The Secret Retreat was set up by Taryn MacGregor, a qualified teacher and Master of Reiki and Spiritual Healing. Prior to having two children, Taryn ran one of London’s most successful hair and beauty salons on the King’s Road. Celebrity clients, stylist credentials for international beauty magazines and the prestigious Aveda Master of Arts Trophy preceded one year in Bali and a decision to establish a major centre for people, like her, who want to support busy lives with effective fitness and meditation regimes. Taryn has recruited an elite group of experts with a shared commitment to high standards and people’s well being. The Secret Retreat’s team include: -
		Simon Mott: Simon became a fully qualified Tai Chi instructor in 2004 after 11 years of training. The ‘Tai Kioko Ken’ form of Tai Chi that he teaches is widely considered to be one of the most intricate, thorough and beneficial forms of Tai Chi. -
		Tracy Bickley Fulton: Tracy’s teaching philosophy draws on diverse traditions of Yoga to achieve a balanced practise. Tracy trained in a style of Yoga developed by Vanda Scaravelli, with a subtle approach to postures where the emphasis lies in the ‘way of doing’ rather than ‘being done’.Tracy combines teaching with on going study here in the UK and abroad. -
		Joanna Blake: Joanna studied Pilates with Alan Herdman, the UK Pilates pioneer and master. A founder member of the Pilates Foundation, Joanna has taught for over a decade – privately and for Holmes Place Health Clubs and Health Clinics. -
		Kathleen Beegan: Kathleen is a registered yoga birth teacher and a doula as well as a shiatsu therapist. Her work is also influenced by Vanda Scaravelli, particular emphasis is given to move mindfully in and out of postures. -
		Ann Goodsell: Ann is the author of two best selling manuals and has contributed to Vogue, GQ, Health and Fitness, Elle, Marie Claire, Slimming Magazine. As a personnal trainer her private clients have ranged from Olympic Gold Medalists to rock and television stars. -
		Diana Penny: Diana is a fully qualified Iyengar Yoga teacher. Iyengar is known for its rigorous training and attention to anatomical detail, using props where necessaryto improve poses. Diana is also a registered clinical hypnotherapist and life coach, specialising in health and wellbeing. Diana will be presenting life coaching and self hypnosis seminars at The Secret Retreat. -
		Gingi Lee is the Director of the Shala (formerly known as the Sangam), which began life in 1998. He has been teaching yoga for nearly 20 years and is considered one of the most well-respected and established asthanga yoga teachers in the UK. He began studying and teaching martial arts in the 1980s with his father, Sensei Richard Taibong Lee, then apprenticed with the late Derek Ireland and then went on study with Sri Pattabhi Jois and Graeme Northfield. Gingi has hosted many yoga holidays and workshops, including combined retreats with John and Lucy Scott, and Kristina Ireland. His teaching is characterised by sensitivity and warmth. -
		Pippa Neve is an accredited Spiritual Healer who specialises in working with children as well as adults, she is a channel for Divine healing energy and works with Angels, Archangels and Ascended Masters as well as the Indigo Essences. -
		Ingrid Lewis Ingrid’s love for yoga began in 1989 when she took initiation into Kriya Yoga in India. She trained as a Sivananda Yoga and Birthlight Yoga teacher & tutor and with Donna Farhi. Ingrid is also a qualified Physiotherapist, Public Health Professional, Reflexologist, Reiki-Teacher, Bach Flower Remedies Practitioner and Doula. She works in public health in developing countries and complementary medicine specialising in women's health. Ingrid's aim is to enable women to remain in charge of their bodies, birth in dignity and rejoice in their femininity and motherhood. -
		Thomas Petit was born in Nice, France. He first came to yoga twelve years ago and quickly developed a taste for what became a passion. Studying first hatha in France and then ashtanga in the UK Thomas traveled to Mysore, India to study with Pattabhi Jois and to reinforce his practice. Over the last years, his approach has become more subtle, exploring another side of yoga: breathing and meditation. Thomas' teaching reflects the different aspects of yoga he has experienced, bringing not only challenge to the body but also to the mind through introspection and containment. He is currently doing the British Wheel of Yoga Teacher Training Course with Dave Charlton (British Wheel and AYS Trainer). -
		Birgitta Bernhard is an actress, writer and spiritual teacher/medium, who was led onto the path of healing not so much by choice as by guidance, which taught her to honour and surrender to the gift of healing, helping her to serve as a pure channel of light. She believes that we are here to remember who we really are, to express ourselves through joy, unconditional love, creativity and divine intention, as well as to become aware of our true self. Her work helps people to become aware of their true essence and spiritual potential, to connect to their highest guidance, as well as to expand to a higher consciousness. She is guided to teach with truth, integrity, compassion and humour, never forgetting that she too is always learning and growing.
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