The Vidya Yoga Retreat

The Vidya Yoga Retreat ○ Breathwork ○ Meditation ○ Yoga
☽ Grief & Trauma Alchemist ☽
☼ Darwin + Bali 🜂🜄🜁🜃 Gentle and dynamic variations offered. Immerse yourself in all that is yoga.

Modern Movement + Breathwork

All expectations removed prior, this about fun exploration that includes breath, movement and the mind space. All levels welcome, taught by teachers certified in many different styles. Accessible for adults with disabilities and trauma sensitive. Verity will take you on a journey of self discovery as you reset, align and inspire yourself. whether you are new to Yoga o

r experienced, Verity will ensure your time on the mat instills purpose to your practice and nourishment to your soul. Offering a deeper connection that gives credit to the outdoors, the environment we live in, bringing perspective to our ourselves, clarity. Verity is a RYT500 qualified in Yin & Yang yoga practice, Health Coach and Personal Trainer.

‘To understand is to transform what is. Yoga became the focal grounding point to which I could gravitate myself to. Yoga has brought balance and strength to my life, not only physically and during my practice but to my mind. It has taught me to reach within for happiness, trust the process, trust myself and put my trust back into life. This is what I wish to share with you’ - Verity Coonan

Most of the personal development world talks like the body is a delivery vehicle for the brain. It isn't. Interoception,...
03/08/2026

Most of the personal development world talks like the body is a delivery vehicle for the brain. It isn't. Interoception, your ability to actually feel what's going on inside you, is trainable, and for a lot of people who've been through something hard, it's been quietly turned down for years without them noticing. This is the part of the work that doesn't show up in a journaling prompt.

You already know how to hold a room.You've held space for other people for years. Therapist, coach, yoga teacher, bodywo...
31/07/2026

You already know how to hold a room.

You've held space for other people for years. Therapist, coach, yoga teacher, bodyworker, you already know how to read a room.

What most people never get is the other side of it: what real nervous system regulation feels like from the inside, guided by someone who's done this for 19 years.

Try a free VIDYA Breathe session. No pitch. Just the experience.

comment "2026 facilitator" for the details

A month ago this account was mostly selling. Now it's mostly me.I won't pretend I got the ex*****on right on the first t...
30/07/2026

A month ago this account was mostly selling. Now it's mostly me.

I won't pretend I got the ex*****on right on the first try, I didn't, and I'd rather say that plainly than let this feed pretend it was seamless. What I will say is that the posts that made me uncomfortable to publish are the ones that actually moved something, on both ends.

More soon on what happens next.

A month of showing up as myself instead of an institution. Here’s the honest recap and thank you for reading this far.
30/07/2026

A month of showing up as myself instead of an institution. Here’s the honest recap and thank you for reading this far.

You've held space for other people for years. Therapist, coach, yoga teacher, bodyworker, you already know how to read a...
29/07/2026

You've held space for other people for years. Therapist, coach, yoga teacher, bodyworker, you already know how to read a room.

What most people never get is the other side of it: what real nervous system regulation feels like from the inside, guided by someone who's done this for 19 years.

Try a free VIDYA Breathe session. No pitch. Just the experience.

Comment "2026 Facilitator" for the details

back to the beginning... the first session... the reason VIDYA exists.tell me your firsts....
24/07/2026

back to the beginning... the first session... the reason VIDYA exists.

tell me your firsts....

VIDYA APP is a gold mine. I created this for everyone who want the 1-1 support, the community, the privacy, the space, t...
24/07/2026

VIDYA APP is a gold mine. I created this for everyone who want the 1-1 support, the community, the privacy, the space, the connection...

we all want it all.
so i found a place to put it all in.
value is undeniable.
it still requires one thing. you. showing up for you. becuase you deserve it.

see you inside x

RETUNE an evening to come back to your body.Breathwork, somatic awareness and mobility-based release, designed to unwind...
22/07/2026

RETUNE an evening to come back to your body.

Breathwork, somatic awareness and mobility-based release, designed to unwind stored tension and bring your nervous system back to regulation. No forcing it... just safety, consistency, and presence, layer by layer.

We start grounded, then move into an embodied practice: conscious breath, somatic tracking, mobility and myofascial release.

This one's for you if you hold stress in your hips, legs, back, or feet... feel tight, wired, or restless... train hard and want better recovery... or just want regulation without more intensity.

📍 Illuum @ Skybarre
🗓️ Wednesday, August 5 · 6:45–8:15pm

Spots are limited. DM "ILLUUM" to book yours.

20/07/2026

Six months into training people to feel safe in their bodies, I lost two friendships I didn't see coming.

Nobody warns you about this part. You do the work, actual work, not the Instagram version and your nervous system starts choosing different company. Not out of judgment. Out of resonance. The relationships that ran on a certain frequency of tension just stop fitting the way they used to.

I don't think that's a tragedy. I think it's what regulation actually looks like from the outside, quieter, not always comfortable, and sometimes it costs you people you didn't expect to lose.

Has this happened to you? What did it feel like when it did?

This is the part of facilitator training that's hardest to put in a syllabus, and it's the part that actually matters.Yo...
19/07/2026

This is the part of facilitator training that's hardest to put in a syllabus, and it's the part that actually matters.

You can teach someone a breath pattern in an afternoon. You can't teach someone to stay regulated while a stranger's nervous system is doing something unpredictable in front of them, that has to be built, slowly, in their own body first.

Save this if you're training people, or being trained.

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