When I was about 9 years old I remember doing 'impromptu dance shows' for my parents and their friends at their dinner parties! It's funny looking back, but I really remember the feeling of moving without any inhibition, feeling so happy, free, loved and supported and somewhere over the years that spinning, dancing, optimist got lost.

Growing up, opportunities to dance were frequent, classes, parties, college, clubbing, bars. Being in London I lived for the weekend, to dance till the sun came up. As I became a mother, my priorities changed, my body confidence naturally ebbed - but the desire to move, dance and express myself didn't. Our desire to dance is primal. Women have been dancing together since the beginning of civilisation, to express joy, sadness and sisterhood.

Qoya gives us the key back to ourselves.

There have been so many shifts in my life since I began dancing Qoya.

Firstly I've always LOVED music, but now I'm listening all day every day! I have more energy and I can see how music can shift my mindset - almost instantaneously.

As I'm tuning into the wisdom of my body, my heart, my gut, my intuition - I feel happier in my body.

No more overriding, saying yes to things I don't want to do, as I feel a greater level of honestly and truth in my body - it permeates everything, personal and professional relationships.

I've also met some EPIC women, who truly walk their talk, are real, honest and supportive of one another and want to raise each other up in every way possible.

It's fair to say that the essence of my 9 year old self is dancing her way home.