Psychotherapy • Meditation • Embodied Dharma

Healing and Awakening through the Body

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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 — a way of coming into direct contact with life as it unfolds, moment to moment. 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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Upcoming events

  • Awakening the Heart - One day Meditation Retreat

    Awakening the Heart - One day Meditation Retreat

    Sun 21st Sept 2025, 10:00am-4:30pm AEST, North 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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  • Meditation and Dharma Talk

    Meditation and Dharma Talk

    Thu 23rd Oct 2025, 6:00 pm AEST, Lennox Heads, NSW

    Join Renata for meditation and Dharma Talk at Lennox Meditation on Thursday 23rd October. Topic TBA. The sessions are run by donation.

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  • Living Mindfully: 8-Week Mindfulness and Meditation Course

    Living Mindfully: 8-Week Mindfulness and Meditation Course

    Wed 15th Oct - 3rd Dec 2025, 7-9pm AEST, Online

    This 8-week course is an opportunity for you to gain a deep understanding of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness as taught by the Buddha in the Satipatthana Sutta. In addition to these ancient teachings, you will learn to integrate contemporary wisdom practices into your daily life. 

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  • The Inner Rhythm of Being - 6-Day Insight Meditation Retreat

    The Inner Rhythm of Being - 6-Day Insight Meditation Retreat

    Fri 26th Jun Thu 2nd 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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  • “ 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 and I like very much the way she tunes in to an individual's response and honour that, whilst giving back what might be a good offering for them as well.

    I can see that Renata has studied the dharma extensively and it is fab to be the recipient of this specialised knowledge. I love the space and authenticity in her teachings as well as inclusion of relevance to trauma and the unconscious as related to processing deep feelings. I also really enjoyed the class on The Inner Critic!

    It seems to me that she lives what she teaches. It is so wonderful to experience that. “

    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.

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