I educate movement teachers to guide safe, inclusive 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
WORKSHOP
The Power of Language in Movement Spaces: From Directing to Inviting
In this 60-minute workshop, you’ll learn how to move from instructing to inviting — simply by shifting the language you use in class. Weaving the principles into your classes to make them safer, more supportive, and welcoming for everybody in the room.
Move through the course in your own time, with space for self-reflection woven throughout.
Work together
TEACHER TRAINING & STUDIO SUPPORT
Guest Facilitator for Teacher Trainings
Supporting and co-facilitate Yoga Teacher Trainings & other movement practices offering specialised modules in: Trauma-aware & Trauma-informed principles, inclusive language and cueing & sequencing, mental health awareness in movement and teaching spaces and more.
Teacher Development & Studio Support
Working directly with yoga studios and teaching teams to: support ongoing teacher development and mentoring and offer tailored workshops and professional development sessions. Additionally, I also review, write, and deliver studio policies centred on safety, inclusion, and trauma-aware language.
Practice Together
WEEKLY 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, Ananda Yoga Nambour, Station Pilates Bli Bli & Maroochydore.
Join a class with Andrea
Events - Move & Rest together
UPCOMING EVENT
Restorative Yoga, Reiki & Sound Healing
Friday 14th of November 6pm - 8pm
Haven Yoga, Buderim.
Join myself & Amber Knight for Restorative Yoga, Reiki & Sound Healing - combining a gentle and restful Yoga practice, with the healing energies of Reiki and Sound.
Saturday 18th October 4pm - 6pm
Station Pilates, Bli Bli.
Join myself & Neralee from Flow Facials for an afternoon of restorative yoga and transformative touch. Across two spacious hours, you’ll be guided into deeply supportive restorative yoga shapes, while receiving a grounding kansa wand facial and foot massage.
This unique practice combines rest, touch and energy balance—inviting you to soften, reset, and leave feeling renewed.
Early Bird Pricing currently available - booking essential.
Rest to Renew - A Restorative Ritual Event
