Our BYS TEACHERS

At Brisbane Yoga Space we are committed to providing holistic yoga with the best yoga teachers that are highly qualified and experienced; dedicated and passionate about sharing yoga.

Join us at class and learn a little more about our personal journey, inspirations and love of yoga.


Meet Our Teachers:

  • Jacqui Sellers

    Jacqui Sellers

    Brisbane Yoga Space Owner & Director

    YAI-RYT 500 GoldYAI-RYT 500 Gold

    Brisbane Yoga Space Director and Owner, Jacqui is a Yoga Alliance GOLD level teacher and has been studying and practising Yoga for over 15 years and began teaching in 2006. Since opening Brisbane YogaSpace in 2008 (originally in Red Hill), Jacqui continues the lifelong journey of growth, sharing and discovery of the infinite and profound facets of Yoga.

    Originally attracted to the wholeness, balance and meditative bliss of Classical Hatha yoga, Jacqui has also studied Iyengar, My Health Yoga, Radiant Light Yoga, Laughing Lotus and Sivananda Yoga to now teach her balance of Hatha Flow Yoga and Vinyasa Yoga with deep awareness on the flow of prana, our vital life force, developed together with inner poise, strength, grace and mindfulness of classical Yoga.

    Jacqui is a trauma-informed yoga teacher and has just completed her Bachelor of Behavioural Science in Psychology @ QUT to further support students through yoga therapeutically for healing and wellness.

    Read more about Jacqui
  • Heather

    Heather

    Heather first stepped onto a yoga mat at university in 1981 when she was dragged to her first class and floated out the door. A qualified Mountain Guide since 1985 and Certified Fitness Professional since 1990, she has an ongoing love of the outdoors, cycling, swimming and running. She commenced her RYT 200 teacher training certification with Julie Smerdon in 2013. In 2014 she graduated from the Sianna Sherman Yoga Academy in Los Angeles with a further RYT 200 teacher training certification.

    Heather’s classes are challenging and informative with an emphasis on physical alignment, whilst drawing on her love of myth, mudra and mantra to guide your practice. She believes a consistent yoga practice helps you achieve your highest level of wellbeing, both physically and emotionally, because, as Heather realised after her very first yoga class, the lessons learned on the mat are lessons for life.

  • Maitha

    Maitha

    Maitha has dabbled in yoga since she was a small child, when she used to watch tv in shoulder stand. She has practiced on and off for years but only became really serious about it after she had her second child. Maitha loves the union of mind, body and breath that you get from a regular yoga practice and most importantly, strives to help others achieve their yoga goals through a sense of Lila (fun) and joy, on and off the mat.

    She graduated from 250Hour Level 1 vinyasa training at BYS in 2017 and loves teaching at the studio as well as some corporate Yoga and being part of our Yoga Teacher Training team!

  • Louise

    Louise

    Louise considers herself an ‘experiential guide.’ Utilising and sharing her accumulated insights, skills and techniques, she creates a safe space and facilitates self-exploration for her students and clients through the experience of movement, mindfulness and reflection.

    Informed by 20+ years of experiences and training in modalities including but not limited to: Homeopathy, Yoga, Theta Healing, Vipassana Meditation, Crystals, Reiki, Chakras, and Wellness Coaching. Louise hopes to inspire and help others transform and live their lives as their best self.

    Louise has been practising yoga and meditation for over 15 years and has been teaching since 2015. She is a compassionate and mindful guide who, in recognising and valuing the journey of the individual, counsels students/clients with their pace and body type in mind.

    Taking great care in cultivating confidence, awareness and insight into body, mind and soul. Her classes/sessions provoke connections and meaning for the student/client to draw experience from. Resulting in tangible changes in an individuals’ home and work life including; increased positivity and energy, stress relief, alleviated ailments and improved concentration, focus and creativity.

  • Suzie

    Suzie

    Suzie is a yoga teacher, mum, business owner, and lover of guacamole, coffee and good conversation. She has been practising yoga for a decade and after wanting to connect on a deeper level undertook her 250+ hour yoga teacher training at Brisbane Yoga Space. Whether it’s through a yoga practice, a gratitude meditation, or a conversation over coffee about life goals, her mission is to help people connect to themselves and others, deeply, wholeheartedly and courageously.

