Back To Yourself - Alexander Technique, Energy work, Modern meditation

Back To Yourself - Alexander Technique, Energy work, Modern meditation Back to Yourself is a space of profound stillness where your system has permission to unwind, reorganise, and remember its innate intelligence.

This is not quick-fix work. It’s a journey back to dignity, self-responsibility, and ease in your body. A unique blend of healing, supportive and ethical care to help you get back to yourself

o coping with life's daily challenges
o reaching your potential in the performing arts or sports
o if you suffer back pain, stress or anxiety
o after injury or illness
o during pregnancy and post-natal recovery

Home, office, group and corporate sessions available.

27/01/2026

I came to this work by learning—through my own body—that effort and intelligence alone are not enough to carry a meaningful life. What I discovered instead was that how we organize ourselves, moment by moment, shapes what is possible far more than trying harder ever could.

I came to the Alexander Technique through pain and persistent patterns that insight alone could not resolve. Learning to change how I use myself—how I move, respond, and orient to the world—revealed that sustainable change happens at the level of habit, not force, and at the level of choice, not correction.

Today, I work with people in pain and stress-related conditions who want to address the habits of use that underlie their symptoms through the Alexander Technique. I also work with capable, purpose-driven people whose bodies are asking for change—not to slow down, but to reorganize how they live, lead, or create.

The Alexander Technique works at the level of use, habit, and choice. Transformational coaching works at the level of meaning, identity, and direction. My work lives at their intersection. I am a teacher of embodied change, working at the level of habit, identity, and nervous system organisation—where lasting change becomes possible because it is lived, not imposed.

Book a free online intro call with no obligation. We’ll gently look at how your habit patterns might be interfering with the life you want to live and explore whether the 5-week program can support you in reaching your full potential.

22/01/2026

Quick reminder in case you missed it: I’m opening a 5-week online program based on the Alexander Technique.
It's for anyone dealing with back/neck/shoulder tension and that classic "stress → collapse" feeling in the body.

This is for you if:
- you feel tight most days and then stress hits and you collapse,
- you’ve tried a lot but the pattern keeps coming back,
- you want something practical you can apply in daily life.

📌 Details + registration: [LINK]

🎁 Special price if you book a short call with me by Monday 26.
If you’re not sure it’s a fit, just reply "INFO" and I’ll tell you in 2 lines.

14/01/2026

And ultimately I can coach you or your organisation if needed ...

I see myself as a body-oriented systemic coach working at the intersection of embodied awareness, leadership development, and transformational change. My coaching practice integrates somatic intelligence, systemic inquiry, and trauma-informed principles to support clients in aligning mind, body, and will.
I work from a place of deep presence and attunement, using embodied awareness as data within the coaching process. Through reflective dialogue, somatic inquiry, and intentional questioning, I support clients in recognising patterns that shape their behaviour, decision-making, and leadership presence. Energy, posture, movement, and sensation provide valuable feedback that informs awareness and choice.
My approach is client-led and future-oriented, grounded in clear contracting and intention-setting. I work with individuals navigating high-demand professional contexts, chronic stress, or disconnection, supporting them to restore clarity, vitality, and purpose.
I hold a systemic perspective, attending to individual dynamics alongside relational, organisational, and social contexts. I believe that sustainable transformation emerges through embodied awareness, conscious action, and small shifts that create meaningful change within larger systems.

30 Years of Practice: Cultivating Presence, Awareness, and GraceFor more than three decades, my work has been devoted to...
14/01/2026

