ABOUT ME

I attended my very first yoga class in the early 1990's with Clare McAlpine. I will never forget walking out of that first class and feeling as light as a feather. As I left the building a huge gust of wind surrounded me, and I felt as if it would lift me up, so vivid was the feeling of lightness. The relief of finding my inner stillness for the first time is something I will never forget. Since then, yoga and meditation have always been my constant strength and scaffolding to support me through life’s challenges; a way of going back to that inner stillness again and again.

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I discovered meditation in the late 1990’s, first through the Brahma Kumaris (Bradford and Leeds) and then through various Buddhist centres in Yorkshire. In 2009 I completed my first 10-day silence retreat in Vipassana meditation, in Hereford. Around this same time, I discovered Jamyang Buddhist Centre in Leeds, a place still close to my heart. From 2009 to 2022 I completed four 10-day silence retreats and Vipassana is my main daily practice. I have completed workshops, retreats and teacher training in mindfulness and meditation of various styles. ​​

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