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 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.
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.
Alison
Alison
Alison
Alison is a yoga (British Wheel of Yoga) meditation and mindfulness teacher 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.
Calum
Alison
Alison
Calum was drawn to mindfulness & yoga at a time where he was going through a period of intense personal growth. For the subsequent decade he has been an avid student and teacher of the practice.
His ashtanga journey began in 2014 when he attended his first Mysore with Sharath Jois, a visit which resulted in him staying to complete a 200H
Calum was drawn to mindfulness & yoga at a time where he was going through a period of intense personal growth. For the subsequent decade he has been an avid student and teacher of the practice.
His ashtanga journey began in 2014 when he attended his first Mysore with Sharath Jois, a visit which resulted in him staying to complete a 200Hr Ashtanga Vinyasa TTC. Since 2014 he has further completed a 500H training with Vijay Amar, giving him the confidence and ability to guide students through the intermediate as well as primary series.
Steph
Alison
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!
Marzia
Miranda
Miranda
Marzia came to yoga after the painful experience of loosing a loved one and found her true calling in helping others discover the healing and calming properties of this ancient discipline.
Marzia trained with Yoga Alliance UK and has been teaching for 5 years. Her classes are a blend of yoga and mindfulness and are rooted with its breathing and meditation practices.
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
Sian
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.