anuyoga: noun (Skt. अनुयोग ‘further yoga’ fr. anu + yuj) the path of exploring the union of space and wisdom.
In which one meditates on the inner or subtle body with its energy centres (chakras), and its subtle energies (prana), the energy pathways (nadis), and consciousness (bindu).
Hello and welcome to Anuyoga
Anuyoga is a space for exploring chronic pain patterns and healing through a deeper awareness of the self.
We are so much more than our physical bodies. We are our thoughts, our emotions, our energy, our wisdom and our inner spirit. All these layers make us who we are.
Though a deeper practice of yoga we can peel back the layers to reveal our subtle nature and connect with it.
True healing must touch all five layers of ourselves to bring us back in balance, to bring us back in harmony with our inner and outer worlds.
To be in harmony is to be well! This is the real purpose of yoga.
For me yoga is about finding our healing and true alignment by connecting with our ananda, our joy, our wholeness.
Anuyoga embodies this.
Anuyoga – A Journey from Sickness to Health
All my life I have battled with chronic illnesses, living in their shadows. It started with allergies and bronchitis when I was in school then came the asthma, followed by endometriosis, PCOS, Hashimoto’s, insomnia…Being ill became my norm.
For decades I pushed through it, moving across four countries, setting up sixteen homes in twenty years, raising two girls while trying to make a career as a writer! Crazy, right? Looking back I can see, that in pretending that was my normal, I had in fact lost sight of me and my reality.
When I finally crashed in 2016 and couldn’t get out of bed for almost a year, I could pretend no longer. I knew it was my body screaming at me to Stop!
The official diagnosis was Fibromyalgia and the doctors didn’t know what to do with it. But I did. I knew the origin of my condition was buried deep within and somehow I needed to heal from that place.
My higher wisdom led me to a healing yoga retreat and it changed my life! A cliche, but true.
I not only discovered yoga tools that would reset my body systems but uncovered the real pain I was holding onto which had manifested as Fibromyalgia. I had found my path to healing!
Although my yoga journey had begun in 2001 in India when I met my guru, it was only after I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia that I experienced yoga’s amazing healing powers. The healing was as dramatic as it was transformative. Two years later I was in Bali training to be a yoga teacher!
My journey from being unable to walk across a room to becoming a yoga teacher in two years is amazing but it is by no means extraordinary. Neither did I do anything extraordinary to make it happen.
Here’s the the truth- We all have the power to heal from within. And the simplest practices can have the most profound impact.
I completed my training in 2019 at the age of forty -seven and at almost fifty- three I am healthier and stronger than I have ever been. Now, I am on a mission to help others release their pain patterns and find healing.
Since completing my RYT 200 Hatha Yoga training in 2019, I have expanded my learning to include Structural Yoga Therapy, Yoga for Healthy Aging and Yoga4Health. I am also a Pranic Healer and Rhythmic Movement Training therapist all of which gives me a greater understanding of pain and healing.
I will always be a student of yoga and am deeply grateful for the loving wisdom my teachers have shared with me.
The non-yoga bit about me
Mum, once-upon-a-time travel writer, now a yoga student and teacher.
I love people and places and big big open skies. In eternal awe of the cosmos. I mean, just look at it!
When I am not teaching or learning yoga, you’ll find me on long walks, reading sci-fi, hanging out with friends, watching movies or binging on home renovation shows.
My secret vice… Indian street food.
My mantra …. || Anandoham Anandoham Anandoham||
I am bliss, I am bliss. I am bliss absolute.
Working with Anu has been an absolute game changer. For the first time I know what it is to really breathe and relax. Every session with her leaves me feeling so good. Anu is not just a yoga teacher. She is a magician.
