Our Teachers
a whole day of practice & workshops
Sunday 22nd June
TASHI
Tashi Dawa
Located in Yamba & Maclean NSW
SESSION: Opening Circle 8.15am
Movement Medicine Meditation 4pm
Tashi Dawa grew up on the Lower Clarence. She began teaching yoga in the late 90’s moving to Europe in her 20’s to establish herself as an international retreat teacher and teacher trainer. She is a popular teacher on Europe’s largest online platform Ekhart Yoga and her retreats are often featured in the Guardian.
She’s half the year in Yamba and the rest of the time traveling internationally.
Tashi teaches classes in Yamba and Maclean when she is home and is one of the founders of Yoga in the Valley.
SHARON
Sharon Hale
Located in Yamba NSW
SESSION: Opening Circle 8.15am
Sound Healing 4pm
We are sound, we are resonance, we are energy. Sound as vibration touches every part of our physical being and we can learn to listen not only through our ears but through every cell in our bodies.
Sharon provides alternative and natural health services locally. She is a sound healer, drum circle leader, kinesiologist and lymphatic drainage therapist. She shares her wisdom on Ashara Retreats and her business The Healing Room
LEEANNE
Leeanne Eamens
Located in Yamba NSW
SESSION: Welcome to Country 8.15am
Leeanne is a Yaegl Traditional Owner, her Great Grandmother, Margaret Laurie, was the eldest daughter of Rocky and Bella Laurie. The Yaegl People are the traditional custodians of the coastal areas around Yamba, Iluka and Maclean.
‘We are all visitors to this time, and this place. We are all just passing through, inheriting from the ancestors and gifting to our children. Our purpose while we are here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love… ‘
ALLI
Alli Philips
Located in Yamba NSW
SESSION: Dynamic Flow 9am
Alli is a Yoga Teacher of 10 years with a personal practice spanning over 20 years. She is currently teaching at Free the Coconut in Yamba.
Alli’s classes begin by inviting students to find awareness through their breath into their physical body. Gently building from this finding dynamic movement, strength and playfulness whilst maintaining mind-body-breath connection. With a focus on alignment she supports students to access postures no matter what their ability level is.
ANNETTE
Annette Gill
Located in Minnie Water NSW
SESSION: Heart Flow 9am
Supporting women’s health we explore gentle yoga, breathwork, and self-care practices designed to enhance breast health, lymphatic flow, and overall vitality. Led by a breast cancer survivor and yoga teacher Annette, this class offers a compassionate space to reconnect with your body and heart.
HELEN
Helen Dobra
Located in Grafton NSW
SESSION: Qigong Wood Element 9am
Helen is a Bowen Therapist and Qigong teacher based in Grafton. She is the owner/operator of Seeds of Wellbeing in Grafton NSW.
Helen shares can help us to show up in life feeling alive, embodied, and grounded. I suggest regular practice to forge a strong foundation of physical, emotional, and mental wellbeing.
NIC
Nic Dorsch
Located in Yamba NSW
SESSION: Breathe + Move with Core 10.30am
Exploring how postural alignment combined with functional breathing provides us with more than just our physical core. Moving through a simple asana sequence to align, to make space, to breathe and feel into our core.
Ease in the breath creates ease in the body, the mind, the emotions ….. enabling a deeper connection with our Self.
VANAMALA
Vanamala Mayr-Reisch
Located in Mullumbimby NSW
Intro to Face Yoga 10.30am
Lift your face! Lift your spirit!
Face yoga is a gentle process to rediscover your confidence, self-love, and strength. This intro to Face Yoga will show you how to reduce tension from the face, neck, and shoulders, and practice poses to lift your face naturally. Benefits include stress and tension release, reduced blood pressure and signs of aging, improved speech and eyesight.
Vanamala Mayr-Reisch’s is a certified face yoga teacher, physiotherapist, eye fitness trainer and the founder of Face Yoga Australia.
LEANNE
Leanne Moore
Located in Grafton NSW
SESSION: In-Flow Ayurvedic Workshop 10.30am
Ayurveda is an ancient medical system from India which provides simple diagnostic tools to assess digestive imbalance.
Leanne Moore is an Ayurvedic Practitioner and Reflexologist in Grafton at Clarence Natural Therapies. In her practice she offers Ayurvedic Consultations, a wide range of Ayurvedic Therapeutic Treatments and Reflexology. Her experience and expertise stems from over 30 years as a Reflexologist and over 20 years as an Ayurvedic Practitioner.
