A lifelong yoga practitioner, Jasmine has been formally teaching hatha and restorative yoga since 2014, after completing her Level 1 (350 hour) foundational training with Fremantle Yoga Centre.

Jasmine has a strong interest in the cross section of mental health, trauma and yoga and has maintained a steady trajectory towards a specialised skillset in the area of evidence based, therapeutic yoga. She teaches group classes and is in private practice with NDIS clients, working with people who have been diagnosed with anxiety, depression, ASD (autism spectrum disorder), ADHD/ ADD, and C-PTSD, and who may have suffered trauma.

Jasmine continues to enrich her knowledge and is currently undertaking IAYT accredited yoga therapy program under the guidance of Chandrika Gibson (Wisdom Yoga Institute). In addition, she has aligned herself with several accomplished and sturdy mentors, including trauma therapist Satyen Del Monte, and Iyengar yoga teacher Kellie Brett.

Jasmine brings a calm and gentle presence to her work as well as invaluable lived experience.

‘After experiencing burnout and suffering from trauma, I became interested in how trauma and stress can dysregulate the nervous system, affecting both mental and physical health. A regular yoga practice has helped me to navigate stressful situations and to alleviate the symptoms of anxiety and depression that I have suffered from most of my life. Through yoga I have cultivated body and breath awareness. It has encouraged me to notice how I move and where I don’t move. It has taught me to pause and take rest and has allowed me to become more present. 

If we can slow down and listen to our body, we become more relaxed, regulating the nervous system. And it is from this place that deeply stored stress and tension is released. 

Ultimately, the practice of yoga helps us to stay connected to ourselves and what we need on and off the mat.’