Built around the conversation between your body and your week.
A one-to-one yoga therapy practice based in Sydney. I work with people whose bodies are carrying something — pain, grief, anxiety, the long aftermath of doing too much for too long. Trained in Australia and India, IAYT certified, ten years in.
Trained, supervised, and accredited by
- IAYT CERTIFIED
- TRAUMA-INFORMED YOGA
- AUSTRALIAN YOGA THERAPY ASSOC.
- POLYVAGAL INSTITUTE
- EMBODIED RESEARCH
- SOMATIC EXPERIENCING
- IAYT CERTIFIED
- TRAUMA-INFORMED YOGA
- AUSTRALIAN YOGA THERAPY ASSOC.
- POLYVAGAL INSTITUTE
- EMBODIED RESEARCH
- SOMATIC EXPERIENCING
Three things this practice
won’t compromise on
Pacing is non-negotiable
The body learns at the pace it learns. Pushing for results breaks the practice. Every shape and every breath instruction comes with the option to opt out, every time.
One body at a time
Yoga therapy is a one-to-one practice. I keep the practice small — no more than fifteen private clients at any one time — so each person gets the attention they came for.
Conservative scope, generous referrals
If something comes up that’s outside what yoga therapy can hold — physical or psychological — I’ll refer you to someone trained in it before we keep working.
From a teacher training in Mysore to the practice today.
Eleven years from the first 200-hour to here. Trainings, clinical hours, and the slow work of figuring out what kind of practitioner I actually wanted to be.
A slow accumulation of training, supervision, and clinical hours — in service of staying small.
Two-hundred-hour yoga teacher training in Mysore, India. The format that's stayed with me: small group, slow pace, an emphasis on personal practice over teaching.
Began trauma-informed yoga training with Hala Khouri and the Off the Mat lineage. Started teaching one-to-one alongside group classes — quickly realised the 1:1 work was where the depth was.
800-hour yoga therapy diploma at the Australian School of Meditation and Yoga (ASMY). Postgraduate work in pelvic anatomy, somatic experiencing foundations, and chronic pain.
Closed the group classes. Built the practice around fixed-arc 1:1 packages — Foundations and Path. Started the Sydney studio in Bridge Street.
IAYT certification. Began clinical supervision with Dr. Sarah Wilson, polyvagal-informed psychotherapist. The practice now refers regularly to physio, pelvic floor, and trauma-informed psychotherapy.
Today — fifteen private clients at a time, a small online community, and a continuing commitment to staying small enough to keep the practice careful.
People who’ve sat with this work.
Lina Okafor
ICU nurseTessa Marchetti
ArchitectRoshni Mehta
Mother of threeAva Bennett
PsychotherapistNoor Hassan
GPMaeve Doyle
Marathon runner
Lina Okafor
ICU nurseTessa Marchetti
ArchitectRoshni Mehta
Mother of threeAva Bennett
PsychotherapistNoor Hassan
GPMaeve Doyle
Marathon runner
Priya Anand
FounderKeiko Watanabe
PhotographerMaeve Doyle
Marathon runnerNoor Hassan
GPAva Bennett
PsychotherapistRoshni Mehta
Mother of three
Priya Anand
FounderKeiko Watanabe
PhotographerMaeve Doyle
Marathon runnerNoor Hassan
GPAva Bennett
PsychotherapistRoshni Mehta
Mother of three
What people tell me after their first six sessions
“I came in for chronic back pain. Six sessions later I noticed I’d stopped clenching my jaw at work. The practice does work I didn’t ask it to do.”
Naomi Reyes
Foundations alumna · Software engineer
IAYT-certified yoga therapist with postgraduate training in Australia and India. Ten years one-to-one with clients across pain, anxiety, and recovery.
Most people who finish the six-session Foundations book a second package. The practice gets deeper the longer you stay with it.
People I refer to,
when something else is needed.
Yoga therapy holds a specific kind of work. When a client needs something outside that — deeper psychological work, a specific physical assessment, hands-on treatment — these are the practitioners I’ll send them to.
Questions?
We’re here to assist!
A yoga class is a sequence run for a group. Yoga therapy is a one-to-one practice built around your body and what’s happening in it today. Pace, shapes, breath instructions — all of it is for you, not the room.
Probably yes. Yoga therapy was designed for exactly this. The intake is thorough and pacing is conservative. If something comes up that’s outside my scope, I’ll refer you to someone trained in it — physio, psychotherapy, pelvic floor — before we keep working.
Both. Sydney studio sessions are 75 minutes. Online sessions are 60 minutes via Zoom. The depth is the same; some people prefer the home environment so they can sink straight into rest after.
Some Australian private health funds cover yoga therapy as a complementary therapy — check with your provider. I can issue a receipt with my IAYT registration number for your claim.
We talk for ten minutes about how the week’s been — sleep, energy, where you’ve been holding tension. Then 50 minutes of movement, breath, and rest in some combination depending on what you need. We finish with a short take-home sequence and a few minutes to write down what you noticed.
Ready to begin?
Book a free 30-minute discovery call. We’ll talk about what you’re carrying, what you’re hoping for, and whether yoga therapy is the right next step. No pressure to book a session after.
