IT IS AND WILL ALWAYS BE A TEAM EFFORT
Our Teachers, Trainees our Community of Students are all considered part of our NRG Team and we are forever grateful to all of you for what we have created together over the last 20 years.
Someone stopped at Moffat Beach twenty years ago and asked me to teach them. One became many. Many became a community. And what started as a class ‘Taking In The Good’ of the Moffat Beach – ocean breeze among the pandanus trees became a yoga home to many and continues to welcome people new to the area, giving them a chance to get to know people, visitors passing through, and students from remote and regional Australia who tune in online and feel it from wherever they are – or when they return home from as far as America, Ireland & Canada.
This natured inspired Mindfulness being thread through the Yoga became something people asked if I could Teach them how to Teach – Inspiring others to Teach with their own unique style and flare and contribute in a way that is meaningful to them – is and will always be special to me and the NRG Community.
That is what grew into Yoga NRG as it is today. It keeps morphing, because of the collective energy of the community, the teachers, the trainees arriving from all different places and all different chapters of life. New creations keep emerging from that. Still intimate enough that people remember your name.
It’s been a conscious choice to not go down the commercial path – but rather invest in the community in a different way. Although our community is spread out – it is still connected enough that someone in Mackay, Emerald, Toowoomba, Kingaroy, Perth or Moranbah or a remote corner of Queensland can tune in and feel genuinely part of it – not like they have stumbled into someone else’s community, but like they have found their own. It’s a community of all different ages and stages – with Yoga NRG offering a variety of styles from Yin – Vinyasa – Restorative – Mums & Bubs – Prenatal & Private Programs and more (see full descriptions on our classes page)
We take the work we do seriously – but enjoy reminding each other not to take ourselves too seriously 😉 We’ve all done the hard yards at different times in our lives which no doubt you have too – which is why we try and balance the hard things with the fun!
The Extended NRG Team - Outreach Services - Community Collaborations
The Yoga NRG teaching community includes a number of different allied health professionals from eastern and western sciences whom we often work in with to support our Teacher Trainees or our private clients and community such as physiotherapists, acupuncturists, Ayurvedic practitioners, massage therapists and visiting facilitators and guest teachers who bring specialist depth to specific programs and events. We collaborate with inspirational artists including indigenous musicians, somatic therapists, local visual artists and over the years we have hosted international guest teachers and world renowned best selling authors such as Dan Millman, Bryan Kest, David Swenson & more. We are always open to genuine collaboration with practitioners, organisations, festivals and community groups who would love a little “NRG” as part of their offering.
To discuss collaboration or guest teaching: 0439 418 571 | support@yoga-nrg.com
From your very first YOGA NRG CLASS you start feeling better simply because your body & mind has just begun to become cleaner or less cluttered. The move toward harmony begins immediately.
THE NRG TEAM is a team of dedicated health & fitness professionals who commit to empowering YOU and the wider COMMUNITY to be healthier, happier – sharing the many tips & tools that can help us feel better about ourselves while navigating life.
NRG stands for “Notice” + “Respond” with “Grace”
There is so much to learn and to “Notice” about the forever changing mind body and emotions.
Thankfully the Yogis passed down numerous ways to learn how to be with what arises , time spent on the yoga mat can help us all respond with a little more agency and understanding (on ‘those’ days when we may lose our cool)
Our team of teachers, health + fitness professionals are committed to supporting you on and off the yoga mat. To help you learn how to use your body and breath to create physical fitness, a
CLEAR MIND + FULL HEART
The cycle ends when we realise there is ALWAYS something you can do to help someone or help yourself.
We look forward to meeting you if you are new – or seeing you again soon
Namaste
Tammy & The NRG Team.
What is being created .....
Well over two decades of sitting with people through hard things leaves you with a lot to say . Some of it is finding its way into writing and refining companion projects such as Books and Mindful Resources taking shape quietly alongside everything else. The Yoga NRG community will be the first to know. In the meantime some of what is being created is making its way back — as small and intimate offerings, as moments of genuine gratitude, as our Mindful Love Notes in creative forms (To say a BIG THANKYOU!) . To everyone who has attended a class, booked a session or trusted us and invited us to be there during life’s curly moments – this is for you too. And to anyone just coming across Yoga NRG here online or walking by Moffat Beach (or dropping into our Mackay Feature Classes) – you are arriving at a good time as we prioritise celebrating the years of dedicated service with everyone who has made it possible – while we are not running as many trainings this year we are making more space to show our appreciation in these NRG offerings throughout 2026 into 2027 in time for our 21st Birthday!
