Soulace.Yoga

Looking for an outdoor activity these school holidays?

Explore the wonders of local bushland, get some fresh air, & entertain the kids on a guided family walk with teacher/botanist Mel.

Bring along your pram, carrier, or walking legs, weather appropriate clothes, and a picnic morning tea.

Carine Open Space & Lake Gwelup.

Email me for more info: [email protected]

I was a school teacher.
I loved my job so much, but it only lasted 3 years before I suffered debilitating burnout.
I took up yoga and meditation to help me recover and heal - I truly believe if I had these skills prior to reaching burnout, I would have been able to continue teaching in the classroom.
I am now a yoga and meditation teacher because I want to help educators stay in the profession longer than I was able.
I know many teachers are apprehensive about going into yet another unprecedented year - I want to help, so I am offering my holistic healing services to school staff.
My classes are gentle and beginner friendly, allowing participants the space to take care of themselves - often neglected in such a caring profession as teaching.
Classes are at the school campus, after class finishes throughout term.
Bonuses include:
- Free classes for student teachers - I want to support the development of wellbeing skills in emerging teachers
- Bring another staff member for free during reporting period - spread the love and help others manage during stressful periods
- Free yoga nidra meditation - to help with switching off the brain for bed
- Free classes for relief teachers - if you happen to be teaching on the same day as a yoga session, you can attend for free
Wellbeing PD are also available for staff development days and team meetings.
If you know any teachers or other school staff, I'd really appreciate it if you could consider me and share my offering with them :)

Our capacity for Self/self-belief defines our place in the world.

If we are unable to believe in the Self/yourself, we can feel as though we have no place, as though we are drifting without purpose, and limiting confidence in our future. This is a place where the world around us can provide scant comfort - distraction, numbing, fighting.

On the other hand, transitioning towards a healthy belief in the Self/yourself - one when we throw our hands up and just trust (despite having no tangible proof of success), when we stop comparing our paths to others, and when we accept that whatever is along our journey is there to challenge and strengthen our capacity for hope - can initially feel destabilising, ungrounded, terrifying, uncomfortable.

But, paradoxically, this surrender into the unknown is where we build the confidence to believe in our true Self - through feeling the ground crumbling beneath our feet, the wind whipping our hair, our voices soundlessly screaming in our ears, our bodies failing us once again, we give ourselves up to ourselves and our Self.

We allow what will be to happen, to pass, and to settle.

The newborn day after the aging storm is a glistening one of support, understanding, non-judgement, acceptance, compassion, trust, and love. This place is true belief in yourself/the Self. You've been there before; you can do it again. xx

Just because you can, does that mean you will?
Just because you will, does that mean you should?
Just because you should, does that mean you want to?
Just because you want to, does that mean you need to?

After a challenging, introspective, and uplifting weekend at Restorative Yoga & Yoga Nidra training with Chandrika from
Wisdom Yoga Institute, I'm realising more and more to listen to what my body, mind, and soul NEEDS. Instead of mindlessly doing what I think I should, or to please other people, I am learning more tools to assist me as I relax and emerge deeper into the space within me which will heal itself. These nourishing practices not only feel amazingly restful, but more scientific evidence is piling in about their positive effects for all manner of conditions - whether they be physical or mental (and I'm sure in future we have scientific evidence of benefits to the soul!) - and all bodies.

I'm so looking forward to learning more and being able to teach this beautiful, soulful, healthful practice.

Thanks to Chandrika, and Jean from The Yoga Space Perth, Australia and all the other participants :)

How do you commit to an internal expression of love?

I am working on being aware when I need to sit in my own space, and giving myself the gift of recuperation.

I revisit who I am, what I need and how I need to nourish those needs.

Without judgement, I feel into this experience and acknowledge whatever comes up.

I respect where I am on my own journey without expectation as to the direction of movement - there is no process I should follow or place I should be, other than the one in which I am now.

As I remind myself of this, I remember the fractal unfolding of my being into who it has always been - a deepening without being under, a widening without being without, a softening without boundary, a coming back to who I always was, will be, and am.