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Jessie’s yoga journey began in the 1970s, growing up in the rainforest hinterland of Byron Bay, Australia, where she watched her mother practice headstands and joined in early yoga nidra sessions. At age 11, a family trip through India and Nepal planted the seed for a life woven with yoga, travel, and nature. After years living and working in Europe, Jessie returned to the Northern Rivers and walked into a yoga class that shifted everything — she fell in love with practicing the yoga postures, her breathing relaxed and a feeling of inner peace washed over her. She knew then that yoga would become a natural and everyday part of her life. Jessie went on to complete immersive yoga teacher training, study with senior Iyengar teachers, write four yoga books (HarperCollins Publishers Australia and Ulysses Press USA) including the bestseller Yoga Postures for your Body Mind & Soul, teach on yoga teacher training courses and co-create the Radiance Yoga DVD series. In 2002, alongside her sister Judy, she founded Radiance Retreats — offering deeply restorative yoga and wellness journeys in beautiful natural places. Over two decades later, Jessie continues to guide soulful, slow-paced retreats that invite people to return to themselves — through breath, movement, nature, and rest. When she’s not offering Radiance Retreats, she’s teaching Byron Bay Yoga Classes, walking in the hills around Byron, writing and spending time with her family.