Teacher Information

First Name

Emma

Last Name

Wertheim

Nickname

emma-wertheim

State

New South Wales

Contact Email

[email protected]

Website

emmawertheim.com

Studio

Emma Wertheim

Yoga Information

Yoga Style

Hatha, Meditation, Over 50s, Vinyasa

Offer Private Classes

Yes

Biography

Bio

My teaching experience includes meditation, breath work, sacred dance and yoga with a special interest in yoga mudras:

  • I’ve been teaching meditation since 2006;
  • Sacred dance from 2014;
  • Yoga and yoga mudras since 2016

Since 1995 I’ve practised the art of breath-based meditation both in my personal practice and as member of a northern Sydney spiritual community formed in the 1970’s, inspired by the ‘Fourth Way’ movement. My meditation teacher of 22 years had direct links to the Fourth Way movement and other spiritual traditions. This philosophy informs how I teach yoga.

This living work has taken me on a rich inner journey – to an ever expanding space of stillness within and given me practical skills to navigate life’s changing tides; the aim being to take this energy of calm off the meditation cushion and into all aspects of life.

In 2016 during my Yoga Teacher Training, I found myself so unwell that I was unable to walk. I was left wondering how on earth I was going to finish the course. I managed to complete my training – but I now see there was a silver lining to this unsettling period.

Not being able to practice Asana, I looked into what I could do that was easy, simple and accessible – and of course, healing. It was then that the world of Mudras (ancient yogic hand gestures) opened up to me. Since then I’ve been exploring yoga mudras, using them in my day-to-day life and gaining many benefits from them, both physical and spiritual.

Mudras, paired with meditation and breath work are incredible, simple ancient tools, to be celebrated, remembered and practised. They remind us to live more for each moment, enjoy our lives and the many colours of experience it offers.

I wish to share with you all that I’ve learned on this journey of meditation, breath awareness, stillness, mudras and yoga. My hope is that you will also experience what these sacred practices have to offer.

At present I’m developing a mudra and meditation based program that i’ll be launching in 2024. Also, I will soon be able to offer a mudra themed Oracle deck ‘Yoga Mudra Oracle’ through Arcturus Publishing.

If you’re interested in finding out more about me and my offerings, please visit: http://www.emmawertheim.com

Lineage / Training:

  • Since 1995 – Leonis School: meditation / spiritual community / stillness in action: Fourth Way origins (Gurdjieff)
  • 2016 Yoga Teacher Training: diverse teachers, predominately T. Krishnamacharya / Iyenga (alignment studies)
  • 2016 onwards – Mudras, yogic texts, research: modern-day exponents and practice
  • Member of Meditation Australia – Experienced Teacher