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 has designed and written all of the Synery Experience content.
Nina Gouviea
Clover Norton
Clover Norton
Yoga & mindfulness teacher with over 18 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.
Laura Cox
Clover Norton
Laura Cox
Laura specialises in meditation, ishta, nidra & restorative yoga.
Laura brings mindfulness into her yoga classes in a gentle and soothing way, Laura has been a qualified yoga teacher since 2013 through the prestigious yoga campus in London, she continues to develop her teachings in Mallorca year on year through advanced teacher training
Emma
Nkoya
Nkoya
Emma teaches 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 7 years with focus on mindful content and breath work in her classes.
Nkoya
Nkoya
Nkoya
Nkoya has worked as a physiotherapist for 14 years; she has a personal love for mindfulness and uses it in her clinical work. Nkoya is also a trained Hatha yoga teacher and she uses it regularly with her patients. Nkoya brings a wealth of professional experience including implementing mindfulness within the military industry to help with mental focus and stress.
Helen
Nkoya
Helen
Helen is a Licensed Acupuncturist LicAC BSc (Hons) and Qualified BETEC Yoga Teacher for 20 years. Trained in Scaravelli yoga, a gentle restorative form of yoga centered on the breath, gravity and the spine.
Helen is also a Reiki master and essential to the practice of reiki is the ability to be grounded, centered and present which are core values within mindfulness.
Alison
Alison
Alison
Alison teaches yoga, meditation and mindfulness in the North West of England, leading
retreats and classes to all age groups from birth to later years. Mindfulness permeates
every aspect of her classes with specific focus on the importance of us being in tune with the
rhythms of the natural world. When she in not teaching you are likely to
Alison teaches yoga, meditation and mindfulness in the North West of England, leading
retreats and classes to all age groups from birth to later years. Mindfulness permeates
every aspect of her classes with specific focus on the importance of us being in tune with the
rhythms of the natural world. When she in not teaching you are likely to find her out in
nature with her camera using photography and mindfulness to capture the beauty around
her.
Kyla
Alison
Alison
Kyla is a yoga teacher, physiotherapist BSc (Hons) MCSP, HPC, ITEC Acupuncturist, Sports massage therapist. Kyla is passionate about mindfulness and she uses it with her . Through teaching my patience mindfulness I have seen so many peoples lives improve.
Being on the mat and helping all of my students to relax, to be in their bodies, to
Kyla is a yoga teacher, physiotherapist BSc (Hons) MCSP, HPC, ITEC Acupuncturist, Sports massage therapist. Kyla is passionate about mindfulness and she uses it with her . Through teaching my patience mindfulness I have seen so many peoples lives improve.
Being on the mat and helping all of my students to relax, to be in their bodies, to FEEL and learn their internal landscapes.... that makes me so so happy.
Susie
Alison
Susie
Susie is a Yoga Teacher with a passion for well-being in every sense of the word. Having gained her qualification in 2015 from the British Wheel of yoga Susie has gone on to develop yoga classes that are focused on using yoga therapeutically. Susie is keen to help people recognise how stress affects their health and well-being, and to di
Susie is a Yoga Teacher with a passion for well-being in every sense of the word. Having gained her qualification in 2015 from the British Wheel of yoga Susie has gone on to develop yoga classes that are focused on using yoga therapeutically. Susie is keen to help people recognise how stress affects their health and well-being, and to discover how we can use yoga, mindfulness and relaxation to reduce the many negative effects that stress can have on both our mental and physical health.
"I feel that with the right toolbox we can unlock our potential to lead more peaceful and balanced lives."