ABOUT Aimee

My absolutely gut wrenching love of this practice and its ability to change the inner landscape of my being has lead to the shedding of many layers. When I stepped onto the mat for the first time in 1998 I never could have conceived the transformative journey of body, heart and mind that my yoga practice came to be. I just wanted open hips! But as my hips remained stubbornly tight the true opening was within my awareness. The deepening of my understanding as to why we practice yoga was, and continues to be, the true gift to me. We practice to become free. The liberation from the shackles of our conditioning and the ever growing remembrance of our true and divine nature sits, like a seed, within the centre of each pathway of this practice. Indeed, once the embodiment of the divine begins to take root inside of us, the only way to navigate the world is as its vessel.

Having transverse a few incarnations in this lifetime; elite athlete, addict, recovering addict, waitress and actress, I find myself firmly planted within the mind expanding terrain of yoga and feel a not so quiet confidence that this is where I will stay. The reason for this unwavering commitment is that this practice, and do not say this lightly, saved my life.

I discovered yoga at drama school and it made me want to run – or cry. Usually both. I was steeped in addiction and not well schooled with meeting myself in a true and real sense. Challenged and beyond uncomfortable, both physically and mentally, I struggled through some of the most confronting aspects of myself that I’ve ever encountered. I was brutally exposed to the barriers separating me from living a true and authentic life.

Somewhere within the pain and self confrontation a spark was ignited. Knowing now that it was the spark of the Divine itself and I was catapulted into the world of yoga teacher training guided by that internal force. Physically tight and contracted through years of sport and self abandon it was not an easy trajectory. But through the training I began to experience waves of internal change. I found myself moving away from the grip of my pride and ego and into a place of deep soul growth, accompanied with wonderment, humility and awe.

What I learnt most in those early years is that yoga doesn’t guarantee the practitioner an eternally sunny life. But it gives you the courage to be IN IT. To be in this incredible body you’ve been gifted, and all of the flavours it will experience in this ever so short incarnation – colourful, painful and delightful all at once.

My relationship with yoga has taught me to take time, even when things are hellish, to pause, soften and delight in being. This practice gave me back my childlike wonderment and brought forth a desire to do this life with all of the love and power available to me as an individual. That the Divine Consciousness humming within the cells of my body, hums within every cell of yours too. I am passionate about gifting you the practices and journey that will bring you, ever so sweetly, to that truth.