Our team is truly what makes us unique! Not only is our team highly trained having experience across many platforms of treating and teaching but they practice what they preach, walk the talk and a living examples that movement, nutrition and mindfulness matter.

Each teacher structures their class to reflect each ones unique personality and creative background and most of all we all share a deep passion of helping students become the best version of themselves.

Each practitioner genuinely cares and listens to each person that walks in our clinic, focusing on management and true follow through of any condition even if that means referring to specialist or practitioner we make sure each person gets to health and vitality.

Our Team

Dr Angela Baklis B.App Sci (Comp Med) .M.Ost Dr. Angela Baklis is the founder of The A Life. After 8 years in clinical practice treating a broad range of conditions and teaching rehabilitative pilates Angela noticed her patients needed more than just hands on treatment to target the root cause of her patients’ conditions. Today Angela is also a qualified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach and now uses all these avenues to help chronic pain and complicated conditions. Angela has an integrative approach Osteopathic treatment, exercise, nutrition and lifestyle factors to treat the root causes of why the disease or problem has developed in the first place. By educating patients on the amazing healing capabilities of the body when it is fed good nutrition, it moves with ease and is stress free – Angela has had amazing results with patients who have been dealing with pain, hormone imbalances and inflammation for years. Having completed further study in Obstetrics and Osteopathy as well as Urogenital Osteopathy Angela also loves supporting women through their pregnancy and recover. Whilst living living in Paris, Angela taught pilates to many dancers and since has taught around Melbourne. She is also a qualified Strala Yoga Guide. In her spare time Angela loves researching the latest studies in integrative medicine and continues her obsession with creative movement and dance.

Member of Australian Osteopathic Association
Rehabilitative Pilates Instructor
Certificate of Global Posturalogy
Qualified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach
Movnat level 1 trainer
Urogenital Osteopathy level 1
Strala Yoga Guide

Dr Liana Arestia

B.App Sci (Comp Med) .M.Ost
Fellow of Applied Function Science (FAFS)
Liana is a registered Osteopath 

Liana has a passion for holistic health & wellbeing. She believes that we all deserve to feel and move our best. Since graduating Osteopathy at Victoria University she has gone on to study a further year of functional biomechanics with the Gray Institute in USA. Liana has a passion for applying her knowledge in biomechanics and functional movement to assess and treat both acute and chronic injuries. She believes in a multi-faceted approach to health uses her knowledge in nutrition, exercise, and rehabilitation and more to help patients achieve their goals.


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Dr Fauntine Lariba

B.App Sci (Clin. Sci) .M.Ost
B. N.
Cert III & IV in Fitness
Fauntine is a registered Osteopath

Fauntine has a keen interest in human movement and preventative healthcare. Her unique and comprehensive style of Osteopathy treatment is influenced by her work as a personal trainer and yoga instructor. She understands that the mind and body are interrelated and that injuries are commonly the result of a cumulation of subconscious habits. As an Osteopath she acknowledges the benefit of working both on and off the table in the rehabilitation realm. Outside of work, Fauntine competes and performs as a breakdancer. She finds the challenge of blending strength and creativity makes for an intriguing riddle, giving her the space to apply and broaden her understanding of movement and psychology.