This realisation inspired me to deepen my practice by taking Yoga Teacher training at Ashram Yoga in New Zealand, situated on the beautiful Coromandel.

So, a few weeks after I had made this decision, I found myself there.  I had no idea what depths and summits ‘yoga’ would take me to:  I had no idea how much more it was, than making shapes on a mat.

Every morning we rose before dawn to chant in Sanskrit. Each evening we would take part in a call and response kirtan.   Every other day we took part in a yoga nidra guided meditation.  All yoga practices in its most subtle form. It was like nothing I had experienced before.

I couldn’t fathom why I had travelled so far to do this.  But, as the days went by, the mantras and the teachings did their work, opening me up to knowing my true self more and more.

When I returned to the U.K I started to teach, as well as continue along the thread of learning.  I was led to my iRest Level One Yoga Nidra training with James Reeves, where we were invited to ‘feel, feel, feel, feel, feel….’ and ‘welcome everything in, just as it is’ which was a profound breakthrough for me after a many years in a corporate career which centred around constant positivity and ‘fixing’.