We welcomed the fire of Beltane this month to mark the official return of the summer. A time of fertility and creation, it’s apt we also celebrate the official 1 year opening of Oca London!

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Wood Element is connected to spring because it represents the energy of growth, renewal, and new beginnings. After the stillness of winter, nature begins to awaken, trees start to blossom, plants push up through the earth, and everything moves with fresh life and direction.

I’m often reminded that self-study—svādhyāya—isn’t just a concept we speak about in class, but a living part of the path. I’ve always loved books as a doorway inward, offering a space to pause and grow wisdom. But lately, I’ve noticed how challenging it can be to carve out the time and mental space to truly settle into reading. To not just skim words, but to absorb. To let them land.

As the days grow longer and the world begins to bloom, spring reminds us that change is both natural and necessary. In yoga, we learn to move with what is - to soften, adapt and trust the process. Spring carries that same energy: quiet, steady growth unfolding in its own time.

Over the past six weeks, I found myself going back to travelling on the Tube, something very normal for a Londoner, but for me, it felt like a shift. Over the last year and a half, I had shaped my days around buses, walking, and cycling, building a slower, more connected rhythm and a sense of community through those choices.

I’ve been dealing with a shoulder injury for nearly half a year now.
It’s slow. Frustrating. Not linear.
Some days it feels better. Other days it flares up again for no clear reason.
That’s the hardest part, there’s no straight line with this kind of thing.

The last month has been… a bit of a ride, if I’m honest.
I found myself stepping into new things, saying yes where I might’ve hesitated before, and slowly starting to find a groove. You know that feeling when things just begin to click? When you can actually see a bit of progress and think, “okay… maybe I can do this.”

Recently, after teaching a class in the area, I took myself to the Tate Modern. I hadn’t planned anything beyond giving myself a little time to wander, but what I experienced there stayed with me far longer than the visit itself.

I don’t know about you but for me this year winter has felt long, damp, and cold. As we begin to meander gently toward spring, I’m reminded of the cyclical nature of ourselves just like the seasons.
Winter can be a reflective time, a time for rest and contemplation, refueling through conservation and introspection. And while all of this has been true for me at times through this winter, I’m traveling toward spring feeling a little heavy and yearning for some lightness.

Trust is a big part of yoga, but it’s not always easy.
We’re used to controlling things: how a pose looks, how fast we improve. But yoga asks for something different.

There’s something quietly special about Friday mornings at Oca.
Since late spring last year, I’ve had the joy of teaching both Pregnancy Yoga and then Mum & Baby Yoga, and over time these classes have begun to weave into a shared thread of care, connection, and transformation.

Our last circle was a deeply profound and heart-opening gathering, honouring the many layers of the mother, the mother within, the mothers who came before us and the ways we nurture life around us.

Thank you to everyone who joined and shared their presence, voices and hearts. There was something truly special in the circle we co-created.

As promised, here are the new songs we sang during the circle may they continue to support you, connect you and bring you back to that feeling whenever you need it.

I have never known a more liberating thing than moving with grief as an erotic embodiment practice. I am personally moving with a tonne of grief in my life right now, grief for some womb health things I’m going through as those who have been to circle recently know, grief for a friend who recently lost her 2 year old baby, grief for women’s pain bodies with everything being stirred by the Epstein Files.

This month l’ve been observing the fire energy which exists in all of us. Sparks and friction during interactions with others can be seen as moments of potential to meet with curiosity about what positives can be manifested.

If you spend any time around Pilates this month, you might notice the hashtag #MarchMatness appearing on social media. It’s a tradition within the Pilates community where teachers and practitioners around the world share one of the original mat exercises each day throughout March, celebrating the classical repertoire and the legacy of the man behind the method.

Over the past month, I’ve noticed a lot of strong energetic shifts, both in the world around us and within ourselves. It feels like the pace of life has been moving in waves: moments of intensity followed by moments that invite us to slow down and listen more closely to what’s happening inside.

Lately I’ve been reasearching and experimenting on creatine for brain health.
Most people think creatine is just for muscle and gym performance, but it’s actually involved in how our brain produces energy. The brain uses a huge amount of ATP (our cells’ energy currency), and creatine helps regenerate it so neurons can keep firing efficiently.

For some time now I’ve felt a quiet craving for creativity.

A sense of something within me asking to be expressed.
Perhaps you know the feeling, when life becomes a little too full of screens, lists, notifications, and the pressure to stay on top of everything. The to-do list, as we all know, is never ending.

I’ve been longing to use my hands and my mind in a different way.