Rachel Boon BSc (Hons) – Naturopath, Herbalist & Women’s Health Specialist

Guest Expert on our Menoyoga® Trainings

• • BSc (Hons) Human Biology with Environmental Science
  • Women’s Health Specialist Naturopath & Herbalist
  • CNM Dip Nat / Dip Herb
  • Chair: Unified Register of Herbal Practitioners

Rachel is a women’s health specialist Naturopath and Herbalist with over 19 years experience both in her face-to-face clinics and virtually. She has a human biology degree and herbal medicine and naturopathy qualifications from the College of Naturopathic Medicine .

Rachel brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to her practice and public speaking roles. She served as the lead clinician on a popular juice, detox and yoga retreat, regularly guest teaches on yoga teacher training courses, is an experienced clinical supervisor and has been involved in new product development for several botanical drinks companies. As of July 2024, she is also the new Chair (President) of her professional association, the Unified Register of Herbal Practitioners.

She is a Mum to two teens plus a gorgeous Greek rescue dog and loves cold water swimming, running, snowboarding and talking about all things hormonal!

You can connect with Rachel through her website or on Instagram

Naomi Rudge – SYT, RPYT, Woman’s Wellness Researcher

Fertility Yoga Teacher Training Course Leader, Teacher Training Assistant, Assistant to Sally Parkes

•  Level 4 Advanced Diploma in Nutrition and Weight management inc: Nutrition for Sport; Pre and Postnatal Nutrition.
• 200hr Laxmi Yoga Teacher Training with Sally Parkes Yoga
• Integrative Restoration iRest (Yoga Nidra) L1 Training
• Hypnotherapy Masters Diploma
• 85hr Pregnancy Yoga Teacher Training with Sally Parkes Yoga

As Women’s Wellness Researcher and Sally’s right hand woman, Naomi has been an integral part of the Sally Parkes Yoga team since 2017, assisting on trainings, co-authoring training manuals, facilitating social media and generally ensuring things run smoothly behind the scenes.

A passionate advocate for women’s health, Naomi is also the lead trainer and author of our Fertility Yoga & Menstrual Health Teacher Training, and Women’s Health workshops.

Naomi is living her best life on the North Cornish coast with her partner and rescue dog Betty.

Connect with Naomi on Instagram or realfertile.com

Nina Goldberger – MSc, BA (Hons), E-RYT200, Wellbeing Coach, PYTT & APYTT

Bookings Manager & Assistant for Sally Parkes Yoga

Nina is an E-RYT & Wellbeing Coach based in Scotland, with 400 hours+ of Vinyasa & Ashtanga Yoga, Yin & Restorative, Anatomy, Adjustment, Philosophy, Chanting & Ashram experience.

She is passionate about helping people find stillness, balance & acceptance in their lives, through learning how to use the breath properly, moving in tune with & reconnecting to their body and looking inwards & cultivating self-love.

After completing her 200hrs Ashtanga Vinyasa Teacher Training, she has explored various styles of yoga in her own practice since and brings elements from them all into her teachings. Nina completed her 100Hrs Advanced Teacher Training with Sally & Chris in Spain 2019, as well as Sally’s Pregnancy Yoga & Postnatal Yoga Training.

Nina lives in a solar-powered cottage in West Lothian with her husband, young daughter, 3 cats & ample veg plot & Yoga yurt.

Connect with Nina on Instagram

Luisa Lyons – Midwife BSc(Hons), IBCLC, Lactation Support Specialist, Associate Tutor at the University of East Anglia, RPYT

Guest Expert on our Pregnancy Yoga and Postnatal Yoga Trainings

• Midwife BSc( Hons)
• IBCLC Lactation Consultant
• Associate Tutor at the University of East Anglia
• 85 hr Pregnancy Yoga Teacher Training with Sally Parkes Yoga

Luisa started her midwifery training in 1997 aged 18. She has worked in the NHS ever since, and worked as a specialist midwife in infant feeding for over a decade. She qualified as a lactation consultant whilst pregnant with her first son, in 2006. She also works as an associate tutor on the Midwifery BSc (Hons) Course at the University of East Anglia.

