“Within my practice and the yoga community around me, I found safety again. I learned to trust my strength and to make life choices that align with my deeper values. In my healing journey, I believe talk therapy is important, but there are layers beyond words: the body’s memories, the nervous system’s patterns, the stories that live within us. Yoga opens the door to those layers.”

...after struggling with substance abuse for many years. I didn’t believe there was any hope left for me. I felt I had wasted so much time, and I was lost. There was no joy in life, and I couldn’t imagine living with what I had put my body through. I felt no gratitude for being alive. By coincidence, I met someone who introduced me to yoga. They taught me how to breathe, connect with my body, and accept life as it had become. For the first time in over twenty years, I felt gratitude. I became thankful for being alive again, without any substances.

…I remember 19-year-old me on his first trip abroad, holding a budget mini flip camera, staring at backpackers with DSLRs, wondering if I’d ever own one. I remember 22-year-old me, lost at uni, desperate to find something creative to believe in. I remember 25-year-old me in Australia, working as a runner on a video shoot, dreaming of the day I’d direct one.And now I’m here doing work I love, in a space that inspires me. I’m proud of what we’ve built. And I think the younger me would be proud of how far I’ve come…