2 Day Yoga, Reiki and Meditation with Horses in Barcelona, Spain

Ellen took her first yoga classes at age 14. At that age she wanted to become a vet. After that she was a bit distracted for about 30 years by doing a master in psychology and a doctorate in Information Systems at Harvard and MIT and working for many years in the academic and consulting world. From 2005 on she started to focus again on what life was really about and educated herself in healing techniques and in 2008 left her academic career as an Associate Professor of Information Systems to dedicate herself to build ALAYA Retreat Centre at Masia Cal Pau Cruset, near Barcelona, Spain. She has worked with groups for over 20 years. She completed 2 years of the Four Cycles TM integrated healing program (http://www.cuatrociclos.com) and in 2006 obtained her master in Reiki which allows her to teach reiki to other students and work as a reiki healer. In addition she participated in a first level teacher training of Yin Yoga and has a diploma in sound therapy level I and II, to give healing with Quartz Bowls. Since 2017 she educated herself as a horse assisted coach and animal reiki healer. With this her circle was completed and she is now happily doing healings on horses, sloths, dogs, cats, donkeys, leopards, lapas, ant eaters, squirrels, monkeys, scorpions, bees and humans.

Kate is a Hatha Vinyasa yoga teacher from Ukraine. Kate did her yoga teacher training in Ukraine. She speaks English, Ukrainian, Russian and Polish and is learning Spanish.. She started to practice yoga in December 2019 and enjoyed it so much she decided to become a certified yoga teacher. In her classes she focuses on mindful movement, flexibility, strength, balance and much more.

Ivo is an international certified yoga teacher graduated from Nirvana Yoga Shala in Mysore, India where he completed his yoga teacher training course in Hatha yoga in 2019. He has been teaching ever since in different locations such as India, Bulgaria, Dubai, Spain and online as well. His primary focus is to improve one’s mental, physical, emotional and psychological wellbeing through yoga and breath work. He mainly teaches Hatha yoga with Iyengar techniques using props such as blocks, belts, chairs and bolsters focusing on body alignment. He also conducts private yoga sessions with clients with busy schedules who would like to practice yoga at the comfort of their homes and in Alaya Retreat Centre.