These weekend yoga retreats are run be myself (Morven) and Annamaria, a mentor, teacher trainer and retreat leader who started practising yoga in 1991, when she moved to Scotland. Having now taught yoga for 25 years, Annamaria brings a wealth of knowledge, wisdom and experience to our retreats. Over the years she has been a Senior Lyenger teacher, an elder on the Independent Yoga Network, a pupil and Scottish retreat organiser for Firooza Ali Ravi, and ran her own yoga and therapy studio in Edinburgh for 20 years. Annamaria is also a craniosacral therapist and an Integrative Baby Therapy (IBT) practitioner.

Annamaria creates retreats that are full of warmth, fun and laughter, that bring people and community together, and are tailored to meet everybody?s needs. She has been visiting Gigha for over 30 years and is enthusiastic about sharing her love for the island. A very keen forager, dancer and traveller, Annamaria also enjoys photography, writing and drawing. Learn more about Annmaria on her website Body Symphonies.