Hi, I’m Emily
I am owned by two tiny black and white cats, happiest when in nature with sunshine on my face or with a cup of tea, blanket and book
I found yoga as a way back to my body after a car accident in 2014. It didn’t take long before it started to heal my mind as well. I have suffered, and continue to heal, from mental illness, and during the hardest times in my life, attending yoga classes has been the still pause my mind needed. Without yoga I did not feel well in my mind or my body.
During my yoga teacher training in 2021 I fell even more in love with yoga and connected with many aspects of yoga philosophy. It is there that I discovered an immense love of chanting. I connected deeply with Vedic chanting, mantra and the healing power of sound. Chanting is the place where I feel fully alive, finding that chant offers unexpected calm and emotional release.
I needed more, and then I found that sound was a whole modality in itself. Following on from a deep study of sound practices, and after experiencing burnout in Summer 2023, I left a 20 year career as a scientist to pursue a different path.
I have absolutely no regrets.
Since then I have been growing and evolving my offerings. The knowledge I have gained through my own mental health and physical challenges allows me to offer nourishing and supportive practices that aim to empower you. It honestly brings me so much joy to share the transformative power of yoga, movement and sound that I am deeply passionate about.
How I hold space
My yoga classes offer exploration of form and self, with a balance between movement and stillness. I am a big fan of somatic and rest based practices as a way to soothe the frazzled nervous system, often adding sprinkles of these into each class. I often describe myself as the “wobbliest person in the room”, giving you the permission to be “imperfect” in your practice. If you’re after strong, fast, directional yoga practices, I am probably not the teacher for you.
My sound and rest practices teach you to listen to the body and mind and what each needs, promoting deep physical and emotional exploration (if that’s what you’re into). These practices encourage you to take the support you need, and that there is a different way of being in the body. I love the transformation that I witness in students after an hour of rest. Most walk in hurried, stressed and in need of a pause, and walk out as if they were floating on clouds.
