Come back to self.

Yoga, breathwork, and sound healing in Far North Queensland

Gentle practices to regulate the nervous system, reconnect with your body, and create space to simply be.

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Welcome, I’m Dari.

Through Within by Dari, I create spaces for people to slow down, breathe deeply, and reconnect with themselves.

These practices supported me deeply in my own healing journey, helping me find calm, clarity, and balance. And today I share them through yoga, breathwork, movement, and sound.

My intention isn’t to fix or change you, but to hold a supportive space where your body can soften, regulate, and remember its own way back to ease.

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UPCOMING RETREATS

HELD BY THE FOREST

A daintree Reset Retreat

5TH-7TH JUNE 2026

A nourishing rainforest escape to slow down, reconnect, and reset.

Through yoga, breath work, somatic movement, sound healing, and nature immersion, this intimate retreat offers space for rest, reflection, and genuine connection - returning you to balance, clarity, and ease.

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My Students & Clients say

Dari is amazing and unique as a Yoga teacher.

I find her breathwork and yoga so balancing and so wonderfully calming.

And the sound healing is deeply relaxing as well. All so beautiful...

- Annie D.

A Transformational Experience

An old soul who has mastered the art of self care and teaching.

Treat yourself to her retreat you won’t be disappointed .
- Eva L

Try incorporating just one in your morning routine, and see how you feel 🩵

New Moon Day Retreat 🌑
Mission Beach | 16.5 | 8:30am

A half-day to reset, set intentions, and reconnect on the day of the new moon — through breathwork, movement, sound, and gentle grounding practices.

Limited spots.
Details & bookings in bio 🤍

This Mother’s Day, gift an experience of deep rest 🌊🤍

Join me inside the Cairns Aquarium for Ocean of Sound.
A unique sound healing immersion surrounded by the beauty and stillness of the underwater world.

A space to pause, soften and receive, this deeply restorative experience will use sound and vibration to calm the nervous system, release tension, and invite profound rest.

Bring your mum, come with someone you love, or gift this experience to a special woman in your life.

Link in bio - Limited spaces available ✨

3 simple energetic hygiene practices to return to after every shift, work day or class ✨

If your work involves holding space, caring for others, or spending time in emotionally or energetically heavy environments- protecting your energy matters.
I’ve learned this the hard way…
Without release, buildup can drain your vitality, leave you feeling blocked or stagnant. Your energetic body needs cleansing just like your physical body.

1. Smoke cleansing
Use sage, palo santo or native herbs to clear and reset your field with intention.

2. Water ritual
Take a salt or magnesium bath (or even a mindful shower or a swim in the ocean) and let the water rinse away heavy or dull energy.

3. Cleansing visualisation meditation
Sit in stillness and imagine light moving through and around you, clearing what isn’t yours and restoring your energy.

Small rituals. Big difference. Return to them often. ✨

In a study on singing bowls, participants experienced a rapid 60% decrease in ANXIETY within just 1 HOUR.

Whereas anxiety meds take weeks to MONTHS for a similar reduction of 40% to 60%.

The power of sound 🤍

Not everything needs to be carried alone.

An evening to soften, release, and reconnect- through cacao, breathwork, and a sound bath.

Come home to yourself.

Limited spots, Link in bio 🤍

No need for a long session,
Doesn’t have to take 60 minutes to find a ritual that regulates you.
Find 4 minutes of a daily ritual that is meant just for you 🤍🌻

Each version of yourself is part of your wholeness.
Sometimes, we need to release what no longer serves us. Old patterns, thoughts, limiting beliefs, or relationships that no longer align.

If it scares you- you’re probably there 🤍

🔄 Listen to the inner wisdom of your cycle

As women, our bodies are constantly shifting - and when we learn to tune in and practice accordingly, everything begins to feel more aligned, supportive, and nourishing 🤍

✨ Menstrual phase
Slow down. Rest. Soften.
Avoid inversions and opt for gentle, supported practices with plenty of props. This is a time to turn inward and honour low energy.

✨ Follicular & Ovulatory phase
Energy rises - this is your time to move, explore, and gently challenge yourself.
Strength, creativity, and confidence are naturally higher, making it a beautiful phase for more dynamic flows and trying new things.

✨ Luteal phase
Begin to soften again.
Your body may crave slower, grounding practices- less intensity, more nourishment. Listen closely and give yourself space to unwind.

Your practice doesn’t have to look the same every day.
When you follow your cycle, you move from force… into flow 🌿

Take the normative and make it your own 😉

Balance isn’t just about the body, our breath has so much to do with it.
You can see it here… a little wobble, a moment of losing steadiness and then the breath brings me back.

