Atmavani Jacqui Fletcher

As with so many Yogis I have met,
I truly discovered Yoga from the depths of illness.

I was always a career woman….. I had firmly handcuffed myself to the rat wheel of corporate life…. trading all my prana (life force) for a handful of silver.

Not knowing myself well enough to heed the early warning signs, I eventually came face-to-face with Grave’s disease… heart palpitations, anxiety, muscle wastage, hair loss and exhaustion became my constant companions.

I was now burning through my prana at maximum speed!

Eighteen months of conventional Western medical treatment left me feeling powerless, ill-informed and more sick than ever. The only thing that made me feel better during this time was Yoga… particularly YogaNidra! Yoga practice seemed to soothe my jangling nerves and brought some desperately needed rest and healing into my depleted life.

In my newfound evangelical state for Yoga….

I just knew I had found something amazing!

I just knew I needed to be doing this every day!

AND

I just knew a lot of other people could really benefit from it too!

I had become too sick to work and so had already stepped (or staggered) out of the rat wheel so…

I also just knew I needed a new career

I chose to become a Satyananda Yoga Teacher!

Two and a half years of full-time training gave me a glimpse of the vastness of Yoga, a solid Sadhana of my own and a firm foundation in Exercise Science. The emphasis was on the development of our own sadhana first – teaching only what we practice ourselves. It was only once I had finished my training and began teaching that I realised my training to become a Yoga teacher had only just begun!

The Satyananda tradition of Yoga has a strong focus on serving the communities in which it finds itself.

Being a full-time Yoga teacher in the community with this focus on service or seva since 2009, has brought with it an amazing diversity of teaching opportunities. 

I never tire of watching people transform from stressed, exhausted and unwell people at the beginning of the class…faces pinched, posture slumped and with so little sparkle.. to smiling, calm and yawning people I need to scrape off the floor to send home they are so relaxed.

Helping people to relax & smile is the best job in the world!

 Atmavani (Jacqui Fletcher)

TESTIMONIALS

  • I would recommend Jacqui`s yoga class to anyone from a beginner to an advanced student. It has the perfect balance of meditation and physical endurance but is taught in such a relaxing and therapeutic manner that you hardly realize how hard you are being worked.

    Jacqui guides you every step of the way and in each class you become stronger and more flexible than the last. I could certainly feel the difference in my body after my yoga classes. It is unbelievable how something so relaxing as yoga can tone and strengthen your body.

    I wanted to let you know that your yoga-class is helping many people. Please keep up the great work!

    -Beryl McLean

  • Cleansing, restful, rejuvenating,uplifting, amazing retreat 

    -Jacki Carothers

  • I am so grateful for your Mangrove Mountain classes over the years, beginning in the church hall and then at the golf club. I first met you at a difficult time in my life when I was grieving for my Dad.

    I learnt things from you back then that I still use in my yoga practice.  In fact one of my boys and I were chanting together not that long ago, breathing techniques, and off course the netti was is a big one for me.

    The list goes on………..I am truly grateful and look forward to our paths crossing again.

    -Elise

  • Jacqui, What a wonderful retreat you ran. Thank you from my very open, full-heart

    -Michelle Grainger

  • Thank you so much for the yoga workshop yesterday. I really enjoyed learning all about the Tattwas and the Havan ceremony.

    Also thank you so much for the Morning tea and Lunch (I loved the yummy beetroot brownies and Chickpea Curry) and meeting all the other lovely ladies there as well.

    -Donna Losh

  • Thanks so much for organising the Yoga Retreat at Kenthurst for us. We had such a wonderful time there. You did a wonderful job of putting it all together for us.

    -Donna Losh

  • Jacqui Fletcher has been working with a few yoga students on a pilot online yoga practice program which has been just amazing.

    You can perform your chanting, Sadhana practices and Yoga Nidra all from the luxury of your own home. I love having the flexibility of performing it anywhere and especially being tutored by such an experienced yoga teacher.

    -Donna Losh

  • Your space is a sanctuary

    -Michelle Price