In 2017 she became a specialist midwife in restrictive lingual frenulum (tongue tie) and trains other midwives and nurses to perform this procedure. She currently works as a research midwife for the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital and was the Clinical Research Network Research Midwife Champion for the East of England until September 2024.

Luisa has practised yoga for over a decade & trained with Sally Parkes in 2017 to become a pregnancy & postnatal yoga teacher.

Connect with Luisa on Instagram or Facebook

Zoe Dale BSc (Hons), RPYT, RYT, Midwife and Professional Midwifery Advocate (PMA)

Guest Expert on our Pregnancy Yoga Trainings and workshops

• Midwife BSc (Hons),
• Professional Midwifery Advocate (PMA)
• 85hr Pregnancy Yoga Teacher Training
• 200hr YTT
• Hypnobirthing practitioner
• Aromatherapy (for use in pregnancy and birth)
• Aqua natal instructor and Gym Coach

Zoe has been a midwife for 29 years and currently works in a midwife led unit and on labour ward in East Yorkshire.  Zoe is passionate about everything to do with health and wellbeing and caring for women, so being a midwife and teaching pregnancy yoga teacher is a perfect combination.

To continue to provide women with a truly holistic experience Zoe is very excited to be embarking on her Mummy MOT training later in the year, and will be working alongside a specialist Women’s health physiotherapist. Zoe also teaches yoga to some of her fellow triathlon and running buddies which she has aptly called ‘Yoga for Stiff people’ they love it and it’s really helping their bodies.

Zoe has two wonderful daughters and enjoys looking after her grandson Frankie on ‘Grandma Tuesdays!’.

Connect with Zoe on Instagram

Heather Deaville – SYT, RPYT

Pregnancy Yoga and Menoyoga® Teacher Trainer, Retreat Teacher and Baby & Me Yoga Tutor

• L3 200hr Yoga Diploma in Hatha and Vinyassa Flow Teacher
• 85hr Pregnancy Yoga Teacher Training with Sally Pakes Yoga
• Toddler and Preschool Yoga TT
• Level 3 Diploma in Aromatherapy
• 30hr Menoyoga – Yoga for Menopause with Sally Parkes Yoga

Heather Deaville RPYT SYT trained with Sally Parkes several years ago and is now a senior pre and postnatal yoga teacher and assistant teacher trainer on Sally Parkes’s 85hr Pregnancy Yoga Teacher Training and Menoyoga – Yoga for Menopause Teacher Training. She is also the lead trainer for Sally Parkes Yoga Parent and Baby Yoga Teacher Trainings and Essential Oils for Yoga Teacher Training.

Heather is passionate about supporting women through every stage of their lives and has built a thriving yoga community through her classes and retreats that she runs. She also runs regular charity classes, supporting local foodbanks and the wonderful charity Yoga Stops Traffick.

Heather is also a busy mother of two, she loves cooking (her raw brownies are legendry) and is addicted to her afternoon Yoga Nidra.

Connect with Heather on Instagram  or at deavilleyoga.com and see her teach on her YouTube channel

Anna Brook – SYT, Breathwork Coach and Owner of Shala Women

Hypnobirthing and Yoga Nidra Tutor on our Pregnancy Yoga Teacher Trainings

• Hypnobirthing Practitioner
• Women’s Wellness Yoga Therapist
• Breathwork Coach
• Pregnancy Yoga, Fertility Yoga, Postnatal Yoga qualifications with Sally Parkes
• Yoga Nidra Teacher
• Ceremonialist – e.g. Closing the Bones for new mothers & Mother Blessings

As an experienced Hypnobirthing Practitioner & teacher of tools to relieve stress/anxiety, Anna teaches modules within Sally’s Pregnancy Yoga teacher Training around Hypnobirthing & how to create your own guided relaxations (Yoga Nidra).

