Anna Schrefl

Based in Vienna Pilates System Europe was founded by Anna Schrefl, whose background stems from contemporary dance at the Amsterdam School of Art and Modern Dance Academy Rotterdam. Anna completed her Pilates education in 2001 in New York with Romana Kryzanowska, a student of Joseph Pilates. She then gained further experience in the classic Pilates technique in France and the Netherlands. Her extensive experience and long term associations with physical therapists and osteopaths combined with additional training in Spiral Dynamics© in Switzerland enabled Anna to develop her own Pilates method, called "Pilates System Europe,” and to establish a training institute in Vienna.

"We are building on rich experience and knowledge,” says Anna. "Joseph Pilates was a visionary and extremely creative thinker, who in the 20th century discovered and transformed a lot. The combination of his knowledge with the physiological findings of the 21st century is the vision that guides the services and training we provide at our studio." Anna is an active choreographer. For more than a decade, she has provided training for groups and individuals as well as workshops for dancers.

Annie Carpenter, Yoga Teacher

Known as a “teachers’ teacher,” Annie’s yoga classes have evolved into an intelligent, organic SmartFLOW, marrying juicy movement with rigorous discipline. Annie believes that practicing yoga provides “points of dharana” -- gateways to inner stillness and compassion.

Annie leads public classes, in-depth workshops and SmartFLOW teacher trainings at Exhale Center for Sacred Movement in Venice, CA.

She is the author of “RelaxDEEPLY”, a CD of restorative yoga, and “ Yoga for Total Back Care” a DVD produced by Yoga Journal.

Annie is also a columnist for Yoga Journal and Origins Magazine. Practicing with Annie, expect intensity, honesty, laughter and love.

Charlotte Saint Jean, Yoga teacher

Charlotte Saint Jean has been teaching yoga since 2002 in France. Of English nationality and with a sales career behind her she now devotes herself to her family and her yoga teachings study and practise. With teacher training in the Sivananda Vedanta School, with Shiva Rea (Vinyasa), David Swenson (Ashtanga), Lara Bauman (Quantum) and Sarah Powers (Yin/Insight Yoga) she has integrated their teachings and inspirations into her own unique style whilst respecting the traditions of this ancient practise. Passionate about music, Winter sports, trail running and the mountains Charlotte now lives with her ski-instructor husband Christian and their two daughters in the Savoie mountains (Val d'Isere/Tignes) in the Winter and in the Ardeche mountains in the summer where she teaches and runs a holiday and retreat business. Charlotte has two DVDs available and is the founder & Director of www.yogachezmoi.com an online yoga and wellbeing site for the French-speaking market. Her personal practise and the benefits in her own life are her main inspirations to share and teach the wonderful art of yoga. Her teaching is a reflection of a healthy and happy life full of gratitude and joy. Retreats www.ardecheaffair.net

Christiane Wolff

Christiane lives in Frankfurt. She is a certified teacher for sports and gymnastics, licensed trainer for Pilates, yoga teacher BDY and one of the first accredited TriYoga® teachers in Europe. In her seminars you can feel the strong commitment to and her love for her mission. She is well known as an author of several books concerning her philosophy, developer of various dvd-programmes and passionate teacher. Christiane is a teacher-trainer for Yoga and Pilates and based on her knowledge of anatomy and energy she created some innovative concepts for therapeutic Yoga. She loves teaching the wonderful TriYoga also. Clothing from Wellicious is perfect compliment. Enthused by the high quality materials, the wonderful colors, the correct fit and the styling Christiane

Christine Rebhan,  Hatha Yoga Teacher

Christine Rebhan has been working more then 10 years as an executive assistant in several companies, when she suddenly got stuck in kind of a midlife crises. A lot of questions came up to me at that time: Who am I? and what is my purpose in this world? During that time I accidentally stepped into a Yoga class in a Gym in Munich.

And that was the beginning...

Now, she works as a life coach based in Munich Germany. In my work as a mental coach I combine the classical yoga techniques from the big four paths with today’s modern techniques like NLP, EFT (emotional freedom techniques) and Gestalt Therapy for example. It's meant to help you form strategies to overcome emotional blockades and to become aware of learned behavioral patterns. There is so much more to discover, nearly everything we are searching for has been sought in the past. So, we are not alone in our search for self-knowledge.

Claire Finlay, Vinyasa Flow Yoga & Pilates

Claire Finlay has always been passionate about health and exercise. Inspired by the powerful effect that yoga had on her own practice, she left her position in a leading global advertising agency to start a journey of yoga study across South India. Since then she’s taught in some of London’s most popular centres and has been fortunate to work alongside many prestigious names. Today Claire runs a busy health and fitness consultancy in London where she teaches a broad range of disciplines. Her approach to exercise is multidisciplinary, with the ancient philosophy of yoga sitting alongside new and more technically advanced approaches to fitness. So whether it’s flowing Vinyasa, dynamic Pilates, Power Plate or body conditioning, Claire is keen to incorporate the synchronisation of breath and movement into everything she teaches and believes the principles of yoga can help everyone to live healthily, feel good and age gracefully. Claire works with triathletes to pregnant mums - sharing her love and understanding of health and fitness while providing a strong emphasis on flowing sequences, proper body alignment and anatomical understanding. Her philosophy is that, by inviting mindfulness and self-awareness, her students can improve their physical shape and balance their wellbeing. Claire will be running a series of luxury barefoot retreats in 2012 which will feature yoga, diving and big game fishing on the exquisite private island of Vamizi, just off the coast of Mozambique. She’s delighted that the Wellicious brand is her preferred partner.

