Meet The Team

Rebecca Pyle

Founder of The Yoga Barn

Qualifications

200hrs Yoga Campus Teacher Training Diploma - Yoga Alliance Intl.
250hrs Aerial Yoga Academy Teacher Training - World Yoga Alliance
Aerial Steps Teacher Training Course - Skills Active
Air Control Pilates Teacher Training - Level 1
30hrs Yoga Campus Sequencing Vinyasa - Yoga Alliance Intl.
40hrs Restorative Yoga Teacher Training with Yoga Nidra and Mindfulness
40hrs Myofascial Release & Its Application to Yoga
Reiki Level 1 Therapist
Level 3 Emergency First Aid at work

Rebecca’s training with Yoga Campus provided a solid foundation for safe and informed teaching. Known for it’s non-dogmatic and authentic approach, Yoga Campus is one of the top yoga teacher training courses in the UK. Rebecca has also spent time in India studying Ashtanga Yoga at the Purple Valley Yoga retreat.

About Rebecca

Rebecca has over 20 years of teaching experience in her previous roles as a primary school teacher and subsequently teacher trainer. She only discovered yoga in her thirties and after realising what she'd been missing all those years, has since practiced daily! Rebecca found the physical practice of yoga difficult to begin with as she had not previously done any mobility based sports and, like most people, she wasn't very flexible. It didn't take long, however, to realise that having a bendy body is not what yoga is about - luckily!

Her practice is continually evolving to meet the needs of the present moment, whatever that may be. She has come to accept the limitations of her own body and embrace and celebrate whatever does or doesn't happen each day - both on and off the mat. Her pranayama and meditation practices help to keep this clarity and a little bit of calm in the chaos of family life!

As a teacher she believes in keeping her classes simple and accessible so as many people as possible can also experience the benefits, and joy, of a regular yoga practice.

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Ellen Spence

Yoga Teacher & Aerial Yoga Teacher

Qualifications

Aerial Yoga TT, Aerial Yoga Edinburgh
Flexibility/contortion TT, Alixa Flexibility Method
200hrs Ashtanga, vinyasa & Iyengar TT, Himalaya Yoga Valley
DipBE Biomechanics Coach
Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company Masa Performance Certificate, Israel
BA (Hons) Contemporary Dance

About Ellen

Ellen graduated from the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in 2016 before freelancing as a dance artist in the Middle East.

In the UK, Ellen has worked for leading UK dance companies & was a member of Matthew Bournes’ New Adventures Overture Cohort. Ellen also directed her own dance company where she established international community projects & film.

Ellen decided to pursue a path that studied movement & function & how to help others improve their wellbeing & find a more joyfully experience in their own bodies.

In pursuit of a traditional, holistic & ancient philosophical practise, Ellen went to India & studied under yogacharya Lalit Kumar & graduated with her YTT in 2019.

Ellen now coaches yoga, aerial yoga, & flexibility across East Riding of Yorkshire whilst co-directing an online supplementary training platform Repose Online.

Ellen's style blends traditional Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga with Iyengar inspired alignment techniques for a specific focus on a dynamic practise to heal the body and mind through self discipline and self study.

Whether you're new to Yoga or experienced in your practise, Ellen welcomes you to begin a journey to develop strength, mindfulness & harmony in both body & mind.

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Karen McPherson

Vinyasa Flow and Specialist Pre and Postnatal Yoga Teacher

Qualifications

200hrs YTT Vinyasa Flow – Yoga Alliance Professionals
90 hours Pre and Postnatal Toga teacher training – Yoga Alliance Professionals
Yoga Diploma – Centre of Excellence
BEd (Hons) Primary Teaching Degree
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
IAIM Baby Massage Instructor
40 hrs Restorative Yoga & 10 Hours Menopause Yoga - Yoga Alliance Professionals

‍ ‍About Karen

Karen has over 25 years of teaching experience in her previous role as a primary school teacher and as a university tutor and lecturer training the next generation of primary school teachers.

Exercise has always been an important part of Karen’s life, from competing and representing the county in trampolining in her youth to triathlons and long distance cycle events during her adult years. Karen has practiced yoga at various times in her life; more recently yoga has become a way of life using regular home and class based practices to keep her supple, maintain muscle tone and to find balance and mental stability in her hectic lifestyle.

Karen would like to use her life’s’ experiences and yoga training to nurture and bring a sense of community through yoga flow classes and workshops.

Her Vinyasa flows connect postures or asanas (physical movements and poses) through pranayama (breathing techniques) for a transformative and balancing effect. Classes energise, build stamina, flexibility and strength as well as calming through meditation to balance the mind.

Her Prenatal classes use relaxation with pranayama (breathing techniques) and asana (physical movements and poses) to help strengthening the body, relieve common pregnancy and postpartum ailments and to promote mental and physical well-being and balance at this very special time of our lives.

Her Mum and Baby classes offer a lovely combination of specialised postpartum yoga for mums and gentle baby yoga movements for baby. Designed for new mums to bring the body gently back to alignment, recovering strength and tone in a safe way. It is calming and relaxing for babies, helping their reflexes develop and improving awareness of their surroundings whilst bonding with each other.

