About Joanne
Joanne Heath is a senior yoga teacher and wellness educator with more than 20 years’ international experience across yoga, meditation, retreats, wellbeing, education and social impact.
Jo’s own experience with chronic stress in her early thirties changed the direction of her life. After discovering the transformative benefits of yoga, meditation and lifestyle changes, she left an established career in marketing and communications to move into the wellness industry.
Driven by a desire to understand the traditions and practices that had helped transform her own life, Jo lived and studied in India for more than four years, including at Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi. Her journey has also involved extensive time on retreat and practicing in India, Nepal, Italy and Australia, and into some of the world’s leading health and wellbeing retreats.
Jo has worked with thousands of people across corporate, retreat, rehabilitation, not-for-profit and community settings. Her experience includes the award-winning Gwinganna Lifestyle Retreat, Gaia Retreat and Spa and Raindrum Private Private Luxury Rehabilitation and Mental Health Retreat in Byron Bay.
Jo holds a 1,100 hour Certificate IV in Yoga Teacher Training from YogaArts in Byron Bay, studying under Louis Sear and Matthew Sweney, Certificate IV in Fitness, Diploma in Yoga, Postgraduate Diploma in Indian Philosophy & Religion from Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, India and is certified as a Senior Level 3 Registered Teacher with Yoga Australia.
Today, Jo draws on this depth of experience to make yoga, meditation and mindfulness practical, accessible and relevant to everyday life. Her approach combines traditional wisdom with contemporary wellbeing practices, creating space to move, breathe, rest and reconnect — whether through private yoga, meditation, retreats, workplace wellbeing or community programs.
Yoga, Seva & Social Impact
For Jo, yoga extends beyond what happens on the mat. Seva - selfless service, has long been an integral part of her practice. Since 2011, Jo has been involved in child protection and education initiatives in India and Uganda, including co-founding several projects and working alongside Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Kailash Satyarthi on the development and international launch of End Child Slavery Week.
Jo’s deep connection to India and commitment to conscious living, service and social justice continue to shape her work today. Through her social enterprise Love Not Fear and Yogis Unite for Freedom, Jo is now bringing these passions together, connecting the global yoga community with collective action to help protect and create greater freedom for women and children affected by trafficking and sexual exploitation in India.
The Liberated Minds Method™
Based on what has worked most effectively for her over the last 20 years, The Liberated Minds Method™ is a unique fast-track system that fuses targeted physical movement with deep mindfulness to regulate your nervous system within as little as 1 hour.
Rapid Neural Reset: Flips your nervous system from "fight-or-flight" to "rest-and-digest" in minutes.
Instant Stress Relief: Burns off excess cortisol and adrenaline using targeted physical movement.
Effortless Mind-Quieting: Stops racing thoughts by guiding brain waves into deep, sleep-like states.
Deep Physical Restoration: Releases chronic muscular tension to leave the body feeling entirely restored.
Immediate Emotional Lift: Clears out survival-mode stress to instantly unlock feelings of presence and joy.
Better Sleep Quality: Completely calms the mind and body to prepare you for deep, uninterrupted rest.
