Jolan Grills, RYT 500, RPYT

Jolan is passionate about empowering people to explore themselves through the practice of yoga with softness & compassion in a safe and nurturing way. She is a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) & Registered Perinatal Yoga Teacher (RPYT) here in Tamworth and has been teaching at the 11:11 Yoga Studio for over 3 years now. She has completed over 700 hours worth of training and has taught over 600 hours of yoga. 

Jolan is certified to teach: gentle flow, yin, prenatal, postnatal, mums & bubs, meditation, restorative, flow and myo-yin. She is currently studying yoga for fertility & menstruation and also making her way through Doula training. Jolan has a deep love for the feminine & nurturing approach to yoga - meaning to move with the cycles of life not against them. As Gabrielle Roth says - "When we're in our flow, all we have to do is walk across a room to be mesmerising. We feel confident in ourselves because we're connected to the earth and in harmony with her rhythms, cycles & moods." 

Jolan, alongside her regular timetable classes, also offers private yoga sessions as well as a variety of immersions, workshops & series throughout the year.

Dale Macdonald, RYT 200, Meditation

Dale Macdonald is a holistic health expert, spiritual explorer, and the founder of BASE FIVE CO. After discovering a love for boxing at the age of 16, he embarked on a  decade-long competitive career, securing several titles and a passion for wellbeing in the process. Now through his company, BASE FIVE CO, Dale offers health services including reiki healing, personal coaching, and meditation instruction, as well as a host of health supporting products; natural healing balm, wire-wrapped gem jewellery, and the ultimate folding meditation bench. Dale's mission is to help drive the global shift towards proactive health practices!

Emma Grant, RYT 200, B Health Science (Counselling); Lvl 1,2 and 3 Wellness Coach

Emma’s love for yoga began in her early 30’s when she needed a way to calm her mind from the everyday stresses of life. Her love of yoga led her down the path of wanting more and she completed her 200 hr teacher training in 2017 at the Yoga loft in Newcastle. Emma loves Vinyasa flow and hot power yoga, with the poses flowing from one to another in a sequence, rather than being held for too long. This is achieved by controlled breathing used in a specific manner to move from pose to pose that builds heat in the body to feel alive. When we are anchored to the breath we create a connection to the present moment and experience stillness to feel grounded and peaceful.

Emma grew up on a property in Bendemeer, she is a mother of 3 beautiful children and returned to Tamworth in 2021 to raise her family back in nature.

Felicity Doyle, RYT 350

Felicity has been practising Yoga for more than 20 years and completed her 350hr teacher training in 2010 whilst living in Sydney. Felicity has also completed specialised Prenatal Yoga teacher training. Felicity’s interest in yoga began in her late teens when she went to the occasional yoga class with her mum. In her early 20’s, she began attending regular yoga classes for the relief it provided her body and mind after sitting for long hours in her office-based job. Yoga was also incredibly supportive during all 3 of Felicity’s pregnancies and births, and continues to be one of her favourite self-care tools as a busy mum.

With a background predominantly in the Hatha and Iyengar styles, Felicity has been incredibly fortunate to have learnt from various influential teachers. Felicity also enjoys practising Zen Ki Yoga which is based on the Japanese shiatsu healing system. The culmination of her varied experience and learning over the years is what Felicity brings to her classes, with the ultimate intention of guiding her students to experience a calm and balanced body, mind and spirit through the practice of yoga.

Felicity has a life-long interest in holistic health, which has led her to continually learn and expand her knowledge. As well as being a Yoga Teacher, Felicity is also a Kinesiologist and Holistic Health Coach. She truly believes in the balance of mind, body and spirit for optimal health and well-being.

Charlotte Moore - Exercise Scientist, Pilates Teacher

Charlotte grew up in the beautiful coastal town of Port Macquarie with exercise and movement a huge part of her life. This led to a passion for fitness and health, joining the fitness industry in Sydney as a Les Mills RPM Instructor in 2021. She went on to complete a Cert III in Fitness and Pilates certification before finishing her Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Science in Sydney. Charlotte completed both her Mat Pilates and Reformer Pilates qualifications through Studio Pilates and uses Pilates for both fitness in group settings and for clinical rehabilitation. She developed a love for teaching Pilates as it is a low-impact full-body workout and has continued her training, now a certified Pre and Post Natal Pilates Instructor. 

Charlotte is excited to bring Pilates to Tamworth Yoga and believes it will nicely supplement your yoga practice. 

Michaela Katrin Achilles, RYT 200

Michaela is passionate about practicing & teaching yoga as an opportunity to come home to yourself and to explore the breath, body, and heart. Originally from Germany, she has found her love for yoga while living in Berlin and at a time where she needed to balance out a stressful and demanding office job.

She completed her 200hr training in flow and restorative yoga in Panama in 2019 with Ashley Brodeur and Ally Maz. Originally with the intention to deepen her own practice but discovered her passion for teaching along the way. Michaela is continuously learning and has since completed and signed up for further training, including supportive hands-on touch and teaching yoga for trauma, anxiety, depression and body image, as well as successfully completing her second 200 HR training with Tamworth Yoga in 2024.

Michaela has relocated to Australia in 2020 and is now living in Tamworth with her partner and two dogs, teaching a weekly restorative class at Tamworth Yoga.