I found yoga thanks to my mom, but my story starts 30 years ago when I was born in Botswana .

I grew up in a tiny village in the bush. Till this day I strongly feel these first 3 years have shaped my inner core - less is more and you really don't need a lot! 

Fast forward, I'm living a nomadic yogi life - previously only known to me as my dream life. 

But how did I get there and why? 

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I recently re-learned to ask myself often "Why am I doing what I'm doing?" and when I asked myself "Why am I staying put in Cape Town", the answer was it's comfortable - I have my people, I have my work, I have nature on my doorstep. I'm living a good life, but it's a comfortable life.

Well, I came to realise that wasn't a good enough Why anymore. 

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In 2016 I took the plunge, quit my job, packed up my apartment, and headed for South East Asia, solo.

I had an amazing time! Really lived in my element and wanted to try this travel and work lifestyle.

Sadly it only lasted 9 months due to my mom being terminally ill, which put a drastic stop to my travels.

I flew home and stayed put for 5 years. Out of the 5 years it took me 2 years to find my strength and balance again and I thought I was still too wobbly to even live alone and create a life of my own. Throughout it all yoga was my steady companion, thank goodness, and ended up being my therapy. I don't want to know what my life would look like without yoga. I sure wouldn't be where I am now - living a healthy lifestyle and striving towards contentment. 

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A lot of my healing and growing happened on the mat and eventually of the mat too.

I found inner strength, self-love and self-acceptance. Showing up more and more for myself, doing the work in order to live with a version of myself that I loved. 

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As yoga started to shape my personal life it started to shape my work life too. I moved away from corporate tourism marketing to running a commercial yoga studio in the leafy suburb of Cape Town. I found a lot of purpose and joy in my work and finally experienced what it means to run a business from all aspects - operations, marketing, finance, team leadership, creative development and I absolutely loved it. 

Not only could I still use my business skills, but I could now combine it with my love for yoga. 

The natural next step was a yoga teacher training (though this took me 3 years to gain the courage and feel "ready enough"). Only then did the door open up wide and I could officially combine my passion into a career. I do consider myself incredibly lucky to have found this. 

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I became a freelancer working on marketing projects for clients and teaching yoga. As I realised I am becoming my own boss and deciding what projects I would like to take on and how often I wanted to teach, so much freedom opened up for me.... and eventually after asking myself the hard question again

"Why am I in Cape Town?" and the logic answer came back "you could be anywhere", I had to sit with the fact that I might just be ready enough (cause we're never fully ready) to spread my wings and try this work and travel venture once more. 

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It's scary though! To pack up a perfectly good life for the unknown. I couldn't bring myself and in fact to tell my family and friends that I am leaving for....I don't know where. I needed some form of reassurance so decided that leaving home for an overseas job sounds better and honestly gave me peace of mind.

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I accepted a yoga teaching and guest relation position in Sri Lanka and that's how I got back on the road again, living my nomadic yogi life. Spreading the love of yoga in different parts of the world and working online where I can. It's a rollercoaster of uncertainty, but isn't that what life is all about.

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I'm learning more and more that my aim in life is to just live life well. Really well. 

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My current version of living life well is through travel, nature immersions and sharing the love of yoga.

I'm leaning to be with it all, the ups and downs, and above all to take it all in, in the present moment.

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I know I might change my way of living along the way and that is perfectly fine, but until then I'm enjoying all the new places I get to see, the interesting people I get to meet and evolving further into a version of myself that I deeply love. 

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"Life is a series of choices and every choice you make makes you" ~ John Maxwell