Tanaya is an accredited Yoga Therapist, Yoga Teacher, Ayurvedic Lifestyle Coach, and Author. She is the founder of Mind Body Collective Australia, and has served on the committee of the Australasian Association of Yoga Therapists (AAYT) and the AUSactive Yoga Therapy Advisory Group, contributing to the development of Yoga Therapy in Australia. Her accolades include the 2024 AUSactive Yoga Therapist of the Year Award. Tanaya's work centres on the mind-body connection and the psyche’s key role in illness, wellness, and healing.

With experience spanning over three decades in mind-body research and practice, at the heart of Tanaya’s philosophy is the belief that Yoga offers a transformative path accessible to all, regardless of physical capacity, age, religion, or belief system.

Drawing from a rich foundation in both Eastern and Western disciplines, Tanaya holds a Bachelor of Arts from the Victorian College of the Arts and Victoria University of Technology,  where she majored in Performance Studies, Human Movement, Psychoanalysis, and Phenomenology. During this formative training in the 90’s, she began exploring the body’s capacity to express—and supress—its truth, and the ways in which prose, movement, and sound can intersect with Yoga as pathways to healing. This inquiry continues to inform her work, which integrates Yoga’s ancient methodologies within the realities of the modern world.

Tanaya has studied with a wide range of esteemed teachers across diverse traditions, including the Krishnamacharya and Kriya Yoga lineages. She brings over 10,000 hours of teaching experience, supported by extensive training in Yoga, Yoga Chikitsa (Yoga Therapy), Ayurveda, health, fitness, and personal training. Alongside her formal qualifications, she has devoted herself to ongoing study and mentorship in Yoga across India, Spain, Indonesia, the UK, and Australia. Her teachers include Vijay Amar, Nayaswami Savitri, Sal Flynn, Trish David, Caroline Robertson, Bernie Clarke, Dr Paul Lam, and many others, each contributing to the depth and breadth of her approach. Many of her most influential teachers she has never met in person, yet their wisdom—passed down through their paramparā—has quietly shaped her path.

Guided by Taoist, Buddhist, and Yogic philosophies, Tanaya continues to refine her work through ongoing study, with particular inspiration drawn from the Kriya Yoga tradition. She holds deep reverence for the teachings passed down by Swami Kriyananda, Paramahamsa Hariharananda, Paramahamsa Prajnanananda, Asha Nayaswami, Nischala Joy Devi, Dr. Vasant Lad, Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani, Mantak Chia, and Ajahn Brahm, whose work continues to shape her understanding of Yoga, Buddhism, Taoism, and other Eastern wisdom traditions as complementary pathways to healing and self-realisation.