At 22 years old, I took myself on my first ‘adult holiday’ to Bali, determined to understand Yoga, outside of the eyes of Eat, Pray, Love. I found a glass-windowed Yoga Studio, a heavenly teacher & a whole new language of ancient wisdom.

In 2015, I undertook my first official Yoga studies with Shy Sayar of Tantravaya Yoga, on the shores of Thailand after accidentally meeting him over raw carrot cake in Bali. Craving further studies, Shy offered me a scholarship to take on his specialised Yoga Therapy training in Denmark, EU the following year - and and have invested in ongoing training with Shy and affiliated teachers since.

The last two years have seen my work take a deep dive into the intersections between Yoga, Trauma & Social Justice, leaning into more practices and ways of fostering greater safety and ease in our bodies amidst complex and unjust systems. I continue to learn from incredible teachers such as Sarah Ball & Mei Lai Swan, as well as my continuous stack of bedside books from educators in the trauma-informed conversation (Joanna Macy, Michelle Cassandra Johnson, Bessel Van der Kolk, Stephen Porges, & the list could go on!)

I have shared my teachings in an array of magical locations throughout this country over the last 10 years, spanning across the deep red dirt of Alice Springs, all the way to the rivers and creeks of the Victorian North East, of which I’m lucky enough to now call home.

My favourite things to wake up to in the morning are kisses from my beautiful little boy, cuddles from our sweet doggos, and a hot cup of tea or coffee! Some days, it is the hardest thing to move beyond these simple pleasures and into the tender, and often painful grips of this big and wild life - but this is my practice : a gentle, and sometimes harsh, unravelling, committed to more body safety, connection and celebration.

I look forward to a gentle unravelling with you, somewhere down the line.

x Candice