Yoga, a living practice

An ongoing journey of remembrance, embodiment and devotion — on the mat and in the way we live.

Since 2006, I’ve been walking this path with devotion.

I came to yoga because I was searching for something I didn’t yet have a name for.

From the outside, my life looked good. I had a loving family, a solid education and a full social life. And yet, underneath it all, I felt disconnected from myself. I was searching for freedom, for meaning and for a deeper sense of belonging.

Yoga found me in the midst of that searching.

I was working at a bar during university when one of the women I worked with invited me to join her for a hot yoga class. I went with curiosity, openness and very little idea of what I was stepping into…

I remember leaving the class feeling more alive, more peaceful and more connected than I had ever felt before. I felt grounded yet light in my body. Energised yet calm in my mind. Something in me felt awakened — a new sense of motivation and possibility stirring in my heart.

It was a subtle but profound shift.

I couldn’t fully explain or understand my experience with words, but I followed the feeling. From that moment, I began practicing every day. I committed to the practice without knowing where it would lead me, only knowing that it was making me feel more alive and free.

Yoga gave me a place to meet myself honestly, especially during a time when I felt disconnected from myself and uninspired by the life I was living.

It gave me the tools to observe and work with my mind rather than be ruled by it, while guiding me to cultivate presence and listen more closely to the quieter voice within. And with time and consistency, my life began to change.

As I developed greater discipline, clarity began to emerge.

I became clearer about who I was and the path I wanted to follow.

As graduation neared, I found myself asking the bigger question: What’s next?

The answer was clear — my heart longed to travel.

Within months, I bought a one-way ticket to India, packed a backpack and flew across the world to volunteer at a yoga centre offering retreats and trainings.

I lived in a simple thatched hut with sand floors, just steps from the ocean, and felt more fulfilled than I had ever felt before.

That was a threshold moment in my life.

On that palm-lined beach in South Goa, I discovered a new way of living: one woven with daily practice, plant-based nourishment and a vibrant global community of travellers, creatives and seekers — people curating their lives with intention and simplicity, purpose and pleasure

This way of being resonated deeply — it offered the chance to curate a life that felt authentic to who I was, rather than being shaped by convention or someone else’s ideas of who I should be. 

Even though I was on the other side of the world from where I was raised, it felt like a homecoming.

The following year, I returned to complete my first Yoga Teacher Training and began teaching at the yoga centre the very next day.

What I thought was simply a new chapter became a lifelong path.

Since then, Yoga has taken me around the world — while continually inviting me deeper into the landscapes within.

I have lived, taught, studied and built community across cultures, while continually returning to the practices and teachings that first opened my heart.

Along the way, I found teachers who changed the trajectory of my life.

In particular, my relationships with Rose Baudin and Suzanne Faith Slocum-Gori continue to profoundly shape me. Through their mentorship, teachings and friendship, I have been guided into a deeper relationship with myself, with the feminine and with the many layers of what it means to be a woman. Their guidance has become an integral part of my own unfolding, both as a practitioner and as a teacher.

I remain a forever student, and I believe deeply in the importance of staying close to our teachers, our practice and the living lineage from which the teachings arise.

Over the years, my path led me into the Anusara lineage, a tradition rooted in the non-dual Tantric teachings of Kashmir Shaivism. This lineage has profoundly influenced the way I understand yoga, embodiment and what it means to live an aligned life.

At the heart of these teachings is a recognition that nothing is separate from the sacred. We don't have to reject our humanity in order to awaken. We can learn to meet the whole of ourselves — the light and the shadow, the beauty and the mess, the body, the heart and the spirit — with greater awareness, compassion and presence.

This is the yoga that continues to inspire me.

A yoga that isn't only practiced on the mat, but lived in the way we relate, create, work, love, lead and move through the world.

After nearly a decade of nomadic living, I eventually returned to the place my heart calls home: Ibiza. Surrounded by wild nature and a heart-led community, I have found a sense of both roots and wings. The island continues to teach me about presence, belonging, beauty and the richness of a life connected to what matters most.

I am deeply passionate about supporting people in living closer to their own Truth.

My approach is grounded in embodiment, inspired by Tantric philosophy and an intelligent physical practice that cultivates a more intimate relationship with the heart.

On the mat, I teach Anusara Yoga weaving refined alignment and biomechanics with intelligent sequencing, embodied awareness and themes inspired by the natural world and the archetypes of the human experience. I invite practitioners to explore both the physical and subtle dimensions of practice — progressively, skillfully and with curiosity — so that the body becomes a doorway into deeper awareness. For me, yoga is ultimately about relationship.

