About Us

Remembering the Wholeness That Has Always Been There

A Practice of Deep Listening and Relationship

Living Whole is an ecology, a practice of deep listening, and a place where wholeness is remembered.

We believe every person possesses an innate intelligence—a wisdom expressed through the body, the breath, the mind, and the rhythms of nature. Our role is not to fix what is broken, but to create the conditions to listen deeply, cultivate compassionate awareness, and remember the wholeness that has always been there.

At Living Whole Yoga, we honour both the wisdom of ancient yogic philosophy and contemporary understandings of the body and mind. Rather than seeing these perspectives as separate, we embrace them as complementary ways of understanding what it means to be human.
Together, they deepen our appreciation for the remarkable capacity of the body and mind to adapt, communicate, and move towards balance.

Wellbeing Does Not Happen in Isolation

The word yoga comes from the Sanskrit root yuj—to yoke, unite, or bring into relationship. For us, this is the essence of the practice.

We understand wellbeing not as something we achieve alone, but as something that emerges through relationship: with our bodies, our breath, our thoughts and emotions, one another, the natural world, and the changing rhythms of life.

Living Whole is an ecology—a way of being that recognises we are not separate from the world around us, but deeply interconnected with it. Just as healthy ecosystems thrive through diversity, reciprocity, and relationship, so too do we.

Our nervous systems develop in relationship, we learn in relationship, and we flourish in relationship. Ancient yogic philosophy, contemporary neuroscience, and the wisdom of nature each offer a different language for describing this living ecology of being human.

What if life itself is inviting you into relationship?

My Story

A Journey of Listening, Trusting and Remembering

My journey to yoga and meditation has been a journey of remembering—of creating a relationship with my body and learning to trust the wisdom that had been there all along.
There was a time when I felt deeply disconnected from my body. I didn’t trust it, and at times I even felt as though it had failed me. Yoga and meditation became a way of listening differently. Through movement, breath, and stillness, I began to discover that my body was always communicating with me. I simply hadn’t yet learned its language.

That journey began earlier than I realised. In primary school, I had a teacher who introduced me to meditation
through the simple practice of gazing at a candle flame. Later, at fifteen, a ten-week yoga program in my girls’
physical education class sparked something in me, and I continued practising beyond school.
Like many journeys, my yoga journey wasn’t linear. My life has taken me in many directions, where my yoga practice
took a back seat or no seat at all. Yet, over the past decade, my path gently led me back to practice. A subtle
yearning to reconnect with something deep within myself, I fell deep and hard enough that I couldn’t keep pushing it
away.

Returning to yoga felt less like discovering something new and more like a quite remembering.

As I learned to listen to my body, I began to recognise the places in my life where I had become disconnected from
myself. Yoga invited me to cultivate a more compassionate inner dialogue, one that could remain in relationship with
the parts of myself that felt difficult to love. Slowly, I realised that I wasn’t broken. Living from wholeness didn’t
mean becoming perfect; it meant learning to embrace all of who I am—the light and the dark, the joy and the grief,
the certainty and the uncertainty.

This understanding continues to shape the way I live and teach today. My practice isn’t separate from my life. It is
woven throughout the everyday rhythms. It is a place I return to again and again, supporting me through the joys
and challenges of raising three sweet souls, sharing life with my husband, running a business, and embracing the
beautiful complexity of being human.

Living Whole Yoga grew naturally from this journey. After completing my teacher training, sharing these practices
felt like the next expression of my own learning. I don’t see myself as someone with all the answers. Rather, I see
myself as a guide, creating a space where others can become curious about the language of their own body through
yoga, meditation, and breath.

My teaching is informed by both ancient yogic philosophy and contemporary understandings of the body and mind.
Together, these traditions have deepened my appreciation for our extraordinary capacity to adapt, communicate,
and move towards balance. My hope is that through these practices, you too might discover a more compassionate
relationship with yourself and remember the wholeness that has always been there.

Credentials

My teaching is shaped by formal study, professional experience, yogic philosophy, contemporary understandings of the body and mind, and the many teachers who have influenced my path.

Academic & Professional Background

  • Bachelor of Science in Animal Science
  • Diploma of Intercultural Studies
  • Nearly 14 years of experience working in clinical pathology

Yoga and meditation training

  • Trained by Celia Roberts through the Biomedical Institute of Yoga and Meditation
  • Training with Sam Lindsey-German through 13 Moons Women’s Temple
  • 50-hour Compassion-Focused Therapy training
  • 50-hour Trauma-Informed Yoga and Meditation training
  • 50-hour Meditation Training

Influences

My teaching has also been inspired by yoga teachers, psychologists, spiritual teachers, writers, and ecologists including Dan Siegel, Sharon Blackie, Brené Brown, Thích Nhất Hạnh, Parker Palmer, and Robin Wall Kimmerer.

Your invited to slow down, come home to your body and reconnect with what matters.

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