I found Yoga as a young mother of two boys, working as a high school science teacher. I’m not a sporty person; I loved the simple movements and the opportunity to reconnect with myself. I learned how to connect with my breath and not sweat the small stuff.

By the time I was able to train as a Yoga Teacher (500 hours with Tam James, YogaPhysio) I also had two little girls and practised safely throughout pregnancy. My boys are now in their 20s; I’ve practised Yoga for 23 years and have been sharing my love of Yoga through teaching for 12 years.

My classes reflect my teacher Fiona’s style of Hatha Yoga; combining Pilates for core strength, traditional Yoga with breathwork, some flow, Mudras and my own innovative sequencing & style. Every student is encouraged to build strength, flexibility and Well-Being through a practise which is gently active, focussed yet relaxed. I love Yoga for the way it makes me feel – energised and relaxed – and this is the practise I bring to students.

I believe yoga is much more than just the world’s best system for staying healthy. The practices and philosophies of yoga energize your body, mind and soul and lead to a deep inner happiness. Although I started practicing yoga 30 years ago, it was in 2012 when I began attending daily yoga classes that I truly experienced the full benefits of yoga and discovered changes happening on the inside. My teacher training began in 2015 with the completion of over 100 hours of “immersion” in an Anusara-based system under Julie Smerdon. In 2017 I completed a further 250 hours in a Vinyasa system under Jacqui Sellers. In 2018 I travelled to India and completed 300 hours in a traditional Hatha system at Shiva Tattva in Rishikesh. I started teaching yoga classes in 2016 with a style that combines alignment and flow with a sprinkling of philosophy.

Swami Jasraj Puri is a Registered Senior Teacher with Yoga Australia. He started as a Physiotherapist, then travelled to India and lived in an Ashram, studying and teaching yoga and yoga philosophy. He has been teaching yoga and meditation in Australia, Europe and India for more than 20 years. He managed the Yoga in Daily Life Ashram in Rajasthan which includes a school for 1500 pupils, a hospital, an animal shelter and a research centre. In 2010 he became the first western Swami to be a warded the title of Mahamandaleshwar (scholarly saint) of the Mahanirvani Akhara, the highest title of the Haridwar Kumbh Mela order of monks. His main focus is on meditation, and different ways of exploring our innate inner potential through calming the mind and working with breath.

Yoga is a part of life in India. Growing up, we were introduced to different Asanas , chanting, mudras, the aspects of diet and others as part of our everyday life. But the real discovery happened when I attended a series of lectures on chakras and how they impact our physical and mental health when the chakras are balanced. It was a real eye opener. From then on Yoga has become a real part of my life as I understood and delved deeper into it.

The interconnectedness between Yoga and life is something that everyone must experience and the beauty of it is, Yoga is for everyone; young or old, no matter what your shape, size, medical issues or injuries. It has the power to calm your mind andstrengthen you inside out. Yoga brings what you need, every single session.
I have 350 hrs of teacher training and have been teaching for the past two years. I continue my journey into the different aspects of Yoga as I learn more through everyday practise, reading and taking it into everyday life. I have recently undertaken training in sound healing with Gongs.

Patanjali’s yoga sutra 1.2 says ”yoga is the cessation of the fluctuations of the mind” May Yoga bring you calm & vitality, strength and Peace.