Hi, I'm Em
About Little Glimmer Yoga & Founder Em Cook
I'm the founder of Little Glimmer and the teacher behind every class and retreat.
A strained back sent me to the mat, and I never really left. What surprised me wasn't the physical relief but what happened in the quieter moments. Those small shifts in perspective that change how you move through the rest of your day.
Before yoga, I worked as an experience designer. Which means every class is shaped around the whole experience — not just the poses. Every class has a thread, a theme, a little something to sit with long after you've rolled up your mat.
My Journey
I didn't plan on becoming a yoga teacher. But yoga had other ideas.
What I didn't expect was to fall completely for what it does for the mind and the soul as well as the body. The way an idea you needed would surface mid-flow. The way a few quiet minutes of breathing could soften a hard week. The way ancient wisdom — thousands of years old — could feel surprisingly relevant to a Wednesday morning in North Fremantle.
That surprise is what I've been chasing in my teaching ever since.
I trained in 2022–23 in the ISHTA lineage at Tamara Yoga, and I'm forever grateful to Tamara Graham for making yoga philosophy feel relatable and often fun. I went on to qualify as a Menopause Yoga teacher with Petra Coveney — supporting women through perimenopause with techniques to ease the weird and unexpected challenges of this life stage.
What I hope to bring you
Yoga really opened up for me when I realised it was beyond the poses. A philosophical thread, a question, a small piece of ancient wisdom that made me think more carefully about how I was approaching my life. That is the thing I most love bringing into the room.
While we're moving, breathing, stretching and resting, we're also doing a little life stock-check together. A quiet reminder of the universal truths yoga has offered for thousands of years.
We move with grace and gusto. We rest deeply. We finish with a little glimmer to take home with you — something to ponder for the rest of your week.
My hope is that you leave revitalised, rested, and properly nurtured — and a little more curious about what's possible in your own life.
