ABOUT ME
Years ago I was diagnosed with stage 3 cervical cancer.
I still remember sitting in that chair at Ealing Hospital holding the results in my hands and not feeling anything. I was in a bubble, no sounds, no voices around, I couldn’t hear anything. In my head, it wasn’t even real.
For the following months, I spent my life between home and the hospital. Surgeries, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and all the side effects that come with it were part of my daily routine. After my treatments, I was looking for some gentle rehabilitation. I attended my first yoga class at Macmillan Centre at Charing Cross Hospital.
I fell in love with the discipline, and four years later I flew to Goa, India to embark on my yoga teacher training. I wanted to become a yoga teacher.
As a result of the cancer treatment, I became infertile. Whilst I had never felt particularly maternal, it was good to know that the option to become a mother was available to me. Having this option taken away as a result of the treatment I undertook was difficult to deal with. Not being able to conceive left me feeling like I was not ‘woman enough’ and punishing myself for being ‘incomplete’.
Discovering Naked Yoga helped me re-evaluate this negative perception of myself.
I practiced Naked Yoga for the first time at the Burning Man festival in Nevada, and it felt so liberating that I wanted to share the experience with everyone.
At that moment I had no barriers, no inhibitions, and no restrictions. It was a world with open-minded people, no economic or social barriers, a judgment-free and safe space for vulnerable people to express themselves. This freedom I felt is what I had been missing.
Just being naked can make us feel vulnerable – but we face this with a brave and bold approach, and we become more grounded and comfortable with ourselves.
As I struggled for so many years to accept my own body, Naked yoga finally taught me to accept myself exactly how I am today, with all my imperfections. And I now want to help others feel confident in their own skin.
I am passionate about working with people who don’t feel comfortable showing their bodies, people who are transitioning, people who have experienced cancer, anorexia, bulimia or other illnesses that undermine confidence.
The greatest reward for me is seeing the change I’m making in their lives and how confident they become. Helping them to accept and love their bodies is a privilege.
I feel my purpose in life is to free the world from body shame, and to remove the negative connotations from the word “nudity”.
DO GET IN TOUCH, I CAN HELP.
