Alice graduated from Monash University with a Bachelor of Arts in Jazz/Contemporary Music and completed a Diploma of Education in Music. Alice has training in children’s yoga at Rainbow Kids Yoga and Mangala, and is currently completing a Masters degree in Art Therapy.

Alice just loves working with children and exudes an energy that is almost palpable. As an accomplished singer, Alice approaches her yoga teaching in an upbeat and musical way that engages the children and extends their yoga practice.

Bernadette completed her university degree in Psychology and Philosophy at Monash University, and also brings a strong background in Dance. Bernadette’s personal love of yoga found her later training to be a Yoga teaching with The Yoga Social, The Australian College of Classical Yoga and Creative Kids Yoga with Edna Reinhart.

Bernadette is passionate about sharing her yoga practice and experience, through asana classes for all bodies and incorporating pranayama (breath focus) and mindful relaxation.

I am excited to be a part of Melbourne Kids Yoga team.

My yoga journey started when I was of 5 years old, I use to learn yoga with my dad at home.

I am a kindergarten teacher and have been in the profession of teaching kids for the past 30 years. I started my yoga training for children with Rainbow Kids Yoga and started to incorporate yoga during group time. I saw huge benefits in the children that made me curious to learn more about yoga. This led me to complete 200 hours of Yoga Teachers Training for earning a certification in teaching Kids Yoga.

Yoga teaches children to be calm, while gaining awareness of the body’s self-control and discipline through breathing and specific body postures. It also fosters cultural competence and respect for diversity.

I strongly believe Yoga is a critical form of education that provides a range of physical, spiritual and mental relaxation in young children.

Shahrean’s Yoga journey started at the age of 3. She was fortunate to be born into a family of Yoga practitioners and almost everything she learnt has been under the guidance of her late grandfather and mother. From the time she can remember, she has always loved practicing Yoga and looked forward to the early morning sessions with her mother before going to school. There was something about that time on the mat that just made her happy!

She has since been teaching Yoga for over 15 years and has never looked back. A mental health advocate, she completed a degree in Psychology at Monash University to support her understanding of the complexities of the mind which has greatly complimented her Yoga teachings. She is also a qualified personal trainer, has additional training in children’s Yoga from Rainbow Kids Yoga and is a registered member of Yoga Australia.

Shahrean truly believes the practice of Yoga and Mindfulness especially at a young age can offer tools to regulate our nervous system, deal with tough emotions and develop resilience.

Before becoming a yoga instructor Chen was a social worker, specialising in children. The skills developed in this role have allowed Chen to conduct her work in a patient, caring and energetic way, so that classes flow smoothly. Qualified in Adults Yoga with Windsor Body flow yoga school and Children’s yoga with YogaKids Training Academy, Chen is also a loving mum who lives and breathes the industry she is so passionate about.

Chen is patient, caring and energetic and loves to bring these spiritual energies into her class.

Ryan is a proud father of teens, exercise fanatic and yogi. He has been in love with yoga since the first time he rolled out his mat. The pull of yoga was so strong that Ryan quit his corporate career to become a full-time yoga teacher! He believes that the yoga mat is a great place to find a sense of contentment, self-awareness, and mind body connection. Ryan loves working with children and feels strongly about passing on the beautiful and ancient wisdom of yoga to the next generation. He is passionate about nurturing and encouraging students to discover their own individual yoga journey.

I’m delighted to be a new member of the team at MKY. I enjoy the fun and unity that the power of play brings to each session. To me, this form of group interaction is unique to a kids yoga environment – non-competitive, free and collaborative. My classes are led with prep-readiness in mind, supporting posture, finding their voices and creating an environment that encourages growth of the individual child through expressive movement. I’ve completed over 500 hours of training with The Yoga Social and have received vocational training with Kids Yoga Ed.

Amy is a fun loving sports enthusiast. Having always been active as a child, Amy is passionate about working with children, providing opportunities for them to explore their own little yoga journeys. Currently working in childcare, Amy has goals to later study psychology to deepen her understanding of how children learn and strengthen her ability to give more back to the world.

Being exposed to Yoga in childhood, Maiti was always passionate to take up Yoga as a profession, convinced early that Yoga is a complete way of life. Maitri graduated in Electronics Engineer and further studies in Business Analytics at RMIT, before she went on to formalise her Yoga training with over 500 Teacher Training courses in India and Australia from prominent Institutes and Teachers.

Maitri’s lookout for Yoga is in its complete form, not just limited to Asanas or Pranayama(breathing exercises). She promotes and spreads awareness of Complete Yoga to her students worldwide.  Matri hopes that her working with Melbourne Kids Yoga will help kids be self-dependent, balanced, focused and develop an integrated approach towards life.