, listened, studied and tried to understand what was happening in my mind and body.

Then eventually, through a combination of intense stress and medication changes, I experienced two heart attacks. That moment became a turning point – I knew something had to fundamentally change.

This approach to yoga (Scaravelli-inspired and trauma-sensitive) arrived at that point, providing an invitation for me to slow down and listen differently. I began training and quickly found myself deeply engaged – not just in the physical practice, but in the intelligence of my body and the way it communicates.

For the first time, I started to experience my body not as something to manage or fix, but something to be in relationship with. That shift changed everything.

Since then, I’ve immersed myself in study, learning from some of the best teachers in the field, while maintaining my own evolving practice.

I also swim, run and go to the gym, and I’ve noticed a level of strength, posture and ease in movement I never had before. More importantly, I feel a sense of aliveness, confidence and freedom that continues to grow.

This is still very much a journey. I am curious, reflective and committed to learning – about the body, the nervous system and what it means to truly inhabit ourselves.

My work now is about sharing what I’ve discovered in a grounded, honest way: that yoga, when approached with intelligence and care, is not about performance, but about reconnection. And for me, that has been life-changing.