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What is Yin Yoga?

Yin Yoga is a slower, floor-based style of yoga designed to help you release tension, improve mobility, and create space in both body and mind. Postures are held for longer periods, giving the body time to soften gradually and allowing the nervous system to settle. In our classes, you’ll experience a profound sense of calm and rejuvenation, making it an ideal practice for those looking to unwind from the stresses of daily life.

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Yin yoga classes in Brookvale

At D-F Studio in Brookvale, our Yin classes offer a calm, spacious environment where you can step out of the pace of everyday life and into a more restorative rhythm. This practice is especially supportive for those wanting to ease tension, improve flexibility, and build greater resilience through steady, well-supported stillness. With thoughtful teaching and a welcoming atmosphere, Yin can become an important part of a balanced weekly routine.

deep relaxation and stress reduction

Yin gives you the opportunity to pause, breathe, and let the body unwind. The longer holds and gentle pace can help shift you out of the rush of the day, supporting deep relaxation and a calmer, more regulated state. It is a practice that can be both physically releasing and mentally grounding, making it especially valuable for busy, overstimulated lives.

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If you are looking for a yoga class that helps you slow down, release tension, and feel more settled, Yin offers a simple and deeply supportive place to begin. At D-F Studio, our intentionally smaller classes and calm studio environment create a more personal experience, with the guidance and space to truly exhale.



What are the benefits of Yin Yoga at D-F Studio?

Gentle support for mobility and connective tissue health

Yin works with longer-held, low-intensity shapes that gently load the body’s connective tissues, including fascia, ligaments, and joints. This can help support mobility, tissue resilience, and overall ease of movement over time. It is a slower approach, but one that can have a powerful effect on how the body feels.

Slow and steady: a more sustainable kind of flexibility

Rather than forcing stretch or chasing intensity, Yin invites a slower, steadier process. This gives the body time to soften, adapt, and open gradually, helping to improve flexibility in a way that feels more sustainable and supportive.

Yin Yoga for balance, rest, and tension release

Yin can be especially helpful when life feels full, fast, or overstimulating. The quiet nature of the practice can help reduce physical tension, calm the nervous system, and restore a greater sense of balance. For many people, it becomes a regular reset point in the week.

Is Yin Yoga good for beginners?

A welcoming practice for everybody

We firmly believe that Yin is a practice from which absolutely everyone can benefit. This class is not just a yoga session; it’s a holistic experience that caters to people of all ages and fitness levels. At D-F Studio, Yin is taught in a way that feels inclusive, calm, and well supported, making it a wonderful option for beginners, people with stiffer bodies, and anyone looking for a gentler entry point into yoga.

One of the primary focuses of our sessions is working directly with the nervous system. This approach makes Yin an excellent practice for those looking to reduce stress or anxiety. The gentle, meditative nature of Yin yoga helps in calming the mind, easing tension, and promoting a sense of deep relaxation.

Yin yoga is one of the most popular classes in our Brookvale studio, especially for those new to yoga. Yin is one of the most accessible class styles we offer and can be beneficial for people of all ages, body types, and experience levels. You do not need to be flexible or experienced to begin.

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Which instructors teach Yin?

Meet our expert Yin Yoga instructors

At our yoga studio, we pride ourselves on having a team of highly skilled and passionate instructors for our Yin yoga classes. Each teacher brings their unique style and expertise to ensure a deeply nurturing and effective yoga experience. Our sessions are led by the following experienced instructors:

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Sophie Pantcheff

Imogen French

Aimee Robinson-Davey

Bella Fuego

Jess Verdier

Radha Vine

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Restorative yoga class with instructor guiding students through supported forward stretch using bolsters in a calm studio setting.

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Yoga nidra class with students seated in meditation, following guided relaxation session in a quiet, spacious studio.

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Sophie Pantcheff

Vinyasa | Slow Flow | Yin

Sophie has a background in education, working as a high school teacher and university tutor for over 15 years. Her passion for teaching has taken many shapes and forms over the years, and she loves that this path has now led her to teach yoga at D-F Studio. Sophie believes that yoga is for everybody and always ensures that everyone feels welcome and supported in her classes, regardless of experience, fitness, or flexibility. 

Sophie’s passion for yoga started when she was struggling in life, trying to find the right path, looking for peace in a busy world. She could barely touch her toes and never considered that turning up to a yoga class would have such an impact on her life. The spiritual side of yoga is most important to Sophie, and she believes passionately in the power of yoga to open our lives and our souls to our divine essence. 

As the studio owner, Sophie is currently living out her dream life – running her own business as well as teaching yoga is the perfect fit! She still gets to enjoy the numbers side of business management but is also passionate about offering the best Yoga & Pilates offering to the community. Her favourite things about D-F are chatting with the D-F community and planning the D-F workshops and events – always looking for something new and engaging for our members.

Imogen French

Yin | Restorative | Yoga Nidra

Imogen is an experienced Reiki Master and multidisciplinary yoga teacher with a deep passion for supporting others on their journey to healing and inner peace. Imogen’s warmth and approachability make her classes a deeply nurturing and centring experience.  She aims to celebrate and support every person who makes the decision to invest in their own self-healing journey by taking time to practice yoga and meditation, whether they are a complete beginner to the practice or an experienced yogi.

