We feel there are three key factors that make a perfect wellness retreat: a spectacular location, proximity to a low cost airport and last but certainly not least, exceptionally talented, fun and friendly staff.
At Wild View Retreat we have handpicked the very best professionals in the wellness industry to make the retreat experience a cut above the rest.
Andrew’s has been on quite a journey culminating in the eventual creation of Wild View Retreat. If you have a moment his transition to this new path can be read here.
Nutritional Therapist, Yoga Teacher, Founder
Guest Liaison, Client and Staff Management
Catherine Jeans DipION mBANT CNHC is a highly experienced Functional Nutritional Therapist, based in Norwich, and owner of The Family Nutrition Expert. She has a passion for helping families to feel their best, and supports people from all over the world to tap into the power of food. Having helped thousands of clients during her 12 years of clinical practice, Catherine firmly believes that good nutrition doesn’t need to be complex or restrictive. In her one to one clinic and group programmes, she heads up a team of nutritional therapists, assisting clients to make the right nutrition and lifestyle choices, that lead to a life-time of good health.Nutritional Therapist, gut health, hormones, metabolism and family health.
Birgitta is the coach and yoga teacher who moved from Sweden to Portugal to live her dream. She wants to help other people become their own mental coaches. She strives to help each individual, to strengthen themself mentally and physically for an increased overall health.
Birgitta is a qualified Yoga teacher with over 700 h. She love to guide dynamic flow yoga with clear intentions and music as well as more calm yin yoga and yoga nidra. She see you as a unique individual and make the classes accessible for everyone. She means that yoga should be playful and unpretentious.
Birgitta is a “river guide” – you are on your journey, a gentle wave that is constantly moving forward.
Vinyasa, hatha yoga, yin yoga, yoga nidra, lymph yoga, meditation
Ornagh is the owner of an online studio More Chalk and holds an extensive range of wellness qualifications: Gymnastic Ireland L1 Coach, Gymnastic Bodies L1 Coach, Crossfit Gymnastics L1 and L2 Coach, 200hr yoga and meditation and has also worked as part of the Crossfit European Gymnastic seminar team.
Growing up in Ireland and now based in Portugal, Ornagh has been in the industry for over 12 years coaching and learning from some of the best athletes, gymnastic, weight lifting and movement coaches. Through this she has created a very niche and specialised coaching style.
Her primary focus is now centred around the running of her private online studio and her flexibility, mobility & meditation workshops.
CrossFit, Gymnastics, Weight Lifting, Balance and Meditation
As a qualified Yoga teacher and personal trainer, Sue has studied with well known international teachers such as Jason Crandall , Jo Phee and Sarah Powers. She teaches many styles of yoga including Vinyasa, Hatha, Yin, restorative, meditation and pre-natal Yoga.
Sue likes to introduce themes to every class – taking you on a journey through your retreat experience, which compliments all the other activities you will do.
Expect Humour, kindness and inclusivity – all levels are welcome and options/ alternatives are always offered.
As well as teaching yoga,Sue uses her skills as a trained midwife to work as a Doula and hynobirthing educator.
Splitting her time between Dorset and Abu Dhabi ( and Portugal of course!), Sue loves getting out in nature, walking ,cycling and wild swimming.
Vinyasa, Hatha, Pre-Natal, Yin
Lina is from Lithuania and has now settled in Barcelona and shares a passionate for life, wellness and living with an open heart. She strongly believes that through the power of our breath and movement we can transform our body and our mind.Lina trained to become to yoga teacher Goa India, 2018 and has never stopped learning further completing advanced yoga trainings with Jason Crandell & Katarina Rayburn and a advanced Reiki Level II Certification. She loves to have balance in life and her classes vary from strong power/ vinyasa/ mandala flows to calmer yin & yang and blissful yoga nidra meditations paired with magical singing bowls.
Lina feels it difficult to put into words what yoga means to her as it’s more of a feeling, emotion and sense of purpose to I teach, it brings serenity and peace into everyday life and a gratitude to be able to share a joy with the World and everyone around me.