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Nichola Cooper

Aerial Pilates, Pilates & Aerial Yoga Instructor

Qualifications

Level 3 Diploma in Teaching Pilates (Practitioner) – Pilates qualification
Stage 1 Air Control Pilates Training – Aerial Pilates qualification
250hr Aerial Yoga Academy Teacher Training – World Yoga Alliance

About Nichola

Nichola is a passionate and dedicated movement teacher who believes in making exercise feel fun, rewarding and deeply supportive. With a strong background in both Pilates and aerial movement, she has experienced first-hand the transformative physical and mental benefits that mindful movement can offer - from improved strength, stability and mobility to increased confidence and enjoyment in movement.

Alongside her mat-based Pilates practice, Nichola has explored aerial disciplines including hammock, hoop and silks, discovering how playful movement can support well-being and deepen body awareness.

Combining her two passions, Nichola now brings both Aerial Pilates and Aerial Yoga to The Yoga Barn. Her classes focus on core strength, control and flexibility, incorporating supportive use of the hammock and moments of ‘air time’ to create a unique, mindful and engaging movement experience.

Nichola loves supporting others at every stage of their journey and looks forward to helping you discover what movement can do for you.

Katherine Griffin - All The Aces

Reiki Master Teacher
Reiki Energy Practitioner.
Soundbath Healing Specialist
Creator and Founder of All The Aces.

About Katherine

After hitting the floor completely burnt out, nothing left in the tank and not really any inner ability to remember what life was like feeling joy and calm, my head had no space left for kind thoughts, just the weight of intrepid worry over everything...

I found Reiki and Sound Healing, these tools and this work and the decisions for change began.

I quit the big safe secure job, took the massive aligned action, found and followed the kind words and I’m now living a life I once never thought possible where I get to choose and ...

I have never felt more like me.

Incredible connections and beyond exciting opportunities come though again and again because I trusted my inner guidance, believed that I can live my most expansive life and followed through with action and purpose.

I guide my clients by sharing all of the magical tools that brought me back to me...

We’re all meant for amazing things... and yes, that’s you too...

Let’s begin...

Katy Parker

Children’s Yoga & Aerial Yoga Instructor

Qualifications

Aerial Yoga TT - Aerial Yoga Edinburgh
Level 4 Diploma in Teaching Yoga - Focus Awards
Level 3 Certificate in Teaching Yoga to Children - Focus Awards
30hrs Yin Yoga - Yoga Alliance Intl.
BEd with QTS - Margaret McMillan Teaching College
MA in Education - Hull University

About Katy

Katy first discovered yoga as a teenager, initially drawn to the physical practice and later to the positive impact it had on her anxious mind. Today, she practises yoga not to ‘get better at yoga’, but to ‘get better at life’.

Her classes combine dynamic movement, breathwork, music, and moments of stillness, creating sessions that are both challenging and enjoyable. Katy believes yoga should be accessible, engaging, and leave people feeling better than when they arrived.

With over 25 years of experience as a primary educator, Katy is passionate about introducing children to yoga and helping them develop confidence, self-awareness, resilience, and tools to support their wellbeing from an early age.

Sarah Jackson

Gong Practitioner (CMA Registered)

Qualifications

Gong Practitioner's certificate by The College of Sound Healing (evaluated and approved by the CMA and the TSA)

About Sarah

Sarah Jackson is a compassionate and experienced gong practitioner, trained with the College of Sound Healing and registered with the CMA. She first discovered the gongs in 2014 while navigating fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome, finding in their sound a space to simply be - a place of support, rest, and deep healing.

Qualifying as a practitioner in 2017, Sarah founded The Gong Space Lincolnshire, where she now holds gentle, nurturing sessions that invite others to experience the gongs as part of their own wellbeing journey. She believes that wellbeing is a many‑layered, personal path, and the gongs have been a constant companion for her across those layers, meeting her in different ways at different times.

Sarah feels blessed to hold space for others and loves collaborating through retreats and events, offering sound experiences that support rest, release, and reconnection.

Helena Cummings

Yoga Teacher

Qualifications

Level 4 Certificate in Yoga Teaching - British Wheel of Yoga
Thai Yoga Massage
BSc Hons, MSc, NMP
Senior Respiratory Nurse Specialist/ACP

About Helena

Helena (or Helz) is the founder of Freed-OM Yoga and has been teaching yoga for over a decade.

Helz cares deeply about yoga, and understands how it can transform lives!! After losing her Dad at a young age and later experiencing post natal anxieties, Helz discovered yoga and gained remarkable benefit from its healing. She’s since made it her life's work to share that gift of healing with others.

Helz teaches with warmth, intuition and a sprinkle of humour. She provides support and guidance to discover yoga asana in a way that works for you and your body, without judgment or expectation!

British Wheel of Yoga qualified and trained in Thai yoga massage, Helz has spent the past decade teaching classes, workshops and retreats from Yorkshire to Morocco, with plenty of outdoor adventures and SUP yoga along the way. Her classes weave together movement, breathwork, meditation, yoga philosophy and deep rest. Laughter and playfulness are never too far away either!

Alongside yoga, Helz has an established NHS career as a Senior Respiratory Nurse Specialist and Severe Asthma Nurse Lead. Breath naturally connects these two parts of her life. Her clinical work gives her a deep understanding of breath and the body, while years of nursing have shaped the care, compassion and respect for individual difference that she brings to her teaching.

Community is at the heart of what Helz does. She loves the idea of sangha (people coming together through practice) and works hard to create a place where people feel safe, welcome and connected!

Life asks a lot of us …. yoga doesn’t need to demand more. You just need to be given space to arrive and just BE!! Whatever the day, whatever you’re feeling, yoga with Helz will always leave you feeling brighter and stronger! The tools we all need to tackle each day!