Radharani Yoga Therapy and Healing Studio
Your local oasis of peace and tranquility, Radharani offers private yoga therapy sessions, yoga classes and workshops, massage, holistic counselling and energetic healing in our sensitively designed, fully equiped yoga studio and healing rooms.
YOGA NIDRA - The meditative heart of yoga
A tantric meditation practise guiding the practioner to a deep relaxation.Via a journey through the sensations of the body, and the opposing feelings that can arise, we gain first hand experiental knowledge of who we actually are, free from the conditionings that layer us and create a constructed self. Yoga Nidra helps us to investigate and dislodge the conditionings that underlie our misconceptions of our true nature so we may lead an authentic, integrated life of purpose and meaning.
Applying ancient wisdom to modern problems, yoga therapy gives us tools and techniques to help bring balance into our lives on all levels. At Radharani, our aim is to give you a deeper, more meaningful experience of yoga and healing.
Annie Holcombe
Annie Holcombe has been drawn to spirituality and self-healing since the early 1990's. She has lived, studied and practised yoga, meditation, massage and reiki between India, Japan and Singapore for over fifteen years. On returning to Australia in 2003, she formalised her qualifications with a Graduate Certificate in Yoga Therapy. Annie continues to study with world reknown yoga teachers who specialise in therapeutic yoga and meditation. She is drawn to energetic techniques that help to release and cleanse the emotional body, and her style reflects a synthesis of her life's study of various techniques in India, Japan, Singapore and Australia.
Free from dogma and specific schools, Annie's style of yoga and self-healing is firmly grounded in experential knowledge. She has drawn from her studies and ashram life with spiritual teachers of the present and the past such as Ramana Maharishi, Sri HWL Poonjaji (Papaji) and Ramesh Balsakar. The teachings of these masters guide us to release our authentic being, our true being, and the genuine joy and acceptance that accompanies this truth. The immense power and freedom of living in the present moment is the basis of all Annie's teaching, therapy and healing.
Her 'asana' or physical yoga practise is influenced by the work of Judith Hanson Lassater with whom Annie has completed therapeutic yoga teaching courses. She continues to study with Judith and attends workshops with Donna Farhi. Annie uses many adaptations of yoga postures and practises to help deal with the high level of stress and anxiety in today's lifestyle.
Annie's strong ties (both spiritually and physically) with Japan and India have allowed her to develop an intrinsic understanding of eastern lifestyle principles and practises. She has blended these into a useful source of wisdom that is both practical and insightful. A simple and elegant blend of eastern techniques for the modern western lifestyle.
Annie specialises in -
- empowering the individual to clear emotional residue that is preventing spiritual development
- assisting the move through life's challenges, grief, depression and anxiety to discover a place of clarity and peace of mind
- supporting women through major life changes
- therapeutic yoga and meditation practises for injury and illness (accepting referrals from Doctor's, Physio's, Pain Specialists, etc)
Qualifications
Annie is a certified yoga teacher and has a Graduate Certificate in Yoga Therapy. She also has prenatal yoga teacher training and has completed training with Judith Hanson Lasater PHD, in Therapeutic Applications of Yoga.
Annie become a Reiki Master in 1995, and studied massage in Japan and Singapore. She is also certified in Accupressure and Reflexology. Annie continues to attend workshops and meditation retreats to enhance her work and personal growth.
Radharani
In 1995, Annie was given the name Radha by Srii HWL Poonjaji, affectionatly known as Papa Ji, her Guru and Spiritual Master in Lucknow, India.
Radharani represents the Divine feminine principle, she is the incarnation of the feminine nature of the god Krishna. She is known as having been totally absorbed by the divine and was able to see the divine in all around her. She is a beautiful symbol of love and devotion to the source of all of us.
Radharani is the source of spiritual inspiration A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada