Neil Shepherd is a leading educator in practical, science-based mind training and the founder of Inner Synergy. With more than 20 years of experience across mindfulness, neuroscience, emotional regulation and human performance, Neil helps people build the mental skills needed to thrive in high-demand workplaces and everyday life

Neil’s signature Mind Intelligence™ approach blends neuroscience, behavioural psychology, and evidence-based mindfulness to create practical tools that improve resilience, stress regulation, clarity and emotional balance. His programs are entirely non-religious, grounded in science, and designed for real-world busy minds.

Neil works extensively across government, corporate organisations, community health providers, schools, aged care and the general public. He specialises in helping individuals and teams reduce cognitive overload, regulate stress effectively, and build long-term mind fitness – not just temporary relief.

A certified senior meditation educator, ACT-trained with Dr Russ Harris, HeartMath™ resilience mentor/coach certified and Google Search Inside Yourself graduate. Neil is known for his clear, relatable teaching style that makes complex science feel simple and usable. He has trained thousands of people in developing healthier mental habits, stronger self-regulation, and a more coherent, intentional ways of thinking and living. Think clearly, work calmly, live well!

• Workplace Wellbeing & Improved Organisational Performance
• Public Mental Health & Community Wellbeing Training
• 1 on 1 Coaching & Wellbeing Support (with biofeedback)
• Reduce Stress, Overwhelm, Overthinking, Anxiety and Improved Sleep
• Science-Based Practical Methods & Professional Training

Hi, I’m Nat

I’m the founder of the Calm Mind Academy and love to guide those with stress, anxiety and health challenges to rewrite their story.

I’m curious about the mind–body connection and how our thoughts and emotions can have a deep impact on our physical health, not just our emotional wellbeing.

My numerous healing journeys have given me a unique insight into the power of the mind and how to regain balance from the inside out with presence and the nervous system.

My work is scientifically grounded and offers compassionate support from someone who’s been there too. My love for the mind even takes me to Nepal where I explore ancient Buddhist wisdom first hand.

If you’re ready to explore your mind and rewrite your story, I’d love to support you.

I’m certified as a Wellness & Nervous System Coach, Medical Intuitive & Meditation Teacher, trained in Acceptance & Commitment Therapy and a member of Meditation Australia.

• Wellness, Nervous System &  Metaphysics Coach
• Stress Management at home and in the workplace
• Mind Body Connection for anxiety, stress, pain and ongoing health challenges
• Mindfulness & Meditation Teacher

Angie Wood is a certified Mindfulness Works teacher and founder of The Rejuvenation Project, supporting midlife people across Sydney with practical, science-informed mindfulness tools.

Her sessions blend nervous-system regulation, self-compassion and gentle embodiment practices to reduce stress, ease anxiety and support women navigating perimenopause and menopause. With a background in marketing and wellbeing, Angie creates accessible classes, short online sessions and retreats that meet people where they are, no prior meditation experience required.

She is passionate about making mindfulness feel welcoming, inclusive and doable in everyday life, helping women reconnect with themselves during a transformative life stage. Angie’s approach is warm, grounded and focused on what actually works for busy women seeking calm and balance.

• Mindfulness for midlife women and menopause support
• Stress and anxiety reduction for busy professionals and workplaces
• Self-compassion and nervous-system regulation practices

Katrin wholeheartedly believes that your wellbeing matters and that everyone is inherently worthy of a life of vibrant health and happiness. It is her mission to inspire, empower and educate to spread this message.

Her background in Customer Service, Workplace Training and Early Childhood Education has seen her working within her local community for over 30 years (most recently with young children and families). She has worked within the metropolitan water industry, local council and in various early childhood education settings around Australia.

Always seeking to deeply nurture her own wellbeing throughout the different stages of her life, Katrin has experienced anxiety, depression and overwhelm and for many years pushed through stress/exhaustion trying to do it ‘all’ and hoping to achieve life balance.

Katrin found mindfulness over 20 years ago as she began practising yoga and found it to be a life changing practice. She was able to deeply reconnect with herself. This had a profound impact on her quality of life on many levels and greatly improved her wellbeing. The benefits of greater calm, joy and ease had a flow-on effect to all aspects of her life. This has been reiterated in recent years as she has navigated a career-ending knee injury which took her on a further journey of deep healing that continues to this day.

She now enjoys a joyful, slow-living lifestyle and loves to share her experience with others.

Katrin is happily settled in the Riverina region of NSW, Australia where she lives with her family. She now works from home, running her own coaching service, where she supports others as they seek to improve their health and wellbeing.

• Embodied mindfulness (including yoga)
• Non-dual meditation
• Trauma informed practices and healing

Mindfulness has been a journey of peaks and valleys for Jade. A Human Resources professional, Jade believed that stress, multitasking and being busy was the only way to succeed. She started regularly practicing yoga in 2012 to stretch and loosen her hips to support her dedication to long-distance running. Over the years she became increasingly interested in mindfulness and meditation and it’s positive effects on mental health.

