Sharon is an ex-professional ballet dancer from South Africa and has always had an interest in the workings of the human body. After retiring as a ballet dancer, she travelled around Europe for a few years and had the opportunity to work in the Red Sea resort of Dahab where she lived for 7 years teaching scuba diving and furthermore operated a sport therapy practice treating a variety of athletes from windsurfers, scuba divers and yoga individuals. Whilst in Dahab Sharon gained her Advanced Trimix diving certification and dived to 100m in the world famous Blue Hole.