My journey with yoga didn’t begin as a spiritual practice — it began through movement and fitness.

After teaching in gyms for many years, I was drawn to yoga for the physical benefits: strength, flexibility and challenge. I enjoyed the practice, but at the time I saw it mainly as another way to exercise and push myself physically.

Everything began to shift after having my first child, when I started attending mum-and-baby yoga classes. One day during a meditation practice, I experienced something I had never truly understood before — a sense of connection, calm and presence that stayed with me long after class ended. That was the moment my relationship with yoga changed completely.

Over the years, yoga became far more than movement for me. It became a source of healing, grounding and restoration.

Having worked in the fitness industry for over two decades, I also understand the challenges many people face within their bodies. I have personally navigated back injuries, osteoarthritis and spinal degeneration, and after trying many different therapies, it was a consistent yoga practice that helped me reconnect with and support my body in a way nothing else had before.

But perhaps even more importantly, yoga transformed my mindset. It helped me become calmer, more patient, more accepting and more connected to myself.

Opening Vortex Yoga Studio is my way of sharing that experience with others.

My intention is to create a welcoming space where everybody feels comfortable — regardless of age, experience, flexibility, fitness level or background. Whether you come to yoga for movement, healing, rest, strength, stillness or simply a moment to breathe, you are welcome here.

You do not need to “look” a certain way, be spiritual, flexible or experienced to begin.

You simply need to arrive as you are.

Be Gloriously You.

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With so much love,

Emma