I am a Yoga Master and founder of YogaBellies® and the Birth ROCKS Method. Over the past 20 years, I’ve trained in more female-centric holistic modalities than you could shake a big stick at including yoga; tantra; hypnosis; somatic movement; naturopathy; massage; meditation and so much more. I love introducing women (ALL women) to yoga and showing them the difference that yoga can REALLY make to your life – on and off the yoga mat. YogaBellies is a whole-life approach to wellness for women: Yoga practices, breathing techniques, mindfulness, shadow work, self-improvement and nutrition. Helping women to love themselves and live their best life is my soul purpose.

My name is Ellie and I am a senior Yogabellies teacher based in the sunshine in Dubai. I started my yogabellies journey in Scotland where I built up a successful yoga company in the Southside of Glasgow teaching everything from bump to birth and beyond. I started to bring about a sense of community to our local area. Everyone now has their ‘Yogabellies group of friends’ there. This company is still running and I have a small team of certified Yogabellies teachers with me and we are growing! I moved back to Dubai after 6 years in Scotland and took my classes with me and now I teach them in the sun. I love teaching classes to women and not just to perfect their yoga moves but to educate them about birth, assist them on their motherhood journey and to help them see other sides of yoga and how it can help them not just physically but mentally too. I have a love of yoga nidra to keep calm and I teach Hypnobirthing and meditation too. I own and run a company in Dubai called The Om Moms Club and my classes are full of yogabellies, chat, awesome soundtracks and aromatherapy. It is the full package! A little about me, I am a mum to a little yogi, skateboarding boy. A wife to a sometimes busy husband who supports me on my dream of teaching yoga and achieving the work life balance for our family. I absolutely love marmite, olives and Asian food and sometimes mixed together! I have an addiction to travel (I spent almost 3 years exploring the world and then 12 years as a flight attendant) and am excited to explore even more. I love swimming pools, sandy beaches, palm trees and the sea. I tend to be outdoors as much as possible and also take my yoga practice outside whenever I can as yoga under the sun or the stars is the best.

Katie has completed 300 hours of advanced women’s yoga teacher training and is a certified Yogabellies teacher accredited by and registered with Yoga Alliance International, qualified to teach specialist yoga for women throughout the life stages including menstruation, pregnancy, post-partum with baby and menopause.