breathe.
Four counts in. Eight counts out. Stay a moment.
Yoga is not about becoming someone else. It is about remembering what is already within you.
Nothing is missing. The stillness, the strength and the tenderness you long for are not things to acquire. They are already here. Yoga simply helps us remember what has never left us.
This is not a practice of becoming someone better. It is a gentle returning — a remembering of what has always been quietly waiting beneath the noise of everyday life.
There is the experience. And there is the awareness experiencing it.
I used to react. Now I respond.
Between what happens to us and how we meet it, there is a space. Most of us live as though that space does not exist — the world acts, and we answer before we have arrived.
Practice widens that space. Not so that life stops touching you, but so that you can choose how to meet it. This is the whole of it, really. Everything else is preparation.
My first encounter with yoga
My first encounter with yoga was when I was six years old, growing up in Mauritius.
A Swami would visit our home and teach my whole family together. I remember being absolutely thrilled that I was allowed to join in. Being the only child in the room made it all feel like a great adventure — I giggled my way through the asanas, thrilled to be part of this wonderful thing that the whole family was doing together.
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Doorways into the same practice.
Meditation
Eight-week courses exploring meditation as it has been practised for centuries — not simply as a way to relax, but as a way to discover a different relationship with your own mind.
EnterYoga for leaders
For people whose decisions affect the lives of others. Learning the difference between reacting to life and responding from stillness.
EnterWhere
Classes in Newbury. For one-to-one practice, I travel anywhere in West Berkshire — or we can meet online.
Who it's for
Complete beginners and long-time practitioners alike. No flexibility required, and nothing to prove.
How to begin
With a conversation. Tell me a little about yourself and we'll find the right way in.
Come as you are.
There is nothing to prepare for and nothing you need to have figured out first. If something here spoke to you, that is enough of a reason to write.