My Yoga journey so far

I first started regularly practising yoga asana during the first Covid-19 lockdown. Being stuck inside (especially with hay-fever kicking in just as the sun comes out) and unsure about the new living situation, I ordered myself a mat and began to practice with an app, and joined an occasional zoom class.

Little did I realise I’d end up, just three years later, flying to India to spend a month studying Yoga asanas, pranayama, meditation, anatomy, mantra, philosophy, and much more; deepening my own practice, and furthering my love for sharing learning with others.

I was in the middle of my studies at the Royal Academy of Music when the first lockdown occurred, and my practical, performance-based course all but ground to a halt. Practicing yoga asana kept me sane, but also kept movement in my days. Whilst living in central London, focusing on high intensity studies, I had struggled with depression and anxiety having lost both connection with myself, and sight of what brought me joy day-to-day.

In my final year of study at the Royal Academy of Music, I began to have problems with my right shoulder. This led to eventually deferring my final recital and the end of my degree by an extra year – the year where I ended up training as a yoga teacher.

There are still days where I don’t make/find time to get on the mat, but each time I do show up, I always feel better for it, and don’t judge myself on the days when it doesn’t happen. What I love about yoga practice is that it’s not about achievements but more about showing up and experiencing every moment as it is; finding balance in your body, breath & mind.

The 200hr training program was only the beginning for me, and I look forward to finding out wherever my yoga practice might take me, and who I might meet along the way because of it. Yoga is of course so much more than the asana classes that most of us are familiar with, and I hope to keep exploring & learning about all of the different branches of Yoga.

I currently spend most of my time working with a youth orchestra, as well as teaching and performing Cello (plus the occasional bit of medical role play with uni med students, a whole other story!), but finally the urge to expand my teaching to Yoga has grown too strong, and I made the decision to set up my first class in Ewell, the village where I grew up.

I can’t wait to share my practice with others, and hope to see you in my class sometime soon!

(written in May 2024)