mamashanti


I was introduced to yoga at the tender age of 15

with 40 years of personal practice behind me, I bring an honest and very real quality to my teaching. Raising a child, living in Melbourne, juggling career and motherhood have taught me profound lessons in acceptance, compassion, generosity and most of all – letting go.



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I founded mamashanti in 2005

in response to the very real need for women to consciously prepare for birth, and with it establishing the modality of Yoga for Pregnancy & Birth.  I bring a genuine understanding of the complexity of change that comes with pregnancy, this I approach with humour, compassion and joy. I am truly passionate about sharing my own intentional practice of with the hundreds of women and their partners who find their way to me.

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Teaching yoga is deeply informed by my own experience of pregnancy and birth and by my work as a birth attendant.

I consciously bring the insights gained from these experiences and apply directly to teaching. All of my classes and workshops are designed to delight, inform and inspire you to embrace the glorious journey of birth and motherhood.

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Almost 15 years ago, I happily skipped away from my career as a landscape architect

to heed the call to accompany women during their birthing years. I'm grateful to be living on Dja Dja Wurrung Country in the Central Highlands of Victoria where I dabble in permaculture with my gorgeous partner, darling son, very odd little pooch and a growing collection of farm animals.

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