My engagement with contemplative practice began in 1993, when I first studied meditation with Buddhist monks. I was young. The experience of sustained stillness -of direct awareness- shaped the trajectory of everything that followed.

In the decades since, that inquiry has taken many forms. At the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), I studied Eastern contemplative traditions alongside psychology and mystical philosophy. The academic grounding broadened my understanding. But direct experience has always remained primary. 

Alongside my contemplative training, I qualified in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and hypnotherapy 

I qualified as a Qigong teacher in 2015. Additionally I have a background in dance and horse riding.

Discovering Zhineng Qigong gave this a coherent framework - a system that addresses, directly and practically, the relationship between information (consciousness), energy (qi), the meridian system and physical form. 

Working with senior teacher Xie Chuan took the practice to a different depth again. What he transmits is not a method. It is a quality of being - a direct contact with the ground that the tradition points toward.