Barbara Coley is an extremely experienced and skilled yoga teacher with a passion for educating yoga practitioners and teachers in the art of sound yoga practices.

Barbara has been practising yoga since 1992 and teaching since 2007. She has deepened her understanding of yoga, and continues to study with A> G. Mohan and Indra Mohan of Svastha Yoga Ayurveda. She has also done short online courses with a number of renowned yoga teachers including Vina Shah, Jean Campbell, Jivana Heyman, Amber Karnes, Tom Myers, Marlysa Sullivan, Amy Wheeler, Dianne Bondy & Tiffany Cruickshank.

Barbara commenced studies in Yoga Therapy in 2010, with the Mohans son, Dr Ganesh Mohan, and has been a practising Yoga Therapist since 2016. She is certified with the International Association of Yoga Therapists, Yoga Australia and Yoga New Zealand.

Barbara's approach to teaching yoga is to encourage her students to move and breathe in a way that is functional and easeful, encouraging mind-body integration, and cultivating nervous system balance as well as physical health.

In her role as an educator, Barbara encourages trainees to question dogmatic approaches to teaching methods and alignment cues, and facilitates an investigation of functional anatomy and movement skills.

Barbara promotes inclusivity and community in her classes and training programs.

In her spare time, Barbara can be found adventuring with her Border Collie, Colin, at the beach or on bush walks, gardening and spending time with friends and family.