Meet our Team
Amy
Lead Practitioner focusing on the alchemy of mind-body healing, holistic therapeutic approaches and leading mental health neuroscience.
Joel
Remedial and Rehabilitation Specialist dedicated to functional movement, range of motion correction and structural integration for optimal health performance.
Support
We are currently building our MANAVA Health support team for practice admin, systems and events. Stay tuned to learn more soon!
Grounded in our cultural roots...
In our Pasifika or Polynesian culture, 'Manava' holds profound and sacred meanings, representing the breath, the heart, and the womb—the vital core from which life and energy flow. It is the spiritual center where our physical presence meets our inner essence.
At Manava Health, we draw our inspiration from these cultural roots, crafting a sanctuary where wellbeing is nurtured as a sacred journey back to one's center, honoring the harmony of body, mind, and spirit.
MANAVA story
MANAVA is the creation of a long-held dream birthed ten years ago during a self-healing journey through the Himalayas of Northern India.
Founded July 2023, MANAVA Wellness first served Australia's Sunshine Coast community with wellness events, holistic retreats and body-mind healing through trauma-informed proven therapies.
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Two and a half years later has found us in 2026 and opening two clinic spaces in Melbourne. This called for brand evolution as MANAVA Health reflecting our deeper intention to offer restorative sanctuary where modern clinical expertise meets traditional wisdom aligned to the quiet power of nature's seasons.
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MANAVA Retreats continues to offer signature transformational and luxuriosly immersive events for women across the East Coast of Australia and throughout Asia Pacific. Our focus forward is to curate an educational and explorational platform through each event that supports intentional cultivation of the internal garden within the sacred cycles of Earth herself.
Our philosophy is culturally sensitive personalised therapeutic care within the context of individual health autonomy. We are dedicated to a return to wholeness both personally and collectively in relationship with the Mother Earth herself as our planetary home.
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We know that collective healing begins with each of us, caring for all levels of wellbeing ~ the integration of physical vitality (body), conscious living (mind) and spiritual tranquility (spirit).
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Malo Aupito ~ thank you for being (here).
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...and traditional wisdom
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