​Hello, I'm Jess. My recent background includes working as an Osteopath for 8 years, training in, and practicing Kundalini Yoga intensively for 3 years, then seeking respite from its powerful effects in the 'Womb' of Well-Woman Yoga, where I have learned about the nourishing & healing benefits of deep stillness and connection to my female body. 

My story is one of being very shy, afraid, and having difficulty forming relationships of any depth. Never daring to put my hand up and trying my hardest to live life under the radar. Having difficulty speaking out and showing others who I am. It was lonely and safe, self-limiting and it was pretty depressing. And on top of all that, it was bad for my health!

Through practicing Kundalini yoga, doors opened within me, which were once closed. Subsequently my life became more fulfilled with richer relationships and more creativity and expression through dancing, singing, writing, making things and playing Ukulele...Portals for my soul to surface!!

I find nature and yoga to be antidotes to modern living which I associate with being busy, being frazzled by computers and smart phones, and maybe being physically unstimulated too. ​I believe the challenges in life that we manage to overcome are our biggest opportunities for growth and healing, and also can be the gift that we can then share with others.

On Well-Woman Yoga....
'Womb' yoga has given me a feeling of being more anchored in my body, more connected to my own needs and better able to honour them. This is self-care and is important for sustenance. The result for me is enhanced physical strength, emotional security and self-worth. It has also increased feelings of softness and compassion for myself and others and I feel more equipped to respond to the needs and demands of others from a place of balance. All this makes me happier and stronger...from the inside.

On Kundalini Yoga...
I've experienced the visceral power of Kundalini Yoga. It gave me a key to freedom by releasing blockages in my psyche which kept me metaphorically imprisoned. I practiced it A LOT! And became rather hooked on the idea of becoming even more of who I wanted to be. I have learned a great lesson through this process of realising how vitally important it is not to get carried away with 'becoming,' or 'wanting' to be more this or that. Just to be here in my current form as I am and breath and move and live is just perfect. Blissful in fact if I allow it. Having taken a break to integrate the changes this yoga initiated, I now use Kundalini Yoga once again as a tool to light my fire when it needs stoking, or to clear out my inner cob webs. And I do so with great respect for this is a powerful practice. 

"....human existence should be rooted in the earth" Carl Jung