My Story

In 2004, I left behind a well-established childcare business in India and moved to Australia with my husband and our two-year-old daughter full of dreams, hope, and a suitcase full of determination. Starting from scratch at nearly thirty wasn’t easy. Despite our degrees and experience, I found myself working as a Christmas casual at Myer alongside bright-eyed eighteen-year-olds. Eventually, I landed an entry-level position at an immigration firm in Sydney, studied Immigration Law and over the next decade worked my way up the corporate ladder. Life certainly looked successful on paper — another baby arrived, a new house, sundry promotions — but burnout had quietly crept in.

When I finally stepped away from a rather senior position in the corporate world, I thought it was my chance to find what I truly loved. I explored everything for a year, from working with dogs to running childcare again, but nothing quite fit. Then came an unexpected call from one of the Big Four firms in Sydney, and I returned to Corporate Immigration with a bittersweet feeling, albeit briefly. The burnout and emptiness returned faster than ever.

Around that time, my health had begun to decline. Years of sustained stress had settled into my body, showing up as autoimmune conditions and deep fatigue. Around that time, I was visiting my parents in India, after sustaining a stubborn knee injury that refused to heal, and my father suggested I try Bowen Therapy. Sceptical but willing, I went and that session changed everything. For the first time in years, my body and mind deeply relaxed. The relief in the knee was profound. Curiosity replaced scepticism, and soon after returning to Australia, I decided to learn this remarkable technique myself.

Within 18 months, I was a qualified Bowen Therapist, running a boutique clinic from my Sydney home at the time. I had scored the trifecta of ‘what not to do’ — Bowen Therapy was not popular then, nobody knew me as a therapist, and hardly anyone went to North Epping. Yet somehow, I not only survived, I thrived.

Pilates had always been a love of mine, and I soon discovered how beautifully it complemented Bowen Therapy, especially for rehabilitation and movement retraining, so not long after I qualified with a Diploma in the Pilates method and introduced Pilates to my business. The studio grew consistently, offering continued care and wellness to the community.

In more recent years, life brought new challenges when I experienced a drift from close friendships, the loss of beloved fur babies, and later the passing of my dear father. Grief and unprocessed emotions stirred up old patterns and health struggles. It was through my own journey with life coaching that I found strength from within. I began to understand how unresolved trauma can live in the body and surface as pain, exhaustion, anxiety or self-sabotage — patiently waiting for a trigger. Holistically working on my body and mind allowed me to heal in ways I never thought possible.

This experience became the seed of my next calling. Today, as a Wellbeing Coach, Bowen Therapist and Pilates instructor, I help others align their bodies, minds and emotions, to move from surviving to thriving, and to design a life that feels authentic, empowered and joyfully theirs.