About Benita Miciulis
Yoga and meditation have transformed my life, teaching me how to live with presence, purpose, and connection. My journey, enriched by years of training, learning, and lived experience, shapes what I now call embodied mindfulness—paying attention to what's happening in our bodies, so that we can reclaim a sense of autonomy and agency over our minds and our lives. I’m here to share that with you, meeting you exactly where you are.
Benita is a trauma-informed meditation teacher and yoga facilitator offering gentle, embodied practices that guide people back into connection with themselves. Her approach prioritises agency, exploration, and how practices feel over how they look.
Her work is shaped by personal struggle, life challenges, years of inner work, a love of books, writing and poetry, and ongoing professional learning. Yoga and meditation have transformed her life, teaching her how to live with embodied presence, purpose, and connection. She now shares these practices through weekly group classes, 1:1 sessions, live meditations on Insight Timer, and a growing online library of guided experiences and journal reflections.
Benita has called Melbourne home since 2003, after spending her childhood in the USA, South Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. With a background in law, she understands the pressures of corporate life and the deep need for a cultural shift in how we relate to wellbeing.
Her sessions are invitations to slow down, tune in, and rediscover the joy of being alive. She is often described as warm and compassionate, with a gentle and encouraging style.
Wherever you're at, all of who you are is welcome here.
“It can often feel like we are powerless to change the culture around us, but we do have the power to change how we respond to it. By building a foundation of sustainable wellbeing, we can reclaim our focus, our connection, and our capacity to rediscover ourselves. In a world that often keeps us distracted and disconnected, this is a truly rebellious act.”
Why Is Your Practice Called “As One”?
When naming my practice, As One, I wanted to capture the essence of what yoga and meditation mean to me.
Here are the five inspirations for the name:
1. Yoga Means Union
The word yoga comes from the Sanskrit root yuj, which means to join or unite. While many Western approaches to yoga focus on asana—the physical postures—yoga is much more than just that. It encompasses a complete philosophy and practice, including pranayama (breath regulation), dhyana (meditation), ethical living through the yamas and niyamas and the unity of body, mind, and spirit. Yoga is a practice that invites balance, integration, and presence—not just on the mat, but in every part of life. For me, yoga is a way of living. It offers a path to live in alignment with oneself and the world, truly embodying the meaning of union.
2. Interconnectedness
In Buddhism, there is a profound teaching that everything is interconnected. No person, action, or moment exists in isolation—we are all part of an intricate web of life. I’m fascinated by this philosophy, especially since our culture of individualism often leads us to believe we are separate from the world around us. We're taught to focus on self-reliance, personal achievement, and independence, but this perspective can create the illusion that we exist in isolation. In reality, we are deeply interwoven with everything around us, each of us contributing to the whole.
3. Breathing As One
In his book Breath Taking, Lorin Roche eloquently describes how the breath connects us all.
“We all share the same breath. We are breathing the same air, and that is a connection that goes beyond words.”
Breathing reminds us that, regardless of our differences, we are connected by this life-giving force. Inhale, exhale—we are breathing as one.
4. Oneness in Nature
The natural world is a beautiful example of interconnectedness. I’m in awe of a pair of lemon-scented gum trees in my yard. These trees share nutrients through their roots, provide space for birdlife to feed and play, and stand strong and adaptable in the wind. For me, yoga and meditation encourage us to mirror this harmony within ourselves and our relationships. Just as nature finds balance and strength as one, we can too when we find and honour the connections that sustain us.
5. My Personal Practice
Yoga and meditation have helped me bring together the fragmented parts of myself, allowing me to feel whole—to feel as one. They’ve truly transformed the way I live and experience life. My ongoing commitment to personal practice, exploration, and learning is what enables me to teach with authenticity and depth.
Naming my business As One honours this continuing journey and reflects the heart of what I hope to share with others: a path toward feeling connected and balanced, no matter the challenges we face or those yet to come.
An Invitation to Practice As One
As One is more than a name.
It’s an invitation to reconnect with yourself and to find steadiness and ease in a world that so often feels busy, chaotic, and disconnected.
From lived experience, I know it’s possible to step out of the cycle of stress, build a sustainable foundation for wellbeing, and rediscover the magic of being alive.
Through yoga, meditation, and conscious breathing practices, I help people to rediscover a life of greater presence, purpose and joy.
When we practice as one - with ourselves, with each other, and with the world around us - we open the door to real and lasting transformation.
