Until the age of 31 I lived life caught up in my head, pressuring myself to perform, to be perfect, to fit in. I graduated from one of the most prestigious private universities in France with the highest praise with a Master's degree in Corporate Communications, spending the next 15 years working myself up the ladder of major corporations, all the way to being in charge of European PR and Communications for an American multinational who hired me for the 6 languages I speak.

But in 2016 my body put me to a full stop. I felt so angry, so lost. I didn't understand what was going on since I had always managed everything to perfection. I felt my body had let me down. Looking back, I realised I had repressed emotions (depression, anxiety...), aches and pains (scoliosis, migraines...), chronic inflammation (IBS, cramps...) and panic attacks for years. You may try to suppress, but your body remembers...

My body reminded me my life had always been about achieving, standing out, getting praise and making others proud. It reminded me I had lost track of who I was and where I wanted to go. It reminded me that without my job title, I didn't know my worth. It helped me reconnect with what had been most precious to me during my childhood and adolescence: finding joy and peace in movement.

After countless visits and thousands of euros spent on therapists, coaches and healers of all kinds, I finally decided to step back onto my mat. It was that private practice, away from the pressure I put on myself, connected to the inside vs. the outside that enabled me to FEEL again and to experience another definition of "success", of "aliveness" : one that only YOU can define for yourself.