Wellbeing practitioners, experiences and local makers on Bruny Island
A Directory For Visitors & Locals
Yoga With Emma
Bruny Island Yoga is home to yoga practitioner Emma Miley, who has been practicing for over 20 years. Regular classes and private sessions are available throughout the week. Easy to book online - visitors welcome.
Flower Essences With Rachel
Rachel Jardine is a flower essence practitioner and creator whose handcrafted essences and personalised consultations have supported people through personal change and growth across Australia for more than 20 years.
Sauna With Suhela & Jesse
Bruny Island Sauna Co offers a traditional Finnish-inspired wood-fired sauna in one of Tasmania's most beautiful coastal settings. Enjoy the simple rhythm of warmth, cool water and quiet time surrounded by nature.
Retreats
A collection of peaceful retreats on Bruny Island, hand-picked for their beautiful settings, thoughtful design and sense of calm. Each stay offers quiet surrounds, a connection with nature and a touch of luxury, with welcoming, experienced hosts creating a special place to slow down, relax and reconnect.
Bruny Island Soap
Michele handcrafts small batch soap in Adventure Bay, Bruny Island. Natural and simple ingredients, combined with the inspiration of the island's clean air and native flora, lead to a product designed for a slower way of life. Gentle on the skin and beautifully made, they offer a simple daily ritual of care and connection with nature.
Pamper Packages By Hamperlicious
Bruny Island's artisan makers produce some of Tasmania's finest soaps, botanical oils, teas, chocolates and natural skincare. Combined into beautifully presented pamper hampers, they're designed to encourage rest, relaxation and a slower way of being.
About Wellbeing on Bruny
Why Wellbeing on Bruny?
Wellbeing on Bruny was created to make it easier to discover the people, places and experiences that enrich life on Bruny Island.
Bruny Island is home to a welcoming community of practitioners, artisan makers and small businesses whose work reflects the island's slower, more connected way of life. Whether you're looking for a yoga class, a therapeutic treatment, handcrafted products or a thoughtful local gift, you'll find people here who are passionate about what they do.
Many visitors come to Bruny for its spectacular landscapes, forests and wildlife, without realising the island is also home to a vibrant community of people creating experiences, products and services that invite connection, creativity and wellbeing.
This guide brings them together in one place, making it easy to discover, explore and connect directly with the people behind them.
Some Of Our Makers and Healers
Michele
Botanist and Soap Maker
Michele has been handcrafting artisan soap for more than 30 years, creating small batches with care, patience and a deep understanding of traditional soap making. Her journey began as a teenager, searching for a gentle soap that wouldn't irritate her own skin. Today, Bruny Island Soap reflects that same philosophy—simple, thoughtfully made soaps using quality ingredients that can be enjoyed every day.
Jessi & Suhela
Mobile Sauna Owners
Jessi and Suhela are Bruny Island locals who share a passion for island life, wellbeing and the simple ritual of sauna. Together they created Bruny Island's wood-fired mobile sauna, offering visitors and locals the experience of heat, steam and cold-water immersion in one of Tasmania's most spectacular coastal settings.
Rachel
Intuitive and Healer
Some answers are difficult to find on our own. Since 2003 Rachel has helped people uncover the hidden beliefs and patterns that influence the way they think, feel and live. Drawing on intuition, muscle testing, flower essences and complementary therapies, she creates a calm, supportive space where people can reconnect with their own truth and move forward with greater freedom.
Emma
Yoga Instructor
Emma has been teaching yoga for more than 20 years, drawing on a lifetime of movement through dance, performance and traditional yoga practice. From her welcoming Bruny Island studio, she offers mat yoga, aerial yoga and private sessions, creating a supportive environment where people of all experience levels can build strength, mobility and confidence.
Get in Touch
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Bruny Island
A place like no other
With more than 6o beaches, rain forests, mountains, bays and towering sea cliffs Bruny Island is unique. Everyday presents opportunities to explore something new and discover nature, culture and ourselves.
Community
Bruny Island is s special place that encourages people to put down roots. Practitioners, makers and artists from a wide range of backgrounds have chosen to make the island their home, bringing with them decades of experience, traditional knowledge and a shared commitment to helping others live healthier, more connected lives.
