About Daphne.
Daphne’s journey with yoga first started as a sanctuary away from the hectic corporate life back in year 2000. During the Global Financial Crisis in 2008, she traded in her business suit for a leap of faith into the unknown. She found herself immersed in wanderlust, a luxury she couldn't afford in her younger years. Slowly, she uncovered the depth of Yoga as a practice, a lifestyle, a means of sharing her passion with others, and most importantly a lifelong study in the art of living. Daphne has studied with teachers from east and west, her knowledge is grounded in Eastern philosophies as well as biomechanics, functional anatomy neuroscience and physiology.
Some of her biggest inspirations have come from Richard Freeman – who has had a deep impact on the way she sees Yoga as a profound embodiment practice for the body, mind, spirit - as well as Donna Farhi, Tom Myers, and Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen (Body Mind Centering®). In recent years, she began a deeper quest into the study of neuroscience, somatic movement, combined with the holistic framework of Yoga Therapy tools to delve deeper into the connection between mind and body through subtle practices. She uses an inquiry-based, body-sensing approach to bring about transformation and healing through our relationships with self, others, and the environment. She has also recently completed her graduate certification in Yoga Therapy.
As a tactile bodyworker of various healing modalities, Daphne is trained in the art of Traditional Thai Yoga Massage, Cranial Sacral Therapy, Chi Nei Tsang (Abdominal Detox Massage), Tai Chi Massage and Reiki, in which she infuses into the alchemy of her integrated bodywork offerings and yoga therapy. Daphne incorporates a heart-centred approach, the sensibilities of biomechanics, somatic education, functional anatomy, pain science, as well as insights into yoga philosophy and inquiry practices within her practice. Her therapy sessions, classes, workshops, and trainings are known to focus on breath and awareness of the mind-body connection. Together with a sense of play and curiosity, she hopes to create a nurturing presence in the body, mind and soul through the embodiment of these teachings.
Daphne has completed over 2,000 hours of teacher trainings and has taught over 5,000 hours in classes, private sessions, special needs yoga, workshops, retreats, and teacher trainings. She is a certified yoga therapist, movement educator, bodyworker, Anusara Inspired™ teacher, and an E-RYT500 Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider (YACEP). She started assisting and co-teaching in teacher trainings since 2013, and has been running her own embodiment and inquiry-based therapeutic training modules for the last 3 years.
Inspired by a calling to continually deepen her learning and sharing with a wider audience, she created Yoga with Daphne, to provide training and mentorship programs for movement and wellness practitioners as well as caregivers, with the aim of bringing like-minded people together as a community. She is proficient in both the English and Chinese languages, and teaches embodiment practices through somatic movement, yoga therapeutics, restorative yoga, as well as partner and hands-on work, She also offers one-on-one sessions to people dealing with injuries, conditions, or simply looking for a sense of well-being.
Daphne is available for seminars/ presentations, as well as to facilitate experiential modules in teacher trainings, corporate workshops, healthcare seminars, as well as to lead retreats.
When she’s not traveling or teaching, Daphne enjoys spending time with her family in Singapore, or being home with her partner in their little cottage sanctuary in the Blue Mountains, Australia.
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Some of her biggest inspirations have come from Richard Freeman – who has had a deep impact on the way she sees Yoga as a profound embodiment practice for the body, mind, spirit - as well as Donna Farhi, Tom Myers, and Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen (Body Mind Centering®). In recent years, she began a deeper quest into the study of neuroscience, somatic movement, combined with the holistic framework of Yoga Therapy tools to delve deeper into the connection between mind and body through subtle practices. She uses an inquiry-based, body-sensing approach to bring about transformation and healing through our relationships with self, others, and the environment. She has also recently completed her graduate certification in Yoga Therapy.
As a tactile bodyworker of various healing modalities, Daphne is trained in the art of Traditional Thai Yoga Massage, Cranial Sacral Therapy, Chi Nei Tsang (Abdominal Detox Massage), Tai Chi Massage and Reiki, in which she infuses into the alchemy of her integrated bodywork offerings and yoga therapy. Daphne incorporates a heart-centred approach, the sensibilities of biomechanics, somatic education, functional anatomy, pain science, as well as insights into yoga philosophy and inquiry practices within her practice. Her therapy sessions, classes, workshops, and trainings are known to focus on breath and awareness of the mind-body connection. Together with a sense of play and curiosity, she hopes to create a nurturing presence in the body, mind and soul through the embodiment of these teachings.
Daphne has completed over 2,000 hours of teacher trainings and has taught over 5,000 hours in classes, private sessions, special needs yoga, workshops, retreats, and teacher trainings. She is a certified yoga therapist, movement educator, bodyworker, Anusara Inspired™ teacher, and an E-RYT500 Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider (YACEP). She started assisting and co-teaching in teacher trainings since 2013, and has been running her own embodiment and inquiry-based therapeutic training modules for the last 3 years.
Inspired by a calling to continually deepen her learning and sharing with a wider audience, she created Yoga with Daphne, to provide training and mentorship programs for movement and wellness practitioners as well as caregivers, with the aim of bringing like-minded people together as a community. She is proficient in both the English and Chinese languages, and teaches embodiment practices through somatic movement, yoga therapeutics, restorative yoga, as well as partner and hands-on work, She also offers one-on-one sessions to people dealing with injuries, conditions, or simply looking for a sense of well-being.
Daphne is available for seminars/ presentations, as well as to facilitate experiential modules in teacher trainings, corporate workshops, healthcare seminars, as well as to lead retreats.
When she’s not traveling or teaching, Daphne enjoys spending time with her family in Singapore, or being home with her partner in their little cottage sanctuary in the Blue Mountains, Australia.
Read about Yoga with Daphne here.
Read more on what people have to say about Daphne's work
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TThe yoga therapy components of my teaching and courses are based on my various therapeutic trainings and credentials in movement education, bodywork modalities & massage therapy trainings, as well as the Yoga Therapy Graduate Certification Training in Australia. It is not derived from my status as an E-RYT 500 nor as an RYS with Yoga Alliance Registry. Please note that any reference to therapy or treatment within my communication is not meant to imply any diagnosis or to cure health conditions. Rather, my focus is on improving general health, well-being and avoiding injury to those with health conditions.
