After many years of studying yoga, it suddenly dawned on me how I had been subjected to a very masculine approach without realising.

Like many of you, I love yoga, so I became totally immersed and studied diligently. After a long time of five hours of practice a day, a consistency I was proud to have maintained, I began to look very thin and very dry. Not only that but I actually became unwell, felt weak and completely drained.

Even though my practice, on the mat, was pretty much textbook perfect, I was not flourishing in any way, actually the opposite.

I had stopped tuning into my body and slowly I began to understand that I had completely neglected my feminine side.

So I began to nourish myself with the foods I naturally craved, not just those I thought were healthy yogi food. I started to dance and play music again. I started to write poetry, laugh, sing and cry! So many realisations came through this period.

I studied and worked with the Mahavidyas, the Tantric Wisdom Goddesses, and delved into the heart with Sufi meditation and practices from Kashmir Shaivism. I became softer and more gentle; more peaceful and grounded. I felt healthier on all levels.

I continued my Ashtanga practice with this attitude and discovered how much more beautiful it was to be more tender and loving with my body. More soft, more compassionate, more intimate.

Since that transition, my practice has been totally different.

The asanas are exquisite expressions of my female form, rather than contortionist attempts to push my body's limits.

And this is what I teach.

Pranayama is focused on the beauty of the breath, the incredible power of the breath, the love of breathing.

When we find ourselves breathing and moving with joy, we naturally become immersed in the flow and the heart opens.

This is the direction I point my students towards. We also look at the fire of practice and the beauty of dynamism. Sometimes we practice looking at the beauty of fluidity. Sometimes it's looking at the earth, grounded-ness, and stability. Sometimes it's the lightness of the practice, floating through space, weightless, effortless.

And we understand ourselves more which leads to self knowledge.

This is a little peek into what I offer. And its what I call The Feminine Path Of Yoga.