Our instructors share their deep understanding and knowledge of these areas with a focus on personalising each student’s experience, leading students further along the path to the integration of body, mind and leads to understanding.
"Thank you for running a boutique yoga studio in our community. They have brought in highly experienced teachers who have supported me with my ongoing yoga practice. Yoga has changed my way of living and allowed me to grow alongside fellow yogis."
Julia
Maria Aguilo Argos
Yin, Restorative Yoga
Maria’s practice focuses on self-discovery through yoga, moving beyond nourishing the body but also the mind and soul. She gained her teacher training in London in 2017, with 200 hour certification in Vinyasa flow and 70 hours Yin Yoga. Maria has been practicing several disciplines for 10 years, and has practiced all over the world.
She draws particular inspiration from Mexico, where her mentor still teaches on the Mayan coast, and where she did her last teacher training in September 2018. The teacher training was a 90-hour intensive course in Padma Mudra, and is her mentor’s masterpiece after 35 years of devotion.
Maria spent the last 6 years in London, and moved to Sydney in February. Having previously worked in finance, she began following her true passion in London as a yoga teacher and well-being consultant for Lloyds of London, and developed a portfolio of clients in the UK under her brand, Sawabona. She delivered three seasons of successful yoga retreats to her home of Spain.
Maria is dedicated to helping those with busy lives discover inner-peace, community and healthy living through the practice of yoga and meditation.
Lou Lemaistre
Flow Yoga
Lou enjoys teaching energetic flows, mixing creative sequencing and functional alignment to help students find both ease and steadiness. “My intention is to empower students to open not just their body but also their mind & their heart”.
Lou started her own journey 10 years ago, while she worked in the fast-paced European start-up scene and was running out of steam. The practice of Yoga asanas & meditation became a potent medicine to heal the imbalance and disconnection she felt.
She got hooked! The self-inquiry her yoga path led her through opened a new door to a magnificent world. Her teacher training was the beginning to a new path which unfolded knowledge, exploring and fulfilling her curiosity. “The more I gave it the more it gave back, so I decided to go all in”.
Simone Lai
Flow Yoga
Sim's first memories of yoga are being "babysat" by swamis at the local Ashram and going to the classes her mother taught on school holidays. Over 25 years Sim has found Tapas in the firm of consistently returning to the mat, her way to find balance off the mat inspired by "Do your practice and all is coming" from Sri K. Pattabhi Jois.
In 2015, a desire to deepen her practice beyond the physical led her to complete her 500 hour teacher training at Suhka Mukha yoga under Idit Tamir and Katie Manitis. Extensive training with Donna Farhi over the years depended Simone's respect and understanding of the traditions and techniques of yoga whilst embracing and integrating current research and science. Her further studies include health Coaching with the Institute of Motion (functional movement), Release Move Improve system (Myofascial release through movement), Developmental movement patterns in Exercise (Dynamic neuromuscular Stabilization) and Phase Six (primal movement).
Sim hopes to help students inhabit and move their bodies through a mindful, light-hearted, alignment-focused and sometimes challenging practice, drawing from her own experience and love of yoga in many forms.
Terry Bader
Pilates - Mat
Terry was a professional dancer for many years, performing to national and international audiences with Latin Dance Australia. A lower-back injury led her to try Pilates as a low impact strengthening practice and she was so impressed with her recovery, she became a Pilates Instructor herself.
Since 2020, terry has immersed herself in Pilates as a full-time teacher, studying and mastering the full range of formats and equipment use. Terry currently teaches regular group and private classes for students of all ages and abilities.
Terry's warmth and knowledge make her a wonderful teacher with a passion for ongoing learning and precision of all Pilates practices.
Elizabeth Loban
Kundalini Yoga
Elizabeth is a qualified Kundalini Yoga teacher and is also trained in Yin Yoga, Reiki Level 1 & 2, Kundalini Restorative (Deep Rest Yoga), and Kundalini Yoga Level 2 Modules. She first discovered Kundalini Yoga in 2012 and began a life changing journey with the practice, reducing stress and enabling her to navigate challenges with more ease and grace.
