HELLO and WELCOME!

Welcome to Breathe. I am so happy that your path has finally led you here. It is no accident when paths align, as yours and mine have here.

I have held a deep passion for many years to offer the spiritual and healing teachings that have enriched and empowered my life to others, in particular to women who feel disempowered in their life and unable to see the way and/or make the changes necessary to manifest a life they wish for and love.

I understand, from first hand experience, depression, anxiety, overwhelm, and many of the challenges that Life presents us which reflect a disconnection from Heart and Soul. My commitment is to lovingly guide you to reconnection, utilising the tools, skills and knowledge that I have gained on my own journey from disempowerment to Love, joy, meaning, beauty and Power.

For me, the path of self awareness began in earnest, as a result of a long period of deep depression in my late 20’s. Despite its best efforts, ultimately Western medicine could not cure the Soul sickness that ailed me. I believe that, although Western medicine has much to offer us, what so many of us are longing for and lacking is an understanding of and experience of ourselves as spiritual beings.

This was certainly true for me. I did not feel connected to my Heart and Soul. I didn’t know such a connection was possible, and how critical it would ultimately be to my health and happiness. As a result, my inner Life was empty and meaningless. And I sought joy in empty and meaningless pursuits. Eventually, I stumbled across yoga. (I still remember my very first class, and teacher, and how deeply they affected me.) Then Buddhism and, in more recent years, feminine embodiment practice. It is as a result of my own personal experience of moving from darkness, confusion and hopelessness towards Light that I recommend the practices I now offer to you.

A bit more about me and my journey …

I grew up in Australia. I was raised as a Catholic and, although I have not practised as Catholic since my childhood, I am very grateful for the permission it gave me from very early in my life to see myself as more than just this body, and the introduction that it gave me to spirituality.

I worked for many years in the corporate grinding machine as a paralegal in law firms throughout Australia and, during my early 20’s, in the United Kingdom, where I also travelled throughout Europe and Ireland.

When I was 30, I moved to Cairns, Australia, where I stumbled across the Kacho Yulo Ling Buddhist Centre and my first spiritual teacher, the Buddhist nun, Ani Richen.

During that period of time, I travelled to Byron Bay to complete my Level 1 as a yoga teacher with Rachel Zinman in the ISHTA system. I also received my Reiki I before leaving Cairns.

When I returned to Melbourne in my mid-30’s I went back to work in the corporate world, I taught yoga part time, travelled to Nepal and trekked the Himalayas, and then met and married my husband Thomas. We now have two beautiful children – Eden and Finn.

Since having my children I have completed qualifications in both therapeutic and thai yoga massage, both of which I utilise in my healing practice today.

I am inspired in my life by some incredible spiritual teachers including but not limited to Miranda Macpherson, Adyashanti, Ram Dass, Sally Kempton, Sera Beak, Ann Manatt of , Lisa Schrader of . I hold a very particular gratitude and Love for my beautiful wisdom teacher, Chameli Ardagh of .

I am devoted wholeheartedly to my family, and deeply committed, two feet in, to the ongoing unfolding of my own authentic whole and embodied self awareness, and to be of service to others by sharing what I have learned.

Please contact me at any time for support, advice, a little chat or more detail on the services I offer.

Tel: 61 413 725 057