Mandy has been studying and practicing yoga since 1990, with decades of teaching experience in Western Australia, India, and on international retreats. Her work is grounded in long-term personal practice, sustained study, and a deep commitment to yoga as a path of wholeness, clarity, and care.

Mandy has travelled to India many times for extended periods of study, living in ashrams and spiritual centres and learning directly from her teachers A.G. Mohan and Indra Mohan of Svastha Yoga in Chennai, as well as within the Sivananda Divine Life Society tradition. These experiences continue to shape her spiritually centred, integrated approach to teaching. She regards time spent in stillness and communion with nature as one of the most profound teachers of all.

Her training includes certification in Hatha Yoga through Svastha Yoga and Ayurveda, Yin Yoga with Jo Phee, and formal study of Ayurveda at the Australian Institute of Holistic Medicine. Mandy remains a dedicated student, while allowing the teachings to mature through lived experience.

Mandy’s teaching style is practical, embodied and quietly devotional. Her classes and courses emphasise safety, clarity and depth, supporting students to cultivate  steadiness, and a settled reflective mind.

She holds a particular care for people new to yoga, offering thoughtful introductions to traditional teachings that are often misunderstood or oversimplified. Across retreats and longer programs, yoga is shared as a holistic system of self care, inquiry, and conscious living, including attention to diet, lifestyle, and relationship with the natural world.

Alongside her teaching, Mandy brings a rich professional background, holding a Bachelor of Arts in English, qualifications in graphic design, and leadership experience as Chief Executive Officer of a health organisation. This combination of creativity, organisation and vision underpins the development of Kookaburra Yoga’s classes, retreats and teacher training programs.
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Yoga informs every aspect of Mandy’s life. Its wisdom continues to guide her through the changing seasons of family life, leadership, creativity and service, shaping a teaching that is grounded, compassionate and quietly transformative.

Mandy leads our teacher trainings, circles, and retreats.