Toni Payne’s love of both observing people and doing exercise began at an early age. Her love of yoga started in high school and her interest in training led her into Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).

Toni has lived and worked in Sydney, Japan and New Zealand, teaching in many contexts over the years (Community Colleges, workplaces, high schools, etc).

In 2001 Toni commenced both her yoga teaching studies and her studies in NLP. She studied yoga with Body and Mind Pty. Ltd. in Sydney, completing her Teaching Certificate. She then worked with Body and Mind for three years, teaching in gyms and corporate environments. She has had her own dedicated personal yoga practice for 9 years.

Toni did her NLP training with Robb Whitewood of Dynamic Mind Works in Sydney. She completed NLP Practitioner Certification (twice), Life Coaching and the Master Practitioner Certification. She believes that with NLP she has found her niche in life. She says, “When I started doing my NLP courses, I realised that I had been doing NLP my whole life. It’s as though the courses were giving me the theory behind what I was already doing”.

Toni has successfully run NLP-based workshops through Community Colleges in Sydney and has dealt with a wide variety of issues with clients, including relationship issues, fear and guilt, learning difficulties, self-esteem, weight loss, achieving life goals and so on. She believes that NLP is highly effective in helping people to resolve the issues that they face. Toni is a Founding Member of the Australian Board of NLP.

Toni also did a telephone crisis counselling course with the Salvation Army and volunteered for Salvo Care Line for about three years. She also did telephone counselling with family carers while working at Carers NSW, subsequently moving into a management role.

Toni did her Reiki courses at International House of Reiki in Newtown, Sydney, starting in 2002. Under the guidance of Frans and Bronwen Stiene, Toni has been doing her personal Reiki practice for about five years now. Toni loves Reiki and finds it not only relaxing, but very healing as well.