My Story

“Hello there.

Let me tell you a little about me, as it will provide some context for the work I do.

As a teen my health was not great. I didn’t embody the youthful energy one would typically expect for that age. I was often tired, having been diagnosed with Glandular Fever at the age of 13 and after years of tests and negative results, the symptoms never seemed to go away.

Just before leaving school at 17, I signed with Elite Model Agency and rode a natural high of adventure and exploration for over a decade. I was often interviewed by teen magazines who asked how I stayed so ‘fit and healthy.’ The truth was that I was far from living a healthy lifestyle. I felt like a fraud and that my challenge was to understand how to be fit, bright-eyed and genuinely happy, the balanced way.

During this time, I noticed that despite a slightly reduced calorie intake, I had more energy, felt happier, clearer-minded, had sharper memory, was more creative and needed less sleep. I never felt better.

From the outside all appeared well, yet I felt unfulfilled. I needed to learn, reconnect with my identity and return to my roots. I left New York to spent time with friends, family and nature and relaxed my eating habits. Once again I embraced dairy products and grain - but unexpectedly, I felt awful. I had almost forgotten the low moods, lethargy and need for more sleep. Again my mind felt clouded, my body heavy and it became clear that how I felt was directly influenced by what I ate.

I discovered through research, trial and error, that I had been consuming the wrong fuel for my body. It was like filling an unleaded car with diesel. So I embarked on a primative diet of protein, low sugar and carbs and I have never felt better. It has since been my diet for over 2 decades.

During this time I also dived deep into the world of breath and meditation. I embraced the Art of Living, an ancient program of wisdom, yoga, meditation and breathwork. It took me around the world. I attended silent retreats in places including India, Europe and the USA.

I spent weeks embodying minimal thought, just being, and unlocked the subconscious world that had driven my day to day living - without me realising.

I meditated and worked with my breath, accessing emotions held in the body.

I discovered that when we experience a feeling, we breath an associated breath rhythm. Anger and can result in short, shallow breaths, shock can trigger a sharp in-breath and sadness a long, outward sigh. There is a fascinating language to breath rhythm.

The Art of Living put together a daily practice that incorporates the various breath rhythms to help release the associated feelings that can be trapped - sometimes for a lifetime - within the body.

To understand the energetics of the body better, I studied Shiatsu for 4 years. Through these ancient practices, I was able to shed many layers of old ‘baggage,’ some of which I had no idea where it came from. It seems that much of what we carry is beyond our conscious understanding.

I graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Complementary Studies degree in London which provided a solid, scientific grounding to the work.

Our tutors were wise and knowledgable but I knew intuition could not be learnt and that I had to develop this through personal inner work.

Elenor Tonetti, founder of Birth into Being and director of the beautiful, life affirming film “Birth as we Know It” helped me with this. She famously works with the limbic imprint, facilitating with the release of ‘baggage’ before conception to avoid passing undesirable beliefs, behaviours and whatever else onto the next generation.

Elena’s belief is that we pass on our consciousness as much as we do our genes.

After the birth of my 2 children I worked as a doula for over 10 years, assisting over 50 births - every one of which was beautiful and empowered in its own unique way.

If you are interested in experiencing any of the work I offer, feel free to get in touch and I will do my best to help as it is our birth right to sparkle.

Thank you for hearing my story.