 Francesca Quaradeghini, Hatha Yoga Teacher

Francesca practices traditional Hatha yoga and meditation and shares her love of the practice with adults, children and children with special needs in London, at the Special Yoga Centre in Kensal Rise, Shanti Yoga Centre in Warwick Gardens and Evolve in South Kensington. She teaches on a one to one basis, in group classes, at schools and hosts meditation, asana and vegetarian/vegan cooking workshops and retreats in the UK and abroad. She also practices Ayurvedic/ holistic massage from her studio in Ebury Street, SW1 and is director of Yogoloji, a retreat company and one to one yoga agency that pairs teachers with students. She believes passionately in our responsibility to ourselves and to our community and is Director of the Sita Devi Yogamaya Primary school in India, a free school for all castes that focuses on the education of girls, aswell as boys, between the ages of 4 and 14. She annually teaches in community youth projects and schools in the Caribbean and throughout London. Her experience has taught her the deep value and importance of learning the traditional yogic practices at every age and at any stage, to help increase awareness, wisdom, health and confidence. Francesca is very grateful for the inspiring tutelage of Yogi Ashokananda.

Gabriela Bozic, Jivamukti Yoga

Gabriela Bozic, MA, co-founder of the Jivamukti Centers in Munich, Germany, holds a master's degree in linguistics and advanced certification in Jivamukti Yoga. Currently based in London, UK, Gabriela leads workshops and trainings internationally and is an established presenter at yoga conferences worldwide. Her classes integrate both physical, psychological, and spiritual aspects of yoga into modern lifestyle without losing sight of the ancient and universal goal of the practice—liberation. Gabriela is known for her dynamic, passionate, life-loving and thorough approach in teaching, skillfully blending mystical and practical teachings of yoga in her classes. Her optimism and vivaciousness are contagious; therefore, you may find yourself laughing, dancing and singing in her classes too. Her personal goal is to inspire and motivate students to live an empowered life in truth, understanding and love and by integrating yoga into their lifestyle to make this world a more loving, non-judgmental and peaceful place. Practicing and studying yoga since 1998, she has extensively trained with Sharon Gannon and David Life since 2001. Her deep interest and love for people, nature, yoga, philosophy, Sanskrit, mysticism and psychology have led her to study with many other known and unknown teachers from different spiritual lineages including R. Sriram, Gurmukh, Mark Whitwell, Satyarthi, Dr. Bayer and Mona Miller to name a few. She has been featured in many international magazines and TV shows. She co-authored with Patrick Broome the book ”Yoga for Life: Reconnecting to Mother Earth with Jivamukti Yoga” published in German, Italian and Czech language.

Gillian Wagner

The profound effects of yoga, fitness and sound nutrition became part of her lifestyle when Gillian was a student in High School. She was inspired to share this empowering experience with others. Although a graphic designer, she chose to pursue a career in fitness where she could share her passion with as many people as possible.

Gillian is both a certified yoga instructor as well as an ACE certified fitness trainer. She studied Ashtanga yoga under the gentle, caring instruction of Shankara Darby, who was born in Mysore, India, and studied under Sri K. Pattabhi Jois.

As a fitness professional Gillian has led a diverse and interesting life, teaching group classes and private clients, presenting workshops and at conventions all over the world, appearing on television, contributing to magazines (including Flare, Canada), and most recently: as the trainer and choreographer of Susanne Froehlich's DVD "Yoga Macht Froehlich".

Gillian's approach to yoga is creative, as well as effective. She combines her sunny personality with her knowledge, humor and experience, to make your yoga practice both motivating and challenging.

"You have to trust in something: your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life" Steve Jobs

Heather George: Yoga Alliance registered Senior Yoga Teacher

Heather teaches Yoga and Pilates in spas, health clubs, schools and for local authorities in Surrey and Berkshire. She runs her own classes including pre-natal and post-natal Yoga, provides tuition for private (including remedial) and corporate clients. Heather also organises Yoga & Meditation workshops & retreats and has taught at the first three International Yoga Festivals in Egypt as well as regularly at the Yoga Show in Olympia. Heather also promotes World Yoga Day and runs other holistic events to support charities such as CRISIS for the homeless. She has published articles on Yoga and Meditation in magazines such as "Yoga, Mind, Body andSpirit".

She is also a Life Coach, healer, has a background in food science & nutrition and is currently studying Yoga Therapy. With an intuitive approach and awareness for both the physical and emotional wellbeing of students, she can tailor their practice in view of lifestyle or other remedial action than may benefit them.

"I absolutely love Wellicious clothing for their excellent quality; well-tailored fit; tactile, comfortable feel, fabulous colours; and tops that stay put. My busy teaching schedule means that I almost live in Yoga & Pilates clothing so I am so pleased that I found Wellicious"