30 Years of Practice: Cultivating Presence, Awareness, and Grace
For more than three decades, my work has been devoted to one essential question:
How do we live, move, and relate with greater clarity, integrity, and humanity?
At its core, my practice is about developing intuitive presence—the capacity to slow down, pause, and meet life as it is, rather than react to it. In a world driven by speed, productivity, and overload, learning how to stop is a radical act. It is in this pause—between stimulus and response—that awareness, choice, and freedom arise.
How I See My Work
I teach modern meditation and embodied awareness as practical tools for daily life. The work invites people to observe habitual patterns—mental, emotional, and physical—and to re-educate how they respond to the world. This is not about fixing or forcing change, but about creating the conditions for insight, balance, and renewed vitality to emerge naturally.
Awareness begins in the body. When we reconnect to sensation, breath, posture, and movement, we rediscover what clarity actually feels like. From there, confidence and intuition grow—not as techniques, but as lived experiences.
The Modalities I Embody
1. The Alexander Technique
A foundation of my work, the Alexander Technique offers a revolutionary approach to psychophysical balance. By learning to pause and attend to the present moment, we regain the original quality of how we use ourselves. This restores equilibrium, reduces unnecessary effort, and brings coherence between thought, movement, and action.
2. Modern Mindful Meditation
When the mind becomes still, a new language is born. Meditation trains attention, reveals the energy behind thought, and reconnects us to breath—the power of life itself. As awareness widens, compassion deepens, and we begin to see that we do not perceive the world as it is, but as we are.
3. Movement, Psychology, and Somatic Intelligence
Through conscious movement and sensing, we explore how ingrained habits shape our actions, emotions, and relationships. Integrating principles from Eastern philosophy and embodied practice, this work frees movement, reduces pain and stress, and reconnects intention with action.
4. The Art of Grace
Grace is not perfection—it is ease, attentiveness, compassion, and quiet strength. It is how we inhabit our bodies, how we move through space, and how we affect others without words. Grace transforms ordinary moments into meaningful encounters and restores dignity to how we live and work together.
What This Work Cultivates
Clarity of thought and action
Emotional intelligence and ethical awareness
Improved physical and mental wellbeing
Deeper connection—to self, others, and environment
A renewed sense of purpose beyond goals
I have worked for over 25 years across health, education, and corporate environments, supporting individuals and organizations as whole systems—emotional, psychological, and physical. Change does not come from adding more, but from learning to observe, stop, and listen.
Perfection is boring.
Being human is interesting.
My work is an invitation to rediscover balance, meaning, and grace—one moment at a time.

Tending the Field: Reflections on Collapse, Coherence, and CommitmentWe gathered with an intention rooted in present-mom...
12/01/2026

Tending the Field: Reflections on Collapse, Coherence, and Commitment
We gathered with an intention rooted in present-moment wellbeing — to communicate honestly from where we are. Through shared time, journaling, and listening, we cultivated a field of attention in which self and other could be sensed together. In these moments, coherence emerged not as agreement, but as presence: a shared rhythm of listening, reflection, and care. Even briefly, we experienced what it feels like when individuals align around purpose and curiosity rather than fear.
At the same time, we named where old structures are visibly burning down. Social systems we once relied upon are disintegrating, while new forms have not yet fully taken shape. The collective field is heavy with disillusionment and a growing fear of authoritarian control. Many of us feel the limits of personal power; effort alone no longer suffices. What is required now is deeper purpose, deeper presence, and a strengthening of our nervous systems’ capacity to remain responsive in times of uncertainty. We are living at a threshold, witnessing aspects of our shared humanity collapse, even as we sense something new struggling to be born.
In this context, many of us recognize where we have been swimming against the stream. Choosing to slow down, to listen, to act from core values rather than urgency or conformity often places us at odds with dominant cultural currents. Refusing neutrality in the face of environmental degradation, disrupted seasonal cycles, and artificial interference is itself an act of resistance. Staying grounded in care, reverence for nature, and ethical responsibility requires courage when speed, extraction, and denial are normalized.
The image of the farmer offers a guiding metaphor. A farmer who puts their hand to the plow must look forward. Despite exhaustion, heat, and uncertainty, they still hold seeds. What calls us forward in our own lives is this same resonance: the commitment to tend what sustains life. Reading the moon, feeling the soil’s moisture, waiting for the right moment to plant — these practices reflect a devotion to timing, patience, and relationship. The work is strenuous and often unforgiving, yet it carries grace. We do not seek ease, but integrity.
We also reflected on the difference between cultivating land and cultivating the human mind. The earth responds to care more directly, while human systems are layered with history, trauma, and pollution — both literal and psychological. Yet tending the land in reverence teaches gratitude and reciprocity, while tending people asks us to slow down, honor complexity, and remain open-hearted. New ideas, we recognized, do not arise from abstraction alone, but from lived, felt experience and from the wisdom of those who came before us.
In remembering those who have crossed the threshold of death, we turned toward the essence of their lives rather than their achievements. The gifts they leave us are not wealth, but health; not accumulation, but enough. Warmth, togetherness, food grown from the earth, and stories shared by firelight — these are inheritances that shape who we are. They remind us where we come from and what truly matters. To honor them is to continue cultivating connection, humility, and care.
As students of history, we carry both realism and hope. We trust that justice can prevail through patience, persistence, and accountability. Like flowers opening and closing with sun and moon, life requires balance — light and dark, action and rest. Even the tears of a world at war with itself become water for new growth.
Though much is unraveling, the spirit among us remains alive. It is ready to root, to grow, and to share its gifts. By tending this field together — inner and outer — we participate in the emergence of new social structures, new ways of being, and a future shaped not by domination, but by conscious cultivation.

