Meet Carina MacSweeney

Carina is a dynamic and passionate yoga teacher, a mother of two, and an enthusiast of surfing, playing pool, and savoring great food. With a diverse background that includes roles as a library assistant, lifeguard, playscheme leader, and aerobics instructor, Carina found her true calling in yoga in her early 20s. After completing her transformative Hatha Yoga Teacher Training in Bali in 2014, she has continued to expand her expertise through various advanced trainings. Carina's classes are a blend of mindfulness, breath work, and relaxation, aimed at fostering a deep mind-body connection and providing a sanctuary for her students to find ease and calm.

About Carina

Carina is a mum of 2 who loves to surf, play pool and eat great food. She has worked as a library assistant, lifeguard, playscheme leader and trained as an aerobics instructor before embarking on her yoga teacher training in 2014. Carina found yoga through a Barbara Currie DVD in her early 20s and knew she wanted to teach yoga after attending her first class.

She received her Hatha 200hr YTT with Santosha in Bali. A truly life changing experience that initiated the next 9 years of further trainings including; yoga nidra, mindfulness, yin, restorative, vinyasa and pregnancy. Carina is passionate about healing spaces and has also trained in aromatherapy, crystal healing, reiki, women’s circles, tarot reading, cacao facilitation and completed her foundation training as a death doula.

Carina's Yoga Teaching

Carina infuses all her knowledge into every class with particular focus on building mind body connection. She seeks to provide space for you to find ease and calm as well as free movement. Every class includes mindfulness, breath work and relaxation as She feels these are the corner stones of greater connection to self. As a senior yoga teacher with over 8 years’ experience she has a wealth of knowledge to draw on and can provide options, adjustments and alterations to suit most people ensuring you always have a variety of poses to choose from.

Qualifications: 200 hr RYT Hatha Yoga Instructor. 100hr Yin yoga, 50hr Restorative yoga, 50hr Pregnancy Yoga, Level 1 I-rest yoga nidra, Aqua Yoga, 20hr vinyasa yoga

Random Facts About Carina

  • She is also a swim instructor and teaches both kids and adults.
  • Her favourite movie is Jurassic park and she has visited the site where some of the first movie was filmed in Hawaii
  • She discovered yin yoga whilst on holiday in Byron Bay and completed her level 2 whilst being 32 weeks pregnant with her first child.
  • She is the oldest surviving female in her mother line after her mum passed in 2020 which was the catalyst for her training as a death doula.
  • She is super passionate about astrology and hopes to do some formal training soon.

Carina's Schedule