Your purpose in life is to find your purpose
and give your whole heart and soul to it
Helen Brownley (Owner & Founder)
Helens yoga journey started back in 2010 when she lived in Australia as a Scientist in a stressful corporate world. After practicing for 6 months it dramatically reduced her stress and anxiety levels.
After practicing for a few years and noticing dramatic changes to her body and mind she decided to study yoga in 2015 and completed a 200 hr Hatha Vinyasa Yoga teacher training in Bali. She then started teaching yoga in Rhyl to friends and family, this then grew and she starting holding regular yoga classes in martial art centres in Rhyl. She then completed a 300 hr advanced Vinyasa Yoga teacher training in India in 2017.
In 2018 she suffered a huge loss, sadly her mum passed away from Alzheimer’s. At this time she was still teaching yoga whilst holding down her other career, so she decided the time was right to teach her passion full time in honour of her mum, because life is just too short to work in a job that is not your passion.
That’s when she found a permanent base for her yoga studio in Rhyl. She wanted to recreate the beauty and serenity that she had experienced in yoga studios in Bali, Australia and India.
Helen called the studio B-Yoga due to her last name being Brownley and also because everyday we should aim to be more yoga as yoga is far more than just a physical practice it is a way of being.
Helens loves teaching fun, dynamic, energetic flows but also likes to get deeply connected with yin, meditation and yoga philosophy. She is welcoming, warm and inclusive.
When Helen is not teaching yoga she loves walking her dog (Bella), drinking good coffee, connecting with friends and family and spending that much needed month in India each year to further her practice and her study of Yoga.
Helens qualifications:
- 200hr YTT Hatha vinyasa yoga
- 300hr YTT vinyasa yoga
- 50hr YTT Yin yoga
- 50hr YTT Meditation
- 40hr YTT Yoga nidra
- 50hr YTT Trauma informed yoga
- 85hr YTT Pregnancy yoga
- 60hr YTT Yoga philosophy
- 60hr YTT The body aligned - yoga, functional anatomy & injury
Ceri Smith (Assistant Manager)
Ceri is a dynamic and creative yoga teacher whose sense-led offerings are enriched with strength and mobility. From vinyasa to restorative her teaching style artfully weaves the connection between inner and outer spaces, drawing inspiration from the world around her to create meaningful experiences on the mat.
Passionate about connecting, loving and learning with others, Ceri brings a level of curiosity and joy to everything she does.
In her free time, she enjoys creating, dancing, listening to live music, embracing the outdoors and uncovering beauty in lifes smallest moments. Oh and scouring vinted for the best finds!
Ceri has a 200hr YTT in vinyasa yoga which she completed in 2020. She also has 50hr YTT in restorative yoga and pranayama.
Lisette Armour
Lisette loves to travel and completed her 200hr YTT in India where her love for Ashtanga was ignited. She now lives and breathes traditional Ashtanga yoga. Teaching primary series for beginners to Ashtanga at the studio along with full primary series and Mysore.
Rhiannon Parry
Rhiannon completed her 200hr yoga teacher training in summer 2022. Yoga became her release whilst working in a high pressure corporate role which then evolved into her becoming a full time yoga teacher and photographer.
Rhiannon teaches vinyasa, hot flow, yin yoga and meditation and is a big advocate for doing what makes your soul feel alive. She aims to help her students find beauty, joy and contentment within themselves.
Rachael Marchant-Davies
Rachael is a mindfulness, Yin and Qigong teacher in North Wales. As a nurse, Rachael saw these practices as a way to bring balance and ease stress both for herself and those she worked with.
Rachael discovered Qigong whilst on retreat and hasn't looked back since. Rachael enjoys learning different types of Qigong and meditation and sharing these with others with a focus on a warm, friendly, non-judgemental approach. She has a particular fascination by mind body connection and all the ways this can be explored with a sense of curiosity, kindness and fun.
Rachael often reflects the energies of nature through her practices.
When she's not practising Qigong, yin yoga or meditation she enjoys weightlifting, walking, reading and seeing live music.
Her Qualifications include:
+ Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
+ Incorporating mindfulness and compassion into professional practice
+ Compassionate mindful resilience
+ 200hr certified Qigong teacher
+ 200hr YTT Yin Yoga