Little Glimmer

Hi, I'm Em — founder and teacher of Little Glimmer.Like a lot of people, I came to yoga for a very functional reason. I had a strained back, and someone told me yoga might help. What I didn't expect was to fall completely for what yoga does for the mind and the soul, as well as the body. The way an idea you needed would surface mid-flow. The way a few quiet minutes of breathing could soften a hard week. The way ancient wisdom — thousands of years old — could feel surprisingly relevant to a Wednesday morning in North Fremantle.That surprise is what I've been chasing in my teaching ever since.I trained in 2022–23 in the ISHTA lineage at Tamara Yoga, and I'm forever grateful to Tamara Graham for making yoga philosophy feel relatable and often fun. I went on to qualify as a Menopause Yoga teacher with Petra Coveney. That side of my work feels especially close to my heart — supporting women through perimenopause with techniques to ease the weird and unexpected challenges of this life stage.In the years since I started teaching, I've taught more than four hundred classes and retreats, and welcomed over three hundred and fifty students into the room. About one in three keeps coming back — which I take as the loveliest kind of compliment.Before all of this, I worked for years as an experience designer. So when I plan a class, workshop or retreat, I'm thinking about every layer of it — the candlelight, the warmth of the room, the props lovingly set up before you arrive, the thread of philosophy and storytelling woven underneath the movement. My aim is for every experience to feel a little retreaty, a little contemplative, and a lot like coming home.What I hope to bring youYoga really opened up for me when I realised it was beyond the poses. A small handful of my teachers offered something more — a philosophical thread, a question, a small piece of ancient wisdom that made me think more carefully about how I was approaching my life. That is the thing I most love bringing into the room.It's part of what makes yoga different from, say, pilates. Pilates is wonderful for what it is — body training, beautifully done. Yoga, taught well, is body and examined life. While we're moving, breathing, stretching and resting the body, we're also doing a little life stock-check together. A quiet reminder of the universal truths yoga has been offering for thousands of years. Chitta vritti nirodha, the old Sutras call it — the stilling of the fluctuations of the mind. That little settling that lets us see our lives a bit more clearly.Sometimes it leads to a tiny shift in your day. Sometimes — dare I say — a bigger one.You won't find me attempting arm balances or asking you to either. Little Glimmer is about meeting your body where it actually is today. We move with grace and gusto. We rest deeply. We finish with a little glimmer to take home with you — something to ponder for the rest of your week.My hope is that you leave revitalised, rested, and properly nurtured — and a little more curious about what's possible in your own life.Big love, Em xTeaching since June 2022 · 400+ classes and retreats · 350+ students through the door at Little Glimmer · ISHTA-trained · Menopause Yoga accredited