Lately, I've been reflecting on the journey that brought me here. Over the years I've taught in very different places. A studio in a busy city. Another in a smaller regional town. And today, a small practice space in the mountains of Nishiawakura. From the outside, it might look like each step has become... smaller. And in many ways, it has. Fewer classes. Fewer students. Less noise. More space. But this wasn't an easy transition. For more than a year, I struggled with the decision to close...

A few days ago, we finished another 200-hour Teacher Training here in Japan. As always, the final hugs were bittersweet. Three weeks of shared practice, conversations, good food, laughter, moments of frustration, and countless cups of tea suddenly came to an end. When I looked back over the course, I realised that one idea kept appearing in almost every conversation we had. Yoga is a relationship. Not just a relationship with our body. A relationship with everything. If you were like me, you...

People often ask why our trainings are intentionally kept small. Why not take more students? Why not open larger groups? The simple answer is: these trainings are meant to be this way. Over the years, I’ve come to realise that transformation rarely happens because of the number of hours, the amount of information, or how many poses we learn. It happens when people feel safe enough to soften. Safe enough to ask questions.Safe enough to be seen. In a small group, there is space. Space to...