Helen Paul-Smith has been practicing Ashtanga Yoga since she was 21 and has been privileged to study with some of the best Ashtanga Yoga teaches in the world. Her love of the practice has taken her to Mysore, India twice to study with Sri K Pattabhi Jois, the founder of Ashtanga Yoga and his grandson Sharath Rangaswami. She is also a qualified Ayurvedic Practitioner, graduating from Wellpark College of Natural Therapies where she also studied Sanskrit.