Susie’s interest in movement began with dance. In 1999 when a knee injury halted her training she turned to a movement practice that was rumoured to support her body. In fact it provided a lot more than physical support. The transition from mild interest to a fully fledged yoga practitioner occurred over a few years and by 2007 she had made the decision to begin her studies in obtaining a yoga teacher certification. The Elbowroom seemed like an obvious choice when choosing a school with an excellent reputation for it’s high standards in training and from there she continued her studies in Hatha Yoga at Yoga Vidya Gurukul in Nasik India. Since that initial step into teacher training Susie has qualified as a Pilates and Barre teacher through the Stott method in Complete Body Movement with Dani Gonzalez Ares and Joseph McCarthy, and once again returned to The Elbowroom to study with Susan Church to obtain the 500hr Advanced Yoga Teacher Training qualification. Her classes are all about the breath and she fully believes that the breath is the key to connecting to the wholeness of who you truly are and letting go of what might be holding you back. Her style of practice has been deeply influenced by her background in dance which lends itself to the smooth choreography of her classes and having attended an eclectic array of workshops with internationally acclaimed instructors her practice is diverse and rich in dynamic flow. Alignment and balanced energy are consistent points of focus in all of her classes to inspire strength, agility, adaptability and flexibility in the body and the mind.

An international yoga and meditation teacher, and health and wellness expert, Bev is regarded as a teacher’s teacher, blending her extensive knowledge of functional anatomy and physiology into the beautiful practice of yoga and movement therapy. She has shared her knowledge and expertise with hundreds of budding yogis and movement practitioners who have both trained and practiced under her guidance.

She is the founder of Postural Reset and Activated Yoga, two programmes that fuse conscious breathwork and natural alignment through muscle activations and yoga asana. She is the lead teacher on the 250 hour Yoga Teacher Training courses, teaching functional anatomy and physiology, pranayama and meditation in addition to teaching Neuroconnective Yoga and movement on the 300 hour YTT courses. Bev is passionate about helping people to overcome their injuries and restrictions so that yoga is accessible, functional and enjoyable for any one at any age or ability.

She has been teaching for over 25 years, she trained as a Nurse, developed stress management courses for Cheshire County Council in the UK before opening a boutique yoga and food studio in Amsterdam.

Since relocating to Ireland in 2012 she has dedicated her time to yoga, and building a busy injury and rehab clinic in Stoneybatter where she offers Neuromuscular Therapy and Muscle Activation to the walking wounded of Ireland.

With a personal practice of 20 years and with many years of extensive teaching practice, Susan brings a wealth of knowledge to her students. Susan is the lead instructor at The elbowroom’s foundation Yoga Teacher Training Course. With years of many successful graduates, she is now a key instructor with the 300 Hour Advanced Yoga Training Course.

After a decade of dance training, Susan studied Theatre at Trinity College Dublin in the late 1980’s and dance with the National Theatre Institute in Connecticut U.S.A. It was during this time that she received her first yoga training, along with Laban, Alexander method and many other forms of dance and movement. Although she eventually left the arts, she remained committed to yoga and Pilates.

In 1999 she completed her first yoga teacher training and a year later she qualified as a Pilates Instructor and massage therapist. She has completed teacher training courses and equipment certificates along with hundreds of master classes and workshops in Pilates and Yoga. Some schools attended are YTTC, Bodyfirm, Body Control, Stott, Balanced Body and Powerhouse.

Melissa has been teaching women yoga for over 15 years and is a Mother to 3 children.  Having started yoga in her 20’s in San Francisco, Melissa’s yoga journey has been fairly colourful. She is a fully trained Bikram, Hatha, Yin, Pre & Postnatal Yoga teacher, Kids yoga teacher, Pilates teacher, is a 500hr qualified yoga teacher, recognized trainer and senior teacher with Yoga Alliance UK Professionals, is currently taking a second 300hr training with world-renowned Amy Ippoliti, is an Infant Massage Instructor and Cuidiu breastfeeding counsellor.
Melissa is very passionate about birth which led her to start facilitating birth preparation classes, complete a doula and postnatal doula training and a Well Woman/Womb Yoga training with the well-known women’s health advocate, Uma Dinsmore-Tuli.
Melissa’s passion for women’s health is obvious regardless of what style of yoga she is teaching due to her nurturing approach and being able to respond to the needs of women’s health issues. This has also led Melissa to training in yoga to support the pelvic floor and traveling to America for pelvic floor educational workshops.
Whether in or out of the yoga room and knowing well how challenging life can be, Melissa loves to empower and support women from all walks of life.  This 300 hr module is an empowering experience for anyone interested in the female anatomy,  that wants to discover more about how they can enhance vitality in their own body and their students as well as educate themselves in the different stages of womanhood.  Expect to move, create and laugh.

