“I feel at home at Soul. I have never entered a space so beautifully curated and fostered before. The people here are truly beautiful and it truly feels like family every time I walk through the door.”

“My last year at the SOUL CENTRE has had such a profoundly positive impact on my life! I feel like a completely different person to the one who walked through those doors. I know the epicness of the SOUL CENTRE ripples out and positively impacts so many lives. It has been so awesome working with you and I am looking forward to what the futures brings. Your are freaking awesome!”

“The venue is beautiful with views out to the Waitakere ranges and surrounded by plants and fauna - It is a lovely tranquil spot and exactly what I needed to feel more grounded and centred. If you haven’t been to Soul Body and Mind Centre, check it out one weekend, it certainly has a range of different activities – I am going back for some Shin Yoga.”

“The SOUL centre is a beautiful venue, and Willa’s warmth, care, and attention to detail provided a very supportive environment for our meditation workshops. ”

“Soul is the hidden gem in the hills of Titirangi. Settled in the bush the moment I walk in there I feel a calm and quietness that takes over all the hustle and bustle of my life. Always greeted with a smile I am drawn back again and again to the yoga classes which I love. but Soul has so much more to offer. Definitely worth a visit. ”

“Thanks for creating SOUL, it has saved mine. ”

“From the moment I walked in to Soul, I felt it was a very special place. I had been told by at least three or four people that “the lady there is very special” and “they do the best remedial massages I’ve ever had” so I was aware of Soul’s importance in the Titirangi community. “That lady” turned out to be Willa, the amazing director, and heart and soul of SOUL.

My Soul journey began with Shin Yoga classes post surgery for colon cancer, aged 33, and from there I have been blessed enough to experience deep emotional healing with Willa’s transformational cranio sacral therapy sessions; with many of the wonderful classes SOUL offers (Chi Kung, Dance, Yoga), and meeting many other amazing people, healers, artists and making wonderful friends along the way. But the most valuable and precious thing for me has been my learning from Willa, as she has graciously shared her incredible knowledge and wisdom with me. I am quite literally a completely different person now, and I can actually say I really enjoy life, rather than just struggling through each day. Willa does an extraordinary amount of things, day in day out, and keeps Soul running to be there as a haven and a healing place for people of all walks of life, and yet she always, always has time to answer your questions and guide you in any way she can. She does all this in a completely non-judgemental way.

SOUL is an incredible and unique space. i’ve visited many yoga studios but never seen in such a lovely one, with gorgeous bush surroundings and birdsong. It really is blissful. Thanks to Soul, and to Willa, I am now the person I always wanted to be! ”

“It is such a pleasure to be part of a wonderful communal spirit... and soul-full journey;
I love being able to regularly share and partake in joyous and blissful celebrations of LIFE...”

“This year (2017) I had the brief experience of teaching Ashtanga Yoga, at Soul - in the paradise of the Titirangi forest.
I was invited by Willa, who warmly welcomed me to this lovely institution and explained me its trusting and free functioning.
Teachers and students, we all take off our shoes, open the door and feel completely comfortable and free to let go the pressures, thoughts and ties that inhabited our bodies, mind and soul during the day. It is a place of devotion, acceptance and discipline.
As a teacher, I felt absolute support and freedom to teach with truthfulness, my own way, with all my heart involved.
The environment is an excellent balance between the necessary objects for a comfortable practice and the necessary space and insight that comes with simplicity.
I appreciate very deeply the opportunity I have had teaching at Soul, which enriched my personal practice and teaching experience unforgettably. ”

“I started yoga at Soul about 6 months ago. I assume that almost everyone who takes up yoga wishes they had started sooner.

My work stamina has increased, my back hasn’t gone in ages and my knees no longer feel so vulnerable. If enlightenment is the goal then apparently yoga provides a short cut. In my quest to bring my cheech and chong into line and to achieve the ultimate where some day I will manage to put my left toe into my right ear, I will know I am well on the way.

Soul is a haven; Tranquil, friendly and easy. The search is over. Take up yoga.”

“Walking into Soul was like “coming home”.
If life had got in the way and I’d missed classes – that first class back would always fill me up and wrap me in warmth. I’d feel so good and at peace, and always question why I’d allowed life to stop me getting to my class.
Soul was more than a building though, or just a class. Soul had its own special energy, created by a most special lady, holding space for all. It would draw me back again and again.
I joined Soul more than 12 years ago and have enjoyed so many of its offerings as it too changed. Hatha yoga and pilates classes – with a much younger and more agile body. Moving to Shin yoga and the most amazing practice Qigong. I learnt I could let my body go – and move gently to music – with no boundaries. Meditation and Shin Yoga evenings, Qigong weekends, Cacao ceremony, women’s circles, life changing overseas retreats, connections, expansion of the mind and learning, learning, learning!
All from what could have been “just a place” to do a yoga class!
I’ve seen people of all ages come and go, walk through Soul and leave with what they needed.
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“I have always appreciated SOUL as a safe and harmonious sanctuary for me to explore and deepen nourishing, embodying practices of coming back home to my body. I have attended many wonderful courses at SOUL including the Birth into Being Mother to be course, Peaceful parenting, School of Love – somatic dance/movement, divine Shin yoga and free spirit dance events.
Wilhemeena is an amazingly skilled, intuitive, creative facilitator and teacher who has a way with making dance/movement and somatic practices accessible for people of all walks of life. I am truly grateful for all that Wilhemeena and the team behind SOUL has gifted to our West Auckland community.

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“Words cannot describe my gratitude for the kindness you have brought to my life these past few months. I am so thankful for you and for SOUL. This place is truly magical. Thank you for everything you have done”

“So grateful for SOUL, so grateful to you.

A lady came in today.......she was feeling very drawn and guided here... I told her what a gorgeous community we all are and how beautifully this community supports each other. I really feel that, and am very grateful for the new and renewed connections that I have here at SOUL...and a place to come together and develop ourselves is very beautiful and needed.

Thanks for holding this torch and huge thanks for SOUL and all the wonderful things that happen here. It is truly a blessing””