Equity, Inclusion & Access

My work is rooted in a simple principle shared by both yoga and Buddhism: ahimsa, or non-harming.

For me, this means more than trying to be kind. It means paying attention to the ways that power, privilege and inequality shape our experiences of our bodies, our minds, our communities and our access to care. It means recognising that wellbeing cannot be separated from the social conditions in which we live.

I want the spaces I create to be places where people can arrive as they are, without having to make themselves smaller, more palatable or more like the imagined “wellness ideal” in order to belong.

I welcome people of different ages, bodies, abilities, genders, sexualities, backgrounds, cultures and ways of experiencing the world. My work is trauma-informed, gender- and neurodivergent-affirming, and grounded in an understanding that there is no single right way to be human.

A practice, not a claim

I don't see inclusion as something I can tick off a list or declare myself to have achieved. It is ongoing work.

I am committed to examining my own assumptions and unconscious biases, including those shaped by racism, sexism, ableism, class inequality, heteronormativity and other forms of oppression. I am particularly interested in the ways these patterns can become embedded in yoga, wellness and spiritual communities, including through ideas about what a “healthy”, “healed” or “spiritual” person is supposed to look like.

This means continuing to learn, listening when I get things wrong, being willing to change my practice, and paying attention to whose voices are centred and whose are missing.

It also means recognising that personal transformation doesn't happen in isolation from the wider world. Our inner lives are shaped by our relationships, communities and material circumstances, and our personal practice can be part of creating more just and caring ways of being together.

Buddhist practice and collective liberation

As a lay-ordained Tibetan Buddhist, my practice is grounded in bodhicitta, the aspiration to work for the liberation of all beings.

The Four Immeasurables of loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy and equanimity offer an ongoing aspiration for how I want to meet other people. The Six Perfections of generosity, ethical conduct, patience, diligence, concentration and wisdom remind me that these values need to be lived rather than simply believed.

For me, this connects personal practice with collective liberation. I don't believe that our wellbeing can be separated from the wellbeing of others. None of us is free until all of us are free.

My Buddhist practice also asks me to look honestly at the ways that attachment, fear, ignorance and habitual patterns show up in myself. Practices such as shadow work are part of that ongoing process of becoming more aware of what I might otherwise avoid seeing.

Access matters

Accessibility is part of inclusion.

I know that mainstream wellness spaces can be financially, physically, culturally and socially inaccessible. I therefore try to consider access at every stage of my work, from pricing and payment options to language, online delivery, physical accessibility and the assumptions built into how practices are offered.

Where possible, I offer lower-cost or free resources and keep looking for ways to make my work available beyond those who already have the greatest access to wellbeing services.

I also recognise that I won't always get this right. If there are barriers I've overlooked, I want to hear about them.

What this looks like in practice

In practical terms, I aim to:

• use language that is inclusive, respectful and trauma-informed

• respect people's names, pronouns, identities and boundaries

• create spaces that welcome different bodies, abilities, genders, sexualities, cultures and ways of experiencing the world

• avoid assumptions about people's relationships, families, bodies, health, finances or life circumstances

• offer practices in ways that allow for choice, adaptation and opting out

• consider financial accessibility when developing and pricing my offerings

• continue learning about racism, ableism, class, gender, sexuality, colonialism and other forms of structural inequality

• examine the ways privilege and power operate within yoga, wellness and Buddhist spaces

• support and amplify work by people whose voices and experiences have historically been marginalised

• listen, reflect and make changes when I get things wrong.

This is ongoing work rather than a statement of perfection.

I don't expect a single page on a website to demonstrate my commitment to equity and inclusion. Ultimately, that commitment needs to be visible in how I behave, what I offer, who I make space for, how I respond when I get something wrong, and where I put my time, money and attention.

My intention is to keep learning and to let that learning change my practice.