Karolina Krzemianowska is a professional yoga teacher with a passion for inspiring and encouraging people everywhere to cultivate healthy habits, manage stress, find inner peace, and embrace mindfulness through yoga. She is trained in hatha and Vinyasa yoga, prenatal yoga and Yoga Nidra. As the founder of Inner Light Yoga and with over 10 years of teaching experience, Karolina loves to share her enthusiasm for wellness and her burning desire to build a thriving, wholesome community of likeminded people.

Through Inner Light Yoga, Karolina has published over 150 free yoga classes on Youtube, where she helps people find yoga practices no matter their body type, fitness level, mobility and personality.

She is also a graphic designer,  web developer and marketing consultant. Her aim is to offer business training to yoga teachers that will enable them to accelerate their professional development and grow their business within the wellness industry. 

Sarah is a Senior Yoga Teacher and Yoga Teacher Trainer accredited with Yoga Alliance Professionals (YogaPros). She has been a tutor on Yoga Teacher Trainings since 2012 and first trained in yoga in 2003. She completed her 300-hour Advanced Training with The Elbow Room in 2016 and is grateful to now be facilitating the philosophy module on the training.

Her academic background includes a BSc (Hons) in Herbal Science and a Diploma in Clinical Herbal Medicine, grounding her in both scientific methodology and holistic models of health. She values the dialogue between empirical enquiry and contemplative tradition, bringing that balance into her teaching.

Philosophically, her work is rooted in sustained study of classical yogic texts, including the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and the Bhagavad Gita, alongside long-standing exploration of somatic and embodied practice. She brings extensive experience in functional movement, mobility and alignment-based teaching, integrating anatomical clarity with subtle awareness in both practice and philosophy.

Sarah is particularly interested in how yogic philosophy illuminates patterns of conditioning, identity and the process of liberation in psychological as well as spiritual terms. She teaches philosophy as something to be lived and embodied, not merely studied.

Alongside her yoga career, she sustains a long-standing personal practice informed by ritual and land-based spirituality. Ordained as a Priestess of the Sacred Land and Spiritual Celebrant through the Coire Sois School of Irish Spirituality, she is interested in understanding spirituality and psyche as relational and ecological, while remaining grounded and applicable to everyday life. Her work is grounded in lived relationship with the natural world and shaped by years of guiding others in practices that cultivate listening, steadiness, and embodied presence. She brings a deep respect for place, rhythm, and the intelligence of the land into the spaces she holds.

Sophia is an experienced yoga and meditation teacher. Having practiced meditation since the late 1990s and yoga since the mid 2000s, she qualified as a yoga teacher in 2010 and has been teaching since.

The yoga styles she teaches include Hatha, Mindful Movement and Meditation, and Restorative yoga. Her teaching style places great emphasis on integrating mindfulness and self-compassion within the practice. Cultivating presence, awareness and kindness are paramount in both her practice and teaching. Over the years she has developed great deal of experience teaching restorative and mindful movement and meditation, bringing these practices to hundreds of students in an easy and direct way.

She has completed many meditation and yoga retreats in Ireland and abroad, and has attended trainings and intensives with Donna Farhi, Michael Stone, Bo Forbes, James Higgins and Josh Summers.

Sophia is also a yoga teacher trainer and co-leads the 200hour Foundation Yoga Teacher Training in the Elbowroom. She also teaches the Restorative Yoga module in the Elbowroom Advance Yoga Teacher Training.

She holds a PhD in Sociology and her research is an investigation of the experience of yoga in Ireland from a sociological and cultural perspective.

I’m a qualified 450hr Yoga Alliance teacher. I completed my 250hr with the Elbowroom in May 2016 & further 200hr advanced training with Michael James Wong of Krama Yoga in 2023. I also acquired my foundation & mindfulness yin training with Josh Summers in 2017.
I’ve been a practitioner of different styles of yoga since 2008, Hatha, Ashtanga, vinyasa &
yin. I’ve been teaching weekly classes in studios around Dublin since 2016 & have acquired approximately to date 3000 hrs of teaching. I consider myself a student of yoga first & foremost. I feel privileged to be able to share my journey so far & enriching my teaching experience by learning from my students & peers, continuously taking workshops & further training with some great inspiring international teachers.
Since I was a child, I have always had a love of dance & movement, therefore I was initially drawn to the physical aspects of yoga. I loved how the practice could give you a sense of connection with breath, body & mind. I also felt I’d gotten a great workout! I soon realised there was so, so much more to yoga than physicality. I developed more of an interest in contemplative practices like meditation, spent some time on Vipassana courses & it is the mindfulness aspect I like to incorporate in my classes, especially for Yin.
Drawing inspiration from different styles of yoga, I love to create dynamic sequences that are challenging & FUN with a focus on breath, safe alignment, mindfulness & hope to inspire others on their yoga journey.

I believe yoga is for absolutely everyBody.
Hope to see you on the mat soon!