In yoga, the breath refines the posture. It steadies the nervous system, softens resistance, and gives the body something to return to. Without it, balance becomes force. With it, balance becomes awareness.

Slow, controlled steady breathing activates the parasympathetic nervous system (your “rest & regulate” state), helping reduce tension, improve focus, and support coordination. It also enhances your body’s proprioception (your sense of where you are in space), which directly impacts balance.

And it’s the same in life.
When things feel unsteady or overwhelming- your breath is always there as an anchor.

Slow down. Deepen. Come back.
That’s where balance begins 🤍

One weekend.
Nature. Breath work. Cacao. Sound healing. Yoga. Somatic movement. Meditation.
No flights, no pressure- just a soothing time to breathe, move, explore, rest and receive.

Early bird now open ➡️ Link in bio.

Time is so precious 💕
Learning to appreciate every little moment in a simple life has made me the happiest I’ve ever been 🦋🩷

This is not a transformational retreat.
It doesn’t promise to fix anything or solve your problems.
It isn’t an escape from the real life.

This is simply a pause.

A space to ground.
release.
allow.
remember.
return to presence.

No need for any flights, just crossing the river into one a magical World Heritage rainforest.

Held gently in the heart of the Daintree, this three-day retreat invites simplicity and connection. We breathe, move, explore, rest, and receive. We share nourishing practices, quiet moments, nature immersion, and time to just be - without pressure, without expectation.

A retreat held by the forest itself.
Simple. Nourishing. Real.

🌿 Held by The Forest
Daintree Retreat
June 5–7

Come as you are.

Nature has a quiet way of bringing us back to balance.
The rhythm of the ocean, the sound of the wind through trees, the feeling of earth beneath our feet.
All gently remind the nervous system that it is safe to slow down.

Time in nature helps regulate our stress response, calm the mind, and ground the body. Sometimes the most powerful medicine isn’t doing more… it’s simply stepping outside and reconnecting with the world that holds us.

Love nature and take care of it the way it takes care of you 💚🌱

Slow movement • Breath work • Journal & Share • Sound Bath
A day to return,
To nature,
To self.
Link in bio ✨🌱

An invitation to pause.
Let this day be a gift you give to yourself 💗
Dm me for details
Or find link in my bio ✨

Within Gordonvale Yoga Studio 🌻
Dm for details 💕

Breath is something we do all day, yet most of us barely use its full potential.

When practised regularly, breathwork becomes more than a session… it becomes a nervous system reset, an emotional release, and a way back home to yourself.

With a consistent practice, breathwork can:

✨ Regulate your nervous system and reduce stress
✨ Support emotional release and processing
✨ Improve mental clarity and focus
✨ Enhance sleep and energy levels
✨ Deepen your mind–body connection

One session can feel powerful.
A regular practice creates lasting change.

Your breath is your most accessible tool for balance- use it. 🤍

3 things to do when you feel like sh*t (that actually work):

1) Smile, even if it’s fake.
It sounds silly, but your brain doesn’t fully distinguish between a real and intentional smile. Activating the facial muscles involved in smiling can stimulate dopamine and serotonin release, helping shift your mood through the facial feedback loop. Sometimes the body leads… and the mind follows.

2) Dance for 5 minutes.
Put one song on and move, just shake it out. Research shows that rhythmic movement increases endorphins (your natural painkillers), boosts dopamine, and reduces cortisol. It also helps discharge stored stress from the nervous system.

3) Get sunlight, even just 10 minutes.
Natural light exposure helps regulate your circadian rhythm and stimulates serotonin production, which supports mood stability and energy levels. Morning light is especially powerful, but any light is better than none.

No, these won’t solve everything.
But they can shift your state just enough to breathe differently… and sometimes that’s the first step back to yourself 🤍

Comment the word BREATH here and we’ll send you the link with all the details ✨

Join us for a Yin & Yang journey through: Breathwork | somatic movement | intuitive dance | sound healing.
Release what’s stored, reconnect to your body, and return to centre.

Come as you are 🤍

✨ Link in bio

Releasing old patterns is one of the biggest challenges life brings.
First step is noticing that patterns and what triggers it?
Second step what tools do I have to let go of that pattern / habit / limiting belief that is may holding me back?
Using the breath as a powerful tool to release, let go, and connect on a different level.

Slowly walking with patience, compassion and trust in the process as you watch how the tools you have on your everyday life allows you to thrive into new dimensions.

When we give ourselves time,
Time to slow down purposefully,
Time to lie down without the phone and listen, to the sounds around us, to the waves of the mind, to the echoing of sensations in the body:
Our nervous system settles, the mind waves lower down, and we can allow calm to spread through the body, and feel clarity.
That’s when healing can occur. 🤍

Save this for a hectic day ✨

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