U-lab Journaling group January 2026

A Moral ProspectHow do we act with so much knowledge and beauty surrounding us, without becoming entangled in consumeris...
11/01/2026

A Moral Prospect
How do we act with so much knowledge and beauty surrounding us, without becoming entangled in consumerism and the dispiriting pull of materialism? How do we truly engage in the art of living?
A moral prospect asks us to embody the fullest expression of life and the Way—to live with depth while remaining earthy and grounded. To follow this earthy way does not require isolation in wilderness or withdrawal from society. Rather, it calls us to evolve toward more positive values, toward greater spiritual richness, while remaining fully present in the world.
It begins with appreciating the minor details of everyday life. As the sun rises and the first light of a new day appears, we receive it without demand. As the day unfolds—through the height of daylight and into dusk—we move as travelers through life. We enjoy without questioning the movement. It simply is what it is. A quiet, constant evidence of existence—a delicate trace of life resting at the border of nothingness.
Destruction and construction are always taking place. New forms emerge endlessly. How do we know whether something is devolving or evolving in its essence? Perhaps we sense it quietly: does it feel darker to the mind’s eye, or brighter? Is it clearer, more spacious, more gentle to the heart? Does it carry joy, potential, and openness within it?
Empty spaces are never empty. They are full of possibility. The universe moves endlessly, always accompanied by its opposite.
Spiritual values are found in observing nature. My ancestors did not require churches to pray; prayer happened while tending the land. Wisdom arose from direct relationship with the earth.
Humanity’s deepest learning has always emerged from nature’s rhythms.
All things are impermanent. Everything fades into oblivion and nonexistence.
All things are imperfect. The more we chase perfection, the more obsession grows—and the more clearly imperfection reveals itself.
All things are incomplete. Change and movement never cease. There is no final completion. Is a fruit tree complete once it has given fruit, or does it continue becoming?
Where is greatness found?
Greatness lives in observation without expectation—looking beyond form toward what is subtle and hidden. Less becomes more. The deeper we look, the more we see.
Beauty and ugliness arise from coming to terms with what is. Beauty is learned through the mind’s eye. Perception guides us to discover beauty everywhere. When a moment gives way to a new reality, acceptance allows transformation to occur.
How do I know that I know?
By accepting a lifetime of learning while contemplating our own mortality.
There is a cosmic order at work—forces far beyond what the mind’s eye can perceive. Primordial energies shape everything: the geometry of a cathedral, the symmetry of a mandala. All things belong to a cosmic design that teaches us, inviting us to transcend mere sensation. We are dancing within a family of physical forces and deep structures that quietly underlie our everyday world.
To act rather than react is to move with the flow of life—leaving a light footprint, releasing what we do not need to carry. It is learning to be materially simple and spiritually at ease. Letting things be. Finding balance between having, needing, and releasing. Discovering pleasure both with and without possessions.
Our true value lies in humility—in bowing to what was and what is, and in recognizing the equal worth of all beings. We come into full existence when our qualities are expressed fully and gently, without force.
This is the moral prospect: to live lightly, see deeply, and walk the Way with open hands and a quiet heart.

09/01/2026

From Entitlement to Embodied Accountability

I feel a growing desire to move beyond the need to decide who is right or wrong. Beyond entitlement. Beyond moral positioning. Toward accountability—not as an abstract ethical duty, but as an embodied participation in the ongoing flow of life.

I am both victim and perpetrator.

I live in a body that is often a traitor to itself—or to my conscious self. My body speaks a language of its own perception, sometimes a double language, unknown to my awareness. I may intend poise and presence, yet emotional entanglement awakens inner turmoil: boredom while listening, irritation when the desired response does not arrive, discomfort when my invitation—perhaps unconsciously patronising—is not received as I imagined.

Then the foreign body language sets in motion. Averted eyes. Shortened breath. A turned head. A camera switched off just after someone finishes speaking.

And I am at a loss.

Denial activates. Defensive narratives arise: Where? What? How is something wrong? Not me. Not my fault.

Yet to acknowledge accountability is to recognise that entanglement is not a concept—it is the faculty of existence itself. It is what weaves and holds together the web of life.

Witnessing and listening are not passive acts. They are forms of coming together.

Each of us carries a story that longs to be heard. The way we tell it may require us to strip ourselves bare, and that takes courage. Betrayal, abandonment, vulnerability, neglect—especially by those we trusted to be compassionate—wound deeply. This is not a singular story. It is everyone’s story.

Across tribes and cultures, languages and religions, nations and histories, we are enmeshed in ancestral narratives we did not choose, yet still carry. We select what we value and discard what we deem futile or materialistic. And in a modern world of abundance and consumption, we too easily forget to notice the growing polarisation between me and you.

Through solidarity and compassion, we can create new memory—constructing community as a space for grieving and healing.

