A closet introvert, I love good coffee, dark chocolate and autumn leaves. Born in the tropics near the Atlantic Ocean, I married a Scot
and now live among the mountains and lochs of the Highlands where this girl-who-hates-cold-water is wild swimming. Go figure.
And if you’ve ever rushed into a yoga studio just in time, rested your forehead on the mat and realised this was the first time you’d taken a breath for yourself all week…if you’ve ever tried to wake up early to meditate only to have your little one call for you just as you were sitting down…if you ever wanted to experience the feeling of inner calm, being in the flow and connected to who you really are but life always seems too busy to practice yoga or meditation…Then I created Messy Luminous Being for you.
I remember the day I stood in front of my own meditation and yoga teacher, looking for advice on how to practice as a new mother. I just couldn’t figure out how to practice after my first son was born. He wasn’t sleeping, I wasn’t sleeping. And yet I desperately missed that feeling of connection to myself & that feeling of quiet within my mind, that I knew yoga and meditation could give me. I felt like I was doing something wrong. Maybe I wasn’t trying hard enough. Or that maybe a calm mind wasn’t possible when you had a messy life like mine.
I have spent close to 15 years now teaching yoga and training in a traditional lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. I’ve also been trained in the school of “messy real life” where my two beautifully wild boys, my work and the constant piles of laundry give me all the opportunity I need to practice!
This combination of training has brought some important realisations about the ways yoga and meditation are taught and practiced. These traditions have been passed down to us by men who trained in retreat centres and monasteries. And, I don’t know about you, but my life looks nothing like a retreat centre!
The wisdom of meditation and yoga practice is truly life-changing. But we need to bring feminine wisdom and energy to create a new method of practice. This is Messy Luminous Being.
Where meditation and yoga practice is integrated into everyday life so we can stop waiting for that rare retreat and enjoy the benefits of inner connection everyday. Where practice is empowering and our own inner wisdom is honoured as the ultimate teacher. Where community support, learning and connection keeps us motivated and consistently showing up for ourselves. Where the wisdom of traditional meditation and yoga shines a light in our uniquely beautiful and messy lives.