Karen Wightman

Founder of Creative Yogis | International Trainer | Heart-Led Educator

Karen Wightman brings over two decades of global experience to the mat—blending yoga, mindfulness, and creative expression to empower children, teens, and families. As the founder and senior trainer of Creative Yogis, she’s known for her playful, inclusive approach and her ability to turn yoga into a wellness technology for real life.

Her journey began in Thailand in 1995, and she’s since taught, mentored, and trained across Australia, Asia, and Europe—collaborating with leading schools, studios, and wellness organisations.

From coordinating youth programs in Bangkok to teaching with PURE Yoga in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Shanghai, Karen’s work is rooted in connection, creativity, and care.

With certifications in the Knoff and Ishta systems, and advanced training with pioneers like Zenergy Yoga and Teen Yoga Foundation, Karen brings depth, heart, and hands-on wisdom to every training.

Her mission? To inspire a new wave of facilitators who teach with authenticity, emotional awareness, and joy—equipping young people with tools for resilience, self-regulation, and lifelong wellbeing.

Karen has been a children’s art teacher for 30 years, and is passionate about offering a variety of unique educational yoga resources to stimulate the imagination and capture the hearts of children. Check out her beautiful mandalas to color in the Creative Yogis shop!

Yoga Alliance Registrations

RCYS, Registered Children's Yoga School
Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher 500 hours
Specialty RCYT, Registered Children’s Yoga Teacher
YACEP, Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider

Lisa Fitzpatrick

Lisa is an experienced coach, yoga teacher, workshop facilitator, best-selling author and physiotherapist with over 25 years of experience. Lisa is committed and passionate about holistic health and has enjoyed teaching yoga anatomy and physiology on yoga teacher trainings for over a decade. Lisa specialises in women’s physiology and empowerment workshops at yoga schools and in businesses to support heart-centred marketing and service.

Lisa graduated as a Physiotherapist in 1993 and completed her first yoga teacher training with Rachel Zinman in 2007 in Ishta Yoga (an Integrated System of Hatha, Tantra and Ayurvedic Medicine). Lisa has also comprehensively studied women’s health and pelvic physiology, acupuncture, reiki masters, eastern and western philosophy and nutrition and has completed a diploma in life and business coaching at The Coaching Institute.

As a mother of two sons and past experience in paediatrics working as a children’s physiotherapist for Disability Services from 1998-2001, Lisa understands the developmental stages of children. She is passionate about bringing the light of holistic health awareness to every stage of the life journey.

Lisa brings her wealth of knowledge of the body to us providing the comprehensive Anatomy and Physiology component in our 95hr Children's Yoga Teacher Training.

Frankie Chan

Frankie began her yoga journey in 2003, instantly falling in love with its physical, mental, and spiritual aspects. Inspired by her visits to India and time with her guruji in the ashram, she is passionate about serving others. Her studies include training with Vivekananda (SVASA), Patrick Creelman at PURE Yoga, pre-natal yoga, and becoming a 95-hr Registered Children’s Yoga Teacher with Creative Yogis.

A devoted mother of two wonderful boys, Frankie was inspired to study yoga and mindfulness to support them. She began studying with Karen in 2016 completing the 95-hr RCYT program. As a guest teacher, she shares practical tips and supports trainees in teaching primary and high school students.

Currently teaching at PURE Yoga, Frankie balances her role as a super mum with leading fun, encouraging, and joyful classes for students of all ages.

Children are almost like butterflies of differing types - size, shape, colour and marks, some are heavier and others are lighter.... the thing they seem to have most in common is a willingness to transform moment to moment, demonstrate courage as they fly and giggle as they attempt it. What an inspiration they truly are!

KAREN WIGHTMAN | Founder of Creative Yogis

Karen Wightman
Founder of Creative Yogis
Director & Senior Trainer