After being a victim of bullying and dealing with the subsequent anxiety, in 2019 she qualified as a 300-hour Hatha yoga teacher. She has a certification in yoga for mental health, yin yoga, pilates and is formally qualified in breathwork and meditation. Jade offers hatha, vinyasa flow, vin yin and yin yoga classes. She combines strength, stretching, meditation, breath awareness and themes into her classes and participant leave feeling revitalised and inspired.

In addition to being a yoga and meditation teacher, Jade is an author who advises organisations on employee engagement. She is passionate about mindfulness, sustained mental health, self awareness and compassion in the workplace. Jade has a passion for traveling, she loves the great outdoors and met her husband when she was trekking to Everest Base Camp (he was her Sherpa!).

• Mindfulness and neuroscience
• Meditation teaching
• Positive psychology and mindset

Rachel is a qualified Mindfulness and Meditation Teacher, Yoga Teacher and Integrative Health Coach. She holds memberships with Meditation Association of Australia and Yoga Australia.

Rachel is the founder of Living Mindfully, compassionately integrating ancient wisdom with modern science, for optimal health and well-being through conscious lifestyle choices. Offering evidence-based practices and products to cultivate inner peace and improve overall health. She has practised Mindful Meditation for over 20 years. Noticeably it has assisted her in cultivating a more compassionate way of being, lowering reactivity and managing chronic anxiety.

Rachel is a heart centred facilitator and is extremely passionate about sharing her knowledge, holding space for others and supporting them to learn and implement the life changing skills of Mindfulness.

• Mindfulness for conscious REST
• Mindful Movement with Yoga and Yoga Qi Gong
• Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Anxiety (MBSR trained)

Ramona is a qualified Mindfulness and Meditation teacher and owner of Tara Labyrinth & Meditation in Bundaberg. She holds a Diploma in Guiding and Teaching Meditation and Mindfulness from the Australian Centre for Mindfulness and Meditation and is currently studying a Masters of Meditation and Mindfulness. She has also done training in Mindfulness Meditation with Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield through their Power of Awareness course and their two-year course “Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Programme”.

Ramona holds regular meditation classes from her traditional Mongolian yurt on her small acreage property near Bundaberg, in beautiful subtropical Queensland that she shares with her husband, their pooch, Bert and countless other wildlife. Ramona is also a Certified Veriditas Advanced Labyrinth Facilitator and has introduced many people to the benefits of walking meditation through her regular New Moon Labyrinth walks utilising the Labyrinth on her property. Before retiring almost two years ago, she was a midwife working within the public hospital system.

Ramona is passionate about living a mindful life and helping others to find their own sense of inner peace through the practice of meditation and mindfulness. She is also a member of the Meditation Association of Australia.

• Mindfulness and neuroscience
• Meditation teaching
• Positive psychology and mindset

Hi, I’m Michelle.

My journey, like many others, has been about finding peace by slowing down, reconnecting with myself, and learning to be present. After overcoming anxiety and an eating disorder in the ’90s, mindfulness became a lifeline. Over the years, it’s helped me navigate the ups and downs of family and business life with more calm and clarity.

With a background in Human Resource Development, plus qualifications in Business, Finance, Sound Healing, Laughter Therapy, and experience in Low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, I bring heart to my work. As a Certified Mindfulness Teacher and Coach with Mindfulness Works Australia, I love supporting others to feel more at ease, reconnect with what matters, and discover greater peace and self-acceptance. 💗

• Reduce stress and overwhelm through mindfulness individual coaching and group teaching.
• Release chronic stress and suppressed emotions with sound healing.
• Feel lighter and happier with laughter therapy.

Karl is the founder of Mindfulenss Works. Over 40,000 people have completed the Introduction to Mindfulness and Meditation course that Karl created. He has over 20 years in-depth mindfulness and meditation experience, having studied one on one with mindfulness teachers as well as attending silent meditation retreats. Karl leads a team of 60 mindfulness and meditation teachers across New Zealand and Australia.

• Mindfulness teacher training and supervision
• Meditation teaching
• Radical self-acceptance

Michelle is a qualified and accredited Mindfulness Meditation teacher and owner of Meditation Sunshine Coast, who has been educating people on the benefits of mindfulness since 2018. She specialises in workshops for the workplace, 1:1 coaching and retreats.

As a single parent, carer and an events manager to high profile speakers like Brene Brown, Simon Sinek and the Obamas, she understands high pressure roles, work and family-related stress and the impact it can have on our health and relationships. She enjoys bringing the practical applications of mindfulness to the workplace and home, to demonstrate the profound mental, emotional and physical benefits it can have in our day to day life.

• Mindfulness to reduce stress and anxiety
• Mindfulness in the workplace
• Meditation training

Annie Harvey has been teaching and speaking about mindfulness, self-awareness, and emotional wellbeing since 1999. With more than two decades of experience as a teacher, tutor, facilitator, and wellbeing coach, she supports individuals, teams, and communities to manage stress, build self-awareness, and reconnect with what truly matters.

