Return to Presence

Return to Presence Yoga for mental health, training for yoga teachers and mental health professionals.

If you work with children or teens, or are aspiring to - this is for you! Join us on Friday (28th November) for a FREE 1...
19/11/2025

If you work with children or teens, or are aspiring to - this is for you!

Join us on Friday (28th November) for a FREE 1.5 hour workshop on trauma-sensitive yoga for children, teens and their families!

Michelle Fury is our newest faculty member and we are honoured to have her with us next week for this timely topic.

She is an assistant professor of Behavioral Health, a qualified psychotherapist and highly experienced paediatric yoga therapist. She has a specialty in trauma therapy, as well as extensive training and experience using evidence-based therapy models. She was named by the International Association of Yoga Therapists as the first full time yoga therapist in a hospital setting for her 15 years’ of work at Children’s Hospital Colorado. Her work with children in the field of yoga therapy as a psychother**eutic intervention has been featured in Yoga Journal, the Wall Street Journal, and Social Work Today. She is also the author of Using Yoga Therapy to Promote Mental Health in Children and Adolescents (Handspring, 2015).

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from an absolute pioneer in the field. We can’t wait! Book your complimentary spot at the link in our bio >

Annual applications are now open! Our signature 30-hour Yoga for Mental Health facilitator certification program is an i...
19/11/2025

Annual applications are now open!

Our signature 30-hour Yoga for Mental Health facilitator certification program is an in-depth, evidence-based and super practical training program. It is loved by wellness practitioners, counselors and yoga teachers that want to integrate yoga for mental health into their practices and offerings.

🧠 Step into your next chapter as a certified Yoga for Mental Health facilitator > further details and applications via link in our bio. We’d love to have you join us!

Love! 😍 We couldn’t have said it better ourselves. Huge well done to our recent trauma-sensitive yoga level 1 graduate, ...
18/11/2025

Love! 😍 We couldn’t have said it better ourselves.

Huge well done to our recent trauma-sensitive yoga level 1 graduate, Chumasande. We’re honored to be walking this path with you & the communities you serve. 🫶

PTSD is a debilitating mental health challenge. Trauma and the resulting effects change the course of someone’s life - i...
13/11/2025

PTSD is a debilitating mental health challenge. Trauma and the resulting effects change the course of someone’s life - instantly.

It’s no wonder that PTSD is associated with: substance abuse, su***de, depression, life-limiting infections, coronary heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, autoimmune disease as well as a range of gastrointestinal and cardiac problems and musculoskeletal pain*.

But why are women more likely than men to experience PTSD?

Well it’s not biology. 👉 And it has everything to do with how women are treated in society.

❗️Women are significantly more likely than men to experience sexual assault and r**e, which is the traumatic event most likely to result in PTSD.
❗️Women are disproportionately exposed to poverty and financial hardship, limiting access to the resources needed for trauma recovery.

We can be the change with the work we choose to do.



Reference:
*Astill Wright, L., Roberts, N. P., Barawi, K., Simon, N., Zammit, S., McElroy, E., & Bisson, J. I. (2021). Disturbed Sleep Connects Symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Somatization: A Network Analysis Approach. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 34(2), 375–383. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22619

In our inbox 👆Don’t just take our word for it 🤩 Words directly from our graduates. They have found incredible personal a...
12/11/2025

In our inbox 👆

Don’t just take our word for it 🤩 Words directly from our graduates. They have found incredible personal and professional growth as Yoga for Mental Health Facilitators. Join us on our next intake!

🧠 No previous formal mental health or yoga instructor training required.
💻 Self-paced + live group consulting sessions.
📚 Led directly by our founder Cands. An experienced and sought-after licensed counselor and yoga therapist specialising in trauma and mental health.

Explore the course and FAQs via link in our bio. We’d love to support you.

We’re closing the year with some truly special offerings. Deep dives, soulful conversations, and spaces to reset togethe...
11/11/2025

We’re closing the year with some truly special offerings. Deep dives, soulful conversations, and spaces to reset together.

Whether you join from your mat or laptop at home or in my garden in Johannesburg, these next few weeks are all about connection, healing, and heart.

If you’re new here, welcome friends! This is your invitation to explore yoga therapy, community, and gentle growth with us 🌿
If you’ve been journeying with us for a while, thank you for being part of this ever-growing circle.

