Our Ethos
The living room is a home for authenticity — a space where presence, creativity, and connection can take root. Born from the knowing that we all deserve a safe, nurturing place to explore and express our inner world, this is the room to ask the question,
“what does it mean to truly live?”
Our pillars
Embodied Authenticity
We honour the body as the ground for all experiences, choosing practices that respect personal autonomy and cultivate stability over chasing fleeting highs.
This is a place to soften, to anchor, to be courageous enough to feel, and to gently press against edges in your own time.
Creativity
Here, there is space for both quiet reflection and authentic expression. Conversations are unhurried, and creativity is welcomed in all forms. Arrive simply as you are — to rest, to be curious, to create, to tell stories, to let your art speak, or simply to be.
Community
Every gathering, every offering, is shaped with the intention to align with our natural rhythms, allowing space for curiosity, presence and fearless unfolding.
We don’t offer answers, only a home for you to find your own.
Our Founders
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Multidisciplinary Artist | Singer & Musician | Embodiment Guide | Yoga Educator
With nearly two decades of artistry and teaching experience combined, Gayle brings her generous warmth, presence, playfulness, and a tender sense of safety to her sessions, leaving students feeling held, seen and nourished.
Inspired by yogic principals and guided by open curiosity and compassion, her offerings weave grounded, embodied experiencing with heart-led exploration and soulful expression, allowing spaciousness for you to fully witness and embrace all that you are.
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Storyteller & Inner Peace Mentor
Katie Jonzen is devoted to guiding others home to their true nature through presence, peace, and deep connection. With a background in Psychology and Shadow Work, her approach bridges the human and the divine — bringing profound spiritual truths into grounded, embodied experience.
Rooted in her reverence for the natural world, Katie offers an organic reframe of “doing the work,” one that mirrors the seasons and cycles of growth found in nature. Her teachings invite seekers to slow down, soften into stillness, and rediscover peace as the foundation for a fully-lived life, not a distant goal to attain.
Through online and in-person gatherings, she weaves story, reflection, and spiritual guidance into spaces of remembrance where the mind quiets, the heart opens, and the sacred reveals itself in the simplicity of being alive.
Photo credit: Angela Guo
HER WORLD FEATURE
By Chelsia Tan - 20 Feb 2026
“Why can’t Singapore feel like this?” That was the question that sparked the launch of The Living Room, a wellness practice founded by former Singapore Idol contestant-turned yoga practitioner Gayle Nerva and Katie Jonzen, a senior recruitment consultant and inner peace mentor.
“When I was living in Bali, Gayle would visit and say, ‘Why can’t Singapore feel like this?’ It wasn’t about Bali specifically – it was about having spaces where you can simply breathe. Spaces that aren’t centred around productivity,” says Katie, in a video interview with Her World.
Sitting beside her, Gayle shares that she had fallen in love with the simple rituals of a slower life: “Waking up, opening the window, lighting incense, watching the smoke drift, drinking tea. In Singapore, life can feel very fast-paced and productivity-driven. It can feel hard to rest without guilt. We wanted to create a space where slowing down feels safe.”
