Dianne Johnston (Di)
Founder of TFA
Dianne Johnston established Think.Focus.Act in Newport in 2016. Her mission was to create a space where people could come and embark on their own self discovery through Counselling, Hypnosis, Reiki and Yoga.
Completing her 350hrs in Yoga Teacher Training in 2017 with The Australian Yoga Academy, Di teaches her unique Restorative Yoga Classes twice a week. With her background as a Hypnotherapist, her soothing voice guides you into the most restful, meditative states you'll experience.
Di also teaches our Gentle Yoga classes, designed for the beginner. A gentle working through postures and breath, a slow paced class with guidance to safe alignment and foundation for a great practice. Her caring approach holds the perfect opportunity for the novel Yogi to embark into their Yoga journey or coming back from injury. Her passion to encourage Seniors into safe movement classes is also one of the reasons her classes are so popular.
Lucy Liga
I am a lover of life, mother, daughter, teacher, taxi driver and counsellor to my kids. I am all that is listed and none of what is listed. I have a passion for exploration, curiosity and being a better human through meditation, yoga and qigong.
I discovered yoga at 19 yrs of age, I was highly anxious and was working through trauma, it provided me with an opportunity to find a clearer relationship with my body and then some stability mentally as I started the process of unraveling and understanding my trauma and anxiety to enable me to live with more kindness, compassion and awareness and less from fear and self doubt.
Yoga is the breath, a lifestyle, connection and community with self and others, enabling awareness of patterns and habits that hinder giving me a choice, an opportunity to release perfection and embrace the messiness of life and truely feel and open up to experiences, yoga supports me to find a stillness and a skilfulness to navigate the challenges in life.
My yoga and qigong classes are flexible and fluid with all aspects of yoga included. All classes are accessible to all students and diversity is welcome. In the qigong and yin classes I lean into Taoist philosophy and Chinese medicine as that is where it originated: I teach classes that prompt you to enquire and explore your own practice and how it feels to you, guided by my instruction which you can take, leave or add to. My intention for you is to feel a little more embodied, spacious and open also definitely curious and empowered.
Pam Harrison
With over 20 years of experience in her field, Pam is a qualified Children’s Yoga and Creative Dance teacher. Successfully completing her Yoga Teacher Training with Joy Spencer at Sivananda School Of Yoga, Diploma in Creative Dance at Mangala Studios and completion of Level 1 Radiant Child Yoga Programme, Pam continues to update her knowledge in Yoga and creative dance with regular attendance of classes and workshops.
“My intention is to give children the gift of Yoga and Creative Dance to help children gain self-confidence, to enable them to express themselves through their own dance style, to learn to relax and cope with stress in everyday situations and to help them to attain awareness, strength and flexibility in their bodies’. I am dedicated to getting positive results and I get much pleasure watching the progress of the children I teach”.
Her Teen classes are aimed at helping students develop practical and achievable breathing exercises and anxiety reducing techniques. Promoting healthy body awareness and acceptance, teens relate to wonderfully to Pams approach and gentle manner.
Caroline Crete
Caroline began her yoga journey in 2015 and completed a 350hrs yoga teacher training in 2019. She has since developed a special interest in pregnancy and postnatal yoga as well as yoga for birth, which led her to an additional 150hrs of study in this area. A local mum of 2, Caroline has found her yoga practice helpful in her pregnancy and motherhood experience. She is passionate about supporting women in their motherhood journey – from conception through to birth and beyond- via yoga and mindfulness-based practices.
Yelda Rahimi
Yelda is a qualified teacher in Hatha yoga, Ashtanga yoga and meditation. She is passionate about Ayurveda and nutrition and empowering people with their health journey. Yelda also believes in the power of sound as a healing modality to bring the body and mind back into balance. A local Mumma of two with a background in corporate leadership roles, she is in tune with the busy pace of life and the importance of taking time for self. Finding the balance in life is an art and she is an advocate for other mums and professionals to find that balance within themselves and within their lives.