There is always something you can do to help (and you all have)
Namaste x
Tammy
Founder / Principal Teacher / Author of NRG Training Programs / Level 3 Yoga Teacher/Trainer & Certified Clinical Trauma Health Professional / RN International Teacher Trainer
From my very first Yoga Class I vowed to teach it – because I felt content and happy during a time that was one of the most challenging times. It was like a breath of fresh air, and a weight off my shoulders that I wanted to share.
Thirty years as a Registered Nurse across emergency, intensive care, mental health and addiction recovery. Two decades training yoga and mindfulness teachers across Australia and internationally – in person on the Sunshine Coast and live online reaching students in Mackay, the Whitsundays, remote Queensland and beyond. Internationally in Portugal & NZ . Originally from Bowen in North Queensland, I have a genuine connection to regional and remote Queensland that goes back long before Yoga was widely available in these areas.
My passion and purpose is to help reduce mind-made suffering. Yoga found me first. From my very first class it helped my back from nursing, then shifted my perspective on love, loss and letting go — to the point I vowed to share it with others. I still teach the Moffat Beach class where it all began. Still surfing. Still learning how to keep it simple.
I am also currently enjoying pouring ‘My Mindful Love Notes’ into some soon to be announced passion projects to say thank you to all who have attended classes, &/or private sessions and who have helped me help others.
For the longer story visit www.tammywilliams.com.au Call or text: 0439 418 571
The cycle stops when you realise there is always something you can do.
The best advice I have been given :
From my Gran (from her wall hanging of desiderata)
“Beyond a wholesome discipline be gentle with yourself”
From my Great Aunty Cath – “Do things in your own way and in your own time”
TO BOOK A PRIVATE IN PERSON OR ZOOM / VIRTUAL SESSION
(Note the clip above was recorded awhile ago;) so don’t get a shock when you see me ! Technology and Time goes way to fast and I have not had a chance to do an updated one – still camera shy and focusing on Teaching 🙂
Nic
Hi I’m Nic
Yoga to me is the art of listening so we can tune into our own hearts.
Tuning out our projections and expectations and instead letting our sensations guide us.
How I teach is with an emphasis on knowing when we need to rest and when we need to shift into gear and be disciplined. Yoga is about becoming aware of the motivation behind our choices. Noticing what comes up for us along the way and cultivating acceptance.
“Nics classes are relaxed , quirky, fun and kind hearted with great head massages – oh and plenty of “Nic-isms”
Nic completed her Yoga Teacher Training with Yoga NRG and is currently working toward her Level 2 Yoga Teacher Training with Yoga NRG.
Nic is also a qualified Pre & Post-Natal Yoga Instructor and Positive Birthing Instructor. Nic enjoys delivering ‘NRG’ Women’s Connection Circles blending Yoga, Cacao Ceremonies and open hearted conversation.
Check our What’s On Page for Nics next event coming up!
To book in for private pre natal classes or Positive Birthing / Hypnobirthing Programs at Yoga NRG with Nic contact – support@yoga-nrg.com 0439418571
Barry
Hi ! I’m Barry
I started yoga about 30 years ago to alleviate neck and back pain and was drawn to it for its capacity to improve all aspects of life. Barrys recent passion project has been his Youtube Yoga Practice for those going through cancer treatment – he has released a modified Yoga Class for those who need it for different aspects of cancer – due to his own experience.
On any give day, whether countering a sedentary lifestyle and daily stress, or complement strength and endurance training, I find freedom and stability in yoga.
My classes start with body awareness and moving meditation, offering grounded support to feel present to what students need. He offers accessible options and fun challenges, which sometimes means taking it easy, with plenty of room to switch to high gear.
My style is generally gentle Hatha yoga for strength and balance.
