About
Dr. Christina Farrell
Guiding the path back to body, nature, and connection.
I am a clinical psychologist, writer, and retreat facilitator based in Sydney, Australia. My work sits at the intersection of science and spirituality, psychology and embodiment, and the deep question of what it means to be human in an age of disconnection.
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Before psychology, I spent many years in the corporate world, working in strategy and finance roles that looked successful from the outside but left me feeling restless and unfulfilled. That experience became the catalyst for a shift toward a more meaningful life, one rooted in authenticity, awareness, and connection.
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I retrained as a psychologist, completing a Masters in Clinical Psychology and a PhD, where my research explored social media and identity. Over the past decade, I have worked in private practice, helping people who feel stuck, anxious, or disconnected find their way back to calm, clarity, and choice.
My curiosity has always extended beyond the mind to the body, to yoga, meditation, and somatic psychology where I discovered the bridge between knowledge and transformation. I have practised yoga since 2003 and completed my yoga teacher training, weaving contemplative traditions into my therapeutic and teaching work.
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Today, my approach draws on mindfulness, breathwork, somatic awareness, and evidence-based psychology to help people move from survival mode into a state of embodied connection. This work is both personal and collective. When we reconnect with the body, we reconnect with the earth, with others, and with the deeper intelligence of life itself.
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Alongside my clinical practice, I lead retreats in Australia and internationally that invite people to pause, reset, and reconnect from the peaceful countryside of New South Wales to the rice fields of Bali and the quiet hills of Portugal. I also deliver continuing professional education programs for psychologists, supporting clinicians to integrate mindfulness and somatic approaches into their work, and run workshops for the general public that introduce the foundations of meditation, breathwork, and nervous system regulation.
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At the heart of everything I do whether in therapy, teaching, or writing is the same intention:
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to help people remember what it feels like to be fully alive.
Personal Path
I am also a mother of three and lifelong student. I try to divide my time between Sydney, Bali, and as much travel as my work allows to places that each mirror what I value most: community, nature, and presence. My personal practice is grounded in Buddhist and yogic psychology and inspired by the Balinese philosophy of Tri Hita Karana; the harmony between self, others, and nature.
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These influences shape not only how I work but how I live. My mission is simple:
to bring psychology back into conversation with the body, nature, and spirit and to help others find their own path to embodiement.