With a background in dance, capoeira and as a fitness professional, when I first began practising yoga, my main focus was on the well-being of the physical body. However, regular yoga practice showed me that the physical benefits were only a small, but important, part of the impact Yoga had on me.
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Through self-study I found that life’s experiences can really get stuck and ‘calcify’ in the nooks and crannies of one’s body over the years. As the physical practice began to free my body, it brought an understanding of the roots of the emotional baggage that had caused the blockage in the physical and energetic body.
My focus shifted to accommodate the importance of meditating and being present, and how getting to the bottom of thought and behavioural patterns, feelings and emotions, may also result in the release of tension in the physical body.
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My training includes Vinyasa Yoga, Hot Power Flow (with Alessandro Gozzi and Caroline Gozzi at YogaVenue, Oxford), Restorative Yoga (with Anna Ashby and Chris Swain at Triyoga), Children’s Yoga (with Christane Kerr at Calm for Kids), Aerial Yoga with Aerial Yoga 360.
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In my classes I encourage self-awareness and aim to create an environment where everybody can leave frustrations and competitiveness behind, be in tune with their ‘present’ body, and focus on the breath that has the incredible power of restoring body, mind and soul.