A collection of moments, that have shaped who I am, why I do
what I do, and what I am passionate about.

I wouldn't have called myself a stressful or anxious child.

However looking back I can see that I was a ball of stress and anxiety, not knowing how to communicate my feelings. Only from finding modalities that support my wellbeing can I look back with such compassion for who I was.

This informed my passion for speaking at schools around Victoria, teaching practices of meditation, mindfulness and self-compassion, in a way that is relatable.

When my stress and anxiety became so bad at University my mother declared I was going to do some yoga with her.

I thought, how boring, it’s definitely not going to be hard enough for me! Yet, each week, I found myself in a small room and I would breath, disconnect from the extreme business of my mind and find myself floating home feeling the.most.relaxed.ever! I was hooked.

This led me to teaching yoga for over 7 years at the top studio’s within Melbourne. I love this modality to provide moments of calm for people in their day, to connect with themselves, and something greater than themselves. It fuelled my passion for getting out of the head (which can so often be so loud) to supporting students to get into their body. This is where a lot of my embodied and somatic practices have come from, through my years of teaching and embodying.

Enter Vedic Meditation and my life changed, not overnight, but slowly and gently.

I started getting into meditation when I was in my early 20’s, I put my timer on for 5 minutes, and quickly gave up because it was too hard. Fast forward numerous years, listening to guided meditations on repeat that I ended up basically memorising them, I found myself craving something more. Enter Vedic Meditation, I practiced with Laura Poole, in 2014 and have never looked back. This meditation practice has shifted and changed over the years, as I’ve been guided by my own needs and intuition, but meditating has remained a constant.

I have the most delicious, serendipitous stories post meditation, like truly magical. This is what happens when you disconnect from the chatter within your mind and connect to thread of webs that are bigger than us. I believe in this practice so much, and it’s the cornerstone of The Gentle Practice.

A year of lockdown’s and a validating diagnosis of endometriosis which became a blessing and the beginning of my rabbit hole.

Finally making sense of the ripping pains, the chronic right hip pain, the extreme fatigue. Looking at other people wondering how they were able to do normal life, when I was struggling. A diagnosis of, and removal through excision surgery, to support my wellbeing of life. It took a long time, but it changed me, all for the better.

To understanding pain psychology, to finding a sense of safety within my body. Living from my womb, connecting to my own play and pleasure for me. To living a life that feels good, not just looks good. To taking care of myself. To creating, instead of tearing myself down. To finding flow within my life and in turn, a sense of ease.

To here, the journey of becoming a mother finally, one I’d longed for for quite some time, following a late trimester one pregnancy loss, followed by an emergency cesarean birth the opposite of all I had intended, followed by a short stay in the special care unit with our bubba.

I’ve learned so much, I’ve built myself back up and continue to on the other side of pregnancy. The journey of matrescence is dark, it’s gooey, and you don’t quite know what will unfold. Months prior in the middle of a meditation practice I knew I wanted to bring meditations to mothers, I knew I had the skillset and knowledge to create this platform, I didn't quite expect what happened next.

I am so grateful you are here, if this is resonating with you at all, I would love to have you inside the Gentle Practice. I cannot wait to practice with you.