Hi…
I believe rest is medicine for the modern world — a way to return home to ourselves.
My path in health and well-being began in 1996 with Human Services Victoria, where I supported young people navigating complex and tender chapters of their lives.
That experience opened my heart to the power of compassion and unconditional care for all beings.
After becoming a mother, I worked as a counsellor with PANDA (Post and Ante Natal Depression Association), holding space for parents through the often unseen transitions of early parenthood.
In 2017, I joined Monash University’s Department of General Practice as part of the Health Enhancement Program and later served on the Board of the Meditation Association of Australia from 2019 to 2023.
Today, my work weaves together decades of experience in care and contemplation.
I guide and mentor through Yoga Nidra and rest-based meditation, supporting others to meet themselves with gentleness and awareness.
I am a Certification Mentor with the Daring to Rest leadership program, a facilitator and mentor in the Happy Melon Meditation Teacher Training Program, and I share meditations and courses on Insight Timer and Idanim.
My love for yoga and meditation began in the early 1990s and deepened through my studies in Psychotherapy in 2006.
Over time, these practices have become the steady ground beneath me — a way to return home to calm, clarity, and compassion.
Through rest, stillness, and presence, I’ve come to trust in what is unchanging within us all:
a quiet, luminous place that reminds us who we truly are.
“Zoe Kanat is a gifted and heartfelt guide to the quiet practices of rest, yoga nidra, and meditation. Her deep intuition and devoted practice are the foundation of all she shares. I have had the honor of being with Zoe in many circles of learning, mentorship, and practice, and she is always deeply present, compassionate, and full of wisdom. She is a skillful facilitator, and her offerings are a healing balm for the soul. Studying with Zoe is bound to be a true gift.”
3 pillars of my work
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Mindfulness
Awaken to the beauty and magic in your everyday life
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Clarity
Align with your heart’s deepest desires
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Joy
Nurture meaningful connections and fulfilling your life purpose
Zoe’s background
Qualifications
Tantric Meditation Teacher Training - L1 with Tracee Stanley
Tantric Meditation Teacher Training - L2 with Tracee Stanley
Mentor and Teacher Trainer in the 12-month Daring to Rest™ Facilitator Training Program
Certified Daring to Rest Yoga Nidra Facilitator
Completed 60 hr Yoga Nidra teacher training with Jana Roemer
Registered Meditation teacher, member of Meditation Association of Australia
Diploma in Teaching Meditation, Gita International Yoga Australia – 2013
Diploma in Soul-Centred Psychotherapy and Counselling, The Kairos Centre – 2010
Emotional Field Therapy (EFT)
Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR)
Dip. Community Services, Community Development, Swinburne University
Personal achievements
Council Member – Meditation Association Australia 2019 - 2023
Completed the Mindfulness Based Stress reduction course (MBSR)
Attending Melbourne Insight Meditation silent retreats annually since 2013
Riding in the Great Victorian Bike ride - 2015
Happily Married for 28 years
Mother to a 26 year old son and 23 year old daughter.
Certified facilitator of the Daring to Rest Yoga Nidra Program
Regular cold water therapy practitioner
Completed 20 hr Wisdom of the Moon Goddesses, Lalitha Sadhana with Tracee Stanley, E-RYT
“Zoe has been a beloved teacher trainer in the Daring to Rest Facilitator Training for the past three years. Her depth of personal and professional knowledge of yoga nidra is tremendous. She teaches from her heart.”