Learn the Practice Behind Sādhanā
Watch this 15-minute teaching on why we react the way we do, how meditation can change our relationship with emotional waves, and the three foundations of The Peace in Chaos Method™.
Tuesdays, 5:00–6:30 pm AWST | 8 September–27 October 2026
Join online or in person at Studio Zen in Margaret River
In-person places are limited to 10
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Life doesn’t leave much space to come back to ourselves
From the moment we wake up, there is something asking for our attention.
Messages. Work. Family. Decisions. Screens. Social media. World news. Other people’s needs. The pressure to keep up with it all.
We absorb so much information, yet often feel further away from our own clarity.
We look outside ourselves for reassurance, direction, the right answer, or another thing that might finally make us feel better. Meanwhile, the body is holding stress, emotions can sit beneath the surface, and even when we finally have time to rest, the mind can keep going non-stop.
You may already know you need more space for yourself - time to understand what is happening inside you and a practice that helps you feel more balanced in the chaos of life. But when life is already full, it can be hard to know where to begin, what to practise, and how to stay consistent on your own.
Sadhana is a place to come back home to yourself.
An 8 week program to learn how your body and mind respond to life, establish a meditation practice that feels like home, and meet what arises with more mindfulness, loving awareness, compassion, and equanimity.
Finding Calm, Peace & Balance
in life’s chaos.
Introducing Sādhanā
Sādhanā is an eight-week live meditation and philosophy course for people who want to build a meditation practice that feels like home and understand themselves on a deeper level.
Through guided meditation, the teachings of the Buddha, yoga philosophy, Eastern wisdom, self-inquiry and daily practice, you’ll begin to understand how your body and mind respond to life, become more aware of your emotional patterns, and bring more mindfulness and loving awareness into the way you live.
Learn to surf life’s emotional waves
Over eight weeks, Sādhanā will help you build a meditation practice that becomes part of your daily life and brings more awareness to your emotions, reactions and patterns.
When a wave rises, you can begin to pause, notice what is present, and create more space before you respond.
And the practice isn’t only about meeting the difficult moments. It can also help you become more present for joy, connection, gratitude and love - so you can experience life with more awareness, compassion and equanimity.
A feminine approach
to the practice
I created Sadhana for people who want to build a real meditation practice, but do not connect with spaces that feel too strict, impersonal, or difficult to maintain in everyday life.
I believe in the middle path. There is commitment and loving effort, because practice needs consistency. There is also room for questions, resistance, emotions, busy weeks, and whatever arises while you are learning.
I offer a feminine approach to Vipassana and the teachings of the Buddha - one that includes mindfulness, philosophy, the body, intuition, compassion and, most importantly, your own experience.
I don’t approach meditation through force or the feeling that you have to practise. I approach it through devotion - a present you choose to give yourself each day.
Throughout the eight weeks, you’ll be guided and supported as you build a practice that can become part of your life.
I created Sādhanā so you don’t have to take many days off or travel far away to go deeper. It’s designed for busy lives, without compromising the depth of the practice or the tools you’ll learn along the way.
The Peace in Chaos Method™
brings the practice into three foundations:
Focus. Wisdom. Love.
Quiet the mind. See clearly. Open the heart.
Your Commitment to the Practice
Sadhana is designed to support real change over eight weeks. For the teachings to become part of how you meet your life, you will be asked to commit to:
At least 10 minutes of meditation each day
Of course if you can meditate longer it would be amazing.
This can be formal or informal meditation (you will learn the difference on the course).
One 90-minute session each week,
attended live or watched through the recording
The practice is not about perfection. It’s about prioritising yourself.
Together, we’ll deepen your understanding of how your body and mind work, untangle resistance, notice where emotions live in the body, and begin unwinding old subconscious patterns.
Through consistent practice, the teachings begin to shape the way you respond and become part of your daily life. The eight-week container gives you teachings, momentum, accountability and support, with lifetime access to return to whenever you need it.
Investment &
Choose How You Will Join
Join Sādhanā in person at Studio Zen in Margaret River or live online through Zoom.
Both options include the same teachings, meditation, guidance, community support and access to the Sādhanā Portal.
Online
Join live through Zoom from anywhere in the world, with access to every session recording if you can’t attend live.
Includes the full eight-week course, private Sādhanā Community, Sādhanā Portal, downloadable journal, weekly Letters from the Practice, lifetime access and all course resources.
