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Welcome. I’m Sarita — an Occupational Therapist, yoga and somatic practitioner, retreat facilitator, and mentor for women and health professionals who hold so much.

I created Sunshine OT and Yoga to offer something different: a space where the nervous system is honoured, the body is listened to, and healing includes both evidence and embodiment.

For over 28 years, I’ve worked in community, mental health, and disability settings, and for the past 8 years, I've run a private practice on the Sunshine Coast supporting clients through the NDIS. My work combines in-depth OT assessment, functional support, and trauma-aware therapeutic practice, woven with nervous system regulation, mindfulness, sensory integration, and somatic tools.

Who I Work With

Growing up as a deeply sensitive being in a sensory world, I have found the wisdom and gifts of yoga, dance and somatic practices a sure way to stay sane, ground my awareness and live life with more effectiveness, balance and joy. Trained as a yoga therapist and teacher since 2000, I love facilitating individuals to connect with and honour their body and soul.

I now bring these tools into my practice as an OT working with children and adults with ASD, ADHD, anxiety, trauma, chronic pain and neurological conditions such as Parkinson's disease and brain injury.

I support:

  • NDIS participants and families seeking functional therapy that addresses both the body and the whole person

  • Referrers and allied health professionals who want trusted, collaborative OT input

  • Occupational Therapists and women in health or helping professions who are seeking more regulated, meaningful, and sustainable ways of working and living

Current Offerings

NDIS Occupational Therapy

  • Functional Capacity Assessments (FCA)

  • Assistive Technology & Home Modifications

  • Capacity building therapy (mental health, sensory, ADLs, and social participation)

The Embodied OT Training Program (coming soon) A 12-week online program designed for OTs who want to integrate somatic, nervous system-informed, and yoga-based practices into their clinical work and personal wellbeing. Includes self-paced content, a live group call, and tools that bridge OT scope with embodied presence.

Wellspring Retreat A 4-night immersive retreat for women and OTs who hold so much. Designed to support nervous system replenishment, embodied self-leadership, and deep rest. CPD-claimable and profoundly nourishing.

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My Favorite Things

Nature

Especially the beach, ocean, rainforests and waterfalls. Luckily I get to immerse myself in these wild and powerful places regularly living and working on the Sunshine Coast

Music

I am so grateful for music! Listening to it, dancing to it, playing it with others, jamming, singing with women, music is medicine for my soul

Self Care

My nature is to always be reaching for balance, and for that I fiercely protect my self care. I LOVE daily exercise, yoga, dance, hot baths, spa baths, massages, surfing meditation…

My superpower...

My superpower is helping people feel calm… to feel heard and to feel hope. To be reconnected with their truth, their body wisdom, their gifts. This truth guides change where action is ripe and ready, and supports acceptance of what has changed forever. It helps people remember what is unchanging within them — that quiet resilience that calls them forward toward loving life.

Sarita Sloane

Some of My Most Life-Changing Trainings & Skills

  • Master of Occupational Therapy Practice

  • Bachelor of Applied Science (Exercise Physiology)

  • Graduate Diploma of Yoga Therapy (AIYT)

  • Certified Yoga Instructor with Vivekananda Yoga Research Institute

  • Diploma of Transpersonal Counselling (IKON)

  • Explain Pain: Neuroscience of Pain Recovery (NOI)

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

  • Somatic Systemic Therapy Mentorship (Aubri Hathaway)

  • Kundalini Dance (Modern dance-movement therapy)
  • Sound and Colour Healing 
  • Certificate IV in Music (Voice)
Talk To Me

I really like to take the time to get to know my clients

One of the most magic things about being an Occupational Therapist and Yoga therapist is getting to know my wonderful clients. To be welcomed into their homes, lives, families to help them live life better. In the process, they all help me to grow and live better!

“Don't be ashamed of your story. It will inspire others”.

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