About Me

My first experience of yoga was an Ashtanga Mysore program in London. The teacher there was running a small mysore programme and it was a friend who suggested it to me to try out.

This was almost 20 years ago which initially was a random encounter that kept coming back into my life, and each time with me listening more intently. At that point in my life I was on a different journey and it didn’t take hold, but the seed was planted.

Some time later after many years of travel, exploring different body movement styles and periods of hedonism, I was again looking for another practice in my life. I have always loved using my body and exploring different types of movement and again found myself drawn back to yoga, but specifically in search of some stillness, healing and calm in my life. There was an internal pull and searching that was coming up for me I needed to explore and intuitively I felt yoga was the path.

Initially I began a seated home meditation practice  I’d learnt from studying Buddhism and Zen books and texts and found teachers in and around London to deepen this, including classes at the West London Buddhist Centre.

This study of eastern philosophy has been an ongoing exploration in my life ever since, especially Vajrayana Buddhism and other esoteric practices.

Around this time I’d picked up Iyengars ‘Light on Yoga’ book and a friend gave me a John Scott Primary Series DVD as thier partner was an Ashtanga practitioner and I slowly began  integrating a home Ashtanga practice into my life.

As I was so committed to Martial Arts at the time my Ashtanga practice was secondary and I would fit it in where I could. I also began experimenting with other forms of yoga at Iyengar Maida Vale in London, Vinyasa and other forms of Hatha yoga. But after some consideration on which path to take I was always drawn back to the Ashtanga system and my meditation practice I had developed. These two practices I felt went hand in hand. I loved the connection and flow of Ashtanga and how it had been systematised in such an intelligent way with the breath.

Since 2013 I have had a daily Ashtanga practice and regular meditation practice.

Developing my home practice at the time I felt was coming to it’s natural expression and a new phase in my life was about to unfold, I moved from London to focus solely on Ashtanga Yoga, where I went in search of my first Ashtanga teacher and eventually found Iain Grysak. I spent my winters practicing with Iain after which I moved and settled in Oslo Norway where I have been living, practicing and teaching since 2019.

Aside from my Yoga and meditation practices I have had a personal study of psychology, anatomy, trigger point therapy, and massage for over 20 years and a passion for studying and observing body movement and body mechanics from a variety of styles including gymnastics, martial arts and rock climbing to name but a few. Martial arts, and in particular Brazilian Jiu Jitsu has taught me so much about other people's bodies, weight distribution and the subtlety of joint articulation and range of movement which aids me so much in my teaching.

What I aim for in my teaching style is to hold a safe, stable and neutral space for students to explore thier bodies in a non dogmatic way. I encourage self empowerment and courage, with a focused emphasis on the subtle body through the connetion to bandha and breath via the power of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga to work it’s healing magic.

Also having worked as an engineer for nearly 20 years, this has given me a very good understanding of problem solving, which translates into breaking down movement patterns and skills into accessible progressions with a focus on detail.

Other influences to note:

Simon Borg-Olivier, David Swenson


I am currently a partner and teacher with onyoga.no leading the Mysore programme.