I never understood why my mother named me Corrina Ananda, until I found ashtanga yoga. Ananda is sanskrit for bliss, it was a name that growing up, felt alien and strange but today feels like a perfect fit. I left London when I was 2 years old. I lived in Trinidad, Iran, Abu-Dhabi, Bahrain and Barbados. Each summer, my parents took my siblings and I travelling during the 2 months of the school holidays; Asia, Africa, America, Australasia….. we filled passports rapidly. Consequently, I enjoy meeting and connecting with people from all walks of life, cultures, religions and backgrounds. Another likely consequence is that my adult life has been very rooted in London, where from a young age I raised two boys (now young men), born at home, raised on yoga, vegan food and LOVE. I discovered yoga in the year 2000, it was a gift that took root and continues to grow informing my Self, my life and my relationships. Like many, my path in life is to walk the line of both belonging and feeling ‘othered’: I am a woman of both black and white heritage, my orientation towards love is not gender defined and I don’t conform to binaries. In the field of authentic yoga there is an inclusive space beyond identification, it is here that I meet my essence and I invite you to meet yours.