About Happy Mountain

Geraldine has been instructing classes and managing the Happy Mountain Yoga Studio for 24 years.  Over the years she has remained passionate about bringing the community together, be it through yoga, concerts, Sound Healing, dancing, movies, meditation, or guest speakers, for wellness of the whole Self.

She believes that as humans, there is a longing to experience a deeper truth about ourselves, and everything, on some level, and we all want to be happy.

Meditation, music, and creativity play a big part in her life. Her intention is to keep on learning, while continuing to provide a place where people have the opportunity to keep learning also, and having fun.

Geraldine has trained in and taught yoga for children and teens and is currently teaching Yin Yoga and “Flow”..a combination of Qigong based moves, Pranayama (yogic breathing exercises), Hatha yoga, Yin yoga stretches, Relaxation and Meditation….to music.

Workshops include Trauma-sensitive Yoga and Tai Chi.

Geraldine holds an Assoc. Dip in Health Science (Sport & Exercise), 200 hr YTT, and ongoing yoga training.

Liz Costigan is a Certified Iyengar Yoga teacher with a background as a Registered Nurse. She has practiced and taught in the Northern rivers for over 30 years. Liz studied Iyengar Yoga for over 12 years and formally ran Byron Yoga Lounge as well as conducting Yoga Retreats both in Australia and exotic overseas locations. 

Heidi uses a range of instruments, including her voice, to create a deeply healing sound space. Having trained with a  range of teachers, she is a certified Sound Healing Practitioner and therapeutic Kundalini Yoga Teacher. Her sound healing business is ReSounding..realigning to health with sacred vibration.

Brenda is an internationally accredited QiYoga instructor and healing foods “activist”. She is a mother of four and passionate about holistic living, community, and empowered consciousness. Yoga is important to her because it revitalises the mind and body, allowing her to embrace life with both hands.

Brenda teaches Yin Yoga and QiYoga. QiYoga is a therapeutic blend of flowing Hatha yoga and Qigong, designed to open the meridian lines within the body, allowing the rivers of energy to flow freely. Classes engage the mind/body/spirit in a flowing, moving meditation and create the sacred space for the transformational stillness of meditation. Structural alignment and protection of the spine are key to creating an experience of profound health, free of injury and stress.

Sara is a passionate Yin Yoga teacher dedicated to creating a safe and nurturing environment for students to explore the depths of their practice. Sara believes in the transformative power of stillness and the importance of releasing fascia to foster physical and emotional well-being.

In each class, Sara emphasizes the importance of safety, encouraging students to listen to their bodies and find their own edges in a supportive atmosphere. Through mindfulness and breath awareness, participants are invited to cultivate a deeper connection to themselves, allowing for profound relaxation and healing.

Sara is committed to making Yin Yoga accessible to everyone and is passionate about sharing the benefits of this meditative practice. Outside of teaching Yin, she enjoys continuing study in yoga philosophy, running mindful movement workshops in the workspace, and facilitating women’s circles, further enriching her journey as a yoga practitioner and holistic wellness facilitator.

Join Sara in a class to discover the calming and restorative world of Yin Yoga, where you can find balance, release, and renewed vitality.

„Hello everyone 🙂 my name is hannah, I teach vinyasa yoga and started my yoga journey over 10 years ago. I always found some guidance in life through yoga, on and off the mat and enjoy the peace and ease within after a practice.
I am originally from Germany, but calling Australia my home since 5 years now. I was lucky to travel the country for a couple years, visiting different yoga studios and teaching beautiful classes under palm trees on the whitsunday islands, before making my way down to the northern rivers area, which I absolutely love! „

Lena is from an island in the far north of Germany.

While growing up playing soccer for over 12 years, her journey as a qualified fitness instructor started in 2006 a couple of years after returning to Germany from a 2-year international student exchange in New Zealand.

While working as a Personal trainer, the desire to deepen and understand the anatomy and physiology of the human body in more detail grew and took her to the next more profound step of graduating as a Physiotherapist in 2011 in Germany. Lena has worked as a Physiotherapist in rehab clinics, private practices as well as gyms and hotels. Always remaining curious to what’s out there in the health world and how to make a difference to her clients. Participating and completing a number of different trainings including myofascial release.

Fast forward to late 2016, Lena moved to Australia to deepen her Yoga practice in Byron Bay, where she completed her first Yoga teacher training of 800 hours at the Byron Yoga Centre in 2018. Working as a Yoga teacher and massage therapist since. Lena also completed a 50h Yin Yoga teacher training in 2020, while working as a Retreat host at the Byron Yoga Center. Her most recent training as a student herself was a 24h immersion into the hip joint by Yoga Medicine.

Combining her Physiotherapy background with the Yoga teachings, focus lies on your proper alignment of the poses. This can be easy but also challenging at times, an opportunity to lengthen as well as strengthen your body. Aiming to understand and connect to yourself, maybe in a different way than usual.

Treatments starting at Happy Mountain on Sat 4th May.

Rebecca is a Craniosacral and Shiatsu therapist with a deep reverence for the body’s innate capacity to heal and move toward health. Fascinated by the ever-changing nature of health and how it shifts to adapt to a changing environment, she endeavours to support this natural healing force to restore vitality, and cultivate wellbeing and connection to one’s body.

Rebecca’s treatments are about tuning in and listening to our body. Curious and open, she listens to what is being spoken through the body’s tissues. Often patterns tension held in the body reflect mental and emotional states. In this way, the body offers us an honest and truthful reflection of our internal state if we allow ourselves to feel what is there. It is in this meeting with ourselves transformation occurs. Rebecca’s treatments create a space and an invitation to explore this realm where the body, mind and heart meet. Rebecca uses her knowledge of meridians (energy channels), Kyo (deficiency) and jitsu (excess) as well as structural anatomy of the body in combination with intuition, to guide her sessions.

Her journey in complementary health began in 2008 studying Craniosacral Therapy. In 2010 she completed a Diploma of Remedial Massage and over three years worked alongside an acupuncturist as a moxibustion therapist. Rebecca’s growing interest in Traditional East Asian Medicine led her to study a Diploma of Shiatsu and Oriental Therapies in 2016.

Rebecca values and encourages the development of self-care practices and other ways in which you can better manage your own health through diet, exercise, and lifestyle changes. She values the power of a potential for transformation found in the felt sense of safety in your own skin. She acknowledges this as your own journey, where she is there to support. With this felt sense of safety and ease, the innate potentials within for healing are given space to flourish and emerge.