About

Meet Patience

Yoga | Voice | Sound | Meditation

Patience Scarles is a facilitator, yoga teacher and voice guide based on Waiheke Island. With over 15 years of practice and years of teaching experience, she offers grounded, intuitive support to those seeking deeper connection — to their bodies, breath, voice and inner clarity.

Her work brings together trauma-informed yoga, voicework, meditation and sound healing to create space for presence, transformation and renewal. Drawing from her own experience as a performer, mother and mindfulness practitioner, Patience guides with both compassion and skill, helping others come home to themselves — gently and sustainably.

Rooted in embodiment and nervous system awareness, her classes and private sessions are both deeply calming and quietly powerful. Whether you're joining a weekly yoga class, booking a private session or attending a bespoke retreat, Patience holds space with care, warmth and quiet confidence.

She collaborates with luxury accommodation providers and retreat hosts across the Gulf Islands and Auckland, and works with corporate groups seeking something deeper than surface-level wellness. Her private clients include performers, business leaders and everyday seekers navigating transition or burnout.

“My approach is about helping people reconnect with their own inner resources — their breath, their body, their voice — and remembering they already hold what they need.”

Patience is the founder of the Yoga Hike Club and has hosted seasonal retreats in unique natural settings such as the Stony Batter Tunnels. She offers both online and in-person sessions and is also the resident yoga facilitator for Ōmana Luxury Villas.

Voice & Sound Healing

Patience’s work with voice and sound is grounded in the understanding that our voice is one of the most powerful tools for regulation, expression and healing. Through vocal exploration, guided sound journeys, and singing-based practices, she helps people reconnect with their authentic voice — not just how it sounds, but how it feels in the body.

Ideal for singers, speakers, and anyone seeking deeper comfort and ease in being heard.

Journey & Training

Her yoga journey began in her teens, and deepened in 2011 when she was 17. She continued to practice when living and working in London’s fast-paced music industry, where yoga became an intrinsic part of her daily routine — a way of staying grounded and returning to herself amidst burnout and anxiety. Over time, yoga and voicework became more than tools for self-care — they became the foundation for a more conscious and compassionate way of living.

After returning to New Zealand, she trained as a yoga teacher through Kawai Purapura Yoga School, followed by further training with respected teachers including Nikki Ralston and Donna Farhi. Her continuing education includes studies in myofascial release, pregnancy and postnatal yoga, and ongoing professional development with Yoga Medicine®, founded by Tiffany Cruikshank.