Elizabeth first discovered Kundalini Yoga in 2012 when she took on a role as marketing and events manager for a boutique yoga studio which specialised in Kundalini. Having immersed her self in the world of Kundalini Yoga to market it, what was most impactful to her were the transformations she observed students going through when taking on a regular practice. They seemed lighter, more grounded, vibrant, and were creating shifts in their lives leading to greater alignment, happiness and prosperity.
After leaving the studio she kept getting called back to this style of yoga, and began her own life changing journey with Kundalini. She found she no longer felt stress the same way in her body, she could navigate challenges with more grace and ease, and gained the clarity and direction to pursue what she felt most called to — helping individuals, organisations, and communities to thrive. This led her to complete her Level 1 Kundalini Teacher training and begin teaching classes at her workplace.
Outside of the studio, Elizabeth is also a facilitator and coach and incorporates many principles from her yoga training into the programs she runs in organisations around leadership development, team building and well-being. Intertwining these principles with positive psychology, neuroscience and emotional intelligence she is passionate about creating ah ha moments and empowering individuals to flourish.
She brings this experience into her yoga teaching, bridging the science and the practical with the practice. Creating a space for each person to go on their own personal journey, to release what may need to be released and to reconnect with their infinite potential.
Gemma Davis
Ashtanga Yoga
Gemma has been practising yoga for over 16 years, since she found Ashtanga as a 20 year old with Gregor Maehle. Yoga has been the consistent cloth that has weaved through different stages of her life, including motherhood, career highs and lows, injuries and grief.
Through everything life brings… yoga is her guide and her sacred practise. All 8 limbs of yoga. She has been blessed to study under numerous wonderful teachers including Pattabi Jois, Dena Wiseman and Clive Sheridan. Gemma loves the magic of both a strong Vinyasa class, and just as equally the gentle force of a deep Yin class.
Gemma also works as a Naturopath and understands that yoga provides an incredible path for transformation, for physical health, emotional clarity and inner peace… perhaps more so than any diet or herbs… this is why she teaches.
Lorenzo Sacchin
Iyangar Yoga & Ayurveda
Lorenzo is an empathetic teacher who delivers the wisdom of Yoga and Ayurveda to find freedom through self-enquiry and awareness. Under his watchful guidance, he provides his students with transformational tools to enhance their physical, mental, and spiritual health.
“Whether young or old, very old, sick or feeble, one can attain perfection in all the yogas by practising"'
Hatha Pradipika, Verse 1.64
Daphne Ravey
meditation & yoga teacher
Meet Daphne Ravey, a dedicated holistic therapist, spiritual healer, and experienced meditation and yoga teacher with over 25 years of expertise. She's passionate about empowering people to find peace, health, joy, and natural fulfilment.
Tal Rafel
With expertise extending beyond traditional yoga practices, Tal offers a range of dynamic and ever-evolving programs that encompass yoga, psychology, and semantic processes.
Beyond Birth - Her programs focus on the challenges and transformations of motherhood. Her Mother's Circles provide a safe space for women to find support throughout their journey in motherhood. These are complemented by prenatal and postnatal yoga courses that integrate teachings from psychology and span four to five weeks.
Em Garrett
Breathwork
Em is a qualified NLP Practitioner, Counsellor, Life Coach, Breathwork Facilitator and creator of MindThrive.
“The more I work with clients, the deeper my appreciation for the energy body and somatic work. This has led me to pursue further training, specifically trauma-informed breathwork certification and Reiki training, which I incorporate into my sessions to offer a holistic and more supportive approach”.
Ivy Rivett
Ivy has over 25 years of yoga and massage therapy experience. After completing a degree Honors in dance many moons ago, she travelled the world and continued to collect knowledge of the body and movement experience.
Ivy's extrasensory gifts allow her to channel and feel vibrations and frequencies unseen to the naked eye. She uses these to create yoga classes tailored to the energy you bring to class. Ivy facilitates the space for you to feel, connect, and align.
lways exploring holistic avenues, Ivy completed her certified Level 2 Yoga Instructor training and teacher training in Wu Tao Dance with Michelle Locke. She also studied Movement, the Brain, and Learning with Kinesiologist Brendan O’Hara and holds a Level 2 in Rhythmic Movement Training.