In the journey of reconnecting with myself through faith, culture and spirituality, Yoga and Ayurveda came along and lit a fire of their own. In going back to study, it deepened the relationship with myself whilst really activating my love for being of support for others on a journey of their own.

This is how I came to find my way back to working with my hands, with others and nature through the power of touch and holistic wellbeing. Taking in the entire person rather than a set of symptoms, which the sciences of Yoga and Ayurveda do very well.

For as long as I can remember, making and creating with my hands has been my way of making sense of things around, within and feeling connected. Nothing is the same as playing with watercolours to interpret my emotions or the feeling of wet clay between my fingers to make something out of seemingly nothing.

This way of turning my hand to different things, saw me train as a jewellery designer, explore the fashion industry, beauty industry, tech world, social enterprise and sustainability. But it all came to a point where I just couldn’t find my place. I didn’t belong, feel seen or fulfilled. This disconnection to ourselves is woven into our very society. In finding ways to support myself, I increasingly found that the practices I turned to, were places I didn’t feel welcome or were diluted versions of what I knew were more than met the eye.

All of this sparked something in me. Not feeling represented in Western wellness roused a desire to change things. Not only for myself, but for others too. I wanted to share what I had gone on to learn and support those that felt similarly and wanted to change that. We all deserve to feel well. We all deserve to feel seen and heard.   

So instead of struggling through it all, let’s start from where you are and go from there, informed by these ways of healing that have stood the test of time.

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