For more than 20 years I have found healing through the practice of Yoga. It is a path that continues to connect me to my authentic Self. It simultaneously strengthens me and softens me from the inside out each day. Yoga is an ancient and rich philosophy that I am humbled to live by and to share.

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I feel deeply grateful to live, practice, and teach at Cara Creek Eco Lodge, where yoga and nature are seamlessly woven together.

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My approach honors the ancient philosophy of yoga while integrating it into how we relate to life with sensitivity and presence. Through therapeutic, trauma-informed teaching, I aim to help others cultivate compassionate awareness, balance, and inner resilience both on and off the mat.​

Yoga is and remains the path I have taken toward healing. For over 20 years I’ve tried and tested many techniques from ashtanga yoga to transcendental meditation, and the teachings of various gurus and various plant medicines.⁠⁠​

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Like so many, my life has been about deconditioning from the traumatic influences of an unwell society. I’ve met so many inspiring and compassionate people along the way and discovered many gifts on the other side of healing. I can only feel gratitude for the fierce grace that has blessed his path.⁠⁠

 

The practices I share have helped me so much and I have complete faith in the methods that I practice and teach. I never teach anything I have not experienced for myself. I teach in the hope that what I share will in some small way contribute to helping the student find more peace within themselves, and thus contribute to making the world a better place.⁠⁠

Franzi began her journey to healing with her study of psychology and ultimately graduating as a counsellor in Vienna. Dismayed by the narrow parameters that defined psychological health in the Western system she travelled to India where she worked with orphaned children. There she met her teachers - yoga therapists Acharya Venkatesh and Acharya Hema, with whom she studied for three years. ⁠
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Franzi has experienced a profound return to health through the kriyas and practices learned under their guidance. Vipassana has also been a great part of her practice.⁠ 

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Her teaching is based on the therapeutic approach of traditional hatha yoga. ⁠
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Healing through the observation and assimilation of sensation in order to release the blocks causative of injury and degeneration.⁠

Sandra is an experienced yoga student and certified yoga teacher since 2018.

 

She loves emphasizing on the internal perception and experience by combining different types of bodywork such as Critical Alignment yoga and

Somatics. 

 

Music is an important part of her life. Ever since her childhood, she loves to sing and play various instruments.

 

For her, yoga and singing mantras is a way to dive deeper into the Self. It is her way of slowing down, heal, letting go and trust. Taking the time, listening to her inner wisdom, surprise herself, be touched and connect to all there is.

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My journey as a Yoga teacher began at Cara Creek when I joined the teacher training in 2021.

I initially wanted to deepen my own practice and understanding of yoga but I found a love of sharing yoga with others through the wonderful teachers on the course.

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I came to yoga through chronic pain and a desire to holistically manage my hypermobile body. As I have worked through chronic pain, yoga has been the one thing I am able to turn to that helps both my mind and body in times of stress and times of power. I am passionate about teaching others about hypermobility and guiding yoga classes with a focus on strength and alignment rather than flexibility. 

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I also offer optional yoga photoshoots towards the end of the teacher training, guiding participants with an awareness of mindfulness and grounding to create an authentic and present image. 

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Daisy May is a practising Hatha Vinyasa teacher, naturopath and herbalist. She trained as a yoga teacher at Cara Creek in 2021. Her Journey with healing started 10 years ago when travelling in India and seeing first hand the power of healing through yoga, food and herbs. 

 

Creator of Herbal yoga, a weaving of sensory and intuitive herbalism and yoga, she believes this supports individuals in deep healing of themselves and their relationships to the outer plant world, the herbs that grow around us. This empowerment offers a deeper sense of connection by working with the qualities of the herbs to guide the breath, movement and meditation. 

 

She lives off-grid on her land in Central Portugal, growing and foraging medicines and practising permaculture. The integration of self healing and land healing is a passion for Daisy as she strives to weave these two worlds in her practises.