Thanks for being here ! Here's a little about me and my journey !

 

Most days you'll find me barefoot, salt in my hair, chanting sacred sound into the wind on one of the NSW Far South Coast beaches. This is the most alive I know how to be — but it isn't where I began.

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I believe in joy. I believe we are each uniquely gifted. And I believe that the practices we call yoga are really here for one reason so we can find the yoga within ourselves: the part of us that is already free, already full, already home.

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I grew up in a beautiful village in the UK, surrounded by fields, stories, and a quiet connection to the land — but somewhere along the way, like so many of us, I lost the thread of that belonging. Yoga first found me in the late 90s, and from my very first class it felt like coming home, a remembering, a reawakening. Still, it was heartbreak that finally cracked me open and sent me searching. It led me all the way to India, and there — in the colour, the chaos, and the chant-filled air yoga took root in my heart. I knew then that I was meant to share.

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In 1999, I came to Australia seeking sunshine and adventure — little did I know it would become my home. With a background in sports coaching and a career as a counselling therapist, I was first drawn to the physical practice. It's been one of life's sweetest surprises that I now find myself a dedicated chanter, kīrtan player, and Sanskrit geek. What began as movement has become devotion.

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Over the years, the practice has taught me that yoga is not something we achieve, but something we return to. I believe in devotion — to Source, and she is everywhere: in everything, in you, in me. And the longer I practise, the more certain I become of one thing — that you are the one who knows best. It is always my intention to hold that as your truth.

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My path as a yoga teacher began with Katie Rose in 2007, and it has been unfolding ever since. In 2011, longing to bridge my two worlds  yoga and therapy — I found Dr. N. Chandrasekaran and enrolled in his 3.5-year postgraduate diploma in Yoga Therapy. I've studied with him ever since, returning to India most years to immerse myself in the practice, the culture, and the chant. I'm devoted to the Krishnamacharya lineage, and I study Vedic chanting weekly with my teacher Sally Riddell — drawn always to the way this wisdom is passed down orally, voice to voice, heart to heart.

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I've been gathering people on retreat since 2008, and guiding sacred journeys through North and South India since 2014. I've written and facilitated teacher trainings — foundational, advanced,  and because chanting and philosophy can travel so far, I teach online courses each year that gather students from all over the world. I also mentor teachers ready to step into their own voice with depth and authenticity.

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In 2026, a circle quietly completed itself. Katie Rose — the very teacher who first trained me passed me the baton to carry the Bhakti Women's Summit into its next chapter: a global online gathering on the theme of sacred sound. I sat in circle with more than twenty sacred-sound and mantra teachers, before an audience the world over who share this love of chant. To be handed that torch, nearly two decades on, by the woman who first set me on the path, is an honour I hold close. Woven through all of it, for over twenty years, I've worked as a counsellor — supporting people through addiction recovery, anxiety, burnout, grief, and the longing for deeper meaning. My work is relational, embodied, and inclusive.

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These days I live on the Far South Coast of NSW with my husband Mick and our three very loved dachshunds  Poppy, Chloe, and Stella. Life here is grounded and sweet: beach walks, veggie gardens, meals straight from the earth. Our home has become a sanctuary for nourishment and learning. I facilitate trainings and retreats while Mick tends the land and prepares the meals that feed us all, and together we love to open our doors to the simplicity of this life. There's something of the old way in it — when students would stay and study alongside their teachers and it feels deeply natural to us. In all our enquiry and ongoing learning, we are held by the sacred ground of Walbunja Country. I love to teach yoga classes and workhshops at Soul Tribe alongside the wonderful teachers and community of the Batemans Bay surrounds. 

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I'm a connector. What I love most is to gather  to co-create the divine mood through breath, movement, sound, and stillness, and to play and dance our way toward the freedom we each already carry within. I can't wait to gather with you. My heart already knows what's possible when we meet.

Let's begin.

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Qualifications

• Postgraduate Diploma in Yoga Therapy

• Yoga Teacher Training

• Āyurvedic Lifestyle Consultant & Āyurvedic Treatments

• Diploma in Counselling and Group Work

• Graduate Diploma in Relationship Counselling

• Certificate IV in Workplace Training & Assessment

• Compassionate Inquiry with Dr. Gabor Maté

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Registrations

• Registered Senior Yoga Teacher (Yoga Australia)