    Suzie believes the practise of yoga is simple, be yourself. She believes that showing up for yourself is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself. She’s passionate about encouraging others to move, breathe, feel, and heal on and off their yoga mats. And she hopes that her students walk away with a little nugget of wisdom about themselves and humanity each practise.

  • Ella

    Ella

    Ella is a dynamic 350hr certified teacher. A ski instructor pre-covid, having worked 4 full-time seasons across 3 resorts, from which enabled extensive experience in movement analysis, teaching physical skills to groups, and creating an engaging class experience. Ella loves to share her favourite style of yoga to teach is Vinyasa/flow and to share a holistic full spectrum yoga class experience for her students.

     

  • Emily

    Emily

    Emily is a former lawyer turned yoga teacher and has been practicing yoga since her first year of University in 1997. Since then it has been a constant companion through all of her adventures in life since. Yoga has become an essential tool for Emily to cultivate the calm mind, strong body and positive outlook she relies on to be the best version of herself.

    Brisbane Yoga Space is Emily’s home away from home and she recently deepened her practice by completing 250+ hour Vinyasa teacher training with her mentors Jacqui and Heather.  What began as a quest for the perfect ‘crow’ pose evolved into an integrated body, mind and soul practice, and a strong desire to share her love of yoga through teaching.  Emily believes that the way we ‘do’ our yoga is the way we ‘do’ our life and that the lessons in discipline, humility, restraint, strength and awareness serve us both on the mat and in our every day.

    Emily’s Vinyasa classes are thoughtfully sequenced to build strength, flexibility and concentration and her Restorative classes are a tonic for our hectic lives..to combat that feeling of overdrive and cultivate the skill of conscious relaxation as you let tension and stress melt away from your body, mind and soul.

  • Luke

    Luke

    From cartwheeling around the house as a child, to completing his 1000 hour yoga therapy training in 2022, Luke has been interested in the human body’s ability to move. After learning how to meditate in his early 20s when his Dad returned from the Burmese monasteries to integrate a monastic lifestyle, Luke’s non-physical practise of Eastern philosophies began.

    Upon completing his first yoga teacher training in 2018, Luke was granted the opportunity to teach in the Spanish mountains in Basque Country, and hasn’t looked back since. His classes has extended to studios, festivals, council offerings, corporate videos, schools, gyms, one on ones and more.

    In addition to teaching and practising yoga and meditation, Luke studies and tutors psychology at university. He also likes to take walks in the sun to his local pond, where he spends time with the turtles – the only animals he’s encountered so far who move slower than him.

  • Nirvana

    Nirvana

    Nirvana is a yoga and fitness enthusiast and personal trainer. Her classes embody vitality and strength with foundations of yoga and wellness to feel great!

  • Jo

    Jo

    Arriving in Australia from London in the late 1980s Jo’s initial practice in Oz was with a lovely Ashram in Darwin, her previous English yoga experiences centred on classes in footless tights and dusty Church Halls!  Since settling in Brisbane to raise a family Jo has been a regular practitioner at YogaSpace, she loves the ambient, creative atmosphere of the studio and its talented teachers.

    Completing her Yoga teacher training in 2020 with Jacqui Sellers and Heather Kinang, Jo considers herself a new and evolving teacher and an old practitioner.  Keen to share the benefits of the wonderful gifts that yoga can bestow her classes are designed for Every Body.  She is passionate about notions of inclusion, physical empowerment and mental well being.  She is currently undertaking further teacher training to extend her knowledge and practice.  Jo would love to welcome you to share a class and to Brisbane YogaSpace.

  • Laura

    Laura

    As a lover of yoga and all that it encompasses, Laura has definitely allowed her practice to slow down her own ‘need’ to be busy and enjoy a more simple lifestyle.  Breathwork, chakra balancing and long holds in poses all play an important part in keeping her feel grounded and with a heart open to possibilities.

    She loves to teach the type of class that she enjoys – a chance to connect back to breath, be present in the moment, release stress and tension, all while keeping in flow – both in body and mind.

    Laura has been practicing for 15 years and teaching for 7 – expect a class with a great playlist, a warm smile, strong flow and definitely Tree Pose!