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Biography, Experience, Qualifications

I started practising and studying yoga in 2004 with Jenny Bullough in Clifford near Hay-on-Wye whilst recovering from a short period of ill health. From this therapeutic experience my interest in all aspects of yoga began to grow and I was introduced to Dave Charlton and Ranju Roy of Sadhana Mala in 2011 who I studied with for 5 years. 
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I have always been an active person and I enjoy using yoga to support other activities and pursuits such as walking, running, gardening, swimming, cycling and playing music.  I like to spend as much time outdoors as I can and over the years I have completed several marathons and long-distance bike rides. Yoga has helped me to live more comfortably in my body and to manage stress and anxiety. As I continue to study, practise and teach I learn and find inspiration from others and thats what excites me about being a yoga teacher. 

In addition to being a yoga teacher I have worked in a number of different roles, largely in the voluntary sector; as a project manager and a community musician for a community music charity, a youth worker, an advocate for people with learning disabilities, a music teacher and a support worker. I studied music at Nottingham university and Birmingham conservatoire and I have taught saxophone, clarinet and songwriting to individuals and groups.

​In my spare time I enjoy writing and performing my own music and playing in various different groups. I also enjoy all things creative and I am interested in well being, ethical living, wildlife, the environment and sustainability.


Yoga qualifications

2011. Art of Viniyoga  - a six month foundation course 
2011-2013.  Art of Teaching Yoga - a comprehensive two year yoga teacher training course  
2013-2015 . Art of Individual Teaching - a two year training course in the therapeutic application of yoga
2017. Fundamentals of Anatomy, Physiology & Kinesiology for Yoga Teachers  - an 8 day course with David Wilkinson 

All qualifications were awarded by Dave Charlton and Ranju Roy of Sadhana Mala and are endorsed by Association of Yoga Studies (AYS) As a certified teacher with the Association of Yoga Studies (AYS) I am committed to attending CPD events and investing in my own development as both a student and a teacher. ​


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