I educate movement teachers to guide inclusive, supportive and student centred classes.
Informed by knowledge from over a decade working in the mental health and trauma support sector.
A yoga teacher and mental health professional with over 15 years of experience holding space for others.
I’m Andrea Bruce.
My work sits at the intersection of yoga, mental health, and trauma-informed principles - creating inclusive spaces that support agency, self-awareness, and honour choice.
Through courses and workshops, I teach and mentor other teachers to lead with the same principles. Always guiding from a non-judgemental, non-hierarchical presence — and committed to embodying the practices I share.
Approach
My teaching approach is grounded in simplicity, choice, and a deep respect for each person’s lived experience. I teach from a non-judgemental, non-hierarchical lens, creating classes that feel spacious, supportive, and inclusive. My intention is that students feel empowered to explore their practice in a way that feels right for them.
Experience
I’ve worked across many sectors — including youth refuges, homelessness services, family violence, the justice system, eating disorders, and mental health. This experience, particularly supporting people living with complex trauma, deeply shapes the way I teach today.
Intention
My intention is to empower every student to make their practice their own — to meet themselves exactly where they are, in each moment. I support this through the language I use in class, and I share these principles with other teachers through my courses and training so we can all work towards creating safer more supportive movement spaces.
A space for movement teachers and yoga students.
My intention when I first trained as a yoga teacher was clear. That anyone — no matter their body, background, or experience — could walk into my class and feel supported, welcomed, and safe to move in a way that felt right for them in that moment.
I carry this intention into every class I teach, weaving in trauma-aware principles, inclusive language, and thoughtful sequencing — grounded in both personal and professional lived experience, including over a decade in the mental health sector.
This background informs how I support people to practice yoga: by offering safe, simple, and supportive spaces that honour choice, agency, and self-awareness — commitment to depth and connection, transparency and trust, and showing up in ways that feel authentic and relatable.
Now, I’m sharing these same foundations with other teachers — so together, we can create safer, more inclusive movement spaces.
Learn together
IN PERSON & ONLINE TEACHER TRAININGS
All trainings are centred around trauma-informed principles, blending nervous system education, inclusive language, and embodied practice. Each course is shaped by Andrea’s professional background in mental health and yoga teaching, offering a grounded, embodied approach to learning that balances theory with real-world application.
25-Hour Restorative Yoga Teacher Training
Sunshine Coast
11th - 13th September 2026
Learn how to guide restorative yoga through a trauma-aware lens, exploring nervous system education, sequencing, and prop setups. Deepen your understanding of language, stillness, and rest.
40-Hour Inclusive Yoga Teacher Training
Sunshine Coast
14th - 17th May 2026
Develop the skills to create inclusive, accessible, and choice-based classes, grounded in trauma-aware principles and nervous system understanding. Learn to adapt cues, sequencing, and assists for diverse students — a training designed for yoga teachers and movement facilitators who want to teach with awareness and inclusivity at the heart of their work..
The Power of Language in Movement Spaces
Online - Start Anytime!
A self-paced online course for yoga and movement teachers who want to deepen their understanding of how language shapes choice & agency in classes. You’ll explore practical examples, reflection prompts, and inclusive cueing tools, with a comprehensive workbook and optional add-on mentoring to support your integration and growth.
TEACHER TRAINING & STUDIO SUPPORT
Guest Facilitator for Teacher Trainings
Supporting and co-facilitating Yoga Teacher Trainings & other movement practices offering specialised modules in - Trauma-aware & Trauma-informed principles, mental health awareness, inclusive language, cueing & sequencing.
Teacher Development & Studio Support
Working directly with yoga studios and teaching teams for internal workshops, supporting ongoing teacher development and mentoring and professional development sessions.
Additionally, I also review, write, and deliver studio policies centred on safety, inclusion, and trauma-aware language.
Practice Together - Events & Weekly Classes
UPCOMING EVENT
Join myself & Neralee from Flow Facials for an afternoon of restorative yoga and ritualistic touch.
Across 2 hours you’ll be guided into deeply supportive restorative yoga shapes, while receiving a grounding kansa wand facial & scalp massage.
This unique practice combines rest and intentional touch—inviting you to soften, reset, and leave feeling renewed.
Spaces will all always remain limited, this allows us the time and space to give individual care & touch to each person.
Booking essential - these events have sold out each time.
Your Inner Winter
SATURDAY 1st AUGUST 4 - 6PM
REDEFINE REFORMER PILATES, MAROOCHY WATERS.
$169
WEEKLY & MONTHLY YOGA CLASSES
These classes are what you want them to be, a space to move or rest, there is no right or wrong. You are absolutely supported to do whatever you need to do.
Teaching at: Core Plus Kawana, Mooloolaba Hot Yoga Room, Station Pilates Bli Bli & Maroochydore.
Join a class with Andrea
