Bec Taylor | Awaken Yoga Studio

The ever unfolding journey of a modern day yogini

I never set out to be a yoga studio owner and energy practitioner. It's been a journey of falling in love with a practice, connecting back to myself and finding the power of my own voice.

I came to yoga when there was a need in my life for a new way of being. After years as a dancer, I needed to find a way to move that wasn't about perfection and aesthetics. Yoga taught me how to feel the body from the inside out and to begin a healing journey of being with emotions, rather than disassociation. This was monumental in healing an eating disorder that had taken over my life and supporting me through the grief of my father's unexpected death.

In the first few months of yoga, I realised there was more to this ancient wisdom practice than sweaty movement. (Power Vinyasa was the perfect style of yoga for a dancer in her early twenties). A spaciousness started to open up in brief moments on the yoga mat. I discovered a pause from swirling unconscious thoughts, that unlocked a window for wisdom to drop in. These days, the experiences of changing the channel of unhelpful thought patterning is a daily practice. But the first time it happened is still so visceral. From deep within I heard the words "body, I love you". After years of punishing my precious body, this thought was a profound healing moment of new possibility. And a new way of being starting to emerge.

Since I couldn't stop talking about this new love of yoga, I made yoga my life. I enrolled in a 200hr teacher training through Power Living in 2012. I worked in big and small yoga studios, receiving valuable mentorship from senior teachers and gradually learned to take my shaking voice to a place of embodied wisdom.

Through yoga connections I was pulled towards Reiki. The first session blew me away with accurate guidance and intuition received. Reiki played a huge part in opening my ability to authentically express in life and teaching. I was given tools to continue to clear out energetic blockages and through Reiki Masters training, learnt how to support others to do the same.

In 2016 I left the nest of nurturing yoga studios on the west coast and, whilst growing a human inside me, moved across the country to Victoria. Pregnancy and motherhood changed the way my body wanted to move, breathe and be. In early days of being a new mama to baby Cora, my Yoga and Reiki practice supported the healing of a traumatic birth experience and provided an anchor for presence in parenting.

Awaken Yoga Studio was founded in Kyneton in 2018. A response to the bursting need to share yoga again.

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Finding Kundalini Yoga (or it finding me) was the next step on my path. The mantras brought me to tears of devotion, meditations led me to stillness and the kriyas unlocked new energetic frequencies. Kundalini Yoga was the practice that supported my inner world through the pandemic and led me to further study with Kia Miller.

In my work I weave together all that I've learnt, to teach practices that heal and transform. My passion is sharing what has shaped my life and to support people in coming home to their own inner sense of joy, love and presence.

KUNDALINI | RADIANT BODY YOGA | YIN | REIKI

In a loud world, coming home to yourself frequently is a vital practice for self-care.

Work with me to awaken your potential and expand your life force prana energy.

Book a group class, workshop, 1:1 Reiki session, Reiki training or retreat.

The Official Qualification Bits:

BA Dance from West Australian Academy of Performing Art (WAAPA)

200 hrs Power Living Power Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training

Reiki Level I, II and Masters with Kathryn Gregory

Yin Teacher Training with Jen Cresenzo

Radiant Body Yoga 200hrs Kia Miller

Prana and Pranayama Advanced Training Kia Miller

Mantra Advanced Training Kia Miller

Meditation and The Mind Advanced Training Kia Miller

Kundalini and The Radiant Body Advanced Training Kia Miller (currently studying)

( and nerdy hours upon hours with my nose in books on yoga and energy)