About Eric

I was born and raised in London, England, with a keen interest in sport—especially rugby. After years of injuries, a serious knee injury at 21 pushed me to change course. I completed a degree in Sports Science and began my career as a personal trainer and sports massage therapist.

In 1997, I discovered alignment-based Iyengar yoga, which helped me work more skillfully with lingering aches and pains. Over time I trained in several yoga traditions, and in 2003 I completed a three-year British Wheel of Yoga diploma and became a yoga teacher.

On my first trip to India in 2001, I had a powerful spiritual experience that opened my interest in meditation and the inner life. Years later, I came to understand that period through the lens of kundalini awakening—both a blessing and a challenge—and it ultimately deepened my respect for integration, nervous system care, and grounded support.

For a long time, I looked “fine” on the outside—strong, flexible, upbeat—while internally I cycled through anxiety, low mood, and insecurity. Therapy became a turning point. Through consistent work that included talk, breath, and body-oriented approaches, I began to soften long-held protective patterns and reconnect with vulnerability, self-trust, and relationship.

My path gradually shifted from teaching yoga toward somatic psychotherapy. In 2010, I began a six-year mentorship in Reichian psychotherapy in Mill Valley, CA. In 2013, I earned my Master’s degree in Integral Counseling Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies, and in 2017 I became a fully licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT).