Sophie Alize Finnane Founder, heal with Sophie Alize
What if the secret to feeling energised, clear, and connected is learning to inhabit your body, breathe effectively, and move with purpose? Hawkesbury wellness facilitator Sophie Alize Finnane helps people reconnect to themselves through breath and movement, sharing the powerful impact these practices have on mental health, and holistic wellbeing.
THROUGH her business heal with Sophie Alize, Sophie creates powerful spaces for transformation, blending yoga, breathwork, meditation and creative movement to support people in releasing stress, restoring balance and rediscovering their vitality.
With more than 500 hours of yoga teacher training and certification as a breathwork facilitator, Sophie is renowned throughout the Hawkesbury region for her breath-centric teaching. Whether moving through the flowing currents of Vinyasa Yoga or settling into the quiet embrace of Yin Yoga, her pranayama practices allow for nervous system regulation and support mental clarity.
Before her journey into wellness facilitation, Sophie spent more than 20 years as a professional belly dancer in Sydney and abroad. She adored her work, but the late nights and constant giving of energy often left her depressed and lethargic. Yoga became her lifeline, bringing a massive shift in energy, focus, and overall wellbeing. This experience later sparked her passion to guide others toward yoga and mindful practices that restore mental health before overwhelm creates dis-ease.
Sophie hosts wellness retreats on her family property in Kurrajong, offering guests an opportunity to step away from their busy lives and reconnect with themselves in nature. Her retreats combine yoga, breathwork, hiking, kayaking and creek adventures, dance, creative expression and nourishing meals in a supportive and inspiring environment.
Sophie’s next retreat, Rewild Your Soul, will take place 22–24 May 2026, welcoming guests for a weekend of self inquiry, with the invitation to tap into the deeper intelligence that lives beneath the noise of everyday life.
In addition to hosting her own retreats, Sophie also opens the property to other facilitators and wellness practitioners who want to create their own retreat experiences. Working alongside corporate groups, yoga teachers, ecstatic dance facilitators, pilates instructors, writers and artists, she helps bring their retreat visions to life, offering the space, support and experience needed to run meaningful gatherings in nature.
In addition to retreats, Sophie teaches regular yoga and belly dance classes, as well as 1:1 sessions in yoga, breathwork, and energetic healing.