Our relationship with our bodies. Our relationship with our minds. Our relationship with pleasure, pain, uncertainty and change. Our relationship with one another. And our relationship with the mysterious intelligence that moves through all of life.

The Heart of my Teaching

  • Universal Principles of Alignment

    Anusara invites us into a more intimate and intelligent relationship with our bodies. It isn't about achieving a particular shape or perfecting a pose. Instead, we learn to work skillfully with what we have — applying the Universal Principles of Alignment, cultivating awareness and making choices that support the body from the inside out.

    These principles have helped me better understand my own body and how to work therapeutically with the joints, spine, muscles, fascia and internal systems. Through this process, I have developed a deeper understanding of how the different layers of the body relate to one another, and how intelligent alignment can support greater balance, healthy circulation and overall well-being throughout the system.

    The practice can be adapted to meet us exactly where we are, making it a healthy, sustainable and nourishing approach for a wide range of bodies, abilities and life stages.

  • Skill, Clarity & Inspiration

    The refined teaching methodology and rigorous certification process have deepened my teaching through greater knowledge of anatomy, biomechanics, sequencing, alignment and the art of communicating the teachings with clarity and skill.

    I learned how to weave these elements together with meaningful philosophical themes to create classes that are both intelligent and inspiring — where the physical practice becomes a doorway into something deeper.

    For me, skillful teaching is not simply about knowing what to teach. It is about learning how to see, listen, respond and communicate in a way that meets each student where they are and invites them into their own experience of the practice.

  • Kashmir Shaivism & the Wholeness of Life

    The non-dual Tantric philosophy of Kashmir Shaivism opened a new way for me to see and experience life.

    It teaches me that we don't need to turn away from our humanity in order to awaken. Instead, we can meet life wholeheartedly — embracing both its beauty and its challenges, and discovering the sacred within the fullness of our human experience.

    I infuse these universal themes into physical practice, inviting students to personalize the philosophy and explore how the teachings can move beyond the mat and into the way we relate, create, love, lead and navigate our lives.

    What continues to inspire me about Anusara is its invitation to embody our wholeness — the body, the mind, the heart and our connection to the sacred.

  • Kula & the Path of Connection

    Kula (community) is an essential part of the path.

    The relationships I have formed through Anusara have introduced me to some of my most influential teachers, lifelong friendships and a global community of practitioners who continue to inspire me.

    I see Kula as the place where our yoga becomes relationship — where we learn to practice presence, compassion, honesty and skillfulness with one another.

    For me, this is where the deeper practice begins. The teachings invite us to take what we discover on the mat into our relationships and into the world, deepening the way we meet ourselves, one another and life itself.

Alongside teaching yoga, I mentor practitioners, teachers, wellness practitioners and heart-led business owners who are ready to step into a deeper level of their evolution.

I support people in refining their teaching, finding greater clarity and authenticity in their work, and bringing their gifts into the world with more confidence, integrity and devotion.

I believe that becoming a teacher is not about arriving somewhere.

It is a continual process of studentship — of listening, refining, questioning, practicing and allowing life to keep transforming us.

I am still walking that path myself.

I am an Anusara Certified Teacher, E-RYT 500 and Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider, with thousands of hours of teaching experience and many years devoted to study, mentorship and community.

And yet, beyond every certification, training and experience, I remain humbled by the path.

The teachings continue to remind me that there is always more to discover, more to embody and more deeply to love.

The Path of Mentorship

Infinite Pranams to those who inspire my practice and shape my teaching...

  • Suzanne Faith Slocum-Gori

    Rose Baudin

    Sally Kempton

    Janet Stone

    Shiva Rae

    Sianna Sherman

    Meghan Currie

    Lucy Roberts

    Louisa Sear

  • 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training: Ashtanga Vinyasa | Kranti Yoga Revolution School, 2011

    50 Hour Continued Education: Ayurveda | Rose Baudin, 2013

    300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training: Therapeutics & Hatha | Yoga Arts, 2013

    40 Hour Continued Education: Anusara | Suzanne Faith Yoga, 2014

    200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training: Anusara | Suzanne Faith Yoga, 2015

    40 Hour Continued Education: Anusara | Suzanne Faith Yoga, 2017

    300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training: Anusara | Suzanne Faith Yoga, 2019

    Continued mentorship and guidance from Suzanne Faith & Rose Baudin