Hi, I’m Jane. I was born in New Zealand, grew up in Papua New Guinea and Hong Kong, and returned to New Zealand for secondary school and university. After completing my law and arts degree, I moved to London, which has been my home since 1997, with stints in Sydney and Singapore along the way. I have the joy of practising yoga on the mat next to my husband, David, and off the mat with our two sons, Caspar and Noah.

My yoga journey began when I was about five in Hong Kong. My mother had a regular yoga practice (and still does at 85), and my sister and I would mimic her as she saluted the sun in her bikini—it was the ’70s; Hong Kong was humid.

Decades later, I resumed my practice more formally in Sydney, training in Ashtanga yoga with Eileen Hall at what was then Yoga Moves in Paddington. In London, not long after the birth of my first son, I found my yoga home at Jivamukti Yoga London in 2006. My first Jivamukti class blew my mind: the discussion of yoga philosophy, the chanting—words I didn’t understand and couldn’t pronounce but which moved me deeply—the music that filled me with joy and made me want to dance; the rigour of the practice.

I attended the 300-hour Jivamukti teacher training in India in 2023, led by the inspirational Ruth Lauer Manenti and Olga Oskorbina. Instead of returning to my career as a commercial lawyer, I continued studying and completed my 500-hour apprenticeship with my luminous mentor, Olga, at Jivamukti Barcelona in 2024. Throughout, I have practised with and been supported by the beautiful community that is Love Supreme Projects, encouraged by the extraordinary Manizeh and the LSP team. I am deeply honoured to be continuing my journey with you all.

What cracks your heart open?  “My family, always—blood and chosen. Small acts of kindness. Yoga. Pipi, our dog. Vulnerability and courage (the two always seem to be linked). Picking wildflowers. Connection—a conversation, a piece of writing, music, architecture, art. Swimming in the Coromandel. Taking photos on my camera. Home—the word, the place, the feeling.”