Hi, I’m Tess…
Throughout my life my yoga practice has played such an important role. Yoga has been a constant, providing a place of stillness and peace in what can feel like a rapidly changing and fast-paced world.
I spent a lot of time during my childhood seeking a quiet space. From a very young age I would frequently disappear for hours on end and be found hours later sitting in a quiet, forgotten corner of my family home or garden enjoying listening to the calming sound of my breath. I literally spent hours in my garden enjoying headstands, cartwheels and handstands – never having heard of yoga!
I first arrived at an actual yoga class in my teens way back in the early 1980s. This experience enabled me to make sense and understand what it was that I was seeking. Since then, my passion for seeking and connecting to a place of inner calm, peace and joy and my love of all things dance and movement continues to inform my yoga practice and teaching.
Yoga truly is a gift for life! There are so many aspects to yoga that run so much deeper than the physical and breath practices commonly taught in modern yoga classes. Even when I have not been able to undertake physical aspect of the practice (Asanas) due to physical health challenges the practices of breath and focus (Pranayama and Pratyahara), yogic philosophy and approaches to holistic health (Yama and Niyama) and meditation (Dharana and Dhyana) remain for exploration and contemplation. Yoga has provided solace in times of grief and bereavement, my daily yoga practice creates space for processing and acceptance which resonates far beyond my yoga mat, weaving its way into every aspect of my life.
The most amazing thing about yoga is that the practise changes and grows with us, enriching and deepening as we age, and our body changes. I am honoured to have the opportunity to share this beautiful practise with you.
My teaching aims to create space for the development of self-awareness, the cultivation of an honest and helpful relationship with our bodies and ourselves to create a sense of acceptance, joy, peace and contentment, and to help you live a healthier and fufilling life.