AUD $547
In person
Join me each week at Studio Zen in Margaret River for the full Sādhanā experience in person.
Includes the complete eight-week course, private Sādhanā Community, Sādhanā Portal, downloadable journal, weekly Letters from the Practice, lifetime access and all course resources - plus in-room guidance, tea and the experience of practising together in the studio.
Limited to 10 places.
AUD $697
Prices in AUD | Payment is made in full at booking.
Need a payment plan? Please contact me before enrolling and we can find an option that works for you.
The Eight-Week Journey
Week 1
What Is Meditation, Really?
Build the foundation with formal and informal meditation, mindfulness, loving awareness, and how to begin a daily practice.
Week 5
Fear, Anxiety & Safety
Understand how fear and nervous-system activation shape your experience, and learn ways to meet anxiety with more grounding and awareness.
Week 2
Ānāpānasati: Sharpening the Mind
We work with the natural breath to train attention and strengthen the mind’s ability to observe.
You’ll learn how concentration supports emotional awareness, and how returning to the breath can begin to create more space inside you.
Week 6
Anger, Reactivity & Boundaries
We will explore defensiveness, resentment, truth and boundaries, and learn to feel anger without suppressing it or letting it take over your response.
Week 3
Observing the Reality As It Is
We will explores the difference between what is actually happening and the story the mind creates around it.
You will begin noticing sensations, thoughts, emotions, and reactions with more clarity and less judgment.
Week 7
Grief, Sadness & Letting Go
We will explore grief, sadness, tenderness and impermanence, and practise being with what is present without immediately trying to fix it.
Week 4
Relationships As Mirrors
We will explore triggers, projection, self-love and the Loving Awareness Process, so you can understand what relationships are showing you about yourself.
Week 8
Compassion & Equanimity
Bring the practice together through loving-kindness, compassion and equanimity, and create a way to continue beyond the eight weeks.
What Each Session Includes
Guided meditation - 30 minutes
A meditation practice to help you apply the week’s teaching through your own experience, including Anapana, mindfulness, loving awareness, body awareness, somatic meditation, and more.
Metta - Loving Kindness Meditation
We’ll finish each session with a loving-kindness meditation to cultivate more love, kindness and compassion towards yourself and all living beings.
Philosophy + practical guidance
Buddhism, yoga philosophy and Eastern wisdom explained in a practical way, with space to connect the teachings to everyday life.
Reflection + questions
Time to ask questions, reflect on what came up in the practice, and explore how the teachings relate to your own experience.
From Understanding to Embodiment
You will learn through direct experience from the very first session.
The teachings are not there to become another idea you understand intellectually, like something heard in a podcast, read in a book, or absorbed through a Dharma talk. You will practise them. Feel them. Observe how they show up in your body and mind. And begin to understand them through your own lived experience.
You will be guided to meet these teachings in your body, your relationships, and the moments when emotional waves begin to rise.
Come home to your inner sanctuary
Everything Included in Sadhana
Sadhana gives you enough support to stay connected to the practice, without filling your life with more noise.
Eight live 90-minute sessions
Weekly meditation, philosophy, practical guidance, reflection and questions.
Daily meditation practice, in your own time
A minimum of 10 minutes each day, so the teachings can become part of your own experience.
The downloadable Sadhana Practice Journal
A printable or digital journal to track your practice, notice emotional patterns and reflect on changes in your body and mind. Practice daily gratitude and more.
The Sadhana Portal
A private online home for:
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Three guided meditations
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Two Yin Yoga classes
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One Qi Gong practice
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Weekly session recordings
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The Sadhana Practice Journal
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Letters from the Practice
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Integration prompts and course resources
Use the portal throughout the eight weeks and return to it whenever you need support afterwards.
The private Sadhana Community
One private WhatsApp community with two dedicated spaces.
The Practice Space is where I will support your consistency through daily meditation check-ins, reminders, weekly prompts, recordings, and guidance.
The Sangha Space is for questions, reflections, sharing what is arising, and connecting with others in the practice.
You are always welcome to be quiet while remaining connected to the shared rhythm of the group.
Weekly Letters from the Practice
Letters to inspire your practice.
The Peace in Chaos Method™
A practical framework for meeting triggers and emotional charge with more mindfulness, kindness, and choice.
Lifetime access
Return to the complete Sādhanā Portal, recordings and course resources whenever you need them
How This Practice Changed My Life.
