AdventureYogi creates adventurous and relaxing yoga holidays and retreats in the United Kingdom and other destinations abroad.
Yoga Retreats (4)
Instructors (4)
Chetana Thornton
Chetana trained as a yoga teacher in 1998 in India with B.S Iyengar in Ashtanga Vinyasa and followed that with Sivananda in 1999. She trained in yoga therapy 500-hour training in 2000. Her classes are known to offer many supportive adjustments naturally, as bodywork, meridian, and acupressure are her background foundation. She is also a qualified Thai yoga massage therapist and Vortex healing practitioner.
Louise Gillespie-Smith
Louise has spent time living at the Sivananda Ashram in Kerala, India, learning Hatha series and living a yogic lifestyle. She has traveled around India learning from different yoga teachers. She also trained to teach Vinyasa flow yoga in the foothills of the Himalayas and trained in trauma sensitive yoga which brings the therapeutic and mindfulness aspect of yoga to help heal sufferers of trauma and stress. Her classes have a strong focus of heart opening, releasing emotions, acceptance, and being present. She teaches a mixture of energizing flow yoga and a slower mindful practice.
Amy Williams
After completing her 200-hour yoga teacher training in Costa Rica, Amy knew she wanted to teach in a way that made yoga accessible to everyone. With a background in working as a massage therapist in both holistic and clinical settings, Amy uses her knowledge of the body and its ranges of movement to ensure that no matter what age or ability arrived on their mat, they could feel confident to practice. Amy has completed her training in Yin, yoga therapy, chair yoga, sequencing, mindfulness and advanced yoga anatomy over the years, each bringing a different dynamic to the practice.
Laura Mcbride
Yoga has changed and shaped Laura’s life and she is passionate about holding space to support others on their yoga journey. Her teaching is intuitive and nurturing, offering an opportunity to explore connection; when we sync our breath with movement, our bodies find fluidity and grace, this state of being creates space for a deeper connection to ourselves and to everything around us. Laura’s classes are playful, creative, delicately balancing effort with ease and influenced by her wide experience of practicing with many inspiring teachers over the past 15 years.