Vikki is an experienced coach and athlete, with over 20-year experience. As an athlete she has competed in many ultra and multi-disciplined events around the world.

Vikki is a qualified personal trainer and yoga teacher, being fully qualified and registered with the Yoga Alliance. Vikki now fuses the training from both disciplines to create a unique approach to all round physical health and wellbeing.

Hi, my name is Ruth and I am a busy mum of twins who is passionate about health, wellbeing and fitness. I live in Barron and have done so for over 8 years.

I have been a fitness instructor for over 20 years, and have worked in lots of places in East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire teaching throughout this time.

I have been teaching fitness Pilates for a while now and am really excited about doing this at Waterside Wellbeing. The classes are adaptable for all abilities and it would be great if you come and give it a go.

Hi, my name is Tina and I have been practising yoga for nearly 20 years. I started attending a local yoga class which helped me to manage my back pain. I completed the British Wheel of Yoga (BWY) foundation course and then teacher training, qualifying in February 2019. As part of my continued professional development, I have completed several courses, including yoga for stress & burnout, yoga for back pain (both YogaCampus), a specialist module in teaching yoga to people living with cancer (BWY 2021) and a hybrid module in restorative yoga and Nidra (Imagine Rest 2022).

I am a qualified nurse, so it is important to me that yoga is accessible to everyone and my classes are adapted to meet the needs of my students. My classes are gentle and taught in a traditional way, focusing on breath awareness to calm the mind and body which can reduce stress and aid relaxation.

In my spare time, I love spending time at home, I enjoy cooking and being out and about in nature, walking with my partner and our dog, Nelly.

Leigh Johnson is a Yoga Instructor and Founder of Mankind Yoga. Leigh's mission is to inspire, elevate and educate as many people as possible, to live to their fullest, most creative and most joyful potential through the practice of Yoga.

Leigh was first introduced to Yoga 30 years ago, when recovering from illness, Yoga was recommended to Leigh as rehabilitation. His passion for Yoga grew over the years and His first hand experience of the benefits of Yoga has created his Wonderful passion for life and well-being that is reflected in his teaching style.

Leigh has completed a 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training , 60-Hour YIN YOGA Teacher Training , 30-Hours Yoga Nidra Teacher Training, all with Bodsphere (Yoga Alliance Registered).
Leigh is also a Reiki Master and a QiGong practitioner.

Leigh views the science of Yoga as a path to explore our inner selves and elevate our consciousness, while creating a counter-balance to the stresses of modern life.

Through my battle to manage fibromyalgia and cfs, I found the beautiful gongs, a space to just be, to feel held and supported, to find deep rest and receive their healing. Wellbeing is a messy, many layered path, unique to each of us and the gongs have been a constant on my journey, I experience them in so many ways and on so many levels.

I am blessed to hold space for others to experience the gongs as part of their journey and I enjoy collaborating with others as well. I first discovered the gongs around 2014, qualified as a practitioner in 2017 and started the Gong Space Lincolnshire.

The powerful and therapeutic gong space bathes you in waves of sound and vibration to promote healing, stress relief, meditative states and deep relaxation. Working on a physical, mental, emotional and spiritual level; sound healing promotes wellbeing and harmony for the whole self.

One of the reasons I took up Tai Chi was to help with the after effects of a motorcycle crash in my early 20’s which broke my pelvis in 3 places. Inevitably as I grew older arthritis started to develop in the damaged joints. Also I felt I needed to improve my general health, as I was not getting any younger and unable to use other forms of exercise, even walking could be a problem at times.

I persuaded my mother to come with me to the 1st class and we have both continued to practice Tai Chi since that day. For a year we went to class once a week, feeling the benefits we increased this to 2 classes a week. We both found our general health and stamina improved but I was feeling so much better that I could cut back on my painkillers.

I noticed a marked improvement in my posture alongside an increased ability to flex joints, including my fingers which were starting to deform through arthritis. With the improved posture and practice at Abdominal Breathing I found I could breathe more freely and my ability to relax improved.

This was when I decided I wanted to learn how to teach others the Tai Chi exercises. I wanted to help other people gain the same benefits that I had.

I received my qualification through the NOCN on 8th Nov 2011 and have been teaching ever since. After starting with 1 class a week, I am now teaching 6 classes and practising daily in between and find myself continuing to improve. It is also very informative and rewarding when members come to me in class and tell me about benefits they have noticed personally. Several have told me about lowered blood pressure or a lessening of pain. One gentleman even told me it improved his golf swing and has since gone on to practice Tai Chi daily at home, becoming one of my star pupils.