Amanda Porter (Atma Jyothi) is a certified Sivananda Hatha Yoga Instructor, Club Yoga (for children) trained, certified Birth and Post Partum Doula, a pre and postnatal massage practitioner, infant massage instructor, percussionist and artist. She has been part of the Rama Lotus team since its beginning at the Gladstone location, close to a decade ago.  Her life on the yogic path started as a teenager, which resulted in taking Sivananda teacher training in 2000. Since then, she has taught well over 1000 classes and workshops, with special interest in pre and post natal yoga, Naad Yoga (the yoga of sound), and Bhakti yoga (the yoga of devotion). She draws on her colourful background of talents, incorporating them into her teaching and workshops.

Her classes are refreshing, healing and fortifying, and her love of yoga can been seen in every class.