Whether you’re pregnant, postpartum, or in need of reconnection, Om with Em helps you live with more stability and joy – even in life’s messy moments.
Hi, I’m Emma: yoga teacher, mindfulness guide, and mum.
I believe yoga isn’t about flexibility or perfection – it’s about coming home to your body and learning to move through life with compassion and awareness.
Many of my students come to me feeling anxious, disconnected, or intimidated by traditional yoga spaces. They think they’re “not calm enough” for meditation or “not flexible enough” for yoga. At the root of it all is the belief that they’re not good enough.
My work is to help them see otherwise.
Through gentle, embodied movement, breathwork, and mindfulness tools, I help my students and retreat guests reconnect to themselves, honour their intuition, and become their own greatest guides.
If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed or drained, my sessions offer a quiet space where you can feel supported, seen, and understood (while moving your body and expanding your breath in a way that feels amazing!)
And whether you join a local class, an online course, or one of my retreats in Vietnam, I’ll meet you exactly where you are. No judgement, no pressure, no performance.
Just slow yoga for a fast world.
My love affair with yoga began as a teenager in Dublin, when my sister brought me to my first class. I still remember the peace of that first Savasana: how sacred it felt to be held and supported in stillness.
Years later, after losing most of my hair to alopecia, I quit my copywriting job, shaved my remaining hair off, and boarded my newly bald head on a plane to Bali. (If you want to hear more about that story, check out my alter-ego, Lady Alopecia).
That trip changed everything. Starting with an intensive ashtanga-focused retreat and doing back-to-back classes over the next 2 months, I began to feel better about myself and my body than I had in years.
What started as curiosity became commitment…and eventually, calling.
But it was during my 200-hour teacher training (with the incredible Michelle O’Riordan and her team at the Cliffs of Moher Retreat Centre) that I realised: yoga isn’t about how we look but about how we live.
It’s a practice that can transform how we see ourselves, how we show up in the world, and how we soften into life…even when it’s hard.
When I later moved to Hoi An, Vietnam, my teaching evolved, too – from fast-paced Ashtanga to slow, grounding Yin and Hatha. These practices invited stillness, reflection, and deep inner listening. They led me towards the study and practice of Mindfulness, and became the foundation of my work today.
Motherhood brought a whole new dimension to my practice…plus, a renewed purpose.
During my pregnancies with my daughters, Sunny and Skye, I trained in Yoga & Mindfulness for Pregnancy, Childbirth & Motherhood. Those teachings were transformative in so many ways – and I knew I had to pass them on.
After having two very different birth experiences, I wanted to inform, empower, and support other women who were walking that path. To help them find peace, no matter how their labour unfolded.
These days, much of my work focuses on supporting women before and after birth – helping them navigate the physical, emotional (and very hormonal) shifts of motherhood with greater awareness and ease.
Becoming a mother while on the brink of perimenopause has been joyful, exhausting, heart-opening, and often soul-wrenching. I almost lose it at least once a week…even with all of my mindfulness training!
But now I can be aware of it as part of the experience. I can feel where it’s affecting my body and my mind, and slowly release it. (That’s also when self-compassion comes in.)
The past few years have taught me that we all need safe spaces to rest, reconnect, and be seen…whether we’re mothers or not.
Whether you’re preparing for motherhood, rediscovering yourself, or simply craving calm, I’d love to help you reconnect to your body…and come back to your breath.