Freya Bennett-Overstall

Freya Bennett-Overstall is a meditation, qigong and yoga teacher, a chiropractor, a mother and, in her own words, a lifelong student. She is the award-winning author of Wonder Full Women. Attune & Bloom. Eat, Move & Meditate with the Seasons, published by Balboa Press in 2022. She teaches regular classes at Maitri Studio Brighton in Victoria, Australia, and offers guided meditations and live classes on Insight Timer.

Her first experiences of mindful movement came in childhood, through yoga, dance and tai chi. When she began practising as a chiropractor in 1997, she also started teaching patients mindfulness-of-breath techniques to help with sleep and stress. In 2013 a debilitating health challenge forced her to stop working as a chiropractor. She deepened her daily formal meditation practice and discovered Yin yoga. She found both so valuable that she trained as a meditation and yoga teacher to share them with others.

Freya is a registered mindfulness and meditation teacher with the Meditation Association of Australia. She is also a registered yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance (RYT 500) and a certified YOQI qigong instructor. Her teaching weaves ancient wisdom practices together with modern science. Her online class videos combine qigong, yin yoga, self-massage and guided meditation, with themes such as self-care, loving kindness, and balancing emotions.

She leads workshops and retreats focused on women's health, seasonal living and holistic well-being. She continues to study and train with others and to attend retreats alongside her own daily practice. She describes mindfulness, meditation and yoga as invaluable "life tools" for navigating the rollercoaster ride of life and helping to re-fill your cup.