SARAH
Sarah Post
Located in Ashby/Yamba NSW
SESSION: Expressive Art and Meditation 12pm
A registered art therapist and yoga teacher, Sarah invites us to experience the gifts and power of our own personal creative expression.
During her session, you will be guided through the use of breath, visualisation and meditation to access the realm of your sub conscious, the space beyond the limitations of the thinking mind, and bring forth gifts from soul for your uncovering. Through the modality of creative expression, you will have the opportunity to communicate any uncovered insights safely and uniquely. Through group sharing and joining in circle, we create together a safe container to be held, supported and guided.
MEREDITH
Meredith Harrison
Located in Ashby NSW
SESSION: Beyond the Pelvic Ground 12pm
Mez is a remedial therapist, yoga teacher, tantric educator and Holistic Pelvic Care™ practitioner. She has a passion to connect women back to their feminine essence so that they may enrich and empower their everyday life. Meredith happily practices in the beautiful Clarence Valley as a bodyworker and mindful movement educator.
AMANDA
Amanda Brightwell
Located in Wooloweyah NSW
SESSION: Totem Spirit Animal Making 12pm
The medium of clay offers us an invitation to work directly with the earth. Amanda invites us to explore and reflect while we enjoy the sensory journey and create a totem animal.
Amanda has worked with clay on and off for many years. She offers workshops in her studio The Clay Circle and has worked as a Remedial Massage Therapist for 20 years.
A long time Clarence Valley resident she finds inspiration in her surrounds, an avid surfer who draws her creative inspiration from her ocean playground and the surrounding national park.
JADE DEWI
Jade Dewi Tyas Tunggal
Located in Woombah, Angourie NSW
SESSION: Body-Mind Centering 2.30pm
Experience transformative movement with Jade Dewi, an Australian artist born on Darkinjung Country with Javanese, Scottish, and Viking heritage enriching her intercultural work as a director, choreographer, internationally trained dancer, and somatic educator.
Body-Mind Centering® (BMC) explores the connection between body, mind, and movement. This workshop awakens your understanding of anatomy, fostering a deep connection with bodily sensations and internal structures. Through movement, touch, and voice, you’ll revisit early developmental patterns to enhance sensation, feeling, and action, leading to greater freedom, precision, and joy in movement.
AMANDA
Amanda Christensen
Located in Lawrence NSW
SESSION: NeuroDynamic Breathwork 2.30pm
Amanda is a dedicated practitioner in the holistic therapy field, with over 25 years of experience as a retreat cook, breathwork facilitator, Intuitive Massage therapist, retreat facilitator, space holder, and change activator.
In Amanda’s view, every individual possesses an intrinsic ability and inner wisdom to self-heal, attain happiness, and nurture their well-being. She believes that we can shed our stories at a cellular, ancestral, and karmic level to create our own paths to health and inner peace.
SARAH
Sarah Appleford
Located in Yamba NSW
SESSION: True Gut Feelings Workshop 2.30pm
Sarah Appleford is a clinical nutritionist and owner of Yamba Wholefoods, a local bulk food and natural lifestyle store. Sarah’s passion lies in supporting people to achieve optimal health through making sustainable intentions including nourishing their bodies with whole foods, consciously moving and practicing self-care on a daily basis.
JAX
Jax Kempnich
Located in Yamba NSW
SESSION: Live music Saturday & Sunday afternoon
Jax is also a professional musician who has been performing locally for the last 20 years, her mantra chanting offerings are particularly beautiful!
She is also a yoga teacher with a background in psychology, Jax has done a deep dive into her yoga practice and teaching since the pandemic. She is Vinyasa trained and her classes are alignment based, invigorating and accessible.
Wild Earth Kitchen
Located in Lawrence NSW
Lunch boxes are available for pre-purchase
Wild Earth Kitchen is Amanda Christensen’s love story with food as medicine.
She prepares gluten free, refined sugar free and dairy free lunches.
Wild Earth Kitchen is proud to support: locally grown, organic farmers, free range, sustainable farms, products & producers. Eating organic, seasonal, locally grown foods is good for our bodies and for the environment.
All food is made with Love (she has been known to sing to your food)
This is a fundraising event for International Women’s Day supported by Yamba Distillery, all proceeds go to the charity ‘Share the Dignity’
