Our philosophy
HappyBeing Yoga provides tailored yoga, exercise and wellbeing programs to corporate, sporting and educational environments as well as the general population. We believe in “Holistic Health” and that using a combination of natural practices and therapies are essential in maintaining physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing.
HappyBeing Yoga is a place of comfort, becoming aware of your mind and body. HappyBeing Yogis understand how beneficial Yoga is to the body and its necessary role in everyday life. HappyBeing Yoga helps you to become the best you can be, because without Yoga, you aren't grabbing the full potential that your body, mind and spirit has to offer.
HappyBeing Yoga is a place of comfort, becoming aware of your mind and body. HappyBeing Yogis understand how beneficial Yoga is to the body and its necessary role in everyday life. HappyBeing Yoga helps you to become the best you can be, because without Yoga, you aren't grabbing the full potential that your body, mind and spirit has to offer.
OUR MISSION IS TO EDUCATE AND EMPOWER OTHERS TO INCORPORATE PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH AND WELLBEING INTO THEIR LIFESTYLES.
Teachers
Our staff are all accredited yoga instructors with backgrounds in sports medicine, education, allied health and corporate fields.
Jannin Jacob graduated college from Victoria College with a Diploma of Education majoring in physical education. Jannin has always enjoyed sport and maintaining a level of physical fitness, discovering the benefits of yoga after the birth of her third child. Dedicated in her own practice for several years she decided to share her passion for and the benefits of yoga through teaching others about this wonderful tool for health and wellbeing, receiving her advanced diploma, yoga teacher training from the Australian Yoga Academy. Jannin founded HappyBeing in 2002 and is passionate about sharing the benefits of yoga with the wider local community through her classes with children and young adults. Those that come to practice in Jannin's classes are welcomed into a warm, supportive, sensory environment and will observe her hands-on approach to correct alignment, taking the time work to a level that challenges each student to what is appropriate for them.
Tess Heine has worked as an occupational therapist and remedial massage therapist since 2005, working in both psychiatric and physical rehabilitation before embarking on a long overseas trip in 2008. She fell in love with the beauty, nature and the people of a volcanic island in Lake Nicaragua where she was given the opportunity to buy land and work in tourism. Working in tourism was fun, but Tess wanted to do something more fulfilling and meaningful, and set up a free therapy service in her local community. Here she practiced all aspects of allied health and health promotion, including teaching aerobics and yoga classes for the local women. Her work can be viewed here. Her dedication to making a difference was rewarded with a scholarship to be formally trained as a yoga teacher in Guatemala in Sadhana yoga, the integration of yoga postures with spiritual practice. Tess believes in the ideals of yoga, and shares her intention of compassion, contentment and acceptance for all throughout her classes. Tess also specialises in prenatal yoga having studied and practiced prenatal yoga during her pregnancy and now offers regular workshops for expecting mothers.