 Emma was born in Cambridge and went to ballet school before starting her career as a professional dancer. Emma initially started practicing yoga to complement her contemporary & classical dancing, and martial arts training.
She found the benefits of yoga enhanced her flexibility, strength, balance and focus.
Emma has been teaching full time in London for eight years and has studied with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and Sharath Rangaswami in Mysore. She completed Jivamukti teacher training in New York with her inspirational teachers, Sharon Gannon and David Life three years ago.
Filling her classes with warmth and humour, Emma draws on her dance and broad yoga experience to teach the gift of yoga.
What are you inspired by?
Nature, family, my teachers, friends and love
Why Yoga?
I couldn't live without it. Its brought me calmness, consideration, patience (with my body) and liberation!
If yoga did not exist what exercise would you turn to?
Ballet
What music do you listen to?
Autechre, Plaid, Bill Laswell, Boards of Canada, Depeche Mode, Michael Franti, Two Lone Swordsmen.
Favourite Asana?
Yoganidrasana
Hardest Asana?
Any kind of backbend
Words of Wisdom?
We can bomb the world to pieces, but we can't bomb it into peace. (Michael Franti).
Ideal Weekend?
Food shopping at a nice small market then off home to cook, eat and be merry.
Favorite food and drink?
watery veg like pok choi, lettuce, cucumber munched down with a phat glass of red wine.
Dislikes?
The unnecessary harming of animals.
Recommended book?
Jivamukti yoga, Practices for liberating body and soul.
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