Jilda Liddicut
With over 40 years experience in this field teaching at schools and Universities in Adelaide, Sydney and New England, as well as the Deaf Theatre in Sydney, Jilda resided in Geelong between 1990 and 2018 and she has now moved to the country to live. Between 1983 and 1986 she worked as a Therapeutic Masseuse at Body Care in South Yarra. From her earliest years ‘natural’ dance has been an intrinsic and cherised form of Jilda’s expression.
Since the 1970s, Jilda has trained in various forms of yoga and meditation including:
- 1971 Melbourne – Transcendental Meditation
- 1971-72 Melbourne – Eugine Knox Creative Dance
- 1972-73 Melbourne – Doratea Mangimelles Mangala Studios of Yoga and Creative Dance
- 1973 Adelaide – Martyn Jacksons Iyengar Yoga
- 1979 Gosford NSW – Satyanandas Yoga Therapy
- 1985 Melbourne – Shanti Gowans S.Y.TT.A. Diploma
- 1994 Melbourne – Australian Yoga Teachers Certificate
- 1996 – Established Gaia School of Yoga and Natural Movement
- 2016 Byron Bay – Integrated Energy Therapy (IET) Masters
Yoga Instructor
Energy Therapist
Harmony Guide
When working with a group or an individual, it is their ‘energy’ that I intuit and to which I respond.
Giving appropriate yoga instruction etc, guidance, or ‘hands on treatment’ (like yoga massage or heavenly head massage) to address the particular concerns and stress levels, so to help restore the balance of Body, Mind, Heart and Soul.
With many years of experience teaching yoga and restorative practices to people of all ages, and from all walks of life – educators, students, artists, business people, householders, various disabilities including the deaf and vision impaired, healthy and fit athletes, AFL players for instance, as well as people with compromised health, like arthritis or poor breathing capacity, mental challenges, etc., to the serious yoga practitioner wishing to go ‘deeper’.
I have acquired a vast array of Yoga, Therapeutic and Life skills to draw upon so to help a client ‘Ease their heart as they unwind, strengthening Body, Breath and Mind’
Recently, now in my 70’s, and with some physical concerns of my own I contemplated retiring from Yoga Teaching.
Then, I realised the pity this would be, having accrued such a wealth of experience, knowledge and understanding of the human condition, with all it’s frailty, and unpredictable mental and physical health. After all, my persistent and primary intention since childhood has been to help relieve the suffering I saw around me, whether that of humans, animals or in the Natural world.
That’s why I turned vegetarian in 1969 and remain essentially, vegan. The yoga code of “Ahimsa”, harmlessness, is important to me.
So, rather than retire from teaching at this time I will now reduce my service to working privately with individuals and small groups from home here in Torquay / Surf Coast and surrounds.
Jilda. March 2025