Barry has attained level 2, 500 hour certification, with training in mindfulness, core yoga, long slow deep, and more.
“Stability without freedom is being in a rut. Freedom without stability is aimless. Finding the balance is the point of practicing yoga”
Come along and let’s enjoy the practice together
Barry
“Barrys classes are calming, entertaining when we ask for him to share his many accents from his ‘stage career’ and always allows peace and quiet”
Lee
Yoga calms my busy mind and helps to make me feel, peaceful and relaxed.
Why I teach Yoga: I like connecting with people, and want to share what I feel(how yoga makes me fee), I want to make a difference to their life and help people to feel good.
What my class is like: My class is always different, Its Power Vinyasa flow, with some core, and always some humour thrown into the mix (to make everyone laugh or smile). We always end with meditation (the best part).
A mantra that I have adopted inspired by Nelson Mandela :
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of the universe”
Training: NRG Yoga teacher training certificate – level 1, Certificate iii and iv in Fitness, and various other Fitness Certificates, including Pilates.
Tara
Hi ! I’m Tara
I take a holistic approach to healthcare, combining principles from my background as a Naturopath for 20 years, with Yoga & Mindfulness, bringing it all together as a ‘way of life’. My philosophy to health is that “the mind is the foundation and if we do not take the time to nourish the mind, all other treatment modalities really are just a band-aid”.I believe that cultivating a healthy mind and body should be fun!
“Yoga for me is so much more than just the poses, it allows me to find a place where I can just be myself and listen to my own internal wisdom. It feels like coming home!
During my classes I like to provide people with plenty of space to connect to their own internal knowing, moving with people so they can find what they need for themselves.
Empowering ourselves to listen to our own internal whispers of what our body and mind needs, and most importantly have fun while we’re doing it!”
“Tara’s classes are peaceful as she allows a lot of space for you to go inward”
Tara completed her Yoga Teacher Training with Yoga NRG along with her Mindfulness Level 1 and Level 2 Mindfulness Teacher Training Certification. Tara is currently working toward her Level 2 / 500hr Teacher Training Certification and has already completed Long Slow Deep Yoga Teacher Training & is in our Mindful Mentorship Program. She has also completed Mindfulness Based Yin Yoga Teacher Training with NRG & is an Embodied Movement facilitator together with her fiancee Ant.
Catch Tara teaching the occasional Full Moon Moffat Beach Yoga or see her at one of our general Moffat Beach classes.
Taras latest passion with Ant is Conscious Dance Live music woven through embodied movement — guided but not choreographed. People who have never danced find themselves moving. People who think they cannot let go, do.
Visit our Yoga NRG What’s on page to book in for their next event
Jodie
Hi ! I’m Jodie
I started a regular yoga practice in 2018, whilst going through a difficult time in my personal life. Working with the breath and the poses was able to bring me out of my mind and into my body, giving me something else to focus on, rather than the mess of my mind! I am so grateful that I had the support of yoga and my teachers to help me through.
Since then my passion for yoga has only grown. Delving into the mindfulness aspects has been a powerful tool to learn to minimise the automatic negative thoughts of my mind. I feel I have developed greater patience and am certainly kinder to myself.
I am so excited to be teaching yoga! My hope is that I can empower others to feel good about themselves, just as I have learnt to. I wish to guide fellow yogis to value themselves, and to know that they are worthy of love, respect and belonging.
One of My favourite quotes:
“How you love yourself is how you teach others to love you.” – Rupi Kaur
“Jodies classes are sincere, gentle, and caring. Jodie is super present and attentive to the needs of her students and also allows them space to be as they are”
Jodie completed her Level 1 Yoga NRG Teacher Training in 2023 and is currently working toward completing her Level 2 Yoga Teacher Training including Mindfulness Teacher Training Certification . She has completed Yin Yoga Teacher Training with Yoga NRG and gives AMAZING ASSISTING ADJUSTING!! If you do Yoga NRG Teacher Training level 1 you maybe lucky enough to receive more in depth experience from her great assists!
