I was looking for something that would help ease the back pain and stiffness I had being experiencing over the previous couple of years. I had tried all sorts of exercise classes and none of them worked but I experienced great relief from my very first yoga class and with consistent practice I managed to eliminate my back pain, improve my posture and my breathing
After about a year of attending re
gular classes I began to notice other effects too. I was generally in better health and I was finding it easier to relax and was dealing better emotionally with life's up and downs. I decided I wanted to learn more about the meditative aspects of yoga and the philosophy and anatomy behind the practice. I also wanted to develop my own practice at home and so in 2005 I embarked on a two year teacher training diploma with the YTTC (Yoga training and therapy centre). I graduated in 2007 and I am fully certified with Yoga Alliance. I spent a couple of years teaching at various centres around Dublin city before finally setting up as a full time yoga teacher. In 2013 I embarked on further training in perinatal yoga with The Elbowroom (while pregnant with my first child) and in 2014 I became a certified Infant Massage Instructor also. I have been teaching mainly pre and postnatal yoga classes every since