Soma Yoga

Soma Yoga Sharing the path of transformation & healing through the wisdom of the body. Yoga, Somatics, Ecstatic Dance, Sound Healing, Trauma Recovery & More

YOGA JOURNEYS term 3, 2022. Tuesdays:

BEGINNERS
Each term, 4 x per year
Tuesdays 5:45pm
Starts Tuesday July 26th
(Please register by message)

SOMA YOGA
Open Level
Each term 8 x Sessions, 4 x per year
Tuesdays 7.30pm
Starts Tuesday August 2nd
(Please register by message)

Thursdays:

SOMA YOGA
Intermediate Level
Each term 8 x Sessions, 4 x per year
Thursdays 5:45pm
Starts Thursday July 28th
(Please register by message)

ATTUNE-UP: 3 WEEK Sessions
(Some Terms)
Thursdays 5.45pm

Fridays:

WILD AT HEART - MONTHLY Community Dance Gathering
First Friday of the month 7pm

Solstices:

AYANAANT: YOGA & SOUND JOURNEY
Please enquire


REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN
please see event page or PM me

20/11/2025

✨✨✨Friday 5th December
Dance + End if Year Celebrationdunedin
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Tickets are live!

Honoured to be here for you and your personal evolution.  When I get messages like this, it makes me even more joyful to...
19/11/2025

Honoured to be here for you and your personal evolution. When I get messages like this, it makes me even more joyful to share, and committed to my calling.

If you're interested to jump on board or find out more, you are warmly welcome! Please do check out my website for most of my upcoming offers of soma yoga, soma healing and events. And you can sign up there to my newsletter so you'll be invited when fresh stuff gets launched.

With love,
Jasmin

Celebrating Wins…and Winds!Up until recently I strongly disliked the wind.  (And we’ve been having some wild ones these ...
12/11/2025

Celebrating Wins…and Winds!

Up until recently I strongly disliked the wind. (And we’ve been having some wild ones these past few weeks, haven’t we?!)

My go to response, has mostly been to hunker down indoors and use it as a reason to not do things.

As well as wind, I have also had A LOT of ‘stuff’ coming my way recently……….what I used to underplay as ‘challenges’, or as ‘intensity’, but in reality it was an arm’s length list of to-do items that I had successfully put out of mind and to one side for some time, only to find them catching up on me and calling loudly for my attention.

So I have been plugging away to get things done. And it actually feels good. Hard, but good.

This is what growth looks like - hard, but good.

It might sound simple, but this is a result of years of me applying my work (all aspects & particularly trauma recovery), to my own life, and is an illustration of *my new era*.

It makes me very grateful for my growth. This attending to things that I’ve previously put to one side, and doing so without crumbling.

And part of my practice of this new era is shifting my perspective about what I’m going through, and how I describe it to myself.

So I heard myself figuratively describing this time as ‘facing into a strong wind’, to a friend, and then the next morning while out walking, I found myself literally facing into a very strong wind.

The sand was whipping my face and there were moments when I questioned if walking was even possible, and maybe the wind was going to take me with it, if I paused.

And when I heard myself say “I can do this!” I felt the most amazing thing - it was a huge wave of gratitude for the universe’s metaphor, followed by a feeling of relief that I was no longer hating on the wind……ok I wasn’t loving it (I did finish my walk a little early), but I was somehow enjoying the challenge of facing into it.

Now I see the winds of life were never here to stop me, but to show me that I’m strong enough to face them - that it’s not about waiting for calm, but about growing my capacity, finding my core, and continuing forward within the storm.

With gratitude and love,
Jasmin

Thank you for all your GREAT questions about Ecstatic Dance!  Here are some frequently asked ones ✨1. What is Ecstatic D...
03/11/2025

Thank you for all your GREAT questions about Ecstatic Dance! Here are some frequently asked ones ✨

1. What is Ecstatic Dance?
Ecstatic Dance is a freeform movement practice where you let the body move any way it wants, without choreography or guidance. It’s a moving meditation with specially curated music that shifts through soundscapes and tempos to help you reconnect in to your animal self and feel the freedom of this dance. The musics starts of slow and then builds in speed, then slows down again, like a wave.

2. Do I need dance experience?
No. This is an opportunity just to enjoy, where everything is optional and every movement - even quietly sitting - is welcome.

3. What kind of music do you play?
The journey moves through a wide range of genres and rhythms - from ambient / world music to tribal beats, electronic incl techno, house, dnb, and soulful acoustic sounds. It’s designed to take you on an energetic and emotional journey.

4. What are the guidelines?
We dance without shoes, talking or phones. You're free to move however you like while respecting others’ space.

5. What should I bring or wear?
Comfy clothes you can move freely in, a water bottle, and your curiosity.

6. What if I feel self-conscious?
That’s completely normal, most people do at first. Once everyone is in their own flow, that usually dissolves. No one is watching/judging anyone. It's a perfect practice to let go of the layers of worry & simply enjoy.

7. Is there a structure to the session?
We start with grounding, then enjoy the movement/dance, then we find stillness, and finish in a closing circle. Afterwards, everyone is invited to stay for hang outs.

8. Can I come alone?
Yes! Many people come solo - our community vibe welcomes you just as you are. You might make some new friends here ✨ You are also welcome as a group.

9. Is it spiritual?
It can be! For some it’s a practice of connection to self, spirit, music and community. For others, it’s simply joyful, embodied movement.

10. How often should I come?
As often as you like! Many people find it deeply nourishing as a monthly ritual - a super fun way to release tension, recharge, and reconnect to a blissful state.

Before I taught yoga, I worked in film - on fantasy sets that made the magical and impossible real. I loved the creativi...
22/10/2025

Before I taught yoga, I worked in film - on fantasy sets that made the magical and impossible real. I loved the creativity, the excitement and the feeling of being in a whole other world, but behind the scenes, I was burning out.

The hours were long, the culture intense. I lived on caffeine, cortisol and adrenaline, and numbed the rest with whatever helped me keep going.

On paper, I was successful and had a great life. I was earning well and working on incredible projects that got me travelling to and living in cool places, and hanging with cool people, but inside, I was feeling a bit zombie like - dealing with anxiety, feeling empty and exhausted and carrying the quiet ache of unprocessed trauma.

I had everything I thought I wanted, except peace.

Yoga and retreats were already woven into my life, but as a side quest - brief moments of stillness between deadlines.

Then the global financial crisis hit, and I was made redundant.

I expected the feeling of fear would arrive soon, but it never did. Instead I felt relief.

I finally had space to breathe - and for the first time I paused to ask myself, what do I love?

That question (along with a series of serendipities I'll save for another time) led me to take one simple step: to go deeper with what made me feel good.

I moved into an ashram to live and study the holism of tantrik yoga - just for me, just for my healing.

I didn’t know it would change everything, but a week into my training, it hit me at a soul-level: This is what I'm here to share.

Now I help others find what I did - the feeling of being alive, aligned, calm, and strong again.

To come home to their bodies and their own whole truth.

I guide people back to the quiet magic that was never lost, only forgotten beneath the noise.

🌿 The body knows.

All welcome to join us for this important mahi, supporting men and their wellbeing, and on Mental Health Awareness Week ...
08/10/2025

All welcome to join us for this important mahi, supporting men and their wellbeing, and on Mental Health Awareness Week too!

THIS Saturday 11th October 10am 🎯
Bookings essential

Looking forward to connecting!
Jasmin

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