My first encounter with yoga came as a young teenager, practising with my mum in the cosy living room of a local teacher. What I remember most from those early classes was an immense feeling of safety, and a fascination with how much simple movements and visualisations could change the way I felt.

At university, painfully lost and drowning in confusion, yoga became yet another way to punish my body for not being how I had been taught to believe it should be. It wasn't until I was studying for my PhD, working long days and spending much of my life in my head, that yoga became a lifeline back into my body. I’m so grateful to the teachers I practised with during that time for showing me how yoga could offer a way of paying attention to something other than thoughts and ideas, and a space in which I could begin to listen to something other than the relentlessly critical voice in my head.

When I arrived in Bristol in 2020, already deeply in love with yoga, I was swept off my feet by the philosophy and practices of non-dual Shiva Tantra. These teachings felt like a homecoming; like finding something I didn’t even know I had been looking for. Their invitation to recognise the sacredness and grace inherent in all aspects of experience resonated deeply with me.

Through these teachings, I have come to experience yoga as a gradual loosening of the habitual stories and patterns that narrow our sense of who we are, and as a continual opportunity to re-remember our true nature.

Along this journey, I have been lucky to be supported by many incredible teachers — too many to list here. I first trained to teach with Padma Nair in Kerala, where I immersed myself in the poetry of yogic philosophy and the rich cultural and devotional traditions in which these teachings are rooted. I then trained with Sarah Harlow and Sam Burkey in Bristol, whose inspirational guidance has supported profound growth in both my practice and teaching. I have also studied extensively with Christopher Gladwell, whose vast knowledge and wisdom has taken my experiential understanding of these teachings to new depths.

My motivation to teach comes from a desire to keep the wisdom of these traditions alive, and to share practices that have been so meaningful in my own life.