Hayley Lawrence has been practising yoga since 1997, and teaching since 2005. Since early in 2000 Hayley studied Hatha yoga over a two-year period with Saraswati based in London, UK. Saraswati studied Zen Buddhism and Mindfulness with Alan Watts and was lucky to be one of the last Sivananda teachers to be initiated by Swami Vishnu Devananda. Saraswati also studied with Swami Sivapremananda, William Bloom, Louise Hay, Professor Mark W. Muesse and many more. Hayley became a certified yoga teacher in 2005. Over the years she has invested intensive periods of time in India, studying with many Yoga Masters, and attending many Vipassana meditation courses.
Hayley focuses on finding our natural ease within the postures, and on developing an ever-increased awareness of the relationship between the body, the breath, and our state of mind. She teaches precise awareness of alignment in the postures, through graceful, flowing sequences in synchrony with the breath. Her style is both meditative and enlivening, balancing the ‘doing’ and the ‘being’ sides of our nature. As we focus within, developing the capacity to observe ourselves, the sessions themselves become a form of deep healing yoga therapy, which flows out into our lives beyond the classroom.
Based in Western Australia, and is the founder of retreat company ‘radiant being’. Over the last 12 years radiant being have provided adventure wellbeing retreats. Hayley is contributor to local wellbeing events, and has been featured in publications for Nature and Health, Cosmopolitan, Wellbeing, and Asia Spa magazines along with The West Australian, Sydney Morning Herald Newspaper. She guide's you through her classes in a meditative state with a focus on your feeling and intuition, but also make's you laugh bringing a fun aspect to your practice.
Hayley passions include creating exceptional wellbeing, both in Australia, and overseas. She completed a post graduation Professional Certificate in Education (Positive Education) with The University of Melbourne in 2018, and specialises in Positive Psychology and Wellbeing. Incorporating a 4D approach to Positive change and tailoring research based Positive Psychology interventions to each unique environment. Hayley works with schools, and workplaces cultivating wellbeing as a valuable resource. In 2021 Hayley completed her Stott Reformer Pilates training and loves sharing the structure and biomechanics aspects of reformer pilates with her clients.
She is a well seasoned traveller and keen anthropologist. Travelling will always remain a big part of her life and passion.