Yakoa Yoga

  • We offer a regular yoga practice to connect to self, breath and this moment.

    Each class is an invitation to pause and reconnect, release tension and to care for your nervous system. 

    Yakoa Yoga offers Vinyasa Flow, Yin and Restorative Yoga, with workshops coming soon, and encompasses:

    Carly Sheldon has been practising yoga since she was a teenager, teaching for 4 years and is qualified across Vinyasa, Yin, Restorative, Accessible and Children’s Yoga (350 hours).

    Christy O'Brien has been practising yoga for 30 years and teaching for 3 and is qualified in Vinyasa Flow and Yin Yoga (250 hours) with training in Mental Health Aware Yoga and Yoga for Menopause.

    Both Carly and Christy are Yoga Australia Certified and hold current insurances.

    Currently teaching at the Back Nine Golf Course - corner of Eyre and McKenzie Streets in Echuca.

  • Yoga first drew me in with its physical benefits, but it’s the stillness, awareness, and connection that keep me coming back. I am grateful for yoga’s teachings, Indigenous to the peoples of South Asia, and the living history passed down through generations. With gratitude to my teachers and theirs before them, I remain a student, learning, listening, and returning to the heart of yoga.

    My classes are grounding, accessible, and restorative, supporting nervous system regulation while building strength, ease, and balance. I draw on Yin and Restorative Yoga to create practices that invite presence, curiosity, and rest—for adults, children, and teens alike.

    Through movement, breath, and rest, my hope is that you return to yourself and the quiet wisdom that’s always been there.

    My Yoga Qualifications

    • 200 Hour Conscious Foundations Yoga Teacher Training (June – October 2022), The Yoga Group

    • 20 Hour The Art of Teaching Yin Yoga, Advanced Teacher Training (July 2023), Tanya Perry & Denise Orloff

    • 14 Hour Vinyasa Yoga Training: Mastering the Art of Yoga Sequencing (July 2024), Jason Crandell

    • 108 Hour Restorative Therapeutic Yoga Teacher Training (January 2024 – January 2025), Jillian Pransky

    • 25 Hour Children’s Yoga Teacher Training (September 2025), Zenergy Yoga

    • 25 Hour Yoga therapy for children (October 2025), Zenergy Yoga

Let's practice together

    • 200 Hour Conscious Foundations Yoga Teacher Training (June – October 2022), The Yoga Group

    • 20 Hour The Art of Teaching Yin Yoga, Advanced Teacher Training (July 2023), Tanya Perry & Denise Orloff

    • 14 Hour Vinyasa Yoga Training: Mastering the Art of Yoga Sequencing (July 2024), Jason Crandell

    • 108 Hour Restorative Therapeutic Yoga Teacher Training (January 2024 – January 2025), Jillian Pransky

    • 25 Hour Children’s Yoga Teacher Training (September 2025), Zenergy Yoga

    • 25 Hour Yoga therapy for children (October 2025), Zenergy Yoga