Mindfulness Retreats
Our Retreats are Profoundly Influenced by the Work of Jon Kabat Zinn
Jon Kabat Zinn is a professor of medicine and the creator of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine Health Care.
Kabat-Zinn was a student of Zen Buddhist teachers such as Philip Kapleau, Thich Nhat Hanh and Seung Sahn and a founding member of Cambridge Zen Center. His practice of yoga and studies with Buddhist teachers led him to integrate their teachings with scientific findings. He teaches mindfulness, which he says can help people improve their experience of everyday life and cope better with stress, anxiety, pain, and illness.
Meet Our Team
Clover Norton
Clover Norton
Clover Norton
Founder of Synergy Experiences & Synergy Jewellery.
An experienced retreat leader and an accredited meditation & mindfulness teacher who has practiced mindfulness directly under the guidance of Jon Kabat Zinn who is responsible for bringing mindfulness to the western world.
Clover hosts our online retreat sessions,she has written all of
Founder of Synergy Experiences & Synergy Jewellery.
An experienced retreat leader and an accredited meditation & mindfulness teacher who has practiced mindfulness directly under the guidance of Jon Kabat Zinn who is responsible for bringing mindfulness to the western world.
Clover hosts our online retreat sessions,she has written all of the content for Synergy Experiences, as well as designing a beautiful range of affirmation jewellery for Synergy Jewellery.
Nina Gouviea
Clover Norton
Clover Norton
Yoga & mindfulness teacher with over 20 years of experience running retreats.
Nina is a respected yoga teacher since 2000 trained at the Madonna center, California. Nina has studied under many greats such as Babi Hari, Donna Farhi, David Swensen, Thich Nhat Hanh, Jon Kabat Zinn and others. Nina's approach to yoga is to create a space that brings you strength, freedom and grace.
Emma
Clover Norton
Emma
Emma is a qualified yoga teacher from the prestigious Yoga Campus she incorporates mindfulness in a kind and gentle manner she inspires her students to bring mindfulness into everyday life with softness and grace.
Emma has been a yoga teacher for over 10 years with a core focus on mindful content and breath work in her classes.
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia is a trained dancer and discovered a passion for yoga and mindfulness 5 years ago when she began to use it as a tool for her own physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well being. After travelling to India to do her teacher training, Georgia is passionate about sharing all that she has learnt with others and creates a safe space to bring out the best in everyone she meets.
Katie
Georgia
Georgia
Katie re-trained as a hatha/vinyasa and yin yoga teacher, while teaching kiteboarding and eco-tour guiding in the Turks & Caicos islands, after discovering the powerful healing benefits of a daily mindfulness practice. Katie has worked as a telephone counsellor for Mind charity and is a keen mental health advocate, nature lover and ro
Katie re-trained as a hatha/vinyasa and yin yoga teacher, while teaching kiteboarding and eco-tour guiding in the Turks & Caicos islands, after discovering the powerful healing benefits of a daily mindfulness practice. Katie has worked as a telephone counsellor for Mind charity and is a keen mental health advocate, nature lover and rock climber, passionate about supporting others on their path to wellbeing. She loves to share the benefits of moving the body and stilling the mind and looks forward to hosting you at mindfulness retreats across Wiltshire, Somerset and Dorset.
Steph
Georgia
Steph
My teacher training is accredited with the British Wheel of Yoga which holds National Governing Body status by Sports England. I am currently teaching on the Gentle Years Yoga trial funded by the National Institiute for Health Research Northumbria and York University. I aim to bring a holistic approach to the day and passionately embrac
My teacher training is accredited with the British Wheel of Yoga which holds National Governing Body status by Sports England. I am currently teaching on the Gentle Years Yoga trial funded by the National Institiute for Health Research Northumbria and York University. I aim to bring a holistic approach to the day and passionately embrace that YOGA and being fully present (mindfulness) is for EVERYBODY. I have a cockapoo call Buddy who reminds me everyday on our walks what it is to be in the moment!
Miranda
Miranda
Miranda
I started my yoga journey in 2014, at the beginning, I was all for going to the most physically challenging classes.
I soon broadened my practice by trying different styles including Yin, Slow Flow and Hatha and I came to realise that the amazing feeling I had was not only from the physical changes I could see, but also from the changes t
I started my yoga journey in 2014, at the beginning, I was all for going to the most physically challenging classes.
I soon broadened my practice by trying different styles including Yin, Slow Flow and Hatha and I came to realise that the amazing feeling I had was not only from the physical changes I could see, but also from the changes to my mindset. Incorporating Mindfulness techniques into my teaching left me feeling more content, calm and at peace with all aspects of my life.
Sian
Miranda
Miranda
Sian first found yoga in 2018 as a way of getting back into fitness and to ease her anxiety/stress, and immediately felt that she had found her calling in life. Leaving behind a career in financial services, Sian completed her 200hr Ashtanga Vinyasa teacher training in 2019, with Yoga Alliance accredited school, Yoga London. She has subs
Sian first found yoga in 2018 as a way of getting back into fitness and to ease her anxiety/stress, and immediately felt that she had found her calling in life. Leaving behind a career in financial services, Sian completed her 200hr Ashtanga Vinyasa teacher training in 2019, with Yoga Alliance accredited school, Yoga London. She has subsequently completed further studies in pre and post natal yoga, mindfulness & yin yoga. Sian runs a range of classes across various settings in Hampshire. As well as her own community classes and events, Sian teaches in gyms, for international corporations, local charities.