I had practiced yoga on and off, mostly for fitness and exercise, for around 15 years before discovering the true depth and benefits of these ancient practices. Yoga has helped me through the toughest times of my life and put me on the path to helping others who are navigating similar journey’s.

When I turned up on my yoga mat on the first day of the Dru Yoga teacher training back in 2016 with my suitcases full of baggage of life’s ups and downs, I said to myself “I’ll just give it a try and see where we go.” I now know that I was there for a purpose as it began the biggest transformation of my life so far. What has unfolded has been amazing and such a cleansing and nurturing experience. I have learnt to accept myself, the good, the bad and all in between – open my heart and mind and now want to help others too.

Yoga helped me to find strength, stillness and solace from the negative mind chatter and through the rollercoaster of our TTC and IVF journey, a stressful job and most importantly it gave me all the tools I needed to navigate the crippling pain of grief following the devastating loss of my son Louis at just 18 days old and my brother in law just six months later.

I’ve learnt breathing techniques that helped through the moments where I felt I couldn’t breathe, postures to ease a breaking heart and shift the pain I felt in every cell of my body and how to be in the present moment stopping the negative mind chatter. Most of all I learned to love who I was and my body again. Yoga was the only thing that truly helped and continues to help me through the stresses and strains of daily life, balancing a stressful job and also being an adoptive mother to a 2-year-old!

I want to help people that need a little love and nurturing to be more compassionate with themselves and others, to uncover strengths they never knew they possessed, let go of the fear holding them back and learn to face their insecurities head on, showing them how to live a happy and meaningful life. All we need is a little time to breathe and connect – it’s already all there within us.

In practicing the gentle and flowing, yet strong Dru postures and using affirmations and visualisation you can strengthen the body and mind, changing the direction of negative thought patterns and behaviours, turning them into positivity and self-worth – it can take a little practice after a lifetime of negative chatter!

I have taken the toughest parts of my life as the biggest lessons and learnt not to dwell on the negative or hardship but try to use what I have learned to help others find their way through the challenges of life too. #

And so, Escape to Anahata Yoga was born along the way, which literally translates to escape to the heart where our true self resides, at the centre of our being. It is the centre of selflessness and generosity, representing calmness, serenity and peace. The place from which unconditional love and compassion stem from and how we relate to others. I want to spread a little love, joy and help people to find inner peace and help them to live a happy and meaningful life. Afterall this crazy world needs a lot more of it!

“The wound is the place where the light enters you” - Rumi