My story

It has taken me a long time to recognise that my sensitivities are indeed a gift and I appear to have the ability to feel people’s deeply held emotions and help them to release them (if they are open to this) so that they can heal.

I do this using the modalities of yoga, Reiki and Ayurveda as these spiritual practices literally saved my life and I am both indebted and inspired to share their potential with others as much as I can.

I’ve learned a lot since I discovered yoga and Reiki in 2003 (Ayurveda followed in 2006) and am very aware that we have more potential than we realise, and that we have a habit of limiting ourselves. I love that spiritual practice breaks us free from our limiting conditioning, so that we may experience greater potential in our lives.

I am grateful to every single student and client who has showed up and taken responsibility and done the inner work to literally be the change they would like to see in the world - it has been an honour to witness their transformation.

Beinspired was founded in 2006 so I could share my passion for this process and offer yoga, Reiki and Ayurveda as an opportunity for you to weave magic, mystery and alchemy into your life too.

Since 2006, I have run hundreds of attunements, workshops, retreats and training events, developing a dedicated community of gloriously and wildly different souls who are trying to live the vision of creating a better world, starting with themselves.

I offer a grounded and embodied approach to spirituality that draws on the wisdom and ethics of various spiritual texts and traditions - for the most part intuited from Source- as well as my own innate knowledge and wisdom.

When I’m not working or practising, I’m probably home schooling my two beautiful and sensitive sons, Elijah (11) and Eben (8), or I may be following my joy by sitting in a dolmen, swimming in the sea, walking the lanes, baking and making prana-rich fresh food, lying in a warm bath reading a good book, watching the moon and the sun, tending to my medicinal plants, drinking tea, or resting and sleeping.

Books

I have written a number of books with the intention of helping others by sharing my own experiences - please see Amazon here for my latest book on depression.

Qualifications

Yoga

I qualified as a Yoga Alliance registered teacher back in 2005 with the Integrated South Pacific Yoga Academy (INSPYA) in Byron Bay, Australia before undertaking an apprenticeship with the Byron Yoga Centre.

I have since gone on to immerse myself in further study with a number of reputable teachers and yoga schools and hold a Diploma in Advanced Yoga Teaching (Hatha Yoga), a Diploma in Yoga Therapy from the British School of Yoga (both distinction) and a Diploma (with distinction) in Tantric Yoga from the Centre of Excellence. I completed a Yoga Nidra Immersion Course with the Yoga Nidra Network in 2017. I competed the Mystery course with Shakti Tantra (2022). I recently completed a Sound Therapy and Sound Healing Accredited Practitioner Course (2023).

I also completed Level 1 & 2 of the Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy training in Canada (2011), and am a qualified Children’s Yoga Teacher and Pregnancy Yoga Teacher (2008/9).

I currently study Vedic chanting and Yoga Philosophy with Helen Macpherson of TSYP and Scaravelli-inspired yoga with Louise Simmons in Scotland.

Reiki

I qualified as a UK Reiki Federation Master Teacher (Usui) in 2005 and a Karuna Ki Reiki Master Teacher in 2021.

Ayurveda

I am a qualified Ayurvedic Lifestyle and Nutrition consultant (with Distinction) with the Ayurvedic Institute (2019)

Holistic Therapy and Coaching

I hold a Diploma in Holistic Therapy CHA (2008) and qualified as a spiritual life coach with The Transformation Academy (2022).

Other qualifications

I also hold a BA (hons) in Geography from the University of Wales and am a professional Company Secretary (ACIS)

With thanks & much gratitude

To all the many teachers and guides along the path who have shone their light so that I may shine more of my own. I have been especially inspired by the teachings of Helen MacPherson and Andy Curtis-Payne of TSYP, Emil Wendel and Anouk Aoun, Lance Schuler, John Olgivie, Vanessa Lasenby, Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, Cyndi Lee and Louise Simmons. Also my Reiki Master, Dr Alyssa Burns-Hill and Ayurvedic doctors, Dr Wathsala and Dr Deepika of the Ayurvedic Clinic. With much love and gratitude for all you have given so graciously so that I may flourish x