Hello, I'm Juliana, a mother, counsellor, and yogi.
Welcome to my world.
I started AwakenLife to inspire and support those looking to embrace the unique path of awareness and yoga. Through this community, I aim to empower new experiences of self through my experience in mental health and yoga.
This is my story…
I was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and being a part of the corporate world, I often felt caught up in the chaos of everyday life. I constantly questioned and deeply felt how out-of-alignment life can be. I was burned out.
Finally, in 2016, I booked a one-way ticket to Sydney and never looked back….
As I embraced my yoga journey, life unraveled and transformed in many beautiful (and also challaging) ways.
In 2020 I joined the 500h Yoga Teacher Training with The Yoga Institute in Sydney. During my time learning with them, I connected with yoga in a way that made so much sense to me. There was no competition, or one size fits all approach.
Yoga has been in my life since 2012, but never before have I embraced the practice with the lenses of actually tuning in to my body, and honestly attending to its needs. It gave me a true sense of self-connection.
I developed a deep love for supporting women on their pregnancy and postpartum journeys.
Shortly after falling pregnant with my Kai, I further explored my yoga studies throughout pregnancy and postpartum.
This is a unique experience. Each body, each person, each mind, will experience it in their own way.
I feel privileged to work with women. Invite them to embody pregnancy, and support the integration of the beyond imaginable experience of birth and body recovery.
I believe in the duality of life. We can hold more than one truth to our existence.
While embracing motherhood and being overjoyed with Kai in my life, recovering from our birth experience was challenging. Motherhood hit me hard - still feels like a wild ride (I guess it will be a lifetime of learning). And so… I welcome the encounter and integration of all the feelings. The light, and the shadows within me, within all of us. Because we live in duality and we can hold more than one truth to our existence. We are humans.
The opportunity to work with the body to invite experiences of connection and belonging speaks deeply to me.
Not “good vibes only” here.
My passion as a teacher and counsellor is to hold a space for you to connect within at your own pace, and lift and support you in whatever stage you are in your journey.
My qualifications include…
Bachelor of Psychology - Laureate International Universities - IBMR, Rio de Janeiro
Diploma of Counselling - Australian Learning Group, Sydney
Resource Therapy - Resource Therapy International, Sydney
500h Yoga Studies Teacher Training - The Yoga Institute, Sydney
Yoga Teacher registered with Yoga Australia
Pre + Postnatal Yoga 50h post-grad course The Yoga Institute, Sydney
Post-Grad 50h Yoga for Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, and Body Image with Sarah Ball