About Liz

Welcome, friend.

I'm Liz (she/her), a queer, AuDHD,  yoga, meditation, and breathwork teacher and death doula based in Brisbane, Queensland. I offer a variety of practices to help you gain greater connection to yourself and the people in your community, as well as being of service to those confronting their end of life.

I have been practising yoga for a number of years and have come to realise that it is a practise that can benefit everyone, but is not always accessible to everyone. My yoga practise has also connected me to the embodied knowledge that through embracing the unknown, and death is life's greatest unknown, we can increase our comfort around death and dying. These realisations have led me to creating Rainbow Samadhi - a space where I will walk with you so you can embrace life's full spectrum.

I came to the practise of yoga after an enduring struggle with mental and physical illness, through the recommendation of a psychologist. I knew that, while I was doing my best to live well and be physically and mentally healthy, I kept bumping up against the same problems and repeating the same behavioural cycles ultimately leading to deep unhappiness. and illness. Initially, I found yoga challenging and uncomfortable - my body didn't move the way it used to, I wasn't flexible, and I would become puffed after one cycle of a Sun Salutation. But I decided that as part of my year of "doing life differently" I would make the time and space to commit to my practise, so show up for myself in this way, and to just see how I felt about yoga after a couple of months. Over time, my body started to limber up, my fitness improved, but more importantly, my mind felt calmer. The movement and breathing of the asana practise helped me to connect to what was happening for me in my mind and nervous system and this connection helped me heal in a way that I had never been able to before.

Throughout my practise, I have come to realise that the tools we use in yoga—presence, nervous system regulation, and the courage to sit with discomfort—are the very same tools needed at the end of life. As a yoga teacher and a death doula, I see life and death as part of the same vibrant spectrum. Whether I am teaching poses in a studio or sitting vigil at a bedside, my mission remains the same: to provide a steady, compassionate presence as you navigate the most sacred transitions.

I chose the name Rainbow Samadhi as for me the rainbow signals that I provide a fully gender-inclusive, queer-friendly, and neuro-affirming service. All of my classes, workshops, training, and consultations are consciously designed to be  welcoming and inclusive to help you develop a sense of calm, clarity, and connection, whether on the yoga mat, or when making end of life plans.

Samadhi is the eighth limb of yoga, and the highest state of human consciousness that we might attain. It is much more than the literal translation of a "death-like state" and can be experienced as the unification of all that is. When we exist in a state of samadhi, we no longer experience our human desires, cravings, or ego-generated thought; we can be one with the divine; we can experience true freedom.

Providing safe and accessible spaces for people in the LGBTQIA+ and neurodivergent communities is a particular passion of mine and I hope to use my platform as a facilitator of movement, meditation and breathwork for all people to be their authentic selves.

My background is in teaching, education, and biological sciences and I draw on my experience in these fields to create an evidence-based, trauma-informed practice that is inclusive, accessible and will nourish your mind, body, and spirit.

Thank you for stopping by and I look forward to meeting with you to cultivate your own Samadhi experience.