My yoga practice started in Australia more than 25 years ago and although I worked as an engineer in the automotive industry, yoga was, and still is, my safe place to be. Followed Ireland, France & Germany, it is finally in Hong Kong that I decided to leave the corporate world and teach as my main activity.
It is also in Hong Kong that I discovered “functional” breathing. In my practice I had been exposed to pranayama exercises but I discovered I had dysfunctional breathing patterns when I was introduced to the work of Robin Rothenberg, “Restore your Prana”, and to Patrick McKeown’s “Buteyko method”.
The approach, which combines the science of breath and the yogic world, resonated with me immediately. With my engineering background I needed to understand what was going on and I was amazed to learn how our overall well being relies on how we breathe.
Now as an OA advanced certified instructor I feel even more confident teaching the science of breath and can go further in helping out students with potential health issues such as chronic stress, anxiety, poor sleep, etc. and get them to experiment the benefits of functional breathing.
I have extended my support in breathing to the fitness world, including cross fitters and runners.
My yoga and sport practice has evolved from a “just move with the breath” to a “consciously subtle breath in service of the mouvement”, and this allows me to go further and have more focus and energy on and off the mat.