I GREW up in Dalkey in the '60s - my parents used to own the Coliemore Hotel - and I've lived here ever since. I am very much part of the community. I love Dalkey but, that said, I like it better during the week when it's quiet - at the weekends it can get very busy. Because of that, and because almost by definition what I do requires me to be working when other people have leisure, it suits me to work some Sundays.

Once a month I run a meditation day for a group of nine or 10 - men and women, all different ages.

There's a core group who come every time. People bring food and we have a shared lunch. We spend the day in silence. We might do a walking meditation and some free movement - having the whole day gives a great opportunity to explore, for people to have the time to connect to how busy their heads really are.

I've been teaching yoga for a long time now and I have 20 years worth of tools at my disposal to figure out what each individual needs and to tailor-make the experience for each of them. It's a beautiful day.

I have a love for pregnancy yoga and one other Sunday in the month I hold a partner session. I teach birth preparation classes two or three nights a week and the Sunday session is a chance for partners to become involved. It's a challenge for me because often the guys will show up because they've been coerced and have no interest in it at all. They end up loving it of course and couples become very close.

It's a safe and comforting environment. I've spent the last year producing a DVD about birth preparation for people who aren't able to make it to classes. My colleague Dee was eight months pregnant when we filmed it. It's been a great creative experience.

I'm not an early riser and if I'm not working on a Sunday I like to sleep late and then bring breakfast back to bed with me. It's always the same - toasted rye bread with homemade apricot jam and earl grey tea. I have my books all around me and I can prepare for my classes for the week ahead. When I get up I'll do my own practice - it's all about taking care of myself so that I can share that with others. I might go to a seminar if there's a visiting teacher that I like or else for a swim at the Rochestown Lodge where they have a lovely quiet pool.

Now that I've raised my own family I don't really like being around other people's noisy children. I swim in the sea at Whiterock from Easter until about September.

I have three adult sons and I might meet up with one of them in the afternoon. A couple of weeks ago we went to tea in the Four Seasons. It was total indulgence - expensive but worth it. They serve lots of little courses - sandwiches, scones, wraps, cakes - and you can have a glass of champagne if you like.

There's a piano player and, again, no small children.

In the evening I usually meet a friend to go for a walk and a glass of wine in one of the pubs. Things in Dalkey have quietened down again by then.