I first turned to yoga when I was experiencing a particularly challenging time in my personal life. Yoga along with regular swimming helped me deal with this situation not only while I was in it, but it also gave me the inner strength to find my way out. At the time I was working full time and raising a young family, and it was then that I realised just how much my yoga practice had enabled me to change my life. I have studied multiple courses during my career, not just Yoga teacher training, but other holistic therapies and personal development. Like everyone, I have had some difficult times but I have grown from the experience. In 1997 I trained at the Tisserand Institute in London and qualified as a Holistic Aromatherapist. I have used essential oils for many years now and still offer this therapy. The thirst to learn and develop my skills had taken hold of me and I then trained as a Reflexologist with Priscilla Kennedy Davies in 1999. Another fascinating study that I thoroughly enjoyed. Our feet hold a wealth of information about us and our bodies can be very responsive to a gentle touch. My first yoga teacher training was in 2010/12 with Yoga Rhythm. I broadened my knowledge of various other yoga practices by attending regular classes with some of our amazing yoga teachers we have in Northampton! I then studied Restorative Yoga in 2018 with Beverely Nolan achieving my level I and II. My Yin training was with Sarah Lo and I attained levels I, II, III and IV between 2017/2023 with a 220 hour certificate for Yoga Alliance. To add to this, I began to study SATYA yoga with Tias Little. Level I was done in person but then covid conveniently provided the vessel for extensive online teacher training with Tias is who lives in Santa Fe. I took full advantage of this opportunity and after completing my levels II and III successfully I am now very proud to be able to teach this beautifully effective and gentle type of yoga to all ages and abilities. I have also attended further training with Tias on topics such as trauma, chakras, our organ body, nidra and advanced SATYA. For more information on each type of yoga I teach please see "My Types of Yoga" further up this page. In 2021 I attended a 10-week introduction to counselling and psychotherapy course run by the University of Warwick in which I learned the theories behind cognitive behavioural therapy, person centred therapy and the theories of Freud. I enjoyed this course so much along with the personal enquiry it involved that I actually considered for one mad moment taking the full 4-year degree course, but sense and reason prevailed and as I was still working full time, I decided to concentrate on my yoga teaching. So that leads us to FORGET ME NOT YOGA - why this name?! This took a while to come to me as I wanted something unique to match my teaching! Not only is it one of my favourite flowers, I love the delicate colours but they bring such joy to my day and bees love them! Did you know that forget me nots can give bees a signal that their nectar has been taken by turning the inner flower colour from yellow to white so the bees can buzz on by? The flower also represents true love which goes without saying is my relationship with yoga! I think most of my students will agree, the name describes my particular style of teaching and once you have attended my classes, you will not forget me!