Autumn yoga retreats in Cuenca, Spain

I first came to Yoga through my mother, who was trained by my grandfather, a well known Yogi and Kerala Ayurveda physician in the 1920s. From a young age I knew that I wanted to be a Yoga teacher. I studied at the Yoga-Vedanta Forest Academy and continued to develop my practice by studying with many Yogis around India.

I started teaching Yoga 17 years ago. My Yoga Shala in Varkala, Kerala, is a well known Yoga school. Whilst teaching there, I have developed a strong reputation with independent travellers as well as international groups as a local teacher par excellence, with many students and teachers returning to my classes year after year.

I teach classical Hatha Yoga in the style of Sivananda. My classes, catering for students of all levels, from beginners to advanced, include a large variety of Asanas, proper Pranayama and deep relaxation.

I have developed, and implemented on a weekly basis over more than 5 years, a unique beginners course for people who have no experience in Yoga or who have tried some classes but would like to learn the correct way to do Asanas and Pranayama and about the foundations of Yoga.

Since 2010, I have regularly trained teachers on an individual basis, preparing them to conduct Hatha Yoga classes and beginner courses and to deal with large numbers of students in an safe and effective way.

I began travelling to Europe in 2011, following invitations from some of my students to teach in their own countries. Since then I have successfully run classes and retreats in a number of European countries.

My aim is to offer a quality experience that celebrates the mind, body and spirit.

I discovered Yoga in my early 20s when, by chance, life took me to Australia. I came across 'Light on Yoga' by B.K.S. Iyengar in my local library.

After some years of practice on my own I discovered Swami Sarasvati and her ashram in the mountains north-west of Sydney. I trained there as a teacher of Hatha Yoga and taught in my local women’s health centre for some years.

During a journey to India in 2008 I met my teacher, Vasudev, founder of Yoga Varkala. It is true that when you are ready to learn, the right teacher appears. In 2010 I went back to Varkala to renew my training as a classical Hatha Yoga teacher under Vasudev’s guidance. His training gave me the confidence and inspiration to start teaching yoga again.

In the summer of 2012, I came across another wonderful teacher, Swami Govindananda Saraswati, during a retreat in the UK. His teaching inspired me to enrol in his Advanced Yoga Teacher Training Course at the Sivananda Yoga Vidya Peetham, which I completed in February 2013.

Since 2011 I have taught in the UK and in Spain, mostly in weekly classes but also on an individual basis and at retreats.

Yoga has been an integral part of my life since my mid twenties, and I love sharing what I know with other people.