About Benita Miciulis
Yoga and meditation have transformed my life, teaching me to live with presence, purpose, and connection.
My journey, enriched by years of leaning, training, 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 practitioner of embodied movement and mindfulness, offering gentle, grounding practices that guide people back into connection with themselves. Her approach prioritises agency, exploration, and how practices feel over how they look.
Rooted in the understanding that the body and mind are not separate — they operate as one — Benita’s work invites a return to wholeness through embodied presence and compassionate self-understanding.
Her work is shaped by personal struggle, life challenges, years of inner work, a love of books, writing and poetry, and ongoing professional learning. She weaves together this training and lived experience through weekly group classes, 1:1 explorations, 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 awake and alive. Benita 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.”
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.
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:
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
The weaving together of movement and mindfulness has helped me bring together the fragmented parts of myself, allowing me to feel whole—to feel as one. These embodied practices have truly transformed the way I live and experience life, serving to further ground my belief that the body and the mind are not separate—they’re intimately connected and operate as one.
My ongoing dedication to personal practice, exploration, and learning is what enables me to guide with authenticity, passion and depth. Naming my practice As One honours this continuing journey and reflects the heart of what I hope to share with others:
A path toward feeling more 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—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 disconnection, build a sustainable foundation for wellbeing, and rediscover the magic of being here—awake and alive.
Through embodied practices—yoga, meditation, and conscious breathing—I guide 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.