Formally trained in ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) and grounded in the latest neuroscience, Annie helps people navigate high-pressure environments with calm, clarity, and purpose. Her approach blends mindfulness, positive psychology, and practical, everyday tools that create real shifts in resilience and capability.

Annie first turned to mindfulness during a difficult season in her life. What began as personal survival soon became a lifelong commitment: she immersed herself in meditation training, silent retreats in Thailand and Australia, and extensive study across hundreds of wellbeing and psychology texts. These experiences transformed her life and ultimately shaped the compassionate, science-based way she now teaches others.

She also teaches directly from her Amazon #1 bestseller, The Little Book of STILL—a practical guide that helps people rediscover moments of stillness, presence, and calm in a fast-paced world.

Today, Annie works with diverse groups—corporate teams, educators, carers, community organisations, and health professionals—helping people access moments of calm, joy, and connection in an increasingly distracted and digital world.

A lifelong learner and traveller, Annie lives near the beach in Glenelg with her husband, Mark, and their labradoodle, Meg. Both she and Mark are trained Laughter Yoga Leaders, giving them a light-hearted approach to human wellbeing and a memorable conversation starter at any event.

• Mindfulness and applied neuroscience
• Meditation and attention training
• Self-awareness and emotional regulation
• ACT-informed wellbeing coaching
• Positive psychology and mindset

Tracey graduated with a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) in 1994 and currently lives and works in Ballarat, Victoria as a Certified Practising Accountant in taxation and business advisory, along with running her own healing and fitness business, Elements Health & Fitness. 

Her healing journey began in 2007 after a series of traumatic events and a diagnosis of an autoimmune condition.  This healing journey provided all the synchronicity she needed to begin practising meditation which eventually lead her down the pathway of teaching—mindfulness, meditation, breathwork energy medicine, qi gong, yoga and much more!

In 2016, the universe conspired a chance meeting to assist with the creation of her own business, Elements Health & Fitness. This business brings together physical movement and mindset classes such as yoga and meditation, along with where she practises and offers energy medicine, reiki and crystal light bed therapy sessions. She’s passionate about helping others with their own individual healing journeys and inspiring others to find their true paths.

• Mindfulness, Meditation and Yoga teacher
• Energy Medicine Practitioner
• Breathwork Facilitator

Kirti is a certified Mindfulness Meditation Trainer, certified Yoga Teacher, and Educator with a deep passion for healing and inclusion. With years of experience teaching people with intellectual disabilities, she brings compassion, patience, and a trauma-aware approach to her meditation and healing work. A dedicated practitioner of Vipassana and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), she has used these techniques for many years as powerful tools for self-healing, resilience, and inner transformation. Helping others in their journey of healing, she has been teaching mindfulness meditation to individuals and groups in the western suburbs of Melbourne for the past six years, creating safe, accessible, and supportive spaces for all. Her sessions blend ancient wisdom with evidence-based practices, helping participants reduce stress, regulate emotions, and reconnect with their inner calm. Known for her grounded presence and heart-centred teaching style, Kirti empowers others to cultivate mindfulness, self-compassion, and deep personal healing—meeting each person exactly where they are on their journey to wellness and wholeness.

• Mindfulness teaching and coaching
• Mindfulness and stress reduction
• Radical acceptance and emotional regulation

Karen is a Mindfulness Educator and Clinical Hypnotherapist dedicated to helping people overcome anxiety, stress and trauma, and feeling lost. With a passion for guiding others to tap into the power of both mind and heart, Karen helps individuals transform their lives, create peace, and find purpose.

A long-time meditator, Karen’s own journey with mindfulness began in 1994 during a challenging time in her life. The profound positive impact of these practices inspired her to become a Meditation and Yoga teacher in 2006. She ran a successful Yoga and meditation business in Melbourne for 16 years, offering courses in mindfulness both locally and in the workplace. Now living in the Southern Riverina, she offers courses and workshops along the Victorian/NSW border.

In addition to her expertise in mindfulness and meditation, Karen is also a skilled Clinical Hypnotherapist. After studying under renowned hypnotherapist Rick Collingwood, she earned a Certificate, Diploma, and Master Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy. She combines her knowledge of self-compassion, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and resilience-building techniques with her extensive studies in neuroscience.

Karen also holds qualifications as a mentor/coach with the HeartMath Institute and has studied neuroscience under Dr. Sarah McKay.

With 40 years as a Registered Nurse, she has a wealth of experience in chronic disease management/coaching and corporate training.

Karen offers individual consultations in:

• Meditation, Mindfulness & Mindset Therapy/Coaching
• Clinical Hypnotherapy for anxiety, trauma, and stress relief

• Embodied mindfulness
• Heart-based meditation and coaching
• Trauma informed practices and healing