Imogen believes in the transformative power of both yoga and energy healing, guiding students toward a deeper, more compassionate and loving connection with themselves and to help them to access their innate ability to heal. With a welcoming, intuitive style, she fosters a warm, inclusive environment where each person feels supported on their unique path.

Aimee Robinson-Davey

Yin | Restorative | Yoga Nidra

Aimee was first introduced to yoga in her early twenties, during a time when she was experiencing debilitating panic attacks. While most doctors referred her to endless tests, it was Dr. Ebba who prescribed something different — yoga. Stepping into a studio for the first time changed her life, sparking a deep curiosity about how movement, breath, and stillness could so profoundly change her life. 

That curiosity became a lifelong journey. Aimee has trained with influential teachers in Rishikesh, London, and Sydney, and her practice continues to evolve alongside her lived experiences of grief, loss, pregnancy, and motherhood. Having personally experienced yoga’s profound therapeutic effects, she teaches from that space of lived wisdom.

Over the years, the deeper Aimee has gone into her practice, the slower her teachings have become. Once believing that the advanced yogi was one who could master headstands, she has since come to see the advanced yogi as one who can rest deeply in stillness — connecting with the quiet within and around them. This insight informs her classes in Yin, Restorative, and Yoga Nidra, where she gently guides students into the deeper layers of the body — inviting curiosity about how the body speaks to us and encouraging connection with the whisper within.

Her path has also led her to study Yoga Therapy, Trauma-Informed Yoga, Holotropic Breathwork, and Psychotherapy, each a reflection of her commitment to understanding the mind–body connection. In her classes, Aimee blends this training with her own journey, creating supportive spaces for students to explore their inner world and develop a relationship to the whisper within. She’s forever thankful for Dr. Ebba, for seeing beneath the symptoms and guiding her to this sacred practice that changed the course of her life.

Bella Fuego

Vinyasa | Slow Flow | Yoga Nidra

Jess Verdier

Yin | Vinyasa | Pilates 

Jess is a Yoga and Pilates instructor with a passion for helping people move well and feel supported in their bodies and lives.

With an active background and a long-standing love for yoga and Pilates, Jess’s teaching blends functional movement, mindful awareness, and breath-led flow. Her classes are thoughtfully designed to build strength and mobility while also creating space to slow down, reconnect, and regulate the nervous system.

Jess is known for her calm, grounding presence and inclusive teaching style. She encourages students to trust their own intuition, honour their energy, and meet themselves with compassion, both on and off the mat. Her intention is to support students in feeling strong, steady, and more at home in their bodies.

Radha Vine

Yin | Restorative | Yoga Nidra

Radha is a spiritual aspirant and yoga teacher with over 30 years of practice and teaching, rooted in the Satyananda Yoga tradition. She offers a gentle, embodied approach to every yoga class— including asana, pranayama, meditation, and philosophy — guiding students to explore presence, ease and awareness within their own body, mind and spirit.

Her work as a somatic practitioner naturally flows into her teaching. Drawing on private clinic healing sessions, Radha helps students tune into their bodies and individual needs bringing a compassionate and responsive energy to every class.

Through her life as a mother, mentor, and lifelong student of yoga, self‑study, and spiritual growth, Radha brings warmth, curiosity, and presence to her teaching. She encourages students to move mindfully, feel fully, and connect with their own inner strength, creating a safe and welcoming space for exploration and growth.

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Olivia Kerr

Vinyasa | Pilates

Olly has been teaching and practicing yoga on the northern beaches for the past 10 years. She loves teaching and being part of the yoga community and is grateful for the friends, connection and lessons that she has gained along the way. 

Olly is passionate about helping people to move their bodies in a way that is wise and intuitive to them. She believes that movement is medicine and with each class her intention is for students to connect deeply to their body, mind and breath using strong but simple movements.

Olly is also a Chiropractor and has had experience working with people of all ages from all walks of life. During Olly’s chiropractic education she has extensively studied movement, physiology and the nervous system. She loves incorporating her knowledge into thoughtful movement practices. She is trained in Pilates, Vinyasa and Yin.

 

Elise Griffin

Vinyasa | Strength + Soul

With over 17 years of personal yoga practice and a strong background in the fitness and wellness industry, Elise brings a depth of experience, intelligence, and embodied understanding to her teaching. With a Bachelor’s degree in Sport & Exercise Science and more than a decade working as a personal trainer, group fitness instructor, and movement coach, Elise bridges the gap between strength, mobility, and mindful movement.

Elise discovered yoga as a powerful complement to her athletic training, and over time it became a central pillar in how she moves, lives, and connects. Her approach is informed by both science and lived experience, blending functional strength, breath awareness, and fluid sequencing. Her classes invite students to feel strong, capable, and supported – meeting their edge with curiosity rather than force.

Elise is deeply passionate about the way yoga supports not only physical health, but nervous system regulation, emotional resilience, and connection. Her classes offer a space that encourages students to build trust in their bodies and confidence in their practice.

Above all, Elise is committed to creating a welcoming environment where students can deepen their relationship with movement and carry the benefits of their practice beyond the mat and into everyday life.