About Helen Cushing (Swami Ahimsadhara)

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Diploma of Satyananda Yoga Training
Member of SYTA 

Ahimsa has practised yoga since she was a teenager in 1975 and has been teaching since 2003. She is a highly regarded teacher and presenter in Australia and internationally. Ahimsa lives in Hobart. 

Prior to teaching yoga Ahimsa worked in the media. As a freelance writer she publishes articles and books on yoga and other topics. 

For more than 15 years Ahimsa has taught yoga to war veterans, refugees and others with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). She has given programs to war survivors and others with PTSD in Colombia, Serbia, India, UK and several European countries.

Ahimsa's award-winning documentary, Heroes of Peace, tells the story of the war veterans yoga group she teaches in Hobart.

Her book, Hope: How Yoga Heals the Scars of Trauma offers holistic solutions to post-trauma suffering.

Find out more about Ahimsa at her websites
South Hobart Yoga & Meditation
Life Beyond Trauma