Tina Nance

E- RYT 500 Yoga Teacher Trainer

Tina Nance has been practicing Yoga for over 25 years and teaching Yoga, Somatic Inquiry & Women’s Work around the globe since 2001, in classes, workshops, retreats and yoga teacher trainings.

Tina is deeply passionate about creating opportunities for people of all backgrounds to connect directly and experientially with their body-mind and Spirit via the Embodied Arts.

Tina is the founder of HELD : School of Embodied Self Integration & the somatic practice of Embodied Unwinding.

HELD runs 100hr Yoga Teacher Trainings in Yoga Therapy, Yin Yoga, Restorative Yoga & Nervous System Regulation, Embodied Trauma Integration, Embodied Mindfulness & Embodied Feminine Arts.

Tina’s work centres within the understanding that many of the contractions of the body-mind are a manifestation of identifying with thoughts and behaviours that are misaligned with the truth of who we are.

All of Tina’s embodiment based programmes focus on consciously unravelling these holding patterns within our body-mind's, in a myriad of ways, with guided transformative loving awareness.

In cultivating the art of heart-centred embodied listening : deep presence, curiosity, directed awareness, compassionate holding and conscious breath within each asana, Tina’s work engages all eight limbs of yoga on the mat.

In connecting to their innate essence as loving presence students learn to contain, embrace & integrate all that arises, embodying the integration of their body, mind and spirit.

Throughout the last decade Tina specialised in Yin Yoga & Embodied Mindfulness, and Yoga Therapy for Women's Wellness.

More recently in response to all that she has learnt directly in her recovery from her own battle & growth with trauma & nervous system dysfunction, she passionately expanded into Embodied Trauma Integration practices including Nervous System Regulation, IFS (Internal Family Systems), Somatic Experiencing, Trauma Informed Yoga Nidra & Trauma Informed Yoga.

Tina is a long time resident yoga teacher & teacher trainer at The Yoga Barn in Bali, Indonesia, teaching regular Classes, Workshops & 6x 100hr HELD Embodied Arts Teacher Trainings & a 500hour HELD Advanced Yoga Teacher Training programme.

Tina is currently creating the HELD Online Yoga & Embodiment School where she is offering ongoing Online Classes, Workshops, Trainings & Teacher Trainings in Yoga & the Embodied Arts, Somatic Inquiry & Embodied Trauma Integration.

 500hr E- RYT, Dip Ki Yoga Therapy, Dip Health Sciences, Dip Shiatsu, Dip Remedial Massage, Dip Vibrational Medicine.

Eva Joan Ritchie

E-RYT 200, TNYT RYT-500 TNYT ~ Yoga Therapy, Yin Yoga, Restorative Yoga, Vinyasa (Slow-Flow)

Eva's introduction to the intricate realm of the body-mind complex started when she took her first yoga class at age 15 - deeply touched by the calming and opening effects of the practice on her body & mind, She has been practicing ever since.

Throughout the years, Eva explored different styles of yoga and had the privilege to learn from wonderful teachers such as Kristen Boddington, Glenn Ceresoli, Simon Borg-Olivier and Bianca Machliss of Yoga Synergy, Sarah Powers and Tina Nance. Eva became certified with the School Of Sacred Arts in 2013 and  continued her studies completing all 3x 100hr modules of the TNYT Advanced Yoga Teacher Training Programme & primarily teaches meridian based yoga therapy & yin yoga in weekly classes, workshops, retreats & teacher trainings.

In addition to yoga, Eva was also interested in the healing arts and so at 19, with a lust for travel, she moved from her native France to Australia, where she studied Herbal Medicine and a range of tactile therapies for 4 years. After completing her studies,  Eva  travelled through South-East Asia to West Africa, Europe, North America and Mexico, broadening her view of the world & now lives & teaches in the stunning natural countryside of Bellingen, Australia.

Eva's approach to life and healing stems from her belief that we are all made up of many layers: physical, emotional, mental and energetic – which all need to be communicating to each other harmoniously, so that we can live conscious & healthy lives. Eva is passionate about encouraging this internal communication & harmony through her practice & her teachings.

Brendt Reynolds

Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor and Yin Yoga Teacher

It is Brendt’s heart-felt joy to share the culmination of 20-years-experience living, loving, and learning throughout Asia. He has lived in India, China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Each of these destinations, and the teachings he received there, informs his current practice of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), Buddhism and yoga. With travel and new cultural experience truly igniting the fire in his heart, Brendt can often be found out on the road, teaching and sharing the art and grace of TCM and Yin yoga.He teaches in Australia, Bali, India and Europe.

Brendt’s passion for TCM, meditation and yoga was ignited in his early twenties during extensive travels in Asia. These early interests naturally segued into a deeper and more devoted focus for formal study.

Brendt is a member of the Australian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Association, and is a registered practitioner with the Chinese Medicine Board of Australia. He received his Bachelor of Health Science in Acupuncture in 2004 and his Master of Applied Science in Chinese Herbal Medicine in 2016.

After his undergraduate course he continued training with a hospital internship in Nanning, China, followed by advanced clinical and post-graduate studies in Taipei, Taiwan. In the clinic in Taipei Brendt was fortunate enough to be instructed on how to treat pain and other musculo-skeletal disorders by Dr. Ye – the official acupuncturist in the 1990’s to the Chinese Taipei Olympic team.

In Hong Kong Brendt enjoyed 8 years of clinical practice at Dr. Lauren Bramley & Partners – a private integrated medicine clinic - where he worked in synergy with a team of GPs, a gynaecologist, an endocrinologist, a psychiatrist, and an osteopath. He treated a wide range of patients for both external pain disorders and internal medicine, and developed a special interest in; gynaecological issues, postpartum care, menopausal syndrome, digestive issues, pain management, stress management, anxiety, insomnia, and depression.  

Each year from November through March he has the pleasure to live, work, and teach at  Samata Holistic Retreat Center in Goa, India.

• Non-certified Yogi’s may participate in the 100hr training, if they have a minimum of 2 years yoga & meditation experience & will receive a 100hr certification. However to be qualified to register with Yoga Alliance to teach yoga professionally, a 200hr RYT Yoga Teacher Training must be additionally completed.

• The 100hr Yoga Therapeutics Teacher Training may also qualify as an advanced training for yoga teachers with a 200hr RYT certification 

• The 100hr Yoga Therapeutics Training may be participated in on its own, or combined together with two of the other 100hr TNYT Yoga Teacher Training modules, or 100hr SOSA Yoga Teacher Training modules ( see 500hr Advanced Yoga Teacher Trainings). Amounting to 300hrs of advanced study, certifying 200hr RYT yoga teachers with a 500hr RYT Advanced Yoga Teacher Accreditation.

• Students must attain 100% attendance and complete all practicum assessments in order to be awarded the 100 hour Yoga Therapeutics Teacher Training certificate accredited by Yoga Alliance.

• Upon completion of 3x 100hr HELD TTC modules, students may apply directly with Yoga Alliance for 500hr RYT status.