Helen Bourke

Helen Bourke-Barnwell teaches prenatal yoga at Sunrise. She has a masters degree in philosophy and qualified as a massage therapist in 1995. She began practicing yoga in 2002 after the birth of her second child but only realised the strength and importance of the breath and the fundamental mechanics of our bodies during her third pregnancy (which culminated in an unexpected and thrilling homebirth!)

She started practicing Ashtanga yoga in 2005 and completed her yoga teacher training with Veronica Larsson and Debbie Corradino. She has studied children’s yoga with Amanda Reid under the Radiant Child Yoga Programme (Level 2).

She passionately believes that women can do so much with their own bodies through yoga to make pregnancy and birth the wonderful experience it was always meant to be. She completed her perinatal training with Lisa Wilkinson of the Elbow Room, an intensive and inspiring initiative to re-teach women to trust in birth.

Helen can be contacted on 087 - 977 1864.