About
Our organisation
Our aim is to spread the goodness of yoga throughout the community and empower people to live their best lives. We are firm believers that yoga, both the physical practice as well as its everyday application off the mat, can change lives for the better.
Through our innovative grant program and events, the Yoga For Good platform brings the community together, using yoga principles to inspire purposeful and peaceful living.
Founded in 2021, we embrace a positive future, honouring our roots of yoga philosophy and practice since 1976. We share the transformative power of yoga with as many people as possible, and the union of head, heart and hands.
Our values and what they mean
Nature – Embracing a deep connection to our true self, the natural world and universal elements to achieve harmony of mind, body and spirit.
Integrity – Serving the community with accountability and transparency.
Practice – Creating the time to physically and mentally reset through yoga practice and mindfulness tools.
Discovery and self enquiry – Attaining enlightenment through the rich philosophy of yoga as a way of life.
Community and connection – Sharing the wonders of yoga, bringing people together and fostering inner connection.
The Yoga For Good Mission and Vision
Our vision is a world where yoga is accessible to all, regardless of age, background or ability.
Our mission is to break down barriers and share the benefits of yoga to improve physical health, mental wellbeing, and overall quality of life. By focusing on the individual, we foster the potential for lasting personal growth and meaningful contributions to the society and world around us.
Anthony Grieve
Anthony has been a Committee Member and President since 2015. Starting in 1986, he regularly attended yoga classes and participated in Mangrove Mountain weekends during the ’90s.
He holds degrees in civil engineering, project management and law. Anthony is an active member of the Resolution Institute, Institution of Engineers Australia and Master Builders Association and continues to maintain a presence, specialising in engineering, law and dispute resolution.
He previously served as a director at the non-profit Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia for several years.
Wyn Janssen
Wyn, a Committee Member and Secretary since 2015, took up yoga post-retirement from commercial finance in 2012. Formerly the Regional Finance Director for South East Asia and the Middle East in a multinational corporation, he hails from Wollongong, NSW.
As the current Chairman of the non-profit organization Warrigal, Wyn has been a Board member since 1997, overseeing the provision of support and care services to over 3,400 elderly people through aged care services.
He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience while also having a deep appreciation of yoga.
Moira Gordon
Moira, a committee member since 2015 and a Director in 2018. She is a lifelong practitioner of yoga. Following her arrival in Australia in 1991, she became a yoga teacher.
Balancing a corporate career, Moira has maintained a steadfast commitment to yoga, teaching for many years in the workplace and in the community. She is passionate about mantra meditation practice, and the yoga and ayurveda lifestyle.
Moira is a creative and critical thinker who balances business, yoga and art to serve the common good. As a founder of Yoga For Good, she is dedicated to building a strong sustainable Foundation to transform lives into the future.
Dr Adele Vincent
Adele is our newest Board Director and brings a wealth of knowledge to our platform. With a PhD in neuroscience and multiple yoga qualifications, she combines scientific understanding with a long-term passion for yoga.
As the Founder of Move Yoga Therapy, Adele has made significant contributions to the field, including co-authoring Butterflies Be Gone and Shout It Out, children’s yoga storybooks for anxiety and emotional resilience. Adele is a yoga therapist and has extensive experience leading events, retreats and training courses.
Adele loves mantra, flute playing and Japanese brush painting. She is the proud mother of two boys.
Community yoga classes
We are passionate about sharing the joy of practising yoga and offering you an opportunity to connect with your true self on a regular basis.
View previous classes or book now for our next class.
Free
3rd February 2025 - 12:00 to 1:00pm Sydney Time (9am WA time)
Nicky Smith – Dynamic Relaxation Yoga Community Class
Online Yoga Community Class Link
Meeting ID: 834 8185 1566
Passcode: 326861
Join Nicky to experience the Dru Yoga difference, finding the stillness within. Dru Yoga is a fresh approach to nurture your entire being, balance the nervous system and leave you feeling deeply connected and calm.
Stay cool and calm this Summer with Energy Block Release 7 or Dynamic Relaxation. This sequence is perfect for those hot days when you want to practice some slow yoga. Dynamic Relaxation is well suited for those with a busy mind and who have trouble settling into the stillness of relaxation. The focus is on the coordination of breath and movement in slow, subtle mindfulness, leaving you refreshed.
Nicky is a Dru Yoga Teacher, Dru Meditation Teacher, Dru Breath Coach and Mental Health Aware Yoga Teacher. Her business is True Equanimity Yoga, and her practice focuses on mental health and wellbeing or “innercise”. Nicky lives in Dalyellup, Western Australia and loves to spend her time walking in nature and fostering rescue kittens.
Free
13th March 2025 - 11:30am to 12:30nn
Melina Murphy – Loving Kindness Restorative Yoga Community Class
Online Yoga Community Class Link
Meeting ID: 838 7373 9503
Passcode: 767969
This loving-kindness yoga class is an extended version of Melina’s insight timer class, held weekly at 7 a.m. at the weekend and sponsored by YFG. The asana sequences are based on traditional yoga and guide our awareness to be super kind and loving to ourselves as we move through this restorative yoga practice.
We fall into Self-love as we move and stretch to open the body, mind and spirit to flow and dive into the deep well of happiness within.
Melina presented at our Annual Retreat 2024, where her joy brought us joy and laughter. She is a healer with thirty years of experience helping people create joyful wellbeing through counselling, herbal medicine, nutrition and yoga.
Melina fell in love with yoga as a teenager, and her passion is going strong. She has been teaching yoga since 2005 and has taught at festivals, in halls and rooms, at her local gym, online, and in her Natural Health Clinic on Djangadi Country.
Testimonials
Our sole mission is to create opportunities to do good for others through yoga.
And we’re making an impact.
A huge thank you to the Yoga For Good Foundation...
…for their incredible contribution to our Life Now Yoga and meditation programs!
This generous donation will mean we can buy new yoga equipment, run a new yoga class in Broome, and enhance our meditation program for cancer patients and their primary carers.
Cancer Council Western AustraliaSending out gratitude to the Yoga for Good Foundation.
Their grant is enabling me to offer FREE trauma informed therapeutic movement and relaxation to frontline mental health and social services staff in Bega.
Participants are really valuing the time out for themselves and experiencing integrated poly vagal theory. And I get to be in a teaching space, yay!
PremKranti CounsellingThe generous grant we've been awarded from the Yoga For Good Foundation...
…allows us to reach more underserved and vulnerable community groups who can benefit from a trauma-informed yoga and embodied mindfulness practice at zero cost to the participants.
Some of the community groups we’ll be serving in the current months include 000 Foundation, Men’s Walk and Talk and WAGEC.
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