About

Carolyn is a qualified Yoga, and Meditation Teacher, and Forest Therapy Guide.

She is trained in Hatha style yoga, Yin and Yoga Nidra (meditation), and has taught yoga and meditation at yoga studios and online since 2015.

Carolyn has over 25 years of experience teaching and facilitating groups outdoors. In 2022, she completed her training with the International Nature and Forest Therapy Alliance and has been running regular Forest Therapy sessions since.

Carolyn uses a trauma-informed approach at all sessions and holds a current first aid certificate, a Parks Victoria Licensed Tour Operator Certificate and a Working With Children Check. She also works as a Learning Facilitator for mostly school-aged young people at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne.

Qualifications and Certificates:

Bachelor of Arts in Education, Deakin University

Yoga Nidra (Meditation) Advanced Training, Amrit Yoga Institute

Yoga Teacher Training (Hatha Yoga) 300 hours, Praana House

Yin Yoga Teacher Training 50 hours, Hugh Lee

Certified and Accredited Forest Therapy Guide, International Nature and Forest Therapy Alliance

Advanced Certificate in Group Work, Groupwork Institute of Australia

Advanced Certificate in Physical Recreation-Outdoor Education

Tour Operators’ Certificate, Parks Victoria

Working With Children’s Check

Trauma-Informed Facilitation, Trauma Informed Consulting with Liz Scarf

Trauma Informed Practice Training, Wagtail Institute

Public Liability and Professional Indemnity Insurance

Childsafe: Safeguarding Children Training, Australian Childhood Foundation