MEET THE YOGA ESCAPES TEAM:

Laura Bianchini

Director

Laura has worked in the travel industry for many years, primarily organizing and leading academic and leisure tours for U.S. visitors to Europe, accompanying many guests on their first trips abroad. Born and raised in Rome with an American mother and an Italian father, she has lived in New York and London and has traveled extensively to many parts of the world, always in search of those special beautiful corners of the planet. She is a yoga instructor and has been practicing yoga for over 10 years, experimenting with various styles from Vinyasa, Iyengar and Bikram, to restorative and Yin yoga.

After holding corporate jobs in banking and media in New York and London, Laura decided to make a change from corporate life to start her own business. Combining her passion for travel and yoga, she created Yoga Escapes, keen on sharing those two passions with others on her retreats.

	Holly Warren Yoga teacher Having grown up within the yogic tradition, Holly has been practicing yoga for more than 20 years. Following a successful international career as a professional contemporary dancer, she combined many of the key aspects of both disciplines, with a particular focus on the balancing and revitalizing quality of the breath and its capacity for change on both mind and body. Working throughout Europe teaching yoga, she played a lead role in the design and facilitation of leadership development courses. With the aim of inspiring and empowering people from 18yrs to 30yrs, the programs helped young people to harness their enthusiasm, take responsibility and strive for excellence, while at the same time dissolve stress, reduce inhibitions and overcome personal barriers. Her teaching focuses on awareness and movement of the breath, developing healthy body mechanics, alignment, postural strength, and vitality. She uses her extensive knowledge and keen eye to adapt each pose according to individual needs, thereby facilitating personal growth and inner confidence. Holly is the primary yoga teacher at the Yoga London teacher-training school and currently teaches classes in several yoga studios in central London.

	Sarah Scott Yoga teacher Sarah has been practicing yoga for over 12 years, immersing herself in a variety of styles ranging from Hatha and dynamic yoga practices to restorative, meditative Yin yoga. Her teaching style places as much emphasis on proper breathing (pranayama), relaxation and meditation techniques as the physical asana practice. Through a series of linked postures, Sarah guides her students to improve flexibility and strength, develop mental clarity, creativity and energy, creating positive affirmative change to body and mind through greater awareness of breath. Sarah tailors her poses to suit the student so whether new to yoga or looking to develop a deeper practice, she gives every individual she works with the courage to let go, tune into themselves and find their own path on the yoga journey. Qualified as a yoga teacher with The International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre, Sarah teaches at The Third Space in London, as well as small groups and one-to-one sessions in London and the South of France. Her love of practicing outdoors sees her getting a fresh air fix by taking her mat into London's green parks whenever she can. Having grown up in France, Sarah is revived by the restorative effects of practicing by the sea and given half the chance dives in at the end of a morning practice!

	Tania Brown Yoga teacher Tania leads inspirational yoga classes using the power of the breath to help open the body and improve postural alignment, she also includes elements of yogic philosophy into her classes and offers up ways to integrate yoga principles into daily life. Tania's practice began with her dad as a teenager, and continued with Sivananda Yoga where she experienced first hand the healing power of yoga in dealing with her own back pain and anxieties. As a result, she is now passionate about sharing this with others in a light-hearted and fun way. After 15 years of regular yoga practice, she studied with the Amrita School of Yoga to qualify as a Traditional Hatha Yoga teacher. She has also studied with Claire Missingham (VinyasaFlow), Charlotte Bliss (Sivananda yoga), Janet Evans (Vini yoga), Dan Levitas (Ashtanga yoga), Nigel Gildersen (Hatha yoga), Christopher Gladwell (radikal freedom), Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, Sitaram (pregnancy and baby yoga). Tania continues to develop her classes by integrating the most valuable teachings from all the different schools of yoga she has studied, creating well–rounded classes, invigorating and mindful. She currently teaches in several high-end studios in London including Triyoga, Yotopia, and the Third Space gym in Soho, as well as privately.

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If you have any questions or would like to book a yoga retreat, please contact Laura via the email or phone below, or by using the form. Please check your Spam folder as well if you do not hear back from us.

Email us: laura@yoga-escapes.com

Call us: +44 (0) 207 584 9432

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PRIVACY POLICY

Yoga Escapes values your privacy. We will not share your personal information with any third parties and will only use your email and telephone number to contact you about your yoga retreat, and to let you know about any future Yoga Escapes holidays. We will not share your personal information with any outside agencies for marketing solicitation purposes. We may have to give your name to the hotel hosting the yoga retreat upon arrival, or prior to arrival, for hotel security purposes only.

TERMS & CONDITIONS

Space is limited and will be given on a first-come first-serve basis. We will try our best to accommodate exceptions, however, please let us know as soon as possible if you would like to attend, so we can reserve a place for you with the hotel.

CANCELLATION POLICY

Full payment is due at time of booking and is non-refundable in order to hold a spot for you at the hotel.

Yoga Escapes will only be able to commence with the yoga retreats if there are six bookings or more.

Yoga Escapes will only cancel a yoga holiday if an unforeseen event in the holiday destination will put our guests at risk. All payments will be refunded immediately and guests will be notified in advance.

Yoga Escapes would prefer not to work with a cancellation policy, but unfortunately we have to. We therefore recommend that guests look into travel insurance that covers cancellations in case of personal emergencies. Yoga Escapes will not be able to refund any payments if the cancellation is initiated by the guests.

Business address:

Yoga Escapes Limited, 57 Gloucester Road, SW7 4QN, London, United Kingdom.

Corporate address:

Yoga Escapes Limited, 16 Lytton Road, New Barnet, EN5 5BY, United Kingdom. Registered in England and Wales. Company number: 7954410

Where:	Mykonos, Greece El Gouna, Egypt Sicily, Italy

When:	Mykonos: 19–26 May 2013 23–30 June 2013 20–27 September 2013
	Egypt: 30 Sept–7 Oct 2013 Sicily: 13–20 October 2013

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And so we're all back behind our desks, back at our jobs, or trying to decide the next step in life... but after a week of Holly's yoga classes by the sea, we're all feeling healthier and toned, despite the extra glass of wine and to-die-for cheese melt saganaki we kept ordering! We left Mykonos with lighter hearts and lots of memories of seaview yoga by a greek church and calming yoga on the beac...

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