After a surf injury in 2014, I started experiencing panic attacks in the water, while diving, and even on the way to surf. It took me years to understand what I was experiencing and why. I tried different ways to free myself from the fear, but over time I could see how it was taking over larger parts of my life
Then I sat my first Vipassana course. My life changed upside down.
Through the silence and the practice, I began to understand how my body and subconscious mind were working together, how patterns are created, and what was happening inside me when the panic came. The meditation I practised during that course, together with Cranio-Sacral Therapy afterwards, became an important part of releasing something that had been sitting in my body for years.
I started living more freely.
I was no longer reacting to life in the same way. The ocean became one of the most healing places for me, and when old layers of fear or conditioning arise, I now have the tools to meet them with love and kindness, move with them, and come back home to myself.
As this practice changed my life, I felt called to pass it on. Over the years, I have brought together the teachings and modalities I practise into a feminine, intimate, and deeply nurtured space - a space where you are guided, held, seen, and supported while you learn how your own body and mind work.
Sadhana was born from this.
From my own practice. From the years it took to understand fear and other emotions from the inside. And from knowing that when we have the right tools and a loving space to practise them, we can begin to respond to life with more awareness, compassion and equanimity.
Your Sādhanā Guide
I’m Amber Houbara, a yoga and meditation teacher, Cranio-Sacral Therapist, sound massage therapist and sound bath facilitator based in Margaret River.
I’ve been practising yoga and meditation since 2011 and teaching since 2016, and over the years I’ve guided hundreds of people through retreats, workshops, classes, events and private sessions.
My work brings together Vipassana, mindfulness, the teachings of the Buddha, yoga philosophy, somatic awareness, Yin Yoga, Qi Gong, Cranio-Sacral Therapy and sound.
Everything I share comes from my own practice and lived experience.
Throughout Sādhanā, I’ll guide you with warmth, honesty and care as you build a practice that can support you well beyond the eight weeks.
Words from people who have practised with me
"I attended my first silent retreat with Amber after attending many silent retreats, mostly Vipassana retreats. My experience with Amber was one that was deeply nurturing and restorative.
I became aware that what Amber offers, in her retreats is the magical feminine essence that creates a safe and sacred place to go deep into the depths of your subconscious Saṅkhāras, while allowing for other ways to move energy, emotions and behaviours with beautiful Hatha style yoga, qi gong and restorative yoga featuring her divine sound healing and intuitive Craniosacral therapy.
One of my favourite parts of Soul - a silent retreat are Amber’s philosophy talks - her insights, her ability to breakdown the Vipassana meditation technique in a way that is through her depth of experience and faith, her passion for exploring the astrological forecast at the time of your retreat is just something very special.
Amber’s wisdom, integrity and ability to hold space is palpable. Her retreats are carefully curated in special places of nature and attending will be one of the most spiritually significant landmarks for your journey inwards, in a way that will feel safe, held and like, OMG can’t wait to attend my next one.
Thank you Amber, you are truly gifted at what you share into the universe and beyond <3"
Katie Green
A Testimonial from Luminate, a Full Moon Event for Women
"Trying to gather some thoughts and feelings about a wonderful yoga journey in which I’ve embarked myself last year with Amber.
I’ll start by mentioning how beautifully harmonious the place and ambience were set up, from the beginning of the journey I felt welcomed, at home and peace with myself and the women practicing next to me.
We started with a Qi Gong practice followed by a nutritious chat about the astrological moment we were living which already helped opening up myself and creating a clear intention for the practice and meditation, we continued by slow movements as we went through the calm summer evening and it all just accompanied perfectly to open up myself into deeper thoughts and questioning old beliefs. As we dived deeper into a meditative state, following the sound healing vibrations, I had one of the biggest awakenings of my life, had a strong connection with my inner guide and always felt loved and supported.
I guess after that practice, I had to go through a couple of weeks of journaling to understand what the practice and meditation were showing me, but always had that evening near my heart, as it was the first awakening moment that was showing me the path for big changes in my life.
Amber thanks for the love, the connection and the support.
Cannot recommend the Luminate journey and the retreats enough. Just a little recommendation, come with an open heart and be ready to surrender, as big movements happen on its own when we allow it to speak through us."
Florencia Moratorio
“Before the retreat, there was a lot of overthinking and anxiousness.
It wasn’t so much an aha-moment. It was more of a soft remembering. Remembering what joy felt like.
