A singer, a teacher, a student of yoga, a devotee

And always a work in progress

Hi I’m Lucy — the heart and voice behind Blue Wren Bhakti.

This is the story of how twenty-five years of yoga, a broken body, a Guru who saw my soul before I did, and the ancient river of mantra brought me home to myself.

A Life Woven With Yoga — Long Before I Knew Its Name

Yoga began calling me when I was still a teenager.

My bedroom walls were a strange collage — Pearl Jam & Nirvana posters hanging beside Hindu deities — and none of my friends understood why. Truthfully, neither did I. I was simply drawn to something ancient and familiar.

Looking back, the path had already begun.

For twenty-five years, yoga has been the thread running through every chapter of my life:

Hatha, somatics, meditation, philosophy, mantra, Vedic chanting, Sanskrit, the Yoga Sutras, the Bhagavad Gita, the Upanishads, and the devotional heart of Bhakti.

I hold a 500hr Yoga Australia Teacher Training, a 50hr Yin Yoga certification, and I’ve studied Ayurveda, which continues to shape the way I teach, move, and live.

The Injury That Became a Doorway

When a back injury suddenly ended my midwifery studies, my life collapsed. I was told by specialists I would never practice yoga again, and I was devastated. I spent two years trying to walk again, and I was giving up...

But that breaking wasn’t punishment — it was initiation.

I healed through meditation, visualisation, breathwork, Ayurveda, and a softer, therapeutic approach to yoga.

The injury didn’t take me away from yoga.

It took me into its deepest, most subtle layers.

Meeting My Guru — The Moment Everything Rewrote Itself

In the midst of this healing, I met my Guru, Narayan Saraswati, and my life rearranged itself around love, truth, and devotion.

Narayan didn’t just teach me yoga.

He opened the doorway to the Self.

He revealed the field, the knower, the knowing.

He taught me how to see, feel, surrender, and trust.

He placed the harmonium in my hands and introduced me to the tanpura, teaching me how to root my voice in its ancient drone.

Under his guidance, my voice softened, opened, and transformed into something round, warm, and devotional.

He would say:

“Sing, sing Lucy — don’t be afraid. Just sing.”

And so I did.

The Karma We Carry — And the Grace That Frees It

There came a time when the weight of my karma rose like a storm — a time when ordinarily I would have put down music entirely.

But something sacred happened.

Narayan carried what I could not. He stopped playing music.

The karmic weight that once would have broken me fell instead upon him — and with a strength I still cannot comprehend, he moved through it.

While he held that burden, I kept singing.

In fact, in respect and to honour my Guru I sang more than ever.

Over time, the deeper truth revealed itself:

why we met,

why our souls recognised each other,

why mantra wove us together in this life.

My chanting sustained him.

His strength saved me.

This is karma — the mysterious balancing of lifetimes.

Some things cannot be explained.

They can only be bowed to.

My gratitude is beyond this world.

Every note I sing is an offering to my beloved Guru.

'Om karomi yadyat sakalaṁ parasmai

nārāyaṇāya iti samarpayāmi'

~ All that I do in every moment & in every action,

I offer wholly & completely to Narayanaya

My Teachers — The Lineages That Shape My Voice

Alongside Narayan’s timeless guidance, my vocal and mantra lineage deepens through:

Gaiea Sanskrit ( Gabriella Burnell), London UK

Sanskrit pronunciation, mantra refinement, and devotional voice training through the global Sanskrit community.

Valerie Fimat-Faneco of EKA Yoga, Perth WA (lineage of T.K.V. Desikachar)

Traditional Vedic chanting and Sanskrit in the Krishnamacharya-Desikachar lineage — a precision-based, heart-led approach.

Anandra George — Heart of Sound (500hr Sanskrit & Nada Yoga Training)

I study Sanskrit, Vedic chanting, Indian rāga, mantra yoga, bhakti, and nāda yoga with Anandra, whose depth and clarity continue to transform my voice and practice.

These teachers have given me the map of sound, the breath of devotion, and the subtle understanding of vibration as a spiritual path.

Movement as Medicine

Earlier in life I trained in Middle Eastern dance — bellydance — and although I rarely dance, that feminine, spiralling intelligence still infuses how I move, teach, chant, and understand embodiment.

I mostly teach Hatha and Vinyasa yoga, weaving somatic flowing movement and always focussed on breath and safety in each posture.

Where I Sing Today

I chant at temples and yoga studios across Perth.

I lead Kirtan with my wonderful & talented bandmates — guitar, percussion, drums, didgeridoo, harmonium, tanpura — a devotional storm of sound I adore.

I sing with the Gaiea Sanskrit Global Cosmic Choir, which I aim to bring to Perth in the near future.

1:1 Singing Therapy — A Sanctuary for the Voice

"Everyone can sing"

My deepest offering is 1:1 Singing Therapy — healing singing classes for anyone whose voice feels blocked, shy, uncertain, wounded, or forgotten.

Most people don’t have an “unmusical” voice.

They have a wounded one.

Together we explore:

Mantra

Rāga and melodic patterns

Breath and resonance

Harmonium & tanpura

Indian vocal technique

Yogic + Vedic sound practice

Emotional release

Nervous system repair

Devotional singing

Voice reclamation

This isn’t about sounding perfect.

It’s about sounding true.

It’s about reclaiming the part of you that was never allowed to be heard.

And its about finding your voice

Blue Wren Bhakti — A Homecoming

The blue wren has followed me for years —

a symbol of awakening, joy, freedom, song, and the courage to be fully seen.

Blue Wren Bhakti is the place where all the strands of my life come together:

Yoga.

Meditation.

Mantra.

Music.

Healing.

Philosophy.

Devotion.

Sanskrit.

Community.

Sound.

A home for your voice.

A home for your heart.

A home for transformation.

If you feel called, I’m here — with my harmonium, my tanpura, my lineage, and the practices that rebuilt my life from the inside out. I would be so delighted to share them with you.