After facing years of emotional pain, autoimmune illness, and a life-altering hospital visit, Rowena Jayne received an inner wake-up call that changed everything. In this interview for Mystic Mag, the internationally trained therapist, yoga teacher, and retreat leader opens up about the turning point that led her to a path of deep healing—and how she now helps other women reconnect with their power, purpose, and self-love.
What was the turning point that inspired you to begin transforming your life from within after facing such intense emotional and physical struggles?
I was admitted to hospital with a bleeding colon. The doctors came to my hospital bed and said they believed I had Crohn’s disease. I literally heard a voice in my head say “you don’t have Crohn’s disease; this is your wake up call to either change your life or stay on this trajectory” and I knew that voice was truth.
When I got out if hospital, I was literally hobbling down the street praying for a sign for my life to change and I heard the same voice “look up” and there in the breeze was a sign flapping on the edge of a building: “grand opening – Bikram yoga Lane Cove”. I rushed to the door grabbed a timetable and went to the next class – that day changed the trajectory of my entire life.
How did your experiences with anxiety, eating disorders, and autoimmune illness shape the holistic healing approach you now offer others?
I have a deeper level of first hand experience and awareness of what others may be feeling or going through. Many people learn clinically what to do to support others, and fail to really get it. This offers me as edge and it instills a level of trust in clients. It helps them feel understood which is a huge part of anyone healing. I can hold space from this understand and build rapport quickly.
You’ve studied a wide range of healing modalities—how do you decide which tools to use when working with a client or leading a retreat?
I use intuition and of course everything is pattern recognition. So with experience we can recognise patterns which tell me this technique will help.
I do run breakthrough programs with specific techniques and remain flexible to the clients needs. In my psychotherapy degree we learned processwork psychology which is about following the clients process. So this helps guide the sessions.
What role does self-love play in your work, and how do you help women truly embody it in their healing journeys?
Self love is everything as is building a spiritual relationship. We do self appreciation techniques. I use an NLP (Neuro linguistic programming) technique called anchoring to also help them feel that love. The work itself helps them let go of past traumas that led to adaptations. As they let go, a state change happens also so they begin to feel lighter and more positive. I also use mirror work and we celebrate every win they have which gives them feel good chemicals like dopamine, and I also teach them new language to use about themselves
In what ways do your women’s circles and retreats empower participants to reconnect with their life purpose and step into their power?
They get space to really honour themselves. Women especially are usually wearing so many hats and tend to out themselves last. In this situation they are in nature , being nurtured, nourished and loved. They get time for them and what their deeper needs and passions are.
We use some coaching techniques to extract their passions and in group support they feel heard and by others so they build networks of likeminded individuals who they often connected with long term, which also instills confidence. We use closed eye meditations and other techniques to build their confidence and awaken their inner desire to make a difference in the world