Vinyasa, Nidri, Yin, Meditation
Elena studied yoga and wellness in India, Bali, Mallorca and Dubai and is now a highly experienced 700 hour International Yoga teacher. In 2020 she from Dubai to the Algarve, Portugal where she teaches private and group classes, host workshops, weekend and week-long retreats for her “HAVEN” community in the Algarve of which she is the founder. Elena is also a team member of Green Yoga International in Mallorca where she delivers regular Yin Yoga Teacher Training. She has a background in dance as such movement with sound is a big part of her practice brought into her Power Vinyasa Yoga Classes. To create balance she also teaches Yin Yoga, a relaxing form of yoga essential for everyone’s lives. Her passion is to pass on what she has learnt from her past gurus and teachers to all those around her.Power vinyasa and yin yoga
Danny comes from a professional football background growing up with Nottingham Forest and Peterborough United. After playing professionally in Sao Paulo, Brazil for 4 years he knows what it’s like for people to tell you, you can’t achieve something. Danny is proof you can succeed in anything you put your mind to, and with a combination of knowledge, determination and consistency, he will help you get there. After injury in football, he set up ‘Fitness Escapes’ which focuses on Fitness Retreats, day events and Bootcamps, as well as online and 1-1 Personal Training. He’s been a Personal Trainer for 10 years now, working across the UK and the world, from USA, Brazil and Portugal with a variety of diverse clients. Whether it’s stripping body fat & weight loss, to toning up & muscle building or even just improving your nutrition and lifestyle, Danny is the perfect trainer to help you.Strength, conditioning, HIIT, fat loss and muscle building
Through Yoga, Karen has developed a deep sense of calm and resilience. She trained at Yogahaven and then with International teachers Sianna Sherman and Greta Hill – Rasa Collective – a Tantric based practise which incorporates deep dives into Mudra, Mantra and Yogic Mythology. Karen’s classes focus on biomechanics and alignment for mobility. As a professional singer she has always known the importance of the breath. As a Yogi she has truly come to understand it’s benefits. She teaches Dynamic Vinyasa, Yin, Restorative and Yoga Nidra. Aligning her talents, she uses her voice as a healing medium, incorporating chanting and breathwork. She has an interest in Women’s health and is passionate about exploring the breath, voice, body connection as a form of transformation of all.Dynamic Vinyasa, Yin, Restorative, Nidra
From a young age Yuwa was captivated by plants and valued health as an aid to athletic performance. This progressed to professional training in Sydney, Australia as a Naturopath, Nutritional therapist & Herbalist. 18 years on, Yuwa is now a highly experienced practitioner with diverse knowledge within the natural health/wellbeing industry, working for a variety of organisations such as the Institute of Optimum Nutrition, the London Clinic of Nutrition and the College of Naturopathic Medicine.
Yuwa is fuelled by a passion to see transformation arise in the lives of the individuals and groups that she works with, believing that knowledge, self-empowerment and transformation in one area can have profound ripple effects throughout many other areas of life.
In clinical practice she is committed to assisting her clients to improve their health, energy and overall wellbeing through simple, sustainable choices. Whilst as an experienced lecturer and speaker, Yuwa is known for her ability to make complex material understandable and enjoyable.
Naturopath, Nutritionist, Herbal Medicine, Hormonal, Reproductive and Digestive Health
Gemma’s journey in health and fitness began in 2013 with the epiphany of a love for exercise, clean eating and general wellbeing. Whilst navigating my way through the world of work, in 2015 I met Joe Wicks aka ‘The Body Coach’ and began working closely with him during the launch of his company. I supported his online clients with all aspects of health and fitness further developing my commitment to fitness. In 2020 she founded Gemma Kate Lifestyle, having been furloughed from the corporate world, a blessing in disguise to wake up to her true passion. Gemma offers a wide range of fitness classes, one to one training and specialises in pre and postnatal exercise as well as exercise for a balanced lifestyle. Cardio, Strength, Core, 1-1 PT, Pre and Post Natal Exercise
Rosie is a yoga teacher and paddleboarding coach with 5 years of teaching experiencing and 10 years of personal practice. She is known for her warm and engaging teaching style and personalised approach. She believes that yoga is not a ‘one size fits all’ and encourages individuals to work with their own bodies not against them. Rosie has facilitated numerous retreats and specialises in experiences that combine yoga, water (be that on it or in it) and a deep connection to nature; both your own and the outdoors. Rosie has a background in psychology with a focus on Eastern psychology and body psychotherapy and is currently studying for a masters in psychological anthropology. These learnings add colour and depth to her teaching and her classes aim to support the body, mind and spirit combined. When not teaching yoga or paddling, she can be found in cold water (swimming!) or drinking tea in bed first thing. She currently lives in London and travels extensively for work and life.Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin, Forest Yoga, SUP Yoga
Milly is an experienced personal trainer and group fitness instructor with an infectious energy and zest for life.She has worked in gyms across London, extensively at retreats abroad and in the UK and now more recently most of her classes being 1-2-1 coaching online through her Move With Milly platform.
