Helen Patilla
(she/her)

I am the owner of Elephant Rooms and Centre Manager. I see my role as the caretaker, looking after our space and anyone who walks through our doors.

I first came to the world of health and wellbeing 30 years ago when I discovered Yoga. Since then I have tried, experienced and fallen in love with many forms of therapies, different forms of Yoga, Pilates, Qigong and meditation. All have at some point or another helped me through some rough patches and helped me maintain my physical and mental health in everyday life.

I believe there is a therapy for everyone, and it’s just a case of finding ‘your’ therapy. Mine was Shiatsu, I loved it so much I trained in it. I further trained as a Psychotherapist to support my practice. It is one of my joys that in setting up Elephant Rooms I have a wonderful choice of treatments and classes to choose from and get to work with a community of fabulous people.

Through my passion for health and wellbeing I have a strong belief that therapies should be available to everyone and cost should not be a barrier to accessing services. I am here to offer support and advise with a friendly welcome and a cup of tea.