Mind & mental wellbeing in Perth

A Milne Street studio that runs a Mysore room alongside a general timetable, which is less common in Perth than the number of yoga studios would suggest. Ashtanga Led covers the half primary series in seventy-five minutes and the studio asks you to do its Ashtanga Foundations course first. The rest of the week is softer — Mellow, Linger Longer, Dynamic Flow, and Yin by candlelight.

Equine assisted learning and counselling on a Bullsbrook property, where the session happens outdoors alongside the horses rather than across a desk — the practice's own phrase is that the therapy room is outdoors. Sessions are groundwork rather than riding: no one gets on a horse. Grief and loss work runs alongside the general counselling.

Sifu James Lui teaches Choy Lee Fut kung fu alongside Lohan qigong at three hall-and-oval venues across the river — South Perth, Brentwood and Myaree. The qigong is not a warm-up bolted onto the martial art but its own stream, which is rarer in Perth than the number of kung fu schools would suggest.

Health coaching from Lou Carbone, certified through the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in both general and hormone health coaching. Work is sold as programmes rather than single appointments — a six-month one-to-one course, a shorter starter programme and a group detox and nourishment round — with functional testing available inside them. Sessions run online or in person around Perth, and a free 15-minute call comes first.

Ruth Balsiger coaches from an Ayurvedic starting point, working through food, routine and the seasons rather than a fixed plan. Sessions cover gut health, hormonal balance, mindful eating and nervous-system support, and clients get messaging access between appointments. Mostly online with some in-person work around Perth. She also publishes a podcast and a recipe book, and the site carries a dosha quiz as a way in.

Nutrition and lifestyle coaching from Sarah Hopkins, a CHEK holistic health coach at level three with a decade of clinical practice behind her. The work is weighted towards women's cycles and fertility — preconception, IVF preparation, endometriosis and hormonal patterns — with gut health and IBS alongside. Booking is through the site's own calendar.

Gina Knight coaches on menopause and on low-carb and ketogenic eating, working from values and motivation rather than a prescribed plan. She is a professional member of the Health Coaches Australia and New Zealand Association and holds PreKure Health Coach certification. Sessions are booked online and start with a free discovery call.

Michelle Bishop coaches from a psychology and education background, with twenty-five years of it in Perth. Sessions run long — an hour and a half to two hours — and can be taken individually, as a pair or as a family. Ground covered includes parenting, mindfulness, breathwork, communication and the brain-body connection, and she also runs small retreats capped at six. Coaching happens at her place or somewhere the client chooses.