When curiosity toward one another awakens, it is as though the artist within answers a call. We may not need much else—only the fruition of becoming and belonging. And yet, wholehearted, desperate love demands more of us.

It demands that we acknowledge discomfort. That we become transparent within the complexity of interlocking systems—systems that create traffic jams, delays, and sometimes catastrophic consequences. In this, we are not innocent bystanders. We are complicit.

How, then, can I be certain that my responses—or yours—are not causing harm in a world shaped by perception?

I like to believe I am attuned to my body: to what I feel and sense. And yet, I may not know what my body transmits, nor how—through your own perception and entanglement—it is received.

A simple gesture may carry no intention. And yet, to someone witnessing it, it may carry many meanings. In that moment, one can lose a sense of belonging. A sense of being heard. A sense of being witnessed in one’s entirety.

That loss alone is enough to reawaken long-stored relational patterns. Suddenly, navigating connection becomes nearly impossible.

We are embedded in the legacy of white colonialism, even as we gesture toward a decolonised future. We sense—perhaps already know—that a collapse of our civility is imminent. Our first and most necessary response is grief.

Ritualised coming together—grounded in embodied accountability, compassion, and equanimity—may be the only place healing can begin. Healing with self and other. Recognising our rootedness in ancestral lands without romanticising them. Learning from our obligation to truth. Taking responsibility not as winners or losers, but as participants.

This asks us to commit to reciprocity: supporting elders, amplifying voices, remaining humble. We are informed, but not defined.

Perhaps then, we stand a chance of embodying reverence with humanility—being human with humility.

As Vanessa Machado de Oliveira writes, it is

“a way of being attuned to the matter, motion, and mystery of the metabolic whole.”

This is my desired embodiment for 2026

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Thich Nhat Hanh, Silence: The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise

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15/12/2025

“Darkness is a place for incubation and gestation. It's a place for us to really get quiet enough to become receptor sites to the way the earth is dreaming us now.”
— Francis Weller, CCP Book Launch, December 05

2025 has touched me deeply. Having the opportunity to share the depth of what I’ve experienced has strengthened my sense...
12/12/2025

2025 has touched me deeply. Having the opportunity to share the depth of what I’ve experienced has strengthened my sense of not just participating in life, but truly belonging to it.
I feel immense gratitude for the community of the Presencing Institute.
Together through our stories, these moments, these honest unveilings, we discovered something essential:

When we dare to listen to the quiet, trembling voice of vulnerability—
when we let it speak without rushing to fix it or hide it—
we touch something vast.

We touch the grief of the collective.
We touch the longing of humanity.
And somehow, in that very place, healing begins.

This is the power of coherence.
Not as a concept, not as a technique—
but as a way of being together.

Together, we have created a space where global transformation is not distant or theoretical.
It is happening—here, between us—every time we choose courage over protection, presence over fear, and love over separation.

This work is beautiful.
It is vulnerable.
It is complex.
But it is also profoundly hopeful.

Because when human beings come together with open hearts, with curiosity, with willingness—
we become capable of shaping a new future.
A future attuned to the universal.
A future rooted in coherence.
A future that begins with each one of us daring to show up as we truly are.

Thank you.

As the year draws to a close, I find myself reflecting on all that has unfolded—within each of us and among us collectiv...
26/11/2025

As the year draws to a close, I find myself reflecting on all that has unfolded—within each of us and among us collectively. These shifting times have asked us to slow down, adjust, and meet change with softness. Even as grief has touched our communities, our gatherings—online, in the studio, and around shared meals—have continued to remind us of our resilience and connection. For your presence, trust, and willingness to share space, I offer my heartfelt thanks.

My work keeps evolving, shaped by years of practice across many lineages—Alexander Technique, Somatic Movement work, Time Therapy, Ancestral Constellations, and Transformational Coaching. Together we create a spacious, grounded container nourished by the moving body, the soul’s journey, the ancestors who accompany us, and the lands we come from.

I’m writing now to reconnect and to share what is emerging for 2026. Community gatherings will continue both in the studio and online, and I warmly invite you to stay in touch. After a period of study and reflection, I return with renewed inspiration and look forward to welcoming you back into learning, ease, and healing.

As a small holiday offering, I’m extending a 20% discount on a series of lessons booked before December 10—an invitation to nurture yourself as we enter the new year.

I look forward to supporting your continued growth.

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A unique blend of healing, supportive and ethical care to help you get back to yourself. o coping with life's daily challenges. o reaching your potential in the performing arts or sports. o if you suffer back pain, stress or anxiety. o after injury or long term psychophysical illness. o during pregnancy and post-natal recovery. Home, office, group and corporate sessions available.