your hosts
Phil & Helen
Helen and Phil are delighted to be your hosts for an incredible retreat of life enhancing yoga and fabulous food at tremendous Triopetra! Having been together for fourteen years, and visited many places around the globe, we are looking forward to making your yoga retreat a holiday from which you will return feeling refreshed and revitalised. We're English, though we spend lot of time in Amsterdam.
Phil, whose father was from Crete, has been working with tourists for many years, teaches hot yoga and is passionate about practising Thai Yoga massage.
He believes that forcing life or yoga is counter productive. By focusing on enjoying the experience you find the progression that you stopped looking for.
Helen’s fascination with yoga began as a child. A more serious interest started at the age of 20 after which her practice started to develop into a lifestyle. Ten years on in 2005 she did a teacher training and is dedicated to showing people how a practice which begins on the mat can lead to a happier and more balanced existence in the real world.
If you have any questions, no matter how trivial, over which of our retreats or quality teachers is for you or about the different styles of yoga available, please email Helen and she will happily help you out. Or check out her busy website.
Helen also loves snorkelling. There are many fish to be spotted and the visibility is world class (even if the residents are a little shyer than on the profuse reefs she is used to!) So bring your snorkel. Click here for some fish.
The Team
We have a changing team of helpers. Everyone brings their own unique qualities and energies, engaging with the guests and helping make the retreat experience the unforgettable time that is your holiday with Yoga Rocks.
In our guestbook in 2010:
Christian & Lena (22 - 29 May) wrote: The name of your company could be called ''Rock Solid Service Team'' so nice you have all been to us! You might have graduated from the ''reading'' of the book ''The Diamond Cutter'' by Michael Roach - if not, it is as if anyway.
Helena (1 - 15 May)wrote: In Swedish there's a word called 'Hamna' and is a version of the English word 'Harbour'. Instead of being a place, 'Hamna' is a flow, a movement, when life, people, coincidences make you 'Hamna'(end up) somewhere magical that you weren't expecting, planning or even thinking of as a possibility. To 'Hamna' with you here at this magic cliff, your energy and warmth is one of the greatest 'Hamnas' of my life! I'll be back!
Luca (26 June - 3 July) wrote: Without doubt, this has been the best holiday of the past 10 years. For me, the combination of yoga, excellent food, unspoilt beaches and gorgeous weather changed my life. I am going back home in a floating state and with batteries fully recharged....If you combine the beauty of the island with healing powers of yoga, then this results in the perfect holiday break. Thank you so much and see you soon.
Shai (26 June - 3 July) wrote: Thank you all very much for providing such a great space to be. Food was beautiful & the atmosphere relaxed & accepting...a great week, giving permission to be whoever you are.
Vivien (10 - 31 July) wrote: An extraordinary time - its been more than real. You're both fantastic, kind, generous and loving. Thanks for everything.
Heidi (7 - 14 August) wrote: Thank you so much for having me. I was so amazed when I arrived, this place is paradise...Thank you so much for creating a place like this.
Jackie (7 - 14 August) wrote: What a fantastic week this has been!! Beyond any of my expectations...you are so warm and welcoming as are the people around you...a very lovable and inspirational week on a beautiful spot...I hope that many more people will enjoy the same things I did.
Astrid (14 -21 August) wrote: Thank you so much for everything. I really loved every part of it. My smile was real, I found a lot of happiness in here. Thank you for your kindness, your warmth, your jokes...I felt really welcome. I loved the food and the room, in fact the whole place! Yoga gives me so much, thank you for giving me the opportunity to experience it here with you.
Nichi Green (The Yoga Space, Leeds): What a fantastic place to come and teach. Thank you so much for having me. I loved every minute.
