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I'm a deep thinker. I feel ancient with a childish twist. A matured whisky paired with lemonade.

Dare I say it... I'm highly intuitive as we all have the ability to be. I'll say the thing you didn't want me to say. I may have been burned at the stake in a past life,

Some likes/dislikes that in my perfect world is all I'd need to share about myself:
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I don't like chocolate cake
I cut my own hair (usually, I also have a very lovely hairdresser)
I ask WHY rather A LOT
I'm an empath
I value peace and harmony over all worldly things 
I'm obviously a Libra and a 9 on the Enneagram
I love the sound of the rain pouncing
Plus, quite typically cliche, the smell of it quenching parched land
I grew up in the countryside 
The dirty Earth has my heart
But NOW I bask in Big Smoke dweller style
In London 
I write
I take pics
I laugh at my own jokes
I enjoy the simplicity of life
Because I think being here is what you make it
And yet, quite candidly I know I'm a conduit of my creator
If only my ego would shush the cry to critique and control
Beyond all the above, below
I am, quite simply put
A SOUL.
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And the rest (et al) that may be beneficial to share:

When I look at the choices I've made throughout my life they've revolved around my own healing. I'll use this word 'healing' but I prefer evolution/self-development. 

I have a Bachelor of Science degree in Nutrition. I began restricting and controlling my diet in my teens and had a terrible relationship with food - I wanted to know everything science had to offer. Now, the equation of 'energy in = energy out' is complete nonsense to me because what happens in the middle (metabolism) is what matters most. Eating is a bodymind experience. My mantra for eating is "Eat the food to feed your spirit" which is actually a lyric from an Abra song.

I moved to London from the wet North-West after training as a school teacher and I became a Yoga teacher just a year later. 

I've practiced Yoga for over half my lifetime and I'm still terrible at it. I'd insert an emoji if I could. I've practiced making shapes, breathing techniques, chanting, meditation, 'conscious living' for years, and I'm still mastering them. I practice under the eye of extremely knowledgeable, skilled and fabulous, Eileen Gauthier, remotely from my living room or wherever the mat gets laid down. Astanga Yoga London/Dharma Shala is a second home to me and where I occasionally practice some of Advanced A series. I also consider myself a student of Iyengar Yoga and I am forever grateful to much loved teachers, Claudia Dossena and Alaric Newcombe.

I suffered a health issue during the pandemic and never recovered my Yoga teaching business. I returned to school teaching. It took much contemplation to finally discover that my calling was coaching.

What happens to a person does not define them, how they respond does. I have faced my deepest fears, suffered as we all do + experienced some pretty bizarrely nerve wracking situations too. Every shake up served to strengthen me.

I HATE WASTE. I will do everything in my power to reduce it.

Materialism sickens me.

War disgusts me.  

I love music. Sometimes more than conversation.

I enjoy wearing my stripy clown pants. Humour is medicine.

I'm a little bit obsessed with hoovering.

I am a creative thinker and problem-solver. I will fix up before buying new.

Success is not my bank balance, my profession nor, validation from friends on or off social media. Peace is my priceless possession.

As a Yoga teacher, I relished clients moving on from me - it meant I'd done my job properly.

Last but not least, I am taken. The heart tattoo on my ring finger is the symbolism of unconditional love eternally etched in my being.

Knowing myself is intrinsically linked to my connection with others. As I evolve, so do you...