Patti McBain

I have taught meditation, yoga and personal development my entire career of over forty years. Initially working for a global organisation and then running my own businesses. I regularly attend supervision and engage in continuing professional development particularly in the area of trauma education.

In one of my current roles as a personal and spiritual growth mentor I attend monthly supervision and trauma informed practice was a recent topic. .

I completed Healing Trauma Through Yoga a program of the Trauma Centre at Justice Resource Institute (TCTSY)

In addition, I completed additional trauma self study working with David Emerson's Overcoming Trauma Through Yoga, David Treleaven's Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness and Bessel van der Kolk's

The Body Keeps the Score. These books are required texts in the trainings I deliver.

Owning and running businesses according to high standards and ethics over twenty years.

I served as leader of the state committee for Yoga Australia and on the board of Meditation Australia. I was part of a sub committee to consider the importance of and ways we could ensure members had trauma sensitive training.

Developing and facilitating a 12- month Yoga Teacher Training

Developing and facilitating a 6- month Meditation Facilitating Training

Certificate IV in Mentoring and Coaching 2009

Certificate IV in Training and Assessment 2012

Cancer Support Group Facilitation Training with Cancer Council WA 2012

Yoga Therapy Training Byron Yoga Centre 2014

Associate Certified Coach with ICF 2014

Mental Health First Aid 2014

Mindfulness for Wellbeing & Peak Performance with Monash University 2016

Diploma of Transformational Holistic Counselling 2021

Outside and within  my yoga studio I have over the last ten years facilitated classes and courses for Cancer Council WA and Neami National 

I have had many consumers say how they had not tried yoga before and how much they enjoyed these classes. Even this morning I was speaking with a participant who attended Yoga yesterday for the first time. Because of past intravenous drug use she has limited feeling in her left arm. She said after yoga she had more sensation in this arm and was very excited to think there could be improvement in this.

Carole Heslop | Peer Support Worker - JMHSS
Neami National JMHSS

“Patti McBain has been a valued member of the Cancer Council WA Life Now Facilitator Team for 7 years, delivering six-week yoga and meditation courses for our clients several times a year.  Patti has proven herself the consummate professional, facilitating her Life Now courses with skill, compassion, and adaptability, ensuring that Term after Term she receives glowing praise and testimonials from participants.”

“Whether online or face-to-face, Patti is accomplished at sharing yoga and meditation practices that help participants relax, and release stress and anxiety.  Students in her six-week Life Now courses often report less physical pain, greater range of movement, improved sleep, and an improved state of mind, something that they feel inspired and empowered to continue applying at home.  Patti is a pleasure to work with, and I wouldn’t hesitate to commend her as an instructor for your workplace, event, or regular practice at Refresh Yoga.”

Ryoka Elton | Life Now Program Coordinator

Cancer Council Western Australia

"As a social worker and working with people in homelessness, survivors of sexual abuse and in family and domestic violence, Patti’s meditation course has been spot in providing me with the tools for working with people in a trauma informed capacity. I am able to assist people at risk to de-stress and share simple, helpful self-help tools. Patti is a very grounded and practical meditation teacher with a vast amount of experience. For my line of work, I definitely chose the right teacher. I highly recommend Patti."

Debbie Bates | Social Worker

Northam Western Australia