21/09/2026
The face behind Freed-OM Yoga 🌙✨
I’m Helena (AKA Helz) and I’m the founder of Freed-OM Yoga.
I’ve been teaching yoga for over a decade, but my relationship with yoga started long before I ever thought about teaching it.
I first found my true practice after losing my Dad at a young age and later when struggling with postnatal anxiety. During some of the hardest phases of my life yoga has given and still gives me somewhere to go. A place to breathe, a place to move and a place to process what’s happening and how to find myself again. I know first-hand how powerful this practice can be, and that experience sits at the heart of why I teach today.
I care deeply about the asana practice, but not perfection. I’ll guide and support you to explore movement in a way that works for you and your body. No judgement. No expectation…. And definitely NO taking ourselves too seriously!
I’m British Wheel of Yoga qualified and trained in Thai yoga massage, and over the years I’ve taught classes, held epic events and led wild retreats from Yorkshire to Morocco. We’ve thrown in loads of adventures including SUP yoga along the way too!
My classes bring together movement, breathwork, meditation, yoga philosophy and deep rest …. usually intertwined with laughter and tears ( )
Away from the mat, I work in the NHS as a Senior Respiratory Nurse Specialist and Severe Asthma Nurse Lead. Breath has become a magic thread between these two parts of my life. I understand the breath clinically, but I also know how it feels to lose it, sit with it and regain it… the power of breathing WELL should never be underestimated. My years of nursing have shaped the way I teach too… with deep care, unwavering compassion and an understanding that every person walking into the room has their own story.
Community means everything to me. I love the yogic meaning of sangha - the coming together of people through the practice and I want Freed-OM yoga to feel like home to each of you!
Life asks a lot of us. Yoga doesn’t ask for more! Instead it GIVES space where there is NO ask, JUST time for YOU!
Join us! BIG LOVE Helz 🤎
