There was a time I couldn't stick to anything. Being honest, I felt like this for many years. Juggling university work and a hectic day job left the self-care side of my life calling out for consistency: I wasn’t eating well and didn’t have a movement routine. Touching my toes was just a distant dream and I absolutely hated my first yoga class.
Perfectionism was the killer for any kind of progress: everything had to be done right or it wasn’t worth doing at all, so when I’d ‘fail’ at something—I would give up, rather than taking smaller steps and appreciating the journey.
This black-and-white approach ran the show until I started yoga. Then everything changed (which sounds dramatic but it’s true).
Sure, I fell in love with the practice for the movement, breath and spirituality but more than that, it was my catalyst for commitment. Finally I was showing up every day on my mat, sometimes for five minutes, sometimes for an hour. It didn’t matter. The point was consistency over intensity: a mantra I still swear by in everything I do.
That was over 10 years ago, when my love for movement really began. I was a yoga student first (still am) and then a teacher of vinyasa and yin. For the first time in years, I even had movement goals (poses I dreamed of doing and skills I wanted to achieve) and the yoga route satiated me for many years.
Big changes—a breakup and a move— pushed me to explore a whole new side of myself and my practice.
I began traveling and living in different corners of the world, looking for places with great training facilities, interesting classes and authentic teachers. This opened my eyes to new disciplines: I studied with kung fu masters in Thailand, where I lived on site for several months at a time soaking up this weird new life. I explored the world of handbalancing, mobility, and movement in Australia and Israel, training with circus artists and movement experts. I also became a certified mobility specialist and deepened my yoga education while living in Bali and Thailand.
As my movement practice grew, so did the desire to share the wisdom I’d gathered from my teachers and my own experience.
I’d witnessed firsthand how a structured approach radically sped up my progress. Backbends, splits and handstands (once far-fetched dreams) were becoming tangible goals with weekly improvements. These were things I wasn't able to achieve with my yoga practice alone so experiencing gradual progress was so satisfying after years of random, unstructured practice.
So I had a vision: to create a multifaceted yet focused system that’s effective and free from unnecessary fluff.
The result?
A collection of step-by-step programs designed to transform your practice, and hopefully change your life for the better in the process.
Infused with various disciplines, these systematic programs offer a sustainable approach to reaching specific movement goals. The programs have been tested by 250,000+ people all over the world (which is still crazy for me to comprehend).
I don't claim ownership of any of the practices. I curate and share knowledge through my own lens, drawing from the wisdom I've received from my teachers.
The act of committing to a daily practice not only helped me physically, it transformed me mentally.
It shifted my identity and enhanced my quality of life by instilling a greater sense of confidence, resilience and a deep knowing that I can achieve anything I put my mind to.
The things I teach (yoga, handbalancing, flexibility and mobility) are simply just containers. That’s what pulls you in, what entices you to begin. The internal transformation a movement practice can bring is something much deeper and unique to each and every one of us. It’s not visible on the outside but it is very much felt. That's why I teach.
My promise is to be authentic, curious, open and intuitive in my approach. I'm not afraid to change my mind based on new learnings, and I'll share those discoveries with you along the way.
