About
Renata Malinauskas
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 — a way of coming into direct contact with life as it unfolds, moment by moment. I hold the understanding that what we seek in life already lives within us. Yet through trauma, conditioning, or nervous system dysregulation, we can become disconnected from our bodies and from the deeper intelligence that guides us.
Through the simple act of coming home to the body — feeling, sensing, and listening — we return to what is real and alive within us. From this embodied presence, inner guidance, clarity, and freedom naturally re-emerge. Life begins to move through us with greater ease, expressing itself with authenticity and purpose.
My Path
My path has been shaped by a deep and ongoing inquiry into truth, human consciousness, and what genuinely supports healing, transformation, and awakening. This inquiry has been lived through direct experience, including extended periods of silent retreat, years of committed Buddhist practice, and deep engagement with somatic approaches to trauma healing and embodied awakening.
Lineages & Influences
For over fifteen years, I have been immersed in the Buddha Dharma through the Insight and Vajrayana traditions, with a strong emphasis on embodied realisation. This foundation continues to inform my work as a Dharma teacher.
Alongside this, I have trained in Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy, Psychosomatic Therapy, TRE®, and Focusing — approaches that honour the body’s intelligence and its natural, organic unfolding.
My Work Today
I currently offer one-to-one sessions, and facilitate events and retreats that support self-inquiry and embodiment as pathways to wholeness and freedom.
Teaching & Facilitation Experience
Embodiment Module Facilitator – Australian Association of Buddhist Counsellors & Psychotherapists (AABCAP) (2026). Designing and delivering an embodiment module integrating somatic inquiry, trauma-informed practice, and Buddhist contemplative frameworks for counsellors and psychotherapists.
Founder and Teacher – Still Water Insight (2019–current). Teaching Insight Meditation through courses, retreats, Dharma talks, and ongoing practice groups, with an emphasis on embodied presence, inquiry, and lived integration.
Meditation Teacher & Facilitator – Workshops, courses, and retreats (2019–current). Teaching embodied inquiry, somatic awareness, nervous system regulation, and contemplative practice to groups and individuals.
Professional Qualifications & Certifications
Insight Dharma Teacher Training & Mentoring Program - Insight Meditation Institute
ISITTA – Innate Somatic Intelligence Trauma Therapy Approach (Levels I & II) - Embodywise
Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy Training
TRE® (Tension & Trauma Release Exercises) Certification
Mindfulness & Compassion Teacher Training - Insight Meditation Institute
Certificate III in Psychosomatic Therapy - Psychosomatic Therapy College (PTC)
Certificate III & IV in Fitness - TAFE
Bachelor of Nutrition & Dietetics - Centro Universitário São Camilo
Ongoing Practice & Professional Development
The Philosophy of the Implicit – Eugene Gendlin (2019–current)
Ongoing study of felt sense, implicit knowing, and experiential philosophy.Diamond Approach – Ridhwan Foundation (2018–2023) - Long-term engagement in inquiry-based spiritual and psychological work.
Vipassana / Insight Meditation Silent Retreats - Over 500 days of residential retreat practice (2013–current)
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Focusing – Levels I & II
Nonviolent Communication (NVC)
TRE® Workshops
Community & Service
Insight Meditation Institute (2021–current) - Ongoing service and support within the Insight Meditation community.
Sydney Insight Meditators (2016–2023) - Community involvement and teaching support within an established Insight Meditation sangha.
