I came to yoga later in life  (in my 40s) ~ and as cliched as it sounds....yoga saved my life.
 

My husband and I decided to move from Australia to New Zealand (Aotearoa), in 2004 and ended up settling on Great Barrier Island, in the Hauraki Gulf. It was a chance to experience remote living. This was the perfect time to see what the hype surrounding yoga was all about, and attended a class taught by the local yoga teacher at the time. Linda's love of yoga was infectious.
 
Over the next 8 years my practice developed and Chris and I attended yoga retreats in Australia and Bali–....it was the only way I could get Chris to leave our island paradise!  With more practice, I was becoming curious about the deeper heart and meaning of yoga.
 
In 2012 my life changed forever ~ I lost my husband ~ Yoga became my lifeline.
 
November 2014 was another turning point…...I studied with Yoga Arts and gained my Level 1 Teacher Training qualification. The experience was transformational and awakening. My eyes were opening to a deeper level of yoga and the possibility of sharing this with others was exciting.
 
Returning to the island, I taught a number of classes for my teacher before deciding to  teach my own classes as Ebb and Flow Yoga. A little time later, also taking over Linda's classes when she decided to step away from teaching.

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After 16 beautiful years living on Great Barrier Island, the time was right for a new focus.  I sold my home, jumped on a plane to Christchurch, hired a motorhome, and hit the road looking for my new home. Two months later I ended up putting an offer on a house in the deep south....in Central Otago. Cromwell was my new home.  I knew no-one here, but it felt SO right.

I took a leap of faith into the unknown. It's scary, but worth it!

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I'm back teaching and sharing my love of yoga.