Author: Cheryl MacDonald, YogaBellies Founder

I’m you’re average Glaswegian mum living in Singapore, but I’m also a heavily qualified yoga teacher trainer and founder of YogaBellies® and the Birth ROCKS Method. Over the past 25 years, I’ve trained in more female-centric holistic modalities than you could shake a big stick at including yoga; tantra; hypnosis; somatic movement; naturopathy; massage; meditation and so much more. I love introducing women (ALL women) to yoga and showing them the difference that yoga can REALLY make to your life – on and off the yoga mat. YogaBellies is a whole-life approach to wellness for women: Yoga practices, breathing techniques, mindfulness, shadow work, self-improvement and nutrition. Helping women to you love themselves and live their best life is my soul purpose.

About Me

I know what it’s like to be running around like a mad woman getting the kids off to school and working my ass off and juggling the 9-zillion other things I do. I also know firsthand the millions of benefits yoga can bring to a woman’s life that doesn’t apply to men– and how it can change every aspect of your life. Everything I teach I apply to my own life.

In my 15 years of teaching yoga, over 100,000 women have attended YogaBellies classes globally. I’ve personally trained hundreds of YogaBellies teachers; worked with several celebrities; appeared on TV and featured in all of the publications.

What I do

I work one-to-one with female clients as a counselor and Transformologist using the exclusive Creatrix modality of feminist psychology, in addition to training YogaBellies Teachers globally. My focus in female empowerment: Building confidence and self-esteem in every walk of life and making sure you feel physically and mentally your best.

Let me show you how to feel great about yourself, have tons of time and energy and a life you love … based on working with thousands of women over the past decade.

Here are some of the awards I’ve won over the years:

• LuxLife Most Inspirational Women’s Yoga Teacher 2021 
• The Great British Entrepreneur Award 2019
• The Scottish Edge Award for Enterprise 2013
• Woman of the Year Award 2014
• Mumpreneur UK Award 2012
• 3 x What’s On for Little Ones Awards 2014
• Working Mums Top Employer Award 2015
• Mums Club Top 100 Businesses 2012

You may also have seen me featured in:

• The Huffington Post – talking about my yoga journey and YogaBellies® beginnings
• As a winner of BBC Dragon’s Den (watch us in the video below!) – the Dragons loved the concept of YogaBellies®
• Appeared on ITV’s This Morning – teaching yoga to women and children at various life stages
• All of the magazines, TV channels and publications you can see on this page, talking about yoga for women throughout life
• Been personal yoga teacher to celebrities such as Kimberley Walsh (Girls Aloud), Fearne Cotton and Catherine Tyldsley (check out some of the featured press below)