Your path to optimal health
Mental Health
Rest is medicine
Who is this for
Mental health yoga therapy is for anyone whose busy mind, nervous system, or emotional load is affecting their quality of life. Our thoughts, beliefs, and emotions touch every layer of self, and when life gets overwhelming, they can disrupt how we function and recover. If you're living with anxiety, stress, sleep disturbance, depression, or trauma responses that show up as physical sensation, Jane offers a grounded, body-informed space to find your way back to yourself.
The mind-body connection
There is a direct relationship between our nervous system and the amount of stimulus it receives, with each stimulus demanding a response, and adaptation to how we function in the world. This can sometimes feel overwhelming, or have a long history, each creating dis-ease in our body-minds, and relationships.
Every experience we have is held in our bodies. Yoga therapy helps you explore whatever may need to be acknowledged, or understood, beginning with how you are feeling right now.
Approaches Jane may draw on
Breathwork
Somatic inquiry
iRest® Body-mind therapy
How nervous system overwhelm can show up
The dis-ease of nervous system overwhelm and exhaustion can present differently for each person. Some experiences are felt physically, others as thoughts or emotional patterns. You may recognise some of these:
A yoga therapy consultation will gently explore what is happening for you, beginning with how you are feeling.
- Busy or ruminating thoughts
- Worry
- Distraction
- Irritability
- Shortness of breath, or breath holding
- Palpitations
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Self-criticism and doubt
- Insomnia
- Digestive troubles
- Fatigue
- Immune system depletion
- Inflammatory conditions
- Pain
What to expect
Begin with how you are feeling
Your first session starts with a gentle consultation. Jane will listen carefully to what is happening for you, your history, and what feels most pressing right now. There is no agenda only curiosity and care.
A tailored, body-informed approach
Sessions are shaped around your nervous system and what it needs. Jane may use breathwork, somatic inquiry, iRest, meditation, or mindfulness practices — always guided by how you are feeling in the moment.
Tools to take with you
Yoga therapy builds your own inner resources. Over time, you develop practices and awareness you can draw on between sessions, supporting greater ease, resilience, and a more settled relationship with your body-mind.
Frequently Asked questions
How is yoga therapy different from a yoga class or meditation app?
Yoga therapy is one-to-one and clinically informed. Unlike a group yoga class or a guided app, it begins with a detailed assessment of what is happening for you physically, mentally, and emotionally. Jane draws on a range of therapeutic tools, breathwork, somatic inquiry, iRest, movement, and meditation, and adapts each session to where you are that day. The focus is not on postures or performance, but on regulation, awareness, and building inner resources that support your wellbeing over time.
Can yoga therapy help with anxiety and depression?
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What if I have a complex or long-standing mental health history?
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Do I need any experience with yoga or meditation?
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