Our Teachers
Luciana Sansone
Luciana (Lu) was born in Uruguay, has been exploring all this beautiful world has to offer until she landed in Australia 7 years ago. Her and her partner, who is a ranger, have been living at the top of Mount Buffalo for the last 3 years. She has to come up and down the mountain every time she comes to Bright!
Lu is a movement lover. She finds slow and gentle yoga flows delightful, fast paced Central American rhythms invigorating and charming, and finds joy in exploring everything in between.
She has merged her passion for movement with her love for travelling, learning different ways to express through embodied experiences. Respectful of cultural traditions as well as techniques, Lu loves sharing her passion for yoga and dance in her classes.
Lu is an enthusiastic board game player, loves nothing more than a deep conversation with her friends and fills her free time with hikes and adventures.
She enjoys all music genres and thinks there’s a time and a place for every one of them; she is always down for a boogie.
Daniela was born in Chile and has been travelling the world for some time now. She has been in traveling around Australia for the past six years. Luckily for us she has landed in the beautiful High Country.
Daniela Julio
Daniela has been practicing yoga for over ten years and is a passionate yoga teacher. She believes yoga is medicine and loves sharing it with everyone.
Her positive and genuine energy is contagious and her naturally compassionate nature enables her to support her students in the most caring and supportive ways.
Daniela loves a quiet and healthy lifestyle but is also a chocolate lover. Sweets are her weakness.
She likes to ride her bike around the area, go traveling in her van and enjoys being in nature.
Kylie Bertuch Haynes
Kylie is originally from the Dandenong Rangers in Melbourne, and have been visiting this valley for 41 years skiing at Hotham and have now called this valley her home for 15 years.
Kylie has practiced yoga for over 17 years and taught for 13. As the co-creator of Bright Yoga Space, she brings extensive experience in Tantrik Hatha Yoga, offering deeply nourishing experiences through yoga, movement, breath, ceremony, sound, and sacred space. She specializes in alignment based Hatha and Yin Yoga, focusing on breath and awareness. Kylie incorporates personal inquiry, intention setting, creative sequencing, and perspective-shifting concepts into her classes. She is passionate about the transformative power of yoga, sound, and divine feminine/masculine work.
Kylie loves yoga, story, watercolour painting, outdoor adventures and having a great time with family and friends.
Kylie is Mum to two amazing little women who are her biggest teachers!
Emily Rose
Emily (Em) was born in the UK, but have been living in Australia with her family for 18 years now. She has been teaching yoga for 10 years and meditation for 5 years.
She is a highly skilled mindfulness teacher, dedicated to helping individuals unlock their full potential through evidence-based techniques and counselling expertise.
With a deep understanding of the transformative power of Mindfulness, Breath & Yoga, she guides others on a journey of self-discovery and inner peace. Drawing from her background in social justice, yoga, meditation and mental health, Emily is committed to creating a safe, inclusive space for all. Her trauma-informed approach ensures that individuals feel supported and empowered as they explore their emotions, thoughts, and experiences. Join Emily and harness the power of awareness to cultivate a balanced and connected life.
You can find out more about Emily here: www.emilysararose.com
Emily loves reading, hiking, skiing, mountain biking, dance, yoga and music!
A fun fact about her is that she is a bit of a music nerd and have a brain full of useless trivia - especially about 90s rock bands!
Emily Sinclair
Emily (Em) was born & raised in beautiful Myrtleford, NE Vic & after a decade of living away from the region she is back for good in this beautiful part of the world. She lives in a tiny house with her husband Hamish and little babe Archie.
She is passionate about all things feminine rites of passage. From menstruation to pregnancy, birth and postpartum, all the way through to menopause. She dwells in the spaces where women transform and transition into deeper versions of themselves. She is passionate about claiming an empowered, embodied experience of being a woman across all aspects of the feminine continuum.
She loves being part of our local, tight knit community. Socialising is a huge part of her life. She loves good food & good company, being outdoors in her veggie garden or up high in the mountains.
She enjoys reading a book and having a good night's sleep.
She particularly loves watching the way the light touches everything around her and being here, living this life.
A fun fact about Em is that she was born without any wisdom teeth at all. Lucky Her!
Elizabeth Herman
Liz is originally from France but have been visiting family in Falls Creek since she was little.
She now lives in the Kiewa valley where she mostly spends her days making jewellery and running her little business as well as being mama to a little 3 year old girl.
Her other passion is latin dance (mainly different styles of salsa), which she has been doing for about 15 years now. She learnt to dance in Spain and have since tried to attend social dancing events and latin festivals in Australia and internationally.
She is very much looking forward to teaching again after a busy life hiatus!
