Julia Bell

Novel Under the Bed

Friday 6 - Sunday 8 June

Julia Bell is a novelist and Lecturer on the MA Creative Writing at Birkbeck. She is the co-editor of the best selling Creative Writing Coursebook and her latest novel, Dirty Work is published by Young Picador.

Hazel Carey

Free the Spirit

Fri 26 - Sun 28 September

Hazel Carey sees herself as a worldwide peripatetic community facilitator. She has a wealth of creative experience which she enjoys sharing with people of all ages and colours. She enjoys weaving together her physical theatre and psychosynthesis background to facilitate an integration of the mind, body and spirit connections, enabling us to open to our potential being.

Sarah Dobbyn

Anti-ageing Nutrition

Friday 30 May - Sunday 1 June

Sarah Dobbyn is a writer and lecturer who is passionate about the role diet plays in sustaining optimum health and youthfulness. Her book: “THE FERTILITY DIET, what to eat to maximize your chances of having a baby at any age” will be published in the UK in May 2008 by Simon and Schuster and later in Italian, by Boroli Editore, Milan.

Sarah is featured as a nutritional expert in the documentary film “Raw for 30 Days, Healing Diabetes Naturally” (co-produced by Morgan Spurlock, of “Supersize Me!” fame) released in the USA in January 2008.

Michael Eales

Anything is Possible

Friday 7 - Sunday 9 November

Michael has worked as a group facilitator for 22 years, and is one of the leading figures in Humanistic Psychology. He is co-author of The Personal Management Handbook, as well as a screenplay writer (with Anna Campion).

Ken Eyerman

Yoga with Awareness

Friday 2 - Monday 5 May

An American based in London, Ken is the author of 'Massage' and has been teaching Yoga, Bodywork and Movement for 30 years. He is an accredited teacher of The Feldenkrais Method which is the underlying link to all aspects of his work. He has directed his own training programme and now teaches 'Yoga with Awareness' internationally.  He has taught at Skyros since 1989 and previously at Esalen in California and with the London Contemporary Dance School. The Ken Eyerman School of Bodywork & Movement is affiliated to The Institute of Complementary Medicine.

Alison Goldie

Christmas with Hazel Carey & Alison Goldie

Wed 24 - Sat 27 December

Alison is a lively, compassionate workshop leader with a vibrant past that encompasses theatre, stand-up comedy, television presenting, writing, singing and travelling all over the world. She has regularly appeared on radio and television as a performer and commentator, and recently presented a series on BBC Radio London as one of The Advice Girls, a problem-solving duo. She teaches drama, comedy and improvisation to people of all ages and abilities in London and elsewhere, and has been leading groups for Skyros Holistic Holidays for 9 years. She has a great sense of fun on a foundation of wisdom, and always seeks to apply the lessons she learns from life and love to her artistic work and to her teaching.

Peter Guttridge

Writing Fiction

Friday 25 - Sunday 27 April

Peter Guttridge's 7th novel, City of Dreadful Night, will be published at the end of 2008 and three of his short stories will appear in new anthologies. He teaches creative writing on Skyros, at Arvon and, from this year, at Oxford and Reading Universities. He regularly reviews fiction for The Observer.

Alison Habens

Writing from Life

Fri 14 - Sun 16 November

Alison Habens is the author of three novels, Dreamhouse, Family Outing, and Lifestory. A lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Portsmouth, she teaches everything from fairy tales to philosophy, to BA and MA students. Soon to complete her PhD on divine inspiration in literature, Alison has made a special study of the Muses. She lives with her husband and three children in a converted church on the Isle of Wight.

Judith Kendra

How to Get Published

Friday 16 - Sunday 18 May

Judith is a Commissioning Editor with Random House working on non-fiction for the general reader. She has also spent six years commissioning popular fiction at HarperCollins and worked on semi-academic books and papers at a well-known human-rights NGO, among other jobs.

Julie McNamara

New Year with Julie McNamara & Andrew Risner

Tues 30 Dec - Fri 2 Jan 09

Julie McNamara is an award-winning singer, songwriter and playwright. She is director of London Disability Film Festival, London Disability Arts Forum and a radical voice in the Mental Health System Survivor Movement. Her writing has been widely published (Women’s Press, Routledge, survivors’ Press, Cassell) and her extraordinary plays and performances have graced the stage from West Midlands to Wanganui. Originally from Liverpool, she has made London her home.

Andrew Risner

Life Coaching

Friday 9 - Sunday 11 May

Andrew Risner has been described as ‘The Big Man with Huge Solutions’. He left a successful career as M.D. of a finance company to help people release their untapped potential. An NLP Master Practitioner and Hypnotherapist, Andrew was also stress consultant on BBC1’s Heaven & Earth programme. His use of humour and straight talking has made him a sought after speaker and trainer. Spending several years performing stand up comedy taught him that most challenges in life are not difficult but merely uncomfortable and it is a willingness to feel uncomfortable that separates the players from the spectators in life.

Susie Self

Music & Wine

Friday 23 - Monday 26 May

Susie Self, an international Opera Singer and Composer studied at the Royal College of Music and won scholarships to study in Germany and USA. She co-starred in The Mikado with Jasper Carrott in the West End to great critical acclaim and she sings regularly in the Opera houses of Salzburg, Strasbourg and Antwerp. As a composer Susie’s one-woman opera HEROIC WOMEN has toured worldwide and been featured on Radio 3 and Woman’s Hour. The daughter of wine writer Penny Drinkwater, Susie has a wide experience of good wine at reasonable prices!

Malcolm Stern

Living Passionately

Friday 24 - Sunday 26 October

Malcolm Stern is a group and individual psychotherapist with twenty years of experience. Before training in Humanistic Psychology, his career ranged from estate agency to sailing on the Rainbow Warrior with Greenpeace. He was a co-founder of ‘Alternatives’, the highly acclaimed lecture series at St James’ Church, Piccadilly, and runs groups internationally, as well as ongoing facilitation skills trainings in the UK. His book on relationships 'Falling in Love, Staying in Love' was published in 2004. He is also the co-presenter of Channel 4's reality TV series 'Made for Each Other'.

Sarah Warwick

Everyone Can Sing

Friday 3 - Sunday 5 October

An internationally acclaimed singer, songwriter, performer, and recording artist, Sarah has had 3 number one dance hits in the UK, Europe and USA. An inspiring and innovative voice coach Sarah draws inspiration from Chris James and Chloe Goodchild. She creates a safe space to explore the power and beauty of the natural voice.

Janie Wilson

Passport to the Future

Friday 17 - Sunday 19 October

Janie Wilson is a qualified facilitator, consultant, business mentor and coach. She is co director of PASSPORT, a successful personal and professional development consultancy and has a coaching practice in Covent Garden London. She brings a rich mix of tools, techniques and life experience to help people realise their potential and feel inspired to make future changes. She has helped many people manage transition and gain balance in their lives and careers.

Silke Ziehl

Body Magic

Friday 10 - Sunday 12 October

Silke Ziehl loves teaching massage and bodywork as a way to reconnect to the deep joy of being alive in the body, connected to others, and at peace in the soul. She has trained extensively in many cultures and systems of bodywork, including Hawaiian Huna, Reichian bodywork, Chinese Traditional Medicine and QiGong. She is Director of the Entelia Institute of Creative Bodywork in Munich and London and a longtime member of the Open Centre in London.