🔗 Book your spots via link in our bio, and let’s finish this year grounded, open, and inspired.

Ok, so we won’t tell Cands if you don’t 🤪! You read that right! Up to 100% off of your favorite programs, trainings and ...
30/10/2025

Ok, so we won’t tell Cands if you don’t 🤪!

You read that right! Up to 100% off of your favorite programs, trainings and workshops. Ready to step into the world of yoga for mental health? Ready to deepen your practical implementation of somatic therapy? Ready to become certified in trauma-sensitive yoga? Ready to take your first step in befriending the body? Simply curious about what we do at Return to Presence?

✔️ This is your sign.

We go live at midnight!

For me, it was the day I couldn’t stop crying. I’ll never forget it - it was the most beautiful sunny day outside but in...
10/10/2025

For me, it was the day I couldn’t stop crying. I’ll never forget it - it was the most beautiful sunny day outside but inside? I felt… Trapped. Desperate. Unsure life would ever feel better.

Spoiler alert: it did. I held on. I just did the next best thing I could. Booked time off work. Picked up a recipe book. One step. One step to care for me. And friends? It got better. I promise - this side, many years on - it got SO much better.

Today is World Mental Health day 🤍❤️‍🩹 Where did it start for you friends? What did you do?

👇 Let’s share our small steps in the comments & support those looking for that next small step that feels doable.

Hello beautiful friends! 🫶Whew what a few months it has been! But finally, I’m all moved in! Our precious new home is a ...
05/09/2025

Hello beautiful friends! 🫶

Whew what a few months it has been! But finally, I’m all moved in! Our precious new home is a dream. My new office & studio space is right on the garden, with the most gorgeous large windows. Sunshine streaming in, diffuser going, water feature trickling ~ it’s bliss to be here 🌿

Thank YOU for supporting this special business and practice that means I get to live out my heart work and keep creating a life that is most true to me. Truly, I’ve never felt more grateful.

As a team, we have the most exciting plans for this last quarter of 2025! We’re going to finish strong 💪 with our wonderful training programs each getting their turn in the spotlight, and my private practice officially reopening next week!

Connect with us & deepen your practice 🙏 All info linked in our bio.

- Cands (founder)

Rebecca is one of our incredibly talented and deeply compassionate trauma-sensitive yoga facilitators. This month, she i...
22/08/2025

Rebecca is one of our incredibly talented and deeply compassionate trauma-sensitive yoga facilitators. This month, she is hosting a thoughtful workshop in Bryanston, JHB.

For anyone navigating the pain and complexity of grief, we’d love to extend this gentle invitation to you 🍃

🙏 All information can be found on image 2, along with the details to book.

Keep up the beautiful work Rebecca!

📍 Support healing and ongoing nutritional needs of moms & children currently in Gaza. For a limited time, we are opening...
08/08/2025

📍 Support healing and ongoing nutritional needs of moms & children currently in Gaza.

For a limited time, we are opening our entire content library for any donation amount of your choice direct to the moms & families we are working with in Gaza.

1.) Donate to 1 of the 3 families we are working with & have verified 👉 (donation links are in their bios).
2.) DM us a screenshot of your direct donation to them.
3.) Access our full content library for 30 days!

Our content library contains 80+ hours of our most popular and thoughtfully curated yoga and mental health training content, workshops and yoga class courses 👏 that have already been proven in their effectiveness.

Together, we can change the trajectory of these important lives. 🤍

How radically generous can we be? I (Cands) once paid for someone’s rent. I don’t say this for praise nor applause. I sa...
07/08/2025

How radically generous can we be?

I (Cands) once paid for someone’s rent. I don’t say this for praise nor applause. I say this to remind myself and everyone else just how important radical generosity is! When we give radically… When we give in a way that truly costs us… It doesn’t just change the trajectory of the life of the receiver, but the giver too!

It doesn’t have to be a huge sum of money either. It just has to feel like a sacrifice.

❤️‍🩹 Giving up a whole weekend of free time to help a family paint a home.
❤️‍🩹 Spending a weeknight in a busy week, baby sitting for someone that is working late and can’t afford a babysitter.
❤️‍🩹 Splitting your groceries with a family in need.

The world will tell us to focus on ourselves. Healing asks us to focus on others. We before I.

And the unintended benefit? I’ve always found that the more I give away, the more I have to give away. 🫶

How do you plan to be radically generous today? 🫶

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