About The Pink School
A Little Bit About Us
The Pink School is a space for rest, reconnection, and empowerment. Rooted in warmth, inclusivity, and care, we offer holistic wellness experiences designed to support women and queer folk in slowing down and tuning into their body, mind, and soul.
Led by Ella, an experienced holistic therapist, energy healer, and yoga teacher, our sessions are always low-stimulation, person-led, and deeply nurturing. With a strong belief that wellness should be accessible to all, we create spaces where everyone—especially those often excluded from traditional wellness settings—can feel safer, seen, and supported.
As a mother with lived experience of disability and mental health challenges, Ella understands the barriers many families face when seeking community and care. That’s why The Pink School is committed to making wellness spaces welcoming and accessible for all, including parents and caregivers who may struggle to find classes that truly accommodate their needs.
Whether through yoga, healing sessions, or community gatherings, The Pink School is here to hold space for you—exactly as you are.
Our
Story
2013
Ella's professional journey began with a career in marketing which abruptly ended 5 years later with the first (of a few) mental health crisis'. From here, her own "healing journey" began. Absolutely inspired by alternative therapy she took the first step to retrain to be a Holistic Therapist. The rest is history.
Ella is neuro-divergent and lives with chronic physical and mental health conditions, it became increasingly apparent to her how inaccesible and ableist the wellness industry is.
2021
The Pink Room opened in 2021 as the UK's very first space dedicated to empowering women , queer people and making wellness accesible. Located in the heart of the city in The Corn Exchange. We spent 18 months smashing the patriarchy, supporting indie female makers and facilitating healing in our little safe space.
Therapies
We thrived together as a collective of practitioners with the same ethos - to provide inclusive therapies and strive to make healing accessible.
We were able to work with charities close to our hearts, like Shantosha Womens Refuge, Mermaids Charity, Refuge and Leeds LGBT Consortium and were absolutely stoked to receive funding from Live Well Leeds so we could offer reduced cost therapies and workshops for the people of Leeds
The Shop
Our gorgeous shop was curated with the most gorgeous stuff exclusively from indie queer and female owned businesses and was a sight to behold. It was a big 18 months, we went fast and hard with BIG dreams to make change from the day we opened - until the day we moved in March 2023 when Ella's own personal battles became too much to continue with the business in it's exisiting model. So it was time to take a break, ruminate and have another baby.
Hiya, my name is Ella (she/her) and I own The Pink School
Welcome to The Pink School—I'm So Glad You’re Here
Hey, I’m Ella—the heart and hands behind The Pink School. This space is all about rest, reconnection, and radical self-care for women and queer folk. I believe wellness should feel safe, inclusive, and truly accessible—not just for the privileged few.
As a queer, late-diagnosed AuDHD woman with lived experience of chronic illness and postnatal mental health struggles, I know how it feels to be overwhelmed, burnt out, and searching for spaces that actually see you. My work isn’t about fixing you (because you were never broken)—it’s about offering gentle, supportive tools to help you navigate life with more ease.
Right now, I’m slowing down to focus on my health and little family, but you can still find me teaching at Yoga Hero and Café Yoga in Leeds, with plans to bring my offerings online soon. Iam open to new projects.
A little about me:
🌿 Holistic therapist, energy healer & yoga teacher
🌿 Fierce advocate for LGBTQ+ inclusion in wellness
🌿 Sociology degree (Durham Uni)
🌿 MTI Level 4 Holistic Massage, Reiki Level 2, 300hr Yoga TT
🌿 DBS checked, mama of two, neurodiverse
And just so you really know me—favourite food? Salt and chilli squid. Least favourite thing? Unnecessary eye contact. Most joyful ritual? My morning cacao (yes, it’s bougie).
I’m so happy you found your way here. You belong. You are enough. And you deserbe rest.
What the People Say
"My favourite place in Leeds! I have had massages with Ella and Reiki healing with Frances and both are incredible therapists who take the time to understand your needs and tune into your energy. They are both super helpful and try their best to accommodate your needs and are super inclusive and attentive. I always feel so much better after their therapies."
Jo F, Leeds
Accessibility + Comfort
We always strive to use venues which are fully accessible, the accessibility of every venue is outlined on the booking page. If you have specific needs and would like reassurance that we can support them please do not hesitate to contact us hello@thepinkschool.co.uk.
Gender Diversity + Trauma Awareness
Ella has a huge amount of experience working within the LGBTQ+ community and is incredibly conscious of gender inclusive language and accessibility. We are very aware that the wellness world uses a lot of language around the "divine feminie" and a lot of references to the womb, we do not use this vocabulary at The Pink School.
We are also aware that some aspects of the wellness world can be incredibly insensitive to how trauma is handled, as such we will always seek permission before giving modifications that use touch and only seek information about triggers strictly on a need to know basis, for your own safety.
GPDR Procedure
The Pink Room Privacy Policy
Our contact details
Name: Ella Norman
E-mail: hello@thepinkroomleeds.co.uk
The type of personal information we collect
We currently collect and process the following information:
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Personal identifiers, contacts and characteristics (for example, name and contact details)
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Medical information necessary for the provision of the services (e.g. allergies and sensitivities)
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Disability information related to accessibility requirements
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Reasoning for coming for a treatment, including background history related to the services
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Medical information related to Covid-19
How we get the personal information and why we have it
Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you for one of the following reasons:
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For the provision of the service (holistic therapies and/or massage therapies), including follow-up post appointment
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For in the event of an emergency
We use the information that you have given us in order to provide services relating to holisitic therapies and massage, including:
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Register you as a new customer
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To process and arrange your appointment/therapy, including managing payment and collecting and/or receiving monies from you
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To manage our relationship with you, including asking for a review or testimony and/or notifying you of any changes to our privacy policy
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To enable you to take part in competitions or prize draws
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Administration of the website, including data analytics and troubleshooting
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Administration of the website including booking appointments.
We don't share you personal information with third parties without your explicit consent or where the law allows. This would include in the case of a medical emergency.
We share your personal data with Wixm MailChimp and Fresha, for the purpose of customer sign up via our website. This will involve the transfer of your personal data outside of the UK.
Whenever we transfer your personal data out of the UK, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by only transfering your personal data to countries that have been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data.
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:
(a) Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting : hello@thepinkroomleeds.co.uk
(b) We have a contractual obligation.
(d) We have a vital interest.
How we store your personal information
We will only retain your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or reporting requirements.
We keep client records for 10 years in accordance with the FHT Code of Conduct and Professional Practice. We will then dispose of your information by deleting digital and hard copy files. In line with the FHT Code of Conduct and Professional Practice, we will keep your records indefinitely if you suffer an adverse reaction during or after treatment.
Your data protection rights
Under data protection law, you have rights including:
Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.
Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to object to processing - You have the the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.
You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.
Please contact us at hello@thepinkroomleeds.co.uk if you wish to make a request.
How to complain
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at hello@thepinkroomleeds.co.uk