About Me

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I truly believe yoga is for everyBODY.

I’m passionate about sharing yoga in a way that feels welcoming, practical and human. My teaching brings together movement, breathwork, meditation, deep rest and sound, with a particular focus on women through midlife, pregnancy, postnatal life and motherhood, as well as toddlers, children and teenagers.

I know how easy it is, when life is busy, to put yourself at the bottom of the list. 

Yoga has given me a way to come back to myself, and that is what I hope to offer other people too. 

My classes are intended to offer a welcoming, relaxed and inclusive space to move, breathe, slow down and reconnect with yourself - without needing to be more flexible, more experienced or anything other than exactly where you are.

I’d love to welcome you to a class, course or retreat and show you what a regular yoga practice can bring to both body and mind.

I teach in an inclusive and accessible way, with plenty of options and small class sizes so that I can actually get to know the people in front of me and offer individual attention.

My teaching blends Vinyasa, Yin and Forrest-inspired Yoga with breathwork, meditation, sound and deep rest.

One of my signature classes is 75 min Flow to Restore + soundbath (Vin/Yin) - starting with breathwork to ground, moving into a stronger Vinyasa flow and then gradually slowing things down into Yin, meditation and a mini crystal sound bath to end.

I’m much more interested in how yoga feels than how it looks. You don’t need to be flexible, experienced or “good at yoga” to come along.

I know that what a student needs or wants from the practice will vary on any given day, even within the same style of practice: some days you might want to feel stronger, others you might need to slow down, and often you might just need an hour where nobody needs anything from you.

All of that is welcome.

 I’m a C-YT 800+hr yoga teacher, qualifying in 2024 after completing the inaugural Ignite 250hr in-person teacher training with Jess Horn and Emma Daisy in Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga, undertaken over ten months in St Albans, UK.

Since qualifying, I’ve continued to study extensively, completing further advanced and specialist training across Forrest Yoga, Yin Yoga, pregnancy and postnatal yoga, children’s yoga, breathwork, meditation, Yoga Nidra, sound, Reiki and women’s wellbeing.

My further training includes a 300hr Advanced Yoga Teacher Training, 70hrs of Advanced Forrest Yoga with Ana Forrest and Jose Calarco, 120hrs total of Toddler and Children’s Yoga trainings, 75hrs Pregnancy, Postnatal & Baby Yoga, as well as further Yin Yoga and breathwork training, Mandala Vinyasa, anatomy-focused CPD and additional study in sound, Reiki and facilitation.

I now teach Vinyasa, Yin and Forrest-inspired Yoga alongside specialist Pregnancy and Postnatal classes, Breathwork, Meditation, Yoga Nidra and crystal sound.

As of September 2026, I have completed more than 1,150 hours of combined yoga teacher training, advanced study, CPD and teaching experience, and I teach multiple in-person classes each week around Hertfordshire.

Alongside my regular classes, I have created and taught my own afternoon retreats and special events, and have assisted at two YOAS weekend retreats at West Lexham in Norfolk.

I hold an enhanced DBS and Emergency First Aid at Work qualification and am fully insured.

You can see my full training and qualifications below, and read more about my journey from yoga student to teacher.

I started practising yoga seriously in 2021, initially through Forrest Yoga - still my first love, and a physical practice that has shaped so much of the way I teach today.

What began as something I did for myself gradually became something much bigger. Yoga gave me a way to feel stronger, steadier and more connected to myself during a very full stage of life - and eventually led me to train as a teacher and build Silver Birch Yoga.

I love teaching yoga in a way that feels welcoming, down to earth and realistic for busy lives. My classes bring together movement, breathwork, meditation, sound and rest, and I particularly love working with women through midlife, pregnancy, postnatal life and motherhood, as well as children and teenagers.

You can read more about my training and own experiences as both a student and teacher below! 

Since I started practising yoga seriously in 2021, yoga has taken me to some extraordinary places and given me the opportunity to practise with a wide range of teachers and traditions.

One of the most memorable was travelling to India: seven days travelling solo through the Golden Triangle, followed by a nine-day residential yoga retreat at Bamboo in Goa. Experiencing yoga in India, alongside the wider experience of travelling there alone, was an important part of my own journey as both a student and as a teacher.

I’ve also attended residential retreats in Ibiza and across the UK, including Glastonbury, West Lexham in Norfolk and 42 Acres in Somerset, as well as many day retreats at Cucumber Fields in Hertfordshire - very much my happy place - exploring different styles and practices with a variety of inspiring teachers.