Catch Jodie teaching mostly Yin Yoga or Long Slow Deep at Moffat Beach
Jody
Jody has a busy life as a working mum in the health & welfare sector & a dedicated Yogi of over 19 years practice & 4 years as a Yoga teacher. Jody savours her Yoga practice & teaching to maintain balance and provide nourishment of mind & body.
Jody has completed Level 1 Yoga NRG Teacher Training and teaches regularly at Coolum Beach.
Alasdair
“Alasdairs classes are an equal balance between challenge and tuning into steadiness and ease. He loves to do get upside down however does not require his students to. He has a natural way of connecting”
Alasdair completed his Yoga Teacher Training with Yoga NRG and is also a qualified massage therapist. He teaches Yoga NRG classes mostly in the Peregian & Noosa areas of the Sunshine Coast.
Sheree
Hi ! I’m Sheree
A dancer since young, I was initially drawn to yoga to improve my endurance and flexibility, but I soon realised yoga wasn’t just about the physical. The clarity and deep connection I experienced after each class was profound. Yoga has become a constant in my life and has helped me with many personal and professional transitions because of what I have learnt about myself while on the mat. Yoga can be your place where the problems of existence are simplified. Join me and fall in love with the space yoga gives you, in your body and your mind.
“Sheree’s classes are light hearted, sincere and can range between spacious Yin and Long Slow Deep yoga to Hot Power Vinyasa Yoga Classes – oh and Core Yoga!
Sheree completed her Yoga Teacher Training with Yoga NRG and has also completed Long Slow Deep Yoga , Yin Yoga Teacher Training , Mindfulness Level 1 Teacher Training and Mindfulness Based Core Yoga Teacher Training
Catch Sheree teaching at Moffat Beach , the Yoga NRG Studio & New Zealand !!
Lucy
I love yoga because it’s the greatest tool that I have found that brings me entirely into the present moment, all while bringing mindful movement to my body. The mindfulness aspect of yoga has helped me understand myself which in turn has improved my perspective and relationships.
I love teaching because it inspires me to bring a sense of togetherness within the community and hopefully I can help others on their yoga journey.
My favourite yoga quotes are:
‘When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another and ourselves’
‘Vulnerability is our most accurate measure of courage’
Keira
Keira completed her Level 1 Yoga NRG Teacher Training in 2022 and has also competed her Degree in Psychology.
Keira is humble, down to earth and her teaching style is non obtrusive , caring and inclusive. You can catch Keira taking classes anywhere from Noosa, Peregian Beach, Coolum or Moffat Beach.
Full Bio coming soon…..
Brendan
I first became interested in yoga at the age of 15. At the time I was diagnosed with Scheuermann’s disease and was generally suffering from what I like to call tin man syndrome. This was before the internet so when I attended my first yoga class I really had no idea what I was in for. Following sound advise from a family friend that attending yoga classes would beneficial for me, I thought I had nothing to loose.
Long story short, after 6 weeks I was amazed with how the classes had not only helped improve my physical condition but how it had also greatly helped many other aspects of my life. There are too many reasons to list as to why I still practice yoga to this day, but essentially its the feeling of connection that yoga gives you on all levels. This is also the reason I love to teach, it’s a privilege to be able facilitate this connection within others. With firm roots in Ashtanga and teacher training in power yoga and meditation you can expect these elements to shine through during my classes.
Brendan completed Yoga NRG Level 1 Teacher Training in 2018-19.
(If you are lucky enough to experience Brendans class make sure you request some added Yoga Nidra. Brendan teaches Yoga in the Noosa Sunshine Beach area of the Sunshine Coast he has also given Yoga “Toolbox Talks” and inspired those in the mining industry in these areas .
Penny Margaret
The Undercover Yogi
He does not say much
Although you may never see him, he is always working tirelessly in the background helping.
Mantra – Keep it Simple Mate and just do what needs to be done.
(And like most men, possibly feels more at ease when their wife is making time for yoga;)
Expect to meet some of our Yoga NRG Teacher Trainees
You will never attend the exact same class twice as we encourage everyone to Teach and embrace their uniqueness !!
The common thread is we provide a safe space for everyone to be as they are.
"Out beyond ideas of right and wrong there is a field - we will meet you there"
