Carolyn is a qualified Yoga, and Meditation Teacher, Forest Therapy Guide and Nature Journaling Educator.
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. She has recently completed teacher training in Nature Journaling with the Wild Wonder Foundation.
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
Nature Journaling Educators Workshop, May 2026
Nature Journaling Educators Certificate, 2026
Advanced Certificate in Group Work, Groupwork Institute of Australia
Advanced Certificate in Physical Recreation-Outdoor Education
Tour Operators’ Certificate, Parks Victoria
Public Liability and Professional Indemnity Insurance
Working With Children’s Check: current
Trauma-Informed Facilitation, Trauma Informed Consulting, Liz Scarf, 2024
Trauma Informed Practice Training, Wagtail Institute, 2024
Cultural Humility Training (Deficit Discourse): MurriMatters 2024
Child Safe: Safeguarding Children Training, Australian Childhood Foundation 2025
Victorian Child Safe Standards Training. Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare 2026
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