My family moved around a lot when I was little but I had one thing that anchored me in each new town we arrived in. The library. I’d feel right at home there no matter where I was. In each library I would inevitably end up in the non-fiction area. When I was younger you would find me sat in a corner reading a gymnastic book (preferably one with Olga Korbut in) and in my teens I would would look up astrology, mythology, philosophy and anything on alternative health.

When I arrived in Paignton, Devon I found a book in the library on reflexology and I was immediately intrigued. It was in Totnes, Devon that I found my first real-live teacher! Her name was Jytindria Bell, she taught Reflexology and each week she would give me a lift home whilst playing a Deepak Chopra tape in her car. Little did I know that the Universe was planting a little seed that would burst into full bloom about 10 years from then.

Ten years later I found the training that I had been dreaming about in my corner at the library. Here it was. Ayurveda. I knew all about it from Deepak Chopra. Initially, I was turned down for the Ayurvedic Studies degree as they didn’t think that someone that had dropped out of school would be able to keep up. I still don’t know quite what I said but I argued my case with every bone in my body and I was allowed to join the 3 year full-time programme at, what was then, Thames Valley University, London.