Afterwards, I felt so much lighter and full of joy.
The moment I sunk into myself and it felt so comfortable to be in my skin.”
Laura
Sadhana is for you if…
You feel emotionally overloaded by modern life and want more space within yourself.
You want to build a consistent meditation practice, but find it hard to do alone.
You want to understand your emotions, reactions, patterns and the relationship between your body and mind.
You’re a yoga teacher and want to deepen your meditation practice and understanding of yoga philosophy.
You want teachings that are practical, grounded and connected to real life.
You’re ready to prioritise at least 10 minutes of meditation each day and one 90-minute session each week.
You don’t need previous meditation experience - only a willingness to practise, observe and stay curious about your own experience.
Sadhana may not be for you if…
You’re looking for a passive course without actually practising.
You’re not ready to make time for the daily meditation and weekly session.
You’re looking for someone else to heal you, rather than taking an active role in your own process.
You’re currently seeking treatment for a mental health condition that requires clinical or crisis support.
You want meditation only as a way to avoid, suppress, or quickly remove difficult emotions.
Come home to yourself, so you can meet life with more clarity, compassion, and love.
You do not need to wait until life becomes quieter.
Over eight weeks, Sādhanā will help you build a meditation practice that supports you in understanding your emotions, noticing your patterns, and creating more space in the way you respond to life.
When a wave rises, you know how to ride it.
And when you lose connection with yourself, you know how to come back home to your heart.
Have a Question? Get in Touch
If you wish to know more or ask any question please contact - IamEndlessTrip@icloud.com
Some of the benefits reported by those practicing Ānāpānasati
Taken from Vipassana Research Institute.
Effective tool to deal with fear, anxiety, stress and nervousness
Improved awareness and alertness of the mind
Increasing concentration and focus of the mind
Support stronger memory
Increases self-confidence
Improves decision-making
Increases capacity and mental focus to work
Better the ability to understand and express oneself
Regaining mastery over the ‘monkey-mind’
Mind becomes healthy, wholesome and strong
One becomes full of good wishes for others
More words from people who have practised with me
"Phone detox; delicious healthy food; rising with the sun, to the deep reverberating sound of a gong; meditation classes; yoga classes incorporating sound and cranial sacral therapies; nature immersion; philosophy talks amongst boulders and tall trees; more meditation and yoga and then getting substantial sleep. Days of this, until one morning it just feels natural and nurturing to wake with the sun, to the call of the gong, to sit together,in quiet meditation and comfort.
Silence in a group is uncomfortable....at first
An hour of meditation is uncomfortable....at first
Thankyou Amber for the opportunity to truly realise how much my distractions rob me of seeing my life through quiet, unaffected, childlike clarity. I have found the time again to enjoy what I actually want to be doing and to draw myself to presence. It is a constant work but I have remembered that I can do it and you have offered me the skills to reset.
Thankyou for holding that space for us all."
Lisa Maier
"Amber, my beautiful friend & teacher,
Created the most soul filling, transformational experience for me and 12 other women and 1 man in the most delicious setting in Denmark.
She guided us through a 4 night silence retreat and I came out of it feeling anew. Her knowledge & wisdom is inspiring and learning from her over the past few years has been invaluable. I'm looking forward to participating in another one soon."
Grace Fleming
I am honestly very grateful for the experience I had and wanted to take this opportunity to write a feedback.
For me, the most important thing was how pure your intentions are for doing these retreats. The alignment you have with your purpose makes the retreat far more rewarding and interesting. When you do something with that level of clarity and focus, everything that follows is so beautiful and has a ripple effect. And because of that I was able to learn a lot and had such a profound experience. This will go beyond me and affect others around me as well so thank you so much once again.
I hope to share a path with you again soon and practice more. Until then I hope you keep doing what you're doing and much more.
Lots of love and best wishes,
Parmeet
Parmeet Kumar
I’m so honoured to have joined Amber’s one-day Ānāpānasati retreat. I can’t express how beautifully held I felt throughout the experience. Amber guided the practice with such wisdom, gentleness, love and presence.
If you are looking at a digital detox and a day to come back to yourself, this retreat is exactly what you need! It offers a profound opportunity for reflection and inner stillness.
Brunhilde Cuffel
Have a Question? Get in Touch
If you wish to know more or ask any question please contact - IamEndlessTrip@icloud.com