Jasmine
Jasmine is head honcho and principal teacher of At Work Yoga.
Jasmine came to yoga through a knee injury and stayed because she wanted to understand more, both about the practice and about how our bodies and minds actually work. That curiosity led to four comprehensive years of teacher training at the Yoga Arts Academy in Melbourne. She has been teaching since 2005, much of that time in the corporate sector. She did all this despite a real and present phobia of public speaking. Her first class remains a black hole in her memory, with feelings of anxious disbelief attached… Who volunteers to stand in front of people and talk anyway?
Twenty-odd years on, the curiosity hasn't let up. Jasmine has continued studying functional movement, trained for several years with the Mohan family in the balanced Svastha Yoga approach, and has recently completed a Bachelor of Science in Physiology with a sub-specialisation in Exercise Psychology, at the University of Auckland.
That science now shapes everything she does. Alongside yoga and functional movement classes, Jasmine gives evidence-based workplace talks on the physiology behind how people feel and function at work, from hormonal cycles, perimenopause and life transitions to energy, stress, nervous system regulation, movement and resilience. Her aim is always the same: to turn complex science into something people can actually use. Better information, better decisions, better outcomes.
And yes, she now volunteers to stand in front of people and talk. Regularly.
Katie
Katie specialises in inspiring people to integrate the principles of yoga and mindfulness into their daily life. The practices she shares will teach you about your body, your emotional life and your mind. The body’s postures, sensations and movements are intimately involved in how we moderate our thoughts and feelings. With experience, knowledge and skill, deep and genuine transformations become a very real possibility for us all.
"There is a great wealth of knowledge we can embody, so we begin with where we are."
Katie began studying yoga in 1996 and quickly widened her practice to include Chi Gung, Tai Chi and Zen. Graduating from the Advanced Diploma in Yoga Teaching 2007 (CAE) and the Graduate Diploma of Yoga Therapy 2009 (AIYT), Katie de Araujo has been teaching Yoga and meditation for over 16 years and is a Senior Yoga Teacher registered with Yoga Australia.
She focuses on movement to reset the nervous system so we can feel both grounded and uplifted in a playful dance with life. Katie works with Corporate clients, Community groups and Private yoga therapy clients.
Her training includes workshops and courses with the highly regarded:
Donna Farhi, Diane Long and Co (Scaravelli influenced), A.G. Mohan, Judith Lasater, Amy Weintraub, Mary Bond (Rolfing/ Structural Integration).
She has a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) from Melbourne University and Cert IV in Training and Assessment. Katie has 4 children (including twins!), sings in a local choir and jokes around more often than not.
Jodie
Jodie has taught Yoga internationally and throughout Melbourne since 2011.
Her breadth of knowledge on Asana (postures), Pranayama (breathing exercises) and meditative practices enables her to accommodate all levels of students which is welcoming and inclusive.
Her teaching style honours traditional Yoga embracing Tantra, Hatha and Buddhism.
Pamela
Pamela believes that yoga is the most effective process available to create personal transformational change. In 1992, she fractured her pelvis, right hip, sacrum, and ribs in a car accident. She was completely immobilised for a period of time, and even after physical therapy there were still many daily movements that were difficult. Yoga was the one thing that restored her body to total movement and strength. As she became more and more immersed in the practice of yoga she noticed the positive impact it was having on her overall health and wellbeing. Not only was she feeling great physically, she was feeling better mentally and emotionally.
Pamela has been practising yoga for more that 20 years and became a yoga teacher in 2005 and a yoga therapist in 2009. Prior to teaching, she was in corporate work first in banking, and then as a facilitator in leadership and cultural change programs for corporations. She understands first hand the challenges and obstacles that a corporate job involves. Her teaching emphasises a breath focused practice of functional postures and movements done with inner awareness. The emphasis is on ease of movement and integration of body and breath.