Christine has trained in MBSR/MBCT with Openground, as a Social Worker with the University of Tasmania and as a Yoga Teacher at the Centre for Yoga Seattle, USA and the Iyengar Institute, India. Christine has had specialist training in trauma (Bruce Perry and Bessel Van Der Kolk). In teaching yoga for 29 years, Christine has worked and trained in yoga for trauma, anxiety, depression and addiction. She has held retreats and workshops in Bali, Western Australia, Seattle and Tasmania. As the director of Zen Wellbeing Services, Christine has a passion for combining her experience of Mindfulness with Trauma Informed Yoga to design programs for specific needs. Christine is a Director of Mindfulness Programs Australasia, running State-wide Mindfulness Programs in Tasmania and is a keen advocate for community development models.