teachers
freya shaw
studio founder
Freya’s love of movement began with gymnastics as a child and evolved through teaching Zumba & children’s ballet while studying Events & Business Management at university. After sadly losing her dad young, she discovered Vinyasa Flow yoga, finding presence, healing, and a passion for sharing it with others. She completed her Vinyasa Flow teacher training in 2019 and has since opened The Yoga House, founded her aromatherapy brand Housemade Botanics and become a mum. Freya has since trained in mandala vinyasa, pregnancy & postnatal yoga, children’s & baby yoga, facial yoga, yoga nidra, restorative yoga & mindfulness. She also teaches individuals and families affected by cancer at Maggie’s Cancer Centre in Leeds. Committed to making yoga accessible to all, Freya leads a wide range of classes and workshops for every age ability, alongside running the studio.
vikki atherton
yoga teacher
Vikki is an Ayurvedic Yoga Massage practitioner and Yoga teacher. Having practised yoga for over ten years, she decided to undertake her yoga teacher training in 2017, leaving a longstanding career in the frenetic corporate world behind her. Vikki has received yoga teaching qualifications in Ashtanga, Vinyasa and Yin yoga. Vikki loves all things yoga and massage related because as she puts it, simply “we never stop learning”. She has also completed further courses in anatomy, physiology, meditation and aromatherapy.
ashleigh taylor
pilates teacher
After competing in gymnastics for most of her childhood, Ash qualified as a gymnastics coach aged 14 and moved into adult fitness in 2009, before later qualifying as a Personal Trainer and Pilates Instructor. She quickly fell in love with Pilates and has since taught classes across Leeds. After years of teaching, Ash was drawn deeper into Pilates through her own experience with anxiety. A need for mindfulness and meditation within her own routine, led to her wanting to help others who needed exercise for their mental health. Ash believes in the power of movement for body and mind, and her classes range from mobility sessions for back pain, to challenging workouts with small weights in her Pilates Tone and Sculpt sessions, to gentle flows and meditations in her more gentle sessions.
ashleigh taylor
pilates teacher
After competing in gymnastics for most of her childhood, Ash qualified as a gymnastics coach aged 14 and moved into adult fitness in 2009, before later qualifying as a Personal Trainer and Pilates Instructor. She quickly fell in love with Pilates and has since taught classes across Leeds. After years of teaching, Ash was drawn deeper into Pilates through her own experience with anxiety. A need for mindfulness and meditation within her own routine, led to her wanting to help others who needed exercise for their mental health. Ash believes in the power of movement for body and mind, and her classes range from mobility sessions for back pain, to challenging workouts with small weights in her Pilates Tone and Sculpt sessions, to gentle flows and meditations in her more gentle sessions.