Hello! My name is Sandy
I am a queer, non-binary yoga teacher based in Nipaluna/Hobart
I am passionate about teaching yoga
in an inclusive and expansive way.
I undertook my first yoga teacher training in 2008 at the age of 19, during my gap year after high school. Choosing not to go to university, I dedicated myself fully to the study of yoga and soon after became the youngest Advanced Certified Jivamukti Yoga teacher in the world.
I have been teaching yoga full-time for almost two decades, primarily on Gadigal Land/Sydney, also travelling and teaching regularly in Denmark (where I was born), Norway, UK, Germany, USA, Thailand and Bali.
Throughout these years, I have written and facilitated many teacher trainings and mentored countless yoga teachers across the world.
During the last decade I have also been recording and uploading my classes to this website, to stay connected to the students I met while teaching and travelling internationally. There is now a catalogue of over 300 recordings in the Class Library.

heyaṃ duḥkham anāgatam
- Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtra II.16

Suffering that has yet to arrive is to be avoided.
I now live on the heart-shaped island of Lutruwita/Tasmania with my yoga teacher/scientist partner, Sas, and our darling golden retriever, Shanti.
I teach at two of my local yoga studios – Folde and Udara – and annually facilitate my 250+hr teacher training called Golden Yoga School.
In 2025 I started a yoga podcast with my best friend Keith, called Not Just Āsana. It’s a lot of fun, and also quite educational and you can listen to it here. We also run international retreats together and you should totally come along sometime.
Thank you for being here with me. I wish you well on your practice journey and hope we get to know one another!
Sandy x
PS. To learn more about my story, listen to this podcast episode —
Sandy’s passion for yoga is contagious and they have a gift for connecting with their students on a personal level, ensuring that each person feels supported and encouraged in their yoga journey.”
tasmai śrī gurave namah
I bow down in reverence to all of my teachers and give thanks to all lineage holders who have come before me.
In 2011 I began studying formally with my teachers Sharon Gannon and David Life (founders of Jivamukti Yoga Method), who studied extensively with Sri Brahmanada Saraswati, Swami Nirmalananda and the Ashtanga Vinyasa method. My lineage is important to my sense of belonging within the yoga community because it reminds me that I am part of a living tradition which has been passed down over hundreds of years.
I have continued my yoga education over the last decade, often traveling across the world multiple times a year to spend time with my teachers, maintaining my connection and refuelling my passion with renewed inspiration.
The teachers I have studied with the most are:
- Sharon Gannon and David Life (Jivamukti)
- Jules Febre (Jivamukti)
- Yogeswari (Jivamukti)
- Rima Rabbath (Jivamukti)
- Ruth Lauer-Manenti (Jivamukti)
- Jessica Stickler (Jivamukti)
- Keith Kempis (Jivamukti)
- Katie Rose (Jivamukti)
- Swami Muktibodhananda Saraswati (traditional Hatha)
- Seema Johari (traditional lineage holder in Haridwar)
- Maria Macaya (trauma informed yoga)
I am passionate about dismantling the modern exclusionary yoga “fitness” culture; instead teaching yoga as an integrated holistic approach to the radical acts of Self-exploration, Self love and Self care. For me, Yoga has never been a purely physical practice – but instead an access point for regulating mental health and emotional wellbeing, while embarking upon spirituality in a fun and exciting way.
I endeavour to honour the traditions and rich cultural history of yoga, by using Sanskrit language during my teachings, incorporating classical yogic philosophy, acknowledging my lineage and continuing to study.
I hope to continue improving access to yoga for marginalised folks who traditionally have been excluded from or faced barriers in accessing yoga practice – queer people, gender-diverse people, neuro-diverse, differently abled, low-income, less mobile, remote, BIPOC and many others.
I have also witnessed the power of yoga in bringing people together, as a means of building community through finding common ground; what in Sanskrit is known as Satsang.
I am always learning, growing and evolving; as we all are. I am doing my best and realise that I will occasionally make mistakes. My intention is to both honour the traditions of yoga as they have been taught to me by my teachers, while also being adaptable and staying current with the modern needs of people, as our world changes.
- 2008: Hatha Vinyasa Yoga 200hr TT w/ Samadhi Yoga, Sydney
- 2011: Jivamukti Yoga 300hr TT w/ Sharon Gannon & David Life, New York
- 2012: Jivamukti Yoga Apprenticeship 500hr w/ Jessica Stickler, Sydney
- 2012: Advanced Certification in Jivamukti Yoga, New York
- 2013-2020: Served as a mentor for Jivamukti Apprenticeship, Sydney
- 2019: Co-facilitated Jivamukti Yoga 75hr TT, Sydney
- 2020: Served as a mentor on Jivamukti Yoga 300hr TT, India
- 2021: Co-created and co-facilitated 2 independent yoga TTs with Krama Yoga, Sydney
- 2021: Trauma Informed Yoga TT Radika Foundation, Barcelona (online)
- 2022: Pre and Post Natal Yoga TT w/ Gabriela Fearn at Egg of the Universe, Sydney
- 2022: Reformer Pilates TT w/ BodyMindLife, Sydney
- 2023: Mat Pilates TT w/ The Studio, Hobart
- 2024: Yin Yoga TT w/ Mel McLaughlin from The Yin Space, Hobart

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On this path, no effort is ever wasted, no gain is ever reversed.
Even a little of this practice will shelter you from great sorrow.
– Bhagavad Gītā 2.40


