Since my teen years I have been seeking, exploring, and enquiring within my self and without. Yoga has been an important part of my life since I was 17 and I consider myself blessed to be stronger and healthier in body, clearer and quieter in mind, and more courageous and fuller in heart in my 50’s than at any other time in my life.

I believe we each have an innate navigation system for personal growth and connection with our world, and I have sought to align with it courageously and heart-fully with a purpose of helping others on their journey and to share their gifts.

Having lived over half a century, this path has had more than a few interconnected paths giving me a wider sense of the whole territory.

The path so far includes …

• Mother of two incredible young women. This has been, and will be, the greatest contribution of my life.
• Bachelor of Science (Auckland University, New Zealand 1984 – 87) dabbling in maths, chemistry, botany, zoology, pharmacology, biochemistry and landing most at home in ecology
• Body Therapist 1987 Licensed in Oregon, USA and working one-on-one with people for 14 years, until 2001. Modalities of study include therapeutic massage, sports massage, acupressure, craniosacral therapy, hakomi (body centred psychotherapy), and PNF (proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation)
• Physiotherapy Training 1992 – 1993 went unfinished as I chose to prioritise mothering
• Yoga Teacher Certification programs (IYTA 1989, Anusara Yoga Certified 2003, Restorative Yoga Trainer 2007)
• Numerous retreats, trainings, and workshops, as a participant exploring many aspects and approaches including: the alignment detail of Iyengar yoga with Felicity Green, Mary Paffard, Janet Hochfeld, and somewhat briefly with BKS Iyengar himself on his 1992 visit to New Zealand, the heart based biomechanically sound joy of so many Anusara teachers including John Friend, Desiree Rumbaugh, Sianna Sherman, Darren Rhodes and many others, the fluid, feminine yoga of Angela Farmer, Donna Farhi’s sensitive tuning to inner and outer body congruence, Judith Hanson Lasater’s commitment to restorative practices and movement for healthy joints and others, teachers of yoga asana, iRest yoga nidra with Richard Miller, meditation with Carlos Pomeda and Sally Kempton, yoga philosophy with Douglas Brooks. I am grateful to all these teachers for sharing their gifts
• Founded Yoga from the Heart soon after arriving in Tasmania in 2002 and has owned and directed it since then.
• Teaching many workshops both in Hobart and when invited in other locations including Wellington, New Zealand, Melbourne, and Brisbane (teaching Embodied Anatomy to yoga teacher trainees from 2015 – 2018), as well as presenting at the 2012 and 2015 Yoga Australia conferences
• Nutrition and wellness lifestyle studies
• Exploring different modalities of movement
• Fascial system enthusiast (2016 fascial fitness training with Divo Meuller). This is my current passion and I feel is key in our health and wellbeing throughout our entire lifespan
• Food gardener, gatherer, & preparer
• Practice. Every day

It is my deepest wish that what I offer serves you, and in so doing, serves all of us and our world.