MAYAKOSHA HEALING
Recovery for the whole self.
Counselling, Yoga Therapy, Clinical Supervision, Training/Workshops, Parent Coaching, TLSW, Group Programs
MayaKosha Healing is a unique Sydney-based trauma counselling, recovery and well-being service. Alys provides tailored care to individuals and families who have experienced any form of hardship- mental health difficulties, traumatic event, abuse, violence or neglect, or other criminal acts. Alys has worked for a decade with persons who have had engagement with systems such as domestic abuse, OOHC and child protection.
Alys is both an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker and a Registered Yoga Therapist. She works through trauma-specific and trauma-informed practice foundations to assist in mind-body healing and recovery experiences. This holistic recovery model increases resilience, stress-reduction, emotional regulation, problem solving and other well-being benefits (e.g nervous system recalibration). Clients are provided with a variety of options when it comes to managing their overall journey towards wellness with MayaKosha Healing.
Email: alys@mayakoshahealing.com​
Address: 42 Underwood Road, NSW, 2140.
Availability: Face to face or online services available pending assessment.
​This business is located on Wangal land. I wish to pay my respects to the Wangal elders past, present and emerging and acknowledge I am borrowing this space from the traditional custodians.​​
MEET ALYS
ALYS MCLENNAN
BScience (Psychology); PGDip & Master Social Health & Counselling; Master Social Work (Qualifying); Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (AMHSW); Hatha Vinyasa Yoga teacher levels 1 & 2 (300 hours); Yoga Therapy (650 hours)
Alys is a counselling social worker (AMHSW) and yoga therapist who provides child, adolescent, adult and family counselling, specialising in trauma-specific care and embodied recovery.
With a decade of experience working in the trauma industry her career involves clinical therapy, supervision, training as well as both frontline and managerial roles across hospitals, NGOs and private practices. Her therapeutic lens orients towards promoting best practice and advocacy with a strong focus on client centred wellbeing. Alys currently facilitates a trauma-specific private therapy collective space, is a Clan MacLennan Committee Board Member, a therapist for Willowtree EAP and a casual academic teacher for Master of Counselling Students at Edith Cowen University (Western Australia). Alys has also connected with Ashley Gobeil of Ashley Child Therapies to create the Immrama Holistic Trauma Healing Centre. This service is host to therapeutic private practitioners who offer both therapeutic and self care services aimed at increasing collective wellbeing.
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In the counselling and yoga space, Alys' passion is to assist people to move away from stress, depletion or trauma-activation so they may tap into their own inner resources, leaving them feel more centred and empowered. The combined experiences provide Alys with a multi-layered perspective of client healing and practitioner support from acute crisis through to longer term therapeutic support. She has written a number of therapeutic group programs for children and young people for three charity organisations specialising in trauma, abuse and out of home care. Two of the programs were commended by the judges in the Mental Health Awards 2020. Alys has been a finalist for the Griffith Alumni Awards 2022 and a finalist for the Australian Ladies in Business Initiative Awards 2023 and Inner West Citizen of the Year 2024 .
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Alys is registered with NSW Victims Services, the Australian Association of Social Work and Yoga Australia.
ABOUT THISÂ PRACTICE
How We Got Here
MayaKosha Healing was founded in May 2020 in Sydney, Australia, by Alys McLennan; trauma-specific counsellor, social worker and yoga therapist. This service was set up originally for self care as a response to the Covid-19 pandemic to support those in the community and therapeutic industry around increasing distress, disconnection and reduced wellbeing. MayaKosha Healing now provides holistic counselling using embodied recovery tools and trauma-specific therapies to support healing in people of all ages, critically reflective practices, Urban retreats, trauma informed yoga classes and training workshops. This combined approach allows individuals, families and workers to tap into their natural resilience factors to increase healing, well-being, balance and harmony.
MayaKosha Healing offers a variety of approaches to achieve and maintain optimal mind-body balance. Whether you are a professional, a team, a family or an individual seeking support, MayaKosha Healing provides trauma therapy, yoga therapy, clinical supervision, group programs in a friendly environment to assist you along your well-being journey.
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The Governing bodies associated with this business are Australian Association of Social Work and Yoga Australia. Alys is also a current registered counsellor with NSW Victims Services.
NAME AND LOGO
The healing component of each element
Maya and Koshas are terms based in ancient Sanskrit. Maya in this context stipulates that we are "made of" and Kosha in this context refers to the five sheaths of the self; physical body, mind, breathe/ energy, inner wisdom and true self (bliss, love, harmony). As my company strives to provide holistic healing across all of these sheaths to increase experiences of the true self, MayaKosha Healing seemed a synonymous name.
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The logo includes Autumn leaves which in the Chinese 5-element theory, is understood to be a transitional period. In Autumn we must reflect upon what we wish to hold onto as it continues to serve us and what we must shed like autumn leaves falling in order to move forward in a way that is helpful to our journey.
In Aura soma, the orange and berry colours refer to a reawakening of the wisdom that already sits within us, so that we can journey forward with more love, compassion and insight.