Meet the Team

Role & Duties at the Retreat

Physiotherapist and Occupational Therapist with over 30 years' experience

Languages Spoken

Dutch, English, German

Qualifications & Experience

Astrid has been refining her craft for decades and has a diverse range of skills she can use to treat your pain. This includes utilising:

• The Mulligan technique, which involves a series of manual therapy techniques to assess and treat musculoskeletal disorders; and
• McKensie therapy, which is a method for diagnosing and treating spine and musculoskeletal pain, especially back, neck, and sciatica issues.

Astrid can also offer kinesiotaping, lymph drainage, deep tissue massage, sports massage and triggerpoint treatments.

Role & Duties at the Retreat

Head PT, personal trainer & Pilates instructor & wellness coach

Languages Spoken

English

Qualifications & Experience

PT level 3, Pilates level 3, Wellness coach

Areas of Interest

Everything to do with health & wellbeing, specifically women’s wellness

Role & Duties at the Retreat

Yoga teacher, Thai yoga massage, Complimentary holistic therapies

Languages Spoken

English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch, Italian, Russian

Qualifications & Experience

2011 - Yoga Instructor - YIC by the Indian Yoga institute of Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (VYASA), Mauritius

2011 - Licensed Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming by Global NLP Training, Holland. Registered with the society of Neuro-Linguistic-Programming of Richard Bandler No.105782

2011 - Certified Life Coach, Weight-loss master coach and Motivational Coach
Global NLP Training, Holland

2014 - Certified Laughter Yoga Leader
Dr.Kataria School of Laughter Yoga, Durban, South Africa

2014 - Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki Master/Teacher
Stress Management and Holistic Healing Course with Dr Vijay Sewduth, Juss Connections, Durban, South Africa

2015 - Havening Practitioner - Healing the Mind, Havening Techniques Training Workshop with Tony Burgess from AHA (Academy of High Achievers), Alicante, Spain

2016 - Thai Massage Techniques Course
Prana Escuela de Yoga, Alicante

2018 – Bio magnetism Practitioner
CIEDITENA (Centro Internacional para el estudio y la difusión de las terapias naturales), Madrid, Spain

2019 – Bio magnetic Neuropsychology Therapy (NCODE) through Escuela Superior

Areas of Interest

The human mind. & how we can be guided to inner peace & joy.
How to heal the mind, working with: Depression, Bipolar disorder, anxiety, phobias, trauma & unwanted emotional reactions.

Role & Duties at the Retreat

Reiki master, reflexologist, herbologist & kinesiologist

Languages Spoken

Spanish, English

Qualifications & Experience

Reiki Master, Reflexology IIRKinesiology Diploma, 14+ years qualified experience.

Areas of Interest

All things natural & helping everyone to heal in both mind & body.

Role & Duties at the Retreat

Lymphatic drainage, post surgery & recovery therapist

Languages Spoken

English

Qualifications & Experience

Numerous International health & beauty diplomas, plus teaching qualification & award.
Specialist cancer patient treatments & therapies.
Manual lymph drainage, treatment of oedema post cancer treatment or when the lymphatic system is compromised.
Bio resonance therapy.
Beauty therapist of the year

Areas of Interest

Works with a cancer charity supporting patients & their families during & post treatment, offering complimentary treatments, therapies, advice & support.

Role & Duties at the Retreat

Spa therapist

Languages Spoken

English & Spanish

Qualifications & Experience

City & Guilds L 2 & 3
Massage (multiple ), Specialist facial skin care.
Makeup master class
Diploma in anatomy & physiology
Specialist product training

Areas of Interest

Aromatherapy & holistic massage, facial skin specialist, facial reflexology, gua sha & kansa wand massage.
Healing through massage.

Role & Duties at the Retreat

Yoga teacher specialising in Hatha Yoga

Languages Spoken

English, German

Qualifications & Experience

Specialist in Sivananda tradition and specialising in Hatha Yoga. She is also a Tai Chi practitioner and trained in Ayurveda. Shiva's lessons focus on breathing, movement and relaxation.

Areas of Interest

Shiva's aim is to help others find balance and wellbeing through the Yoga  practice.

Role & Duties at the Retreat

Mountain bike tour guide

Languages Spoken

Dutch , English, German, French, Spanish

Qualifications & Experience

MIAS mountain bike leader L2
Masters Degree in Political Science
Guiding MTB here in Spain since 2014.

Areas of Interest

On & off road cycling, loves showing guests the unseen beauty of the area...

Role & Duties at the Retreat

Mylogenics - restores body function so that the self healing ability of your body can begin to work.

Languages Spoken

Dutch, English

Qualifications & Experience

The overload principle T.O.P trainer A & B
Kettlebell master instructor, power sled trainer, personal hormone profiler, Mylogenics practitioner in activation, release, rehab, Stuart McGill level 1 & 2. 9 years experience.
Brazilian Jui Jitsu & kickboxing award winner.

Areas of Interest

Functional medicine
Helping people over 40 to gain & maintain maximum fitness & wellness as they age, including weight loss, muscle gain & strength, treating those with light to severe injury, I also love the psychology element of training & understanding how I can help with stress management for my clients.

Role & Duties at the Retreat

Bowen Therapy Practitioner

Languages Spoken

English

Qualifications & Experience

Duarte is a skilled and certified Advanced Bowen Therapy practitioner.

Role & Duties at the Retreat

Doctor & specialist in gut health.

Languages Spoken

Spanish, English

Qualifications & Experience

Graduated medical school in Argentina, interned in Buenos Aires specialised in Nephrology, dialysis & renal transplant, post grad in peritoneal dialysis. Masters Degree in humanitarian medicine, masters degree in public health, Doctorate in public health, has worked on humanitarian projects in Africa. Masters degree in Phytotherapy, nutrition & dietetics, specialist in orthomolecular medicine & active cellular nutrition. Post grad in nutrition in chronic kidney disease, Masters in Integrative Medicine.
Member of the medical board in Alicante & member of th Spanish society for Micro- immune therapy.

Areas of Interest

Integrative medicine as a life philosophy, how to attend to a patient as a whole person, interlinking alternative medicine with conventional medicine to achieve a more favourable outcome.