my
journey
All my life I’ve been fascinated by people and their life stories. I grew up in a household with my grandparents, and my grandad was a storyteller. Turns out, I have a few stories of my own. I feel like I’ve lived more than one life. From age four I lived with severe chronic illness to such a degree that I called hospitals my second home. As a teenager I lived in a war zone for four years. Refugee years followed and during that time more than a few unexpected deaths in the immediate family happened. Other life events happened along the line, but these were the ones that had the biggest impact on me. Was it tough and challenging – absolutely! But those experiences became my greatest teachers.
They shaped me, but they never defined me. I’ve come through it all with a deep sense of compassion, resilience, and an open mind. These values live at the heart of everything I teach.
I’ve always been interested in people and the lives they carry. I grew up with my grandparents, and my grandfather was a natural storyteller. Listening to him, I learned early on that stories aren’t just about what happens, but about how experiences live on in the body, in memory, and in the way we meet the world.
My own life unfolded through experiences I didn’t choose. From early childhood, I lived with a severe chronic illness, and hospitals became a familiar part of my world. As a teenager, I spent several years living in a war zone. That period was followed by displacement and refugee life, and by the sudden loss of close family members.
Over time, these experiences became teachers. They shaped my understanding of resilience, uncertainty, grief, and care, and taught me how much the body holds, often quietly and over long periods of time. This understanding sits at the core of how I work today.
From Practice to Teaching
I came to yoga during the refugee years, through a free class at a local community centre. At the time, my life was marked by instability, loss, and constant adaptation. Yoga offered something I didn’t have elsewhere: an anchor, and a way to be in my body that didn’t demand explanation, performance, or collapse.
The changes were gradual but unmistakable. Yoga didn’t remove what was happening in my life, but it changed how I was able to live inside it. Over time, it became something I trusted.
Teaching yoga was not something I initially planned. It emerged slowly, from that trust and from a desire to share something that had genuinely supported me through prolonged difficulty. What began as a personal way of getting through became meaningful work.
How I Work Now
The way I work today reflects the way I’ve lived. I value slowness, continuity, and genuine relationship. I pay attention to pacing, to what is spoken and unspoken, and to the limits each person brings with them.
I work relationally, over time, allowing trust to build and understanding to deepen rather than rushing toward outcomes. This creates space for people to feel met as they are, not as they think they should be.
My work is not about fixing or driving outcomes. It’s about creating conditions where people can feel supported enough to soften, reconnect, and move in ways that are sustainable over time.
What I Stand For
Yoga is not about fitting into a shape or a system. It is about making space for all bodies and real lives, not curated or performative ones. It asks for honesty rather than performance, and for attention rather than achievement.
I stand for practice that is accessible, inclusive, and grounded in lived experience. I stand against approaches that override limits or treat the body as something to correct or optimise. Care, consent, and respect for difference are not additions to the work, they are the work.
I am also an Accessible Yoga Ambassador, which reflects my ongoing commitment to sharing yoga with people who have been historically excluded or marginalised.
Wherever you are starting from, you are welcome here.
MY TRAINING AND EDUCATION
I am a certified yoga teacher through Yoga Alliance, Yoga Australia, International Yoga Teachers Association and Accessible Yoga Association, and my training includes:
- Diploma of Yoga, Breathwork & Meditation Teaching
- Accessible Yoga Certificate
- Trauma Aware Yoga Certificate
- Restorative Yoga Certificate
- Mental Health First Aid Accreditation
- Sound Bath Practitioner
- Systemic Family Constellation Practitioner
- Trauma – A Somatic Systemic Constellation Approach Certificate
- First Aid Certificate
My education is ongoing and I will keep updating this section as I go along. In addition, my greatest training and a source of knowledge and wisdom is life in its all complexity.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the traditional custodians of land where I live and teach. – Australia. The Gadigal of the Eora Nation are the traditional custodians of the place where I reside, now called Sydney. I pay my respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
I acknowledge the thousands of years of yogic tradition originating in South Asia. I express gratitude to all teachers I have been fortunate enough to study under and with. I move forward with humility as I continue to learn and grow in my use and understanding of these practices.
I am a white female; my pronouns are she/her. I am an able and small-bodied person with class and educational privileges. I am also a forever student of yoga and life, and a student and (un)learner in the realm of social justice.