Melbourne based Yoga & Qigong teacher, Medical researcher and Shiatsu practitioner

How I found Yoga

Years ago, I lived in a fast-paced, career-driven headspace, collecting degrees, speaking at conferences, often rushed and quick at anger. Everything changed when a friend took me to a Yoga class. I was skeptical at first, almost turning around and left when I saw the teacher sitting on a piece of sheep skin in Lotus -but I stayed. And after the initial reluctance, I experienced Shavasana: a deep sense of ease, a glimpse of calm beneath the stress. It was my first step into the internal, receptive world of Yin, back into the body.

Drawn by this feeling, I continued exploring various styles of Yoga until I eventually enrolled in a teacher training- not with the intention to teach, but to learn more. And of course, I began to teach in 2012.

The Taoist lens on life

My path deepened further through embracing the wisdom of Traditional Chinese Medicine. From forest Qigong practices in northern Germany to my first acupuncture treatment, I became fascinated by a system of health that felt unfamiliar to my biomedical world view, but so nourishing. Studying Zen & Thai Shiatsu and medical Qigong opened a new perspective on mental-emotional balance and physical wellbeing.

Today, Yin Yoga and Qigong are my anchor to stay balanced. Alongside my demanding work in medical research, these practices support me in living with more clarity, balance and intention and this is what I love to share in my classes.

I am trained in somatic Yoga, Yin Yoga, Yoga Nidra meditation, myofascial release, Zen (Thai) Shiatsu and Qigong

What I teach and my approach:

My Yin Yoga classes offer a grounding, nourishing experience: soothing your nervous system while guiding you back home to yourself.

I integrate gentle movement, (acupressure)-massage or myofascial release tools into a Yin class for you to listen to your body, explore how it feels and release tension. With touch of either hands or props, we influence our myofascia - which houses meridian pathways of the body, and invite the energy to settle. With patience and enquiry, the parasympathetic branch of the nervous system is accessed and the practice becomes a journey back to yourself.

My Qigong classes combine mindful and intentional movement to release tension and invite harmonious Qi flow.

My interpretation of Qigong is suited to our contemporary lifestyle and I draw from Daoist principles and wisdom from Oriental medicine. You can expect to learn basics such as standing forms, tapping meridian lines, acupressure and intentional movement to open the Huang (= fascial lines, connective tissues) for the Qi to flow, with intentional flowing movement for focus and cultivating energy awareness.

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Group classes in Melbourne:

Find me Mondays at Wellness Zone MSAC, Albert Park, Wednesdays and Sundays at Trinity Wellness, South Melb.

Corporate/ private bookings for Qigong classes available.

Recurring WORKSHOPS IN MELBOURNE:

Qi Circle

CULTIVATE HARMONIOUS QI

Experience the gentle, intentional practice of Qigong to cultivate Qi awareness. We practice forms that support our organs and energy flow, expense and generation. Followed by a Yin Yoga practice to explore one of the 5 elements of TCM in depth, depending on season.

Myo- Yin Yoga

Explore Fascinating Fascia

Learn about the world of fascia & the basics of myofascial release for Yin Yoga. We blend scientific research with TCM concepts as we explore the myofascial meridians of the body. Learn how to theme with fascia in mind, to hydrate and encourage Qi flow.

About Simone