About

Eva Joan

Yoga Teacher · Herbalist · Bodyworker

My approach to life and healing stems from my belief that we are all made up of many layers — physical, emotional, mental and energetic — which all need to be balanced in order to communicate with each other harmoniously, leading us to live balanced lives, aligned with our purpose.

— Eva Joan

E-RYT 200 RYT 500 YACEP Herbalist Doula

her story

A life devoted to the body's wisdom

Eva’s journey began at 15, with her first yoga class — a moment of stillness that has never left her. She has been teaching yoga and sharing the practices that most matter to her ever since.

A yoga teacher, herbalist, bodyworker, and doula, Eva brings over 30 years of practice and a deeply holistic view of healing and well-being. Originally from France, her path has woven through Australia, Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas — shaped by curiosity, community, and a profound respect for the body’s intelligence.

She holds a 500-hour Yoga Teacher Training certification and is registered with Yoga Alliance as an E-RYT 200 and YACEP (continuing education provider). Her teaching is grounded, intuitive, and deeply personal — shaped by decades of living closely with the body’s rhythms and seasons.

Eva teaches primarily online, reaching students around the world, with occasional in-person intensives and retreats in her home in Brierfield, NSW, Australia.

TRAINING & CERTIFICATIONS

30+ years of practice & learning

Yoga Alliance

E-RYT 200 · RYT 500 · YACEP

Registered Yoga Teacher & Continuing Education Provider

Herbalism

Certified Herbalist

Plant medicine, herbal formulation, and botanical wellness

Bodywork

Neo Lifting Technique · Somatic Touch

Deep tissue, fascia release, and nervous system care

Her Philosophy

Healing happens in layers

Eva's approach to teaching and healing is rooted in one core belief: that the body, mind, emotions, and energy are not separate things to be fixed one at a time — they are a whole, and they speak to each other constantly.

The Physical Body

Movement, breath, and touch as the first language of healing. Yoga and bodywork that meets you where you are — not where the textbook says you should be.

The Emotional Body

Feelings held in the body need space, not suppression. Eva creates containers where emotions can move — through breath, sound, and safe somatic exploration.

The Mental Body

Quieting the mind is not the goal — learning to witness it is. Mindfulness, intention, and the slow unlearning of patterns that no longer serve.

The Energetic Body

Prana, vitality, and the subtle intelligence that animates all living things. Embodied Practices that restore flow at the deepest level.

As a Doula

A journey that has brought me to tears of joy

Being a doula is one of the greatest honours of my life — to be given the opportunity to share one of the most precious and intimate moments in a woman's life. I have cried at more births than I can count. Not from sadness, but from the sheer, overwhelming privilege of being trusted to witness a miracle.

"Every woman arrives with her own story, her own fears, her own fierce love. My role is simply to be there — fully, quietly, completely."

Whether supporting a first birth or a fifth, in hospital or at home, my presence is the same: unhurried, attuned, and wholly in service to the mother and her family.