Getting the best out of myself and everyone I work with is my passion.
I have had the pleasure of working with some of the best athletes, coaches and business owners in the world.
Supporting these experiences has been the chance to help so many people transform their lives.
I believe that anyone can achieve anything they want to. But to enable this to happen, you need good people around you to realise this.
This is one of many reasons I set up Her Spirit with Holly.
I love to swim and ride my bike and take on amazing challenges. And these are some of the challanges achieved to date:
◘ Swam the length of Lake Windermere (11miles)
◘ 4 x Lake Coniston (5.25 miles)
◘ Lakes To London Challenge
◘ 8 x 70.3 Triathlons
◘ 5x Marathons and one of those with wine - Marathon des Medoc
◘ Trekked to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro
◘ Cycled Mont Ventoux – All Three Sides in under 12 hours
Her Spirit was founded by Mel Berry and Holly Woodford to make it easier for women to get active.
Holly and Mel became frustrated at how the needs of ALL women are being continually underserved in traditional sports, gym and leisure markets. 42% of women in the UK are not active enough for their health. A persistent 5% gender gap remains between men’s and women’s activity levels and even more concerning the 12% gap in activity levels between Black, Asian and ethnically diverse women and white women and a 13% gap for women with a disability.
In 2018 they set out on a mission to change what was on offer for women and to find new ways to reduce the inequalities in sports and physical activity. Since then Holly and Mel have run, swam, cycled and walked with hundreds of Her Spirit community members. They have also had their fair share of coffee, cake and chats to better understand the motivators and barriers of women starting and staying active
Her Spirit today is the culmination of all those conversations and thousands of community-inspired moments. Our mission is to inspire 1 million women to get fitter, stronger and healthier.
Come and join the Her Spirit community and help us build a more active, healthier and fairer world together
Mel Berry
Her Spirit Co-Founder
Holly Woodford
Her Spirit Co-Founder
I have spent decades working in the sport, fitness and health market and I was one of those ‘get though the day’ obsessive calorie counters and manic exercisers and it just made me more miserable.
I have only recently focused on nutrition, and learning how to eat well and prioritise my own mental health.
For me, the results have been life-changing and for the first time in my life, I am truly happy with my body image and eat guilt-free.
I am a serial challenger and love pushing my limits.
I love to swim and ride my bike and take on amazing challenges. And these are some of the challanges achieved to date:
◘ Lakes To London Challenge
◘ Ironman Vichy
◘ 2 x 70.3 Triathlons
◘ 5 x Marathons and one of those with wine - Marathon des Medoc
◘ 50K Ultra Marathon
◘ Swam Lake Coniston (5.25 miles)
◘ Cycled Mont Ventoux – All Three Sides in under 12 hours
HER SPIRIT COACHING TEAM
Our team of expert coaches help us deliver our amazing programmes, LIVE classes and coaching plans to every woman across the UK.
Mel Berry
Triathlon & Swimming Coach
Mel is an experienced triathlon (Level 2 Diploma) and swimming coach and leads the swimming coaching groups and the development of the overall Her Spirit coaching programme.
@melberryswims
Holly Woodford
Triathlon & Running Coach
Holly is a British Triathlon Level 2 coach and has a special interest in running. Holly also leads the overall design and development of our behaviour change programmes and technology.
@challengehollyberry
Helen Jenkins
Triathlon + Cycling Coach
Helen is a two times World Triathlon Champion and qualified British Triathlon Level 2 coach. Helen delivers indoor cycle sessions as well as the lead coach for our Triathlon coaching group.
@heljinx
Sharon Leeming
Triathlon & Cycling Coach
Sharon is a qualified British Triathlon Level 2 coach and delivers indoor cycle sessions as well as the lead coach for our Cycling coaching group. She will help you become a stronger and more confident cyclist no matter what your ability is.
@sharonlleeming
Mel Young
Strength Coach
Mel is the Owner and Founder of Amazon24 Fitness and been a Personal Training for 20 years. Mel now creates successful Ladies Only Strength Programmes and lead this area for Her Spirit.
Lexie Williamson
Yoga Coach
Lexie is a fitness writer, yoga instructor and ride leader. She has written extensively for cycling magazines about the importance of stretching for cyclists and in 2013 wrote a book on yoga for cyclists.
Rhian Bowden
Functional Strength Coach
With 25 years of experience as a Chartered Physiotherapist, Rhian Bowden has dedicated her career to specializing in musculoskeletal and sports injuries. As the founder of One2One Therapy, a private physiotherapy clinic in South Wales, Rhian has spent 18 years growing and developing her practice. She has worked with athletes of all levels, from novices to elites, with a particular focus on running and triathlon.
A passionate advocate for health and well-being, Rhian is committed to holistic health, emphasizing the interconnectedness of body, mind, and spirit. She loves educating others about how their bodies move and the profound relationship between physical health and overall well-being.
@rhi.bowden
Georgia Remnant
Pilates & Yoga Coach
Georgia is a qualified Pilates teacher, teaching mat and reformer Pilates, and also a yoga teacher.
She approaches movement and exercise from a non-competitive stance, educating how movement can be an amazing tool to better look after ourselves, physically and mentally, a tool for self appreciation and also self growth.
Her classes aim to build strength and mobility throughout the body but to also leave you feeling at ease, with a deeper body awareness, and a love of movement for simply just that, for the love of it.
Gemma Richardson
Women's Health Physio
Gemma is a specialist Women’s Health Physiotherapist, with 20 years of experience working in both the NHS and privately. She’s also been teaching Pilates for 18 years. In that time she has helped thousands of women improve their pelvic health, mobility, strength and fitness and continues to break down barrier for women who thought it wasn’t possible.
She specialises in supporting women from pregnancy and postpartum, to menopause and beyond.
@her_physioandpilates
Jesse Lambert-Harden
Fuel & Lifestyle Coach
Jesse is a personal trainer, nutritionist and biomechanics/ movement coach. Jesse is an experienced nutrition and lifestyle coach and is the curator of our 6-week Learn to Fuel programme.
Donna Frazer
Give Me 5K Running Coach
Donna is a former sprinter, who competed at four consecutive Olympic Games for Great Britain.
Donna is vice president at UK Athletics,Breast Cancer Survivor & Breast Cancer Now Ambassador, Inspirational Speaker with a smile!
She is a passionate equality and diversity campaigner. Donna is your Give Me 5K Coach.
Caroline Martin
Yoga & Fitness Coach
Caroline has worked in the fitness industry for over 25 years and is founder of the Yoga Squad in Newark where she leads a team of yoga professionals delivering both online and offline classes.
OUR PARTNERS
Thanks to our amazing partnerships we are able to provide every woman the opportunity to be fitter, stronger and healthier. We love collaborating with all types of organisations, community groups and charities so please do get in touch we’d love to hear from you.