Hello, I'm Josephine, and most people call me Jo! I'm the Founder of Grace x Strength, a yoga therapist, mother of two boys, Migraine Warrior, and postgraduate psychology student at UNSW, with a focus on trauma, psychology, and migraine.

My journey into yoga began during my second pregnancy. After a traumatic first pregnancy and birth, I was desperate to find a better approach. And yoga met me right there. My second labour was a a stark difference - I gave birth naturally with no external analgesics. I was convinced I had found the answer to pain management.

But God had more to teach me. Juggling a corporate career, motherhood and yoga teaching, my migraine condition quietly worsened, shifting from episodic to debilitating chronic levels….even as I continued my practice. That was confronting…because if yoga was the answer, why was migraine getting worse for me? It nudged me back to yoga's roots: self-inquiry. The deeper I looked inward, the more curious I became about the neuroscience behind it all, how the nervous system works, and how we learn to regulate it.

That curiosity led me to psychology. Today, I'm passionate about understanding how early life stress and childhood experiences shape the brain and body, and how that connects to conditions like migraine. I'm especially drawn to emerging embodied treatments, and I'm dedicated to bringing what I learn back to this community in practical, accessible ways.

With an undergraduate degree in Computer Science and Marketing, I spent over 12 years in global media and tech before founding Grace x Strength — an online yoga space with accessible practices woven with Christian-faith messages of peace and love. I've completed over 1,000 hours of yoga training, hold certifications in Yoga Therapy, Chair Yoga, and Kids Yoga, and am a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-500) with Yoga Alliance, trained by my guru Briohny Smyth. I'm also an Ambassador for Migraine Australia.

Honoured to be the first registered Christian Yoga Teacher on Yoga Australia, I've been featured in Neuroscience & Yoga, Migraine Australia, Yoga Journal, Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Salvation Army magazine (Warcry), Eternity News, Modern Witnesses, and Wesley Mission.

I stand as living proof that science, faith, and yoga can coexist, cultivating equanimity that continues to guide my healing and my life. Outside of studying and my entrepreneurial ventures, you'll find me at the ballet studio or figure skating, cheering my husband and boys on at sports, or laughing with friends over coffee.

Serving and breathing every moment in Him~

~ Founder of Grace x Strength
~ Ambassador of Migraine Australia
~ Registered Teacher at Yoga Australia
~ Registered RYT500 at Yoga Alliance