About Grow
About Grow
Grow was created as a dedicated space for the restful strands of yoga.
After years of teaching in shared spaces, I wanted to build something smaller. More intentional. A space where therapeutic practices could land more deeply within contained groups, held in a simple, multi-sensory environment designed for settling rather than stimulation.
Much of modern yoga mirrors the fast-paced culture around us — performance-led, intensity-driven and outwardly focused. While movement and endorphins have their place, I was more interested in creating a space where we could slow down.
Where we could recondition and decolonise our bodies.
We are not machines.
Grow exists as an alternative to hustle-driven wellness culture — a place for steadiness, rest and cyclical awareness. When someone walks through the door, I hope they feel settled. Spacious. Able to settle.
My Approach
I am a Yoga Therapist trained with The Minded Institute, with a background in Psychology (BSc) and additional training in Yoni Shakti Womb Yoga Therapy through the Yoga Nidra Network.
Training as a Yoga Therapist shifted my relationship with teaching profoundly. I became less interested in shaping bodies, and more interested in shaping feeling states.
Yoga, for me, is a way of supporting the body’s inherent capacity to self-heal — capacities that are best activated when the system is balanced rather than depleted.
Therapeutic practice, to me, is a space without pressure to perform. A space where you are invited to sense what you need. Where familiarity builds over time, and internal change becomes possible — not through force, but through steadiness.
It is a place to settle.
The People Who Practice At Grow
The people who tend to find Grow are often ready for change.
Ready to experience their bodies differently.
Ready to feel less anxious, less rushed, less on autopilot.
Ready to reclaim their natural rhythms and prioritise rest.
Many arrive carrying stress, burnout or the quiet fatigue of constantly holding things together.
Over time, something shifts.
Confidence increases.
People who once felt nervous to join a Closed Group begin to feel at home within it.
Friendships form.
Students show up in different moods — without the need to perform.
There is more capacity.
More steadiness.
More choice in how they respond to life.
While much of my therapeutic work centres women — particularly those navigating burnout and hormonal transitions — Grow is open to all who are seeking a slower, more embodied approach to practice.
Why Closed Groups
While Grow offers open Therapeutic Sessions, the heart of the practice lies in Closed Groups.
Depth requires familiarity.
When I work with the same group over time, I come to understand learning styles, physical patterns, emotional landscapes and nervous system tendencies. Teaching becomes more precise. More relational. More responsive.
Nervous systems communicate in a room.
When familiarity is present, the space settles. Bodies drop into practice more easily. There is less guarding, less performance.
Much of my teaching centres philosophy and deeper conceptual work rather than complex choreography. An atmosphere of openness allows these conversations to unfold naturally.
Over time, something else forms too.
Friendships develop. Groups gather outside of class. People who once arrived quietly begin to take up space.
This is not accidental.
It is what happens when consistency meets safety.
A Different Way of Living
Grow is more than a studio timetable.
It is a way of doing things differently in Sheffield.
Small. Intentional. Therapeutic. Cyclical.
I believe this work is part of a wider cultural shift — a quiet rebalancing of how we live, move and care for ourselves.
When we restore rhythm, value rest and build steady community, we begin to change not only our own nervous systems, but the pace and expectations of the spaces around us.
This is the work.
Not louder.
Not faster.
Just more rooted.