Welcome To Trinity & Pope

The magazine for Yoga teachers, spiritual creatives and intuitive mystics...

Welcome to Trinity and Pope. This has been a dream of mine ever since I can remember. To publish a magazine that I felt connected to. Back in the day it was fashion magazines, Marie Claire, Tatler, and a good ol Cosmo. These days, I’ve evolved as an individual and although my love of fashion still exists, I realise I don't have to write about it. I can leave that for someone else to do and focus on what I love doing which is making the world a better place for future generations to enjoy. 

I didn’t realise that when I started this project that it would turn into something quite disruptive to the industry. When I looked on the magazine shelves all I found were yoga magazines talking about asana, seeds and yoga pants. And where I love a good yoga pant that make my legs look bomb, and I’m deeply compelled by the yoga asana, I also think it's important to bring something a little different to the party. This is a magazine for yoga teachers (who are not just interested in hearing about poses and props) spiritual entrepreneurs and creative mystics; aiming to highlight the overlooked, the unique and those who have an alternative way of presenting themself to the world. They filter the practice through their specific embodied lens and they are the epitome of what yoga is on and off the mat.

I’m looking to disrupt the yoga magazine shelves by bringing a different perspective. Fresh and fearless with no nonsense bureaucratic hierarchy to prevent the development of witty bants or intellectual dialogue.  Trinity and Pope is a dedicated resource for yoga teachers and spiritual creatives who challenge the status quo. We are here to explore the industry in ways it has never been. So buckle up it may get bumpy. But most of all we are hoping to celebrate the unnoticed and give them a platform to be seen.

The name originates from New Orleans and is the foundational three key ingredients incorporated into all of their fabulous dishes that bring people together in union. Onion, bell peppers and celery - without those three things the dish isn't authentic. When I looked deeper analytically, I discovered that everything in life consists of the Holy Trinity - the key three. In western spirituality its Mind, body, spirit, Sun moon and stars, and in alchemy is sulphur, mercury and salt. In the Hindu philosophy its the Gunas - Tamas, Rajas, satva, In astrology the signs are either mutable, cardinal or fixed. I could go on and on and it started to make sense to me everything is divisible by three - the Holy Trinity is The Son, The Father and The Spirit. 

It becomes obvious to me that it doesn't matter what or who we bow our heads to. At the end of the day we are all inextricably linked in one way or other simply just by being here at this time and that alone is a beautiful thing.

I wanted to create an innovate space to celebrate those with no voice, people who are possibly overlooked but are absolute genius' in their methods and offer eclectic insights, tips, and a sense of community. I checked and there is nothing currently available on the market that is presenting what I’m planning to share which is a deeper often hidden perspective that shines a light on the current yoga scene as a whole, the teachers' experiences, with the practice, with the studios, with the students, with poses, with philosophy - everything!  How yoga teachers are coping in the day to day workings of their craft. Highs and lows, funny stories, sad stories, discussions on asana and philosophies that encourage us to connect with higher and deeper perspectives and interviews with some of my favorite teachers in circulation.

Yoga for me has never just been about what happens on the mat. That is just a fraction of what yoga is. Over the years this has become more apparent through various life changes and hard lessons that now more than ever, yoga teachers and educators need an outlet or a platform to share information that that isn’t censored and smothered in red tape and people pleasing.  If that's you, this may not be for you but you may enjoy being shook a little. At least we live in a democracy the last time I checked so there should be space for all voices to exist. 

I do feel it's a privilege to be able to share this wonderful method. I still pinch myself at times and wonder how I got to be so lucky to share yoga as a career pathway.  But there have been many ups and downs just because I have a voice I choose to use. 

As teachers we know that a lot of the yoga we experience occurs off the mat. It’s in the way we treat people, it’s in the way we eat, it’s in the way we love. Yoga off the mat becomes the most important practice. The physical is easy - distraction is easy. When we really have to be still and silent thats when the real work begins. Yoga teachers are just as human as everyone else who live life like the rest of the world I have over 20 years experience of practice and teaching in this industry so I do consider myself an expert of sorts 

Its a dream come true for me to publish my own magazine. I’ve got a degree in Printing and publishing and really I thought it was all for nothing till this moment as I type I see it all come together and it feels sublime.