Gwenda Cannard

I am the owner and Director of Life Minded Yoga and Meditation Centre in Ringwood and teach ‘Learn to Meditate’ Mindfulness Meditation courses, Stress Management & Life Fulfillment workshops and iRest® Yoga Nidra classes. As well as being a Meditation and Relaxation Teacher, I am a Life Coach, specialising in health, stress reduction and wellbeing.

I have a long interest in the study and practice of meditation including yoga, Buddhism and secular meditation as propounded by Dr Jon Kabat -Zinn.  I consider myself fortunate to have attended the 7 day residential training provided by Drs Jon Kabat-Zinn and Saki Santorelli when they visited Australia in 2009. I have completed the Level 1 Teacher Training in iRest®. For many years I was the CEO of Reconnexion, a not for profit organisation providing counselling for people with anxiety, depression and addiction to prescription tranquillisers. In this role, I taught meditation and relaxation widely, and, together with a Clinical Psychologist, co-facilitated Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy groups for five years.

Yoga has been an integral part of my life on and off for over 30 years and I have enjoyed a regular meditation practice for more than 12 years.

I am very excited to continue to explore the benefits of iRest and offer this wonderful practice to students.