Fun and consistency are at the heart of Milly’s approach to fitness because, after all, if you’re not enjoying what you’re doing, you won’t keep on doing it! And if you don’t do it consistently, you won’t see any positive progress.
Milly is a strong advocator of most forms of movement, but especially HIIT training and strength work in all of its forms. She really gets the importance of building and maintaining muscle mass via resistance training in the quest for optimal body composition (and fat loss).
Retreat, Cardio fitness, HIIT 1-1 PT, Fat Burn
Irene is a fun loving wonderful Nutritional Therapist and owner of LadyBird Nutrition in Dublin, Ireland. Having difficulties conceiving in her 30s, Irene left a successful career in development economics in 2005 to study nutrition to improve her fertility. After three years of study and the birth of her two gorgeous and healthy children she set up her Nutrition Clinic in Dublin, a busy Nutritional Therapy practice specialising in women and children’s health. A committed foodie she is passionate about helping people fall in love with taking care of themselves and maximizing enjoyment of their life.
Nutritional Therapist, Women’s Health, Gut Health and Fertility
This born and bred Irish man has been moving and grooving all his life, falling in love with theatre, dance and drama from age 9, he started to build on his craft and attend various performing arts trainings, workshops and then eventually hopped over the sea to train in London were he spent 3 years training at dance school, working with various artists/companies such as The BBC, SONY and X factor artists (as well as a brief moment being in boy band), he felt something was missing so through his movement journey into Yoga and spirituality he found more of himself that was waiting to be discovered, this led to him training in over 600 hours of Yoga Teacher Trainings. (Vinyasa, Hatha, Rocket, Hot Yoga, Yin and Therapeutic)
Diving further into his own connection to the universe; the world of Astrology was calling (but really it was there the whole time), and Kyle invested years of studying and training in Astrology in depth and helping others through offering Astrology/birth chart readings “Connecting to the cosmos literally changed my life and my perspective of it, and by using the gifts of the stars to help his clients heal, rejuvenate and revitalise themselves. In his eyes Astrology is like becoming your own therapist, the results are very real!
Kyle now successfully runs a Yoga and massage business (level 3 professional sports massage therapist), is a Yoga Teacher trainer, a full time astrologer and a Gong practitioner offering Gong Baths and sound healing.
Vinyasa, Rocket, Yin Yoga and Gong Baths
Lindsay has been part of the health & wellness industry for 30 years as a Wellness Director for international 5 star health resorts and retreat spaces. In the past the constant demands juggling family and career took a toll on her health leading to chronic fatigue & hormone imbalances. Lindsay has been a holistic therapist since 1989 later qualifying as a Health & Wellbeing Coach & studying Nutrition & Lifestyle medicine inspired her to set up her own practise on the Isle of Wight. She is currently working alongside the NHS with patients & clients with a multitude of health issues from Weight Management. Type 2 Diabetes, Gut Health. Lindsay is passionate about supporting clients implementing simple, lifestyle changes & healthier habits to live a fun & purpose filled life.
Health & Wellbeing Coach, Holistic therapist, Wellness Expert
Carin’s journey and transformation started when diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis 10 years ago, which today is her blessing in disguise. Carin is known as the ‘Swedish PT Girl’, with a passion to train clients with classes outdoors alongside Box Strong Classes at Sevenoaks Boxing Club in Kent England. She’s a bundle of energy and manages this alongside her full-time city job! She loves seeing her clients develop confidence and feel strong. Carin is also an amateur boxer with 2 fights under her belt but equally passionate about yoga. She packs a punch! You will love this lady. “Strong Mind. Strong Body” PT, Strength, Core, Weights and Boxing.
Belle is a Registered Nutritional Therapist with a BSc in Nutritional Medicine specialising in longevity, stress induced illness and gut health. Living in Brighton, England, with over ten years of experience supporting clients on their health journeys, Belle is passionate about discovering the cause of clients’ symptoms and encouraging long-term, sustainable behaviour change. The ultimate aim being happier mental and physical health.With a background in education Belle blends sound nutritional knowledge with an empowering and motivating level of food and lifestyle education. She lectures on the College of Naturopathic Medicine’s Nutrition diploma programme and short courses on detoxification and the Gut Brain Connection and provides 1-1 client support for the online company, Health Path. Belle is also forever keen to encourage community spirit so hosts regular pop-up restaurants which focus on promoting plant-based eating alongside community spirit.
Longevity, Anti-Aging, Detoxication and Gut-Brain Axis
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