Pregnancy Yoga 5 week blocks

Yoga became an integral part of my life nearly 20 years ago, when I was seeking balance alongside a demanding career in healthcare.

Working as a therapist on a women’s forensic psychiatric ward required a commitment to managing my own wellbeing; I loved how yoga quietened my mind, strengthened my body, and helped me meet the demands of a job I deeply cared about. At the time, I was living in Brighton, where I immersed myself in the incredible variety of yoga classes and teachers the city had to offer. For over a decade I practised with inspiring teachers, but it wasn’t until I attended my first pregnancy yoga class that I knew, one day, I would teach.

In 2017, I moved to Cornwall after falling in love with a man and the wild coastline, knowing it was the place where I wanted to raise my own family. A few years later, after more than a decade working in women’s health, I began my dream role within an NHS Perinatal Mental Health Team. Our team supports women during pregnancy and the postnatal period who may be experiencing mental health difficulties including anxiety, depression, birth trauma, and psychosis.

Alongside this role, I completed my LushTums Pregnancy Yoga and Birth Preparation training with the wonderful Clare Maddalena, who had also guided me through my own pregnancies. Pregnancy is a profound period of transformation. It can feel deeply joyful, empowering, overwhelming, and vulnerable — often all at once. Supporting women through this chapter of life is a huge privilege.

Each class I facilitate is designed to honour the journey into motherhood. Sessions weave together movement, breathwork, relaxation, birth preparation, and evidence-informed wellbeing tools to support both body and mind throughout pregnancy and beyond.

My approach is nurturing and playful, with space for every mother to connect with herself, her baby, and the wider community around her. Classes also offer time to pause, share, and connect over a cup of chai after practice, often alongside guest speakers covering a range of topics related to birth, babies, and postpartum wellbeing.

I’m honoured to be covering for Ellie whilst she is on maternity leave herself and I look forward to welcoming you into class.

I grew up in South East London, but have always been drawn to the great outdoors and an active lifestyle. I studied English and French at Nottingham University and worked in Paris for a year, which sparked my passion for travel. 

I fell in love with the sea. Summers were spent teaching windsurfing in Greece, where I met my husband, Chris. Back in London, after a year in a job that made me question what it was that I truly wanted, I found my niche in journalism. I worked for national newspapers, and honed in on travel, adventure and wellbeing. 

Travel journalism has taken me to some of the world’s best yoga retreats and surf camps, from India to Hawaii, Portugal to the Maldives. You can read about these – and some of my other adventures, ranging from ice climbing in Canada to cycling in New Zealand – here. 

I’ve been practising yoga for more than ten years. I first stepped on to the mat purely for physical reasons – to ease aching surfing muscles. But I soon realised that the practice is more than just physical. Like with surfing, yoga requires mental focus – being in the moment helps you both to catch a wave and to flow through yoga postures. This awareness has deepened my practice.

I moved to Cornwall in 2017 to be closer to the sea, and to live a more active lifestyle. I qualified in teaching yoga, gaining my 300-hour accredited certificate, with over 400 hours of training, at Lime House Yoga. I’m also a certified pre and postnatal Yoga teacher (with Baby Yoga & Massage). I trained with Katy Appleton of Appleyoga in 2020.

Why I love teaching pregnancy yoga:

Pregnancy is such a special time, and I feel extremely honoured to share part of it with my students! I love feeling the sense of community grow each week and seeing the changes in students – physically as their beautiful bumps grow, but also the mental shift as they get closer to their births. Yoga really supported me when I was pregnant with my twins, and I hope that these classes will do the same for anyone who joins them.

In class, you can expect to slow down, unwind and connect with your baby – but with plenty of strength-building poses and opportunities to test your mental fortitude, too! We practise calming breathing techniques and move through gentle flows, with options for all abilities and trimesters. There’s always time for some much-needed relaxation and a cup of chai after class, often with a guest speaker to chat about everything from hypnobirthing to pelvic floor health.

I’m passionate about sharing yoga in the beautiful setting that is Cornwall. Now I want to bring yoga to you.