Along the way there have been some pretty unforgettable yoga experiences too: practising at sunrise inside the Stone Circle at Glastonbury’s Worthy Farm, and Rocket Yoga at a Nike x The Rogue Room event, complete with a live DJ in an abandoned EC1 warehouse.

All of these experiences - from traditional retreat settings to much less traditional ones - have shaped the way I practise, the teacher I’ve become and my belief that yoga can meet us in many different places and stages of life.

Originally from Liverpool and now based in Harpenden, I’m in my early 40s and mum to four children, spanning toddler to teen.

My background is in law. I’m a qualified solicitor and spent 18 years in the Civil Service, specialising in Competition Law. I’m currently taking a break from that career while I build Silver Birch Yoga - embracing what has become a very real midlife pivot from the career I chose as a child and loved for many years, towards work that now feels much more aligned with who I am.

So believe me, I understand the midlife juggle.

That’s a big part of why I’m so passionate about helping busy women find space for themselves through yoga, breathwork, mindfulness and rest - not as another thing to fit into an already full life, but as something that can help make that life feel a little more manageable.

Me and my four children

(📸 : Collette Healy Photography, 2023)

First and foremost, Birch is my family name.

But I also loved the symbolism of the silver birch tree. In Celtic tradition, birch is associated with new beginnings, renewal and protection - which felt especially fitting as I began a new chapter of my own.

The tree has long been linked with resilience too: able to grow in difficult conditions, yet still light, graceful and adaptable.

That balance really resonates with the way I think about yoga. 

Not about becoming someone different, but about creating space to reconnect, reset and begin again - however many times you need to.

Foundation Training 

• Ignite 250hr Yoga Teacher Training (Hatha + Vinyasa) - Jess Horn & Emma Arscott. In person, St Albans, March - December 2024.

Further and Advanced Yoga Teacher Training*

*See below for pregnancy, postnatal and children's yoga

• Advanced Forrest Yoga (70hr) - Ana Forrest & Jose Calarco. In person, Indaba London, May 2026 Ceremony, breathwork and advanced asana (pictured)
• Yin Yoga & Breathwork (50hr) - Jess Horn. In person, St Albans, March 2026 
• Yin Yoga (25hr) - Gabrielle Harris. Live/online, 2025 
• Mandala Vinyasa (25hr total) - Dulce Mandala, Nicholas Menard & Carlos Mundalah 18+ hours certified live in person, plus 7 hours study/catch-up. In person, Yoga Rise Peckham, July 2025 and July 2026

• Pregnancy Yoga (50hr) - Tara Lee & Claire Daniell. In person, Yoga Rise Peckham, March 2025 
• Postnatal Yoga + Baby Yoga (25hrs) - Tara Lee & Claire Daniell. In person, Yoga Rise Peckham, October 2025 
• Toddler Yoga (30hr) - Heather Deaville. In person/live online. Jing Institute & Studio, Brighton, September / October 2026.
• Advanced + Foundation Children’s Yoga (90hr) - Wild Tree Yoga. Live/online, January 2025 - July 2026

• Wild Woman Facilitator & Nervous System Training - Calisoma (Becci Murtagh). In person, St Albans, September 2026
• Reiki Shoden, Levels 1 & 2 - Bodhini Hridaya & Emma Arscott. In person, Harpenden, 2025 
• Level 1 Crystal Singing Bowls, Rainbow Sounds - Live/Online (2025/2026)
• Ignite Mentor Programme - Jess Horn. In person/live online, St Albans, 2025

• Bradshaw Unfiltered Immersive - Bradshaw Wish. In person, Yogalina, Oxford, September 2026 (pictured)
• Demystifying Joint Compression - An Alchemy of Movement Workshop (6hr) - Cucumber Fields, with Jambo Truong. In person, Hertfordshire, October 2026
• The Piriformis: The Gateway to Flow and Liberation CPD Workshop (6hr) - Cucumber Fields, with Jambo Truong In person, November 2025
• The Anatomy of Twists CPD Workshop (6hr) - Cucumber Fields, with Jambo Truong. In person, Hertfordshire, November 2024 
• Forrest Yoga: Journey of the Warrior (7.5hr) - Ana Forrest & Jose Calarco. In person, Indaba Studio, London, June 2024 
• Dharma Yoga Workshop (7hr) - Cucumber Fields, with Ambra Vallo. In person, Hertfordshire, April 2023

Current/Future training & CPD:

• Advanced YTT (300hr) - deep dive into creative sequencing and dharma, Juliana LaRochelle - live/online (September 2025 - November 2026)