30/10/2026
Hello lovely ones. It's been a wee while. I've been embracing a slower, more Yin pace, stepping back from technology and spending time in Nature as I give myself space to heal and process.
Since my stage 4 cancer diagnosis in July, I've been learning to live with uncertainty. There are moments of fear and grief, and moments when I feel completely, wonderfully alive. I'm still a mum, a yoga teacher, finding magic in trees, joy in movement and beauty in ordinary days.
I keep asking: what if this season isn't asking me to fight harder, but to listen more deeply?
Not because I believe cancer happens for a reason, or that meditation can cure it. But because I want to meet this experience with openness, hope and love.
I sit with trees. I breathe. I meditate. I move when my body wants to move and rest when it asks. I'm noticing what nourishes me, what matters and what I'm ready to release.
Through all of this the wisdom of yoga keeps guiding me:
🍂 APARIGRAHA — non-grasping.
Can I loosen my grip on how I thought life would unfold?
🍂 SANTOSHA — contentment.
Can I find moments of enoughness, even when life isn't as I imagined?
🍂 ISHVARA PRANIDHANA — surrender.
Can I soften into what I cannot control without surrendering hope?
Look at the trees. They don't cling to every leaf. They release what's ready to fall.
Perhaps letting go isn't giving up. Perhaps it's making space for life to meet us differently.
I don't know what lies ahead. But I want to be here for it: for my girls, adventures, laughter, mountains, music and shared moments of humanity on the yoga mat.
Maybe the invitation isn't to become fearless, but to let love be bigger than fear.
🍁 What are you ready to let fall away, and what would you like to make more room for?
If you'd like to explore yoga's ancient wisdom in our busy, messy lives, join me in class or at my next Mini Retreat. Let's embrace the Yin part of the year together.
🍂Seasonal Yoga Classes
📍Thursdays 8pm North Berwick
🍁Autumm Mini Retreat
🗓Wednesday 11th Nov 7pm-9pm
📍Fern Bothy East Lothian
Link to book in bio.
With love, hope and a little autumn magic. 🤎