In yogic philosophy, svadhyaya is often translated as self-study. And that is really how I’m approaching this. Not as a hunt for the perfect glucose line, perfect sleep score or perfect body. I’m still eating cinnamon rolls. I’m still eating bread. I don't want an app to become more authoritative than my own experience.

Diagnosed with AuDHD just days ago, I am feeling both validation and grief for the versions of me who struggled without understanding why. My diagnosis is helping me make sense of friendships, overwhelm and the harsh labels I gave myself. Here, I share how yoga grounds me, how teaching anchors me in community, and why greater awareness matters. This is the beginning of learning to meet myself with kindness, and creating space for other women navigating life with autism and AD

A generous late-summer retreat lunch filled with seasonal colour and flavour. I’m sharing the vegetarian, coeliac-friendly recipes from Gathering in Gratitude, including roasted vegetables, vibrant salads, balsamic tomatoes and fudgy kidney bean brownies.

Finding the right yoga teacher can make an enormous difference to your experience of yoga. You might attend a class that other people seem to love, yet leave feeling uncomfortable, overwhelmed or simply unmoved. That does not necessarily mean yoga is not for you. It may simply mean that particular teacher, style or environment was not the right fit. Every yoga teacher brings something different into the room.

Yoga classes can sometimes seem expensive compared with fitness classes, but the hour spent together is only the visible part of the work. Behind each class are years of training and personal practice, ongoing study, careful planning, venue hire, insurance, equipment and administration. This article explores the hidden work behind yoga teaching, and how yoga philosophy can help us think about fair exchange, value and sustainability.

Yoga can look deceptively simple from the outside. A room, a mat, a few shapes, perhaps some breathing and a quiet rest at the end. But beneath all of that, something deeper is taking place. As a yoga teacher, I am never looking for the most flexible person in the room, the neatest posture or the student who can follow every instruction perfectly. What matters to me is that you feel safe enough to listen to yourself, curious enough to explore, and welcome enough to retu