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Hello, I’m Renata.

I’m a psychotherapist, teacher and mentor. My work is devoted to supporting people to awaken to their true nature and live from a place of wholeness and freedom.

I am passionate about self-inquiry as a gateway to wholeness. I believe that what we seek in life already lives within us. Yet through trauma, conditioning, or nervous system dysregulation, we often become disconnected from our bodies and from the deeper intelligence that guides us.

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Offerings

Hakomi Mindful-Somatic Psychotherapy

Hakomi-based somatic psychotherapy
A trauma-informed, experiential psychotherapy that uses mindfulness and somatic awareness to uncover and transform unconscious patterns. Grounded in the Hakomi method, these sessions invite a gentle and curious exploration of your inner experience, allowing implicit memories, beliefs, and emotional patterns to emerge into awareness. Through direct contact with the body, this work supports healing, regulation, and emotional integration — restoring a sense of connection, coherence, and wholeness.

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Tension & Trauma Release (TRE®)

A simple, powerful tool for nervous system regulation
A gentle yet powerful practice that supports the release of chronic stress and tension held in the body. By activating the body’s natural tremoring mechanism, TRE allows the nervous system to discharge stored activation in a safe and organic way. Over time, this process can support regulation, resilience, and a return to a more grounded and balanced state, helping the body to move out of patterns of holding and into greater ease.

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Meditation & Embodied Dharma

Spaces and teachings for awakening through direct experience
Alongside individual work, I offer spaces dedicated to the deepening of meditation and insight practice. These include retreats, courses, day retreats, and ongoing practice containers grounded in the Buddha’s teachings and supported through embodied awareness and inquiry. Through direct contact with present-moment experience, this work supports the unfolding of clarity, wisdom, compassion, and a deeper connection to ourselves, others, and life as it is.

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Upcoming Events

Foundations of Mindfulness - 8-Week Meditation Course - Online

Wed 15th Apr - 3rd Jun 2026, 7-8:30 pm AEST, Online
This eight-week course is an invitation to learn and deepen the foundations of mindfulness as taught by the Buddha. Rooted in the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta, the course supports the gradual cultivation of awareness, presence, and the capacity to meet experience with greater clarity and spaciousness.

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The Inner Rhythm of Being - 5-day Meditation Retreat, NSW

Fri 26th Jun Thu 1st Jul 2026, Wilton, NSW
he Inner Rhythm of Being Retreat is an invitation to slow down, soften, and reconnect with the innate intelligence of the body. The body is a vehicle for awakening—for, as the Buddha taught, all the teachings are found within this very body.

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Embodied Awakening - 6-day Meditation Retreat, NSW

Fri 25 Sep - Thu 1 Oct 2026, Wilton, NSW
Awakening isn’t happening anywhere else but here and now in this breathing, sensing, feeling, thinking body. And awakening isn’t an attainment, although we strive for it. There is actually nothing to gain, nothing to lose, but there is a shift in perception.

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Awakening the Heart Day Retreat, NSW

Sun 18 Oct 2026, Narrabeen, NSW
This one-day silent retreat is an opportunity for you to deepen your connection with the boundless qualities of the heart – kindness, joy, compassion, and equanimity – as a foundation for developing insight and freedom.

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Upcoming Talks

Bluegum Sangha - Online

Mon 20th July 2026, 7 pm AEST
Join Renata for meditation and Dharma Talk at Bluegum Sangha. Topic TBA. The sessions are run by donation.

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Lennox Insight Meditation - Lennox Head, NSW

Thu 23rd Jul 2026, 6:15 pm AEST
Join Renata for meditation and Dharma Talk at Lennox Meditation. Topic TBA. The sessions are run by donation.

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Work with Renata

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“ Renata is an absolutely incredible therapist. I couldn’t recommend her highly enough! She has the gift to make you feel so welcome, seen and heard the moment you meet her. She creates an incredibly safe space for you to drop in, go deep, and fully surrender to the process. I have had incredible insights and experienced a deep transformation during our sessions. “
Sophie S.
“I'm so grateful for the guidance Renata has given me. For a long time I was looking for someone to help me move beyond the state of anxiety and shutdown that I was in. It wasn't until I worked with Renata guiding me, that I was able to tap into what was driving my nervous system dysregulation and constant reactiveness. I feel so much more grounded and peaceful since the somatic healing with Renata. I'd recommend her to anyone struggling with emotional overwhelm or who wants to grow and heal.”
Schecani
“I felt so grateful for the TRE practice yesterday. I feel I take something new and fresh away into my sitting practice from it.
Renata is a very good teacher, enriched I feel, by her commitment to her own personal work.“
Kate I.
“TRE was such a unique experience from which I am sure I will continue to benefit as I practice regularly. I certainly feel the best I have for quite a while and am so grateful for the way Renata led this simple but profound technique.”
Maryanne
“Renata is a gifted teacher with a rare ability to truly tune in to each individual. She honours people’s unique responses while offering what feels genuinely supportive and appropriate for them.
Her depth of study in the Dharma is evident, and it’s a joy to receive teachings that are both grounded and deeply informed. I love the spaciousness and authenticity she brings, as well as the way she weaves in an understanding of trauma and the unconscious when working with deep emotional material.
I especially appreciated the class on the Inner Critic. Above all, Renata truly lives what she teaches—and that is something very special to experience.”
Deborah B.
“I felt that I covered more in five sessions with Renata than I had with any other psychologist or CBT specialist or NLP practitioner in the past.”
Juni R.