She is the founder of Shala Women (Women’s Wellness Space) in Margate – specialising in a variety of 121 and group events for women in her community, and a Breathwork coach.

Anna is mother to 2 beautiful children, a boy and a girl.

You can connect with Anna on her website and Instagram

See Shala Women on Instagram or at their website

Maria Buaki-Sogo – Midwife, PhD Researcher at Faculty of Health, Medicine and Social Care and RPYT

Expert Guest Teacher on our Pregnancy Yoga Teacher Trainings

• Midwife
• PhD Researcher at Faculty of Health, Medicine and Social Care
• 85hr Pregnancy Yoga Teacher Training with Sally Parkes Yoga

Maria’s midwifery experience includes various roles including low risk and high risk pregnancy care, emergency obstetric care and the post-operative management of women who have undergone caesarean sections and  traumatic births. Her latest clinical role was as a Consultant Midwife.

In addition to her clinical midwifery role, Maria is also a former lead nurse for North Thames Genomic Medicine where she led the nursing workforce in the North Thames Region to explore and re-design clinical pathways of care to implement routine genetic testing in the NHS.

Maria is also a lecturer in Adult Nursing, teaching the ‘Applied Physiology’ module to students on their first or second years of their nursing degree.

Maria developed a passion for yoga and gained her Pregnancy and Postnatal Yoga Teacher Training certificate with the intention to better support women and birthing people in pregnancy, active labour and the postpartum period.

Kirsti Patterson – 300hrs E-RYT, RPYT

Assistant on our Pregnancy Yoga & Menoyoga Trainings

• Mummy MOT Fit Pro Certification
• 25hr Advanced Postnatal Teacher Training with Sally Parkes Yoga
• 25hr Fertility Yoga Teacher Training with Sally Parkes Yoga
• 200hr LYT Yoga Method Level 1 
• 85hr Pre & Postnatal Yoga Teacher Training with Sally Parkes Yoga
• 300hr Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training 

Kirsti trained with Sally Parkes several years ago and is now brings her joy and warmth to our trainings as a member of the SPY teaching team.

Kirsti is passionate about creating a safe & supportive environment for women whether they’re pregnant, postnatal, or looking to increase physical & emotional comfort in their female body. Her warm & welcoming nature has earned her the reputation as the go-to specialist for her community.

Kirsti thrives on sharing her knowledge so others feel strong & confident as they move through their days. She offers a range of classes for the female body including Vinyasa Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Pregnancy Yoga, Postnatal Yoga and Baby Yoga.

Kirsti also cares for her two fur babies, including a very demanding but oh so lovable beagle.

Connect with Kirsti on Instagram and see her teach on her YouTube channel foreverbody.co.uk

Colleen Stewart RPYT, Hypnobirthing Coach

Hypnobirthing Tutor on our Pregnancy Yoga Teacher trainings, and workshop tutor

• • 85hr Pregnancy yoga Teacher training with Sally Parkes Yoga
  • Advanced Postnatal Yoga Teacher training with Sally Parkes Yoga
  • Diploma in Hypnobirthing
  • Certificate in LGBT+ in Birth and Beyond
  • Certificate in postnatal planning
  • Sling peer support training

Colleen  is a successful hypnobirthing teacher, running classes to support in various types of birth, including Caesarean Birth Hypnobirthing classes, since qualifying to become a Hypnobirthing teacher in 2016 following the birth of her first child.

Colleen trained with Sally Parkes Yoga in 2016 to become a Registered Pregnancy Yoga Teacher and  now runs her own business ‘Harmony Hypnobirthing’ leading Hypnobirthing classes alongside Pregnancy Yoga, Postnatal Yoga and Parent & baby Yoga classes in Dartford, Kent.

Colleen is also works part time in event marketing, is a busy mother of two and is currently studying for her 200hr Yoga Teacher certification.

You can connect with Colleen through her website and on Instagram