Lib with ballet trophies. Photo taken by BILL HENSON. 1974

Discovering yoga through back injury...
When I was 6 yrs of age I fell in Love with Classical Ballet. I was committed and determined to make it my life path. Sadly, too tall, I was unable to make it to the top, 'THE AUSTRALIAN BALLET COMPANY’...
At 16 years of age I stopped dancing and started a hairdressing apprenticeship in Acland St, St.kilda. By the time I was 20 my back started to hurt.....After being hospitalized for traction, born from acute sciatica, I soon realized the ballet and hairdressing had done my spine a great deal of damage. Eventually I had a double herniation (slipped disc) L4, L5. I was hospitalized again at St Vincent’s, and advised to have surgery on my spine!....
Thankfully a dear and wise friend, who had a background in Yoga and Feldenkreis, encouraged me to consider Yoga as a long-term treatment. .... In 1988 I began the journey of wellness. I had no idea that not only would my spine be repaired, but my entire life would change, I would experience true WELLNESS, HAPPINESS and CLARITY.

Yoga / Meditation and Depression.....
In 1995 I was diagnosed with post natal depression. My daughter was 2 years old. I was medicated for a few years on and off, which was very useful at the time. I think as my brain chemistry balanced with the help of the drugs plus lots and lots of Yoga, meditation, chanting and life style change, I began to feel safer.

After years of continued research plus the love, patience and knowledge of my immediate healing community, (go to 'links ' page for their web sites or contact details, I decided that I could achieve what the drugs had done and then some....I then committed to MEDITATION EVERY DAY....PRANAYAMA EVERYDAY....AFFIRMATION EVERY DAY.....
all of these I teach in every Yoga class....
Now drug free, several years later I am better than ever, but with out the daily commitment to my mental health I am at risk.... ...I remember the horrid feeling of the disease but it is a distant memory, thankfully...I am HEALED...

Tree Change...


Even though in the 90's I was in love with the bustling lifestyle of Fitzroy, my daughter, then 5 needed more space and fresh air . We decided to migrate to the hills. I searched all over Victoria, and fell in love with the Yarra Valley. We first landed in Narbethong, on a PERMACULTURE property, which we were to care take for minimal rent. We lived on the 4 acre property for 2 divine years. I studied permaculture and learned the magic of the land. Living on the edge of the BLACK SPUR in isolation afforded me a very important experience. The forest was my alli, my inspiration....It was then I knuckled down and began to really study YOGA. No longer was I interested in the egoic physical aspect of Iyengar Yoga, which I had studied for 13 years. I was now focused on the mind and heart. I spent the next 2 years formerly studying THE YOGA SUTRAS, and CLASSICAL HATHA MEDITATION with Jani Baker @ MELBOURNE COLLEGE OF CLASSICAL HATH YOGA.

The YOGA SUTRAS changed my life.....I have been single ever since (7 yrs) and am happy to say am intolerant of alcohol and pointless relationships.....the outcome, my energy is directed like an arrow.....my life is uncomplicated by hangovers or flu bugs. I AM EARNING MORE MONEY THAN I EVER BELEIVED POSSIBLE. I owe my happiness and abundance to the ancient philosophy of YOGI PATANJALI, who wrote the YOGA SUTRAS, thousands of years ago.

Narbethong was divine but it was isolating for my daughter. I clearly saw a need for her to integrate with other kids, so we moved to Healesville and she went to the best primary school in the world...CHUM CREEK PRIMARY, where all of our needs were met and then some. We bought a small humble home in the heart of Healesville which had a large shed. I converted the shed into what we now know as out beloved YOGA ROOM....6 years of meditating, breathing and working with intention has made the YOGA ROOM a sacred space, with a healing energy that is unmistakably powerful and nurturing ....in fact some students say that even though they may be exhausted, they still come to classes just to be in the room......some very tired mums just come to rest and sleep while we work......
click on 'GALLERY' for pics of the yoga room.

Moving into Crone
Crone is the term we use for older, wiser woman. At 48 years of age I am menopausal and heading into a part of my life that is new and exciting. It saddens me to see some of my peers struggle with the aging process. Did u know that the Japanese actually lie about their age..They wish to be older as age affords them wisdom. Unfortunately our culture does not honor age, although in the healing world of yoga it is quite the opposite.
As I move toward 50 I am excited by the possibilities a head of me. My time of parenting will be over in less than a decade and I will explore our beloved planet once more.
I hope I can be of inspiration to women you are loosing their youthful looks . We can and must embrace menopause, we can learn a new way of moving through our day. Change is the only constant..... we must adapt......