Welcome

…to Soul Tribe Studio – Not Your Average Yoga Studio

Since 2018 we’ve been offering an exceptionally high standard of yoga and pilates classes, weekly events and teacher trainings, retreats and community events. We are more than just a yoga studio, we are a way of life.

In August 2018 I started driving South from Sydney.

I’d heard nothing but amazing things about the south coast and wanted to explore for myself.

I was about half hour out of the city when a student of mine called me and said 

‘I heard you’re going South. My parents have a house in Long Beach. It’s near Batemans Bay. They’re away in Europe for the winter. You’re welcome to stay as long as you want’

I’d never heard of Batemans Bay but I know a good thing when I hear it and as much as I was enjoying the adventure of #vanlife, a whole house to myself in paradise sounded much more enticing. 

I thought maybe I’d stay for a week or two.

The first night I drove into Batemans Bay to get supplies, the town was so quiet I thought something had happened. No. It was just the middle of winter on the south coast. The house I was sitting was huge, beautiful and freezing. I was crap at lighting the fire. It would always go out and I’d sit every evening wrapped in five blankets drinking endless cups of tea.

I didn’t care though. I was having the time of my life. Every day I’d explore a different beach. I’d go for long walks and get lost in the bush. Every morning and evening I’d sit next to the ocean, mouth wide, in awe of the ever changing sky. There was no one to share them with so I documented them on my phone, screaming into Instagram - can you believe this!!

I’d gone from teaching 20+ classes a week across Sydney to nothing. My days went from highly scheduled to totally free. Time stretched and warped and turned in on itself.

Sometimes I got lonely and pined for my old life but I knew I’d stumbled across something very special.

Id found a garden of Eden. A hidden gem where people smiled and said hello in the street and read newspapers and listened to local radio and thought my life was somewhat interesting.

The yoga studio, Soul Tribe, the business I’ve raised and sustained for over 5 years fell clumsily into my lap. I could have said no. It seemed impossible. It seemed like it would never work. But some unknown force drove me on, pushed me out of bed before 5 every morning to drive to an empty studio, pushed me to keep saying yes even through the odds seemed firmly stacked against any kind of success. 

Be careful. Lots of people said.

Many people have tried and failed. Businesses in Batemans Bay don’t have a high success rate.

But I stuck at it. I poured everything into soul tribe and she poured everything back into me.

Each time someone comes in with heavy shoulders and a furrowed brow and they leave with a wide smile and a light step I know. I’m in the right place. I’m right where I need to be. 

AND.... SO ARE YOU

My intention is to share my love for yoga, people and the Earth as far and wide as possible whilst living in the most sustainable way possible.  My travels got me as far as Batemans Bay (so 4 hours down the coast), a perfect example of what happens when you allow the plans of the universe to guide you!

Soul Tribe is for everyBODY, all people with all different levels of yoga & movement experience. Different people come to the studio for different things, and we celebrate our differences, our 'unique gifts', whilst realising the interconnectedness between us all.