CO-FOUNDER

For Philli, yoga is a way of life and a state of being which continues to support and celebrate our existence and awakening. Passionately inspired by the traditional teachings (Yoga, Tantra and Veda) and applying them therapeutically to our contemporary lifestyles, Philli honours the potency of these teachings and offers them to our community to share the liberation and joy of the science and practice of Yoga.

Philli has been devoted to yogic study for the past 16 years under the mentorship of master teachers such as Sally Kempton, Dr Sumit Kesarkar, Tara Judelle (Embodied Flow), Carlos Pomeda, Rose Baudin, Dr Robert Svoboda, Mark Dyczkowski, Swami Lakshmanjoo, Swami Khecaranatha, Rod Stryker, Ana Forrest and others.

Philli was first guided to explore the Indian Himalayan mountains, at high altitude, with one of her teachers in 2023 and felt immediately captivated by their incredibly potent and expansive nature. Since then she has continued to explore further and more challenging expeditions into sacred high altitude locations, to put her personal yoga practice to the test in the Himalayas and has also co-facilitated (with Jesse) the first Shava Yoga Yoga and Trekking Himalayan Immersion in 2024.

The source of Philli’s inspiration has evolved as her subtlety in its purpose, and the efficacy of her teachers has developed. What currently drives her teaching is the desire to support and celebrate our current embodied existence and to inspire and educate others in the yogic practices which stand as tools that gift personal sovereignty over our own individualised journey to health and well-being. Always advocating for independence! 

As a Yoga facilitator of 12 years and Yoga Therapist of 7 years, Philli guides her students and clients into somatic and energetic explorations in-order to focus attention inwards, creating a greater overall body-mind connection and agency to reclaim independence and health.  

From hosting international retreats in India, Bali and Australia, workshops, therapeutic yoga consultations, teacher mentoring programs, women’s circles, advanced education on YTT’s to public classes, Philli’s offerings are woven with pranayama, bandha, kriyas, meditation and Tantric Yoga and Ayurvedic philosophy as a means for offering the true essence of yoga. 

Acknowledging with reverence, the sophisticated and sacred nature of the human organism, Philli embodies and advocates for the human experience to be the vehicle for consciousness which awakens us to the vast possibilities of this life. Always striving to create a safe and nurturing environment for discovery and transformation, Philli’s orientation is to empower students with the agency to curate their own vitality through becoming more aware of their true nature.