the story behind the studio

I opened Cosmic Oasis Studio in the spring of 2019 after eight years of teaching and training abroad. The name came from a conversation I had with a student in Chiang Mai who described her practice as 'finding a quiet place inside a noisy universe.' I liked that. The studio itself is a converted ground-floor space in a Victorian terrace. High ceilings, original floorboards, and enough natural light in the mornings to make you feel like you're somewhere else entirely. I spent three months stripping it back before a single student walked through the door.

The first year was harder than I expected. I had twelve students in the first term, which felt thin after teaching rooms of thirty in Bali. But I kept the class sizes small deliberately, and by the end of 2019 most of those twelve had brought someone with them. What I noticed was that people were actually progressing. Not just showing up and sweating, but genuinely understanding their bodies differently. That felt like the right direction. I've kept the same model since: small cohorts, term-based structure, intake conversations before anyone joins a class.