About

Renata Malinauskas

Hello, I’m Renata. I’m a psychotherapist, teacher and mentor. My work is devoted to supporting people to awaken to their true nature and live from a place of wholeness and freedom.

I am passionate about self-inquiry as a gateway to wholeness — a way of coming into direct contact with life as it unfolds, moment to moment. I believe that what we seek in life already lives within us. Yet through trauma, conditioning, or nervous system dysregulation, we often become disconnected from our bodies and from the deeper intelligence that guides us.

Through the simple act of coming home to the body — feeling, sensing, and listening — we return to what is real and alive within us. From this embodied presence, we rediscover our inner guidance, clarity, and freedom. Life begins to move through us more effortlessly, expressing itself with authenticity and purpose.

My Path

I was born and raised in a culturally unsafe environment and experienced early trauma, which shaped my curiosity about the nature of suffering, healing, and human freedom. From a young age, I felt a strong pull toward understanding what it truly means to be alive and at home in oneself.

Years of meditation practice, silent retreats, and deep personal healing eventually revealed something essential: the body is not something to transcend or fix, but the very gateway home. The body is where healing and awakening meet, and where life can be fully integrated.

Lineages & Influences

For over fifteen years, I have been immersed in the Buddha Dharma through the Insight and Vajrayana traditions, with a strong emphasis on embodied realisation. This foundation continues to inform my work as a Dharma teacher, which I share through Still Water Insight.

Alongside this, I have trained in Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy, Psychosomatic Therapy, TRE®, and Focusing — approaches that honour the body’s intelligence and its natural, organic unfolding.

My Work Today

My work weaves together contemplative depth, somatic inquiry, and trauma-informed care. I offer one-on-one body-centred psychotherapy sessions, as well as meditation teachings, events, and retreats.

Everything I offer is grounded in the same intention: to support a return to embodied presence, inner trust, and the truth of who we are.

Work with Renata

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My Qualifications and Certifications

  • Insight Dharma Teacher Training and Mentoring Program - Insight Meditation Institute - Sydney, NSW, Australia (2021 - 2025)

  • ISITTA - Innate Somatic Intelligence Trauma Therapy Approach (Level I and II) - Embodywise - Sydney, NSW, Australia (2019-2022)

  • HAKOMI Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy - Napier, New Zealand (2019-2021)

  • TRE® (Tension and Trauma Release Exercises) Certification Training - TRE Australia - Sydney, NSW, Australia (2019-2020)

  • Mindfulness and Compassion Teacher Training - Insight Meditation Institute - Sydney, NSW, Australia (2019 - 2020)

  • Cert III in Psychosomatic Therapy - Psychosomatic Therapy College (PTC) - GC, QLD, Australia (2018)

  • Cert III and IV in Fitness - TAFE - SYD, NSW, Australia (2013-2014)

  • Sports Nutrition and Supplementation Specialisation - Sao Paulo University (USP) - SP, Brazil (2012)

  • Bachelor Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics - Sao Camilo University Centre - SP, Brazil (2008-2012)

  • Punchfit Trainer (2013) 

Extra Courses/ Self Development 

  • Eugene Gendlin - The Philosophy of the Implicit - Sydney, NSW, Australia (2019 - current)

  • Diamond Approach - Ridhwan Foundation - (2018 - current)

  • Tremor Revolution - TRE Australia - Sydney, NSW, Australia (2019)

  • Internal Family System (IFS) - IFS Training Australia - Sydney, NSW, Australia (2019)

  • Vipassana/Insight Meditation Silent Retreats - Over 500 days (2013-current)

  • Focusing Level I and II - Conscious Directions - Byron Bay, NSW, Australia (2018)

  • Nonviolent Communication (NVC) Foundation Training - Conscious Directions - Byron Bay, NSW, Australia (2018)

  • TRE (Trauma Release Exercise) workshops - TRE Australia - SYD, NSW, Australia (2018)

  • Hakomi Workshop - Sydney, NSW (2018)

  • Nutritional/ Herbal Technical Training - Herbs of Gold - SYD, NSW, Australia (2016)

  • RehabFx Sydney (2013) 

Volunteer Experiences 

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