Hazel Carey, an international voice and movement teacher and psychosynthesis counsellor, works with visualisation, African dance, Qi Gong and voicework.
Lesley Cotton
Colour Harmony
Fri 24 - Sun 26 Sept 2010
Lesley Cotton is an architect who qualified at Cambridge University in 1990. She has worked on projects as diverse as nursing homes, offices, private houses and the headquarters of Boots PLC, advising on the colour scheme for their cosmetics department.
Striving to combine traditional design with other disciplines, Lesley also has qualifications in Colour Therapy and Feng Shui. She collaborates with other consultants such as landscape designers and choreographers and has published articles in magazines including Bella and Elle Decoration.
Kate Daniels
Walk Tall, Feel Fabulous
Fri 14 - Sun 16 May 2010
Kate combines a background in theatre and jazz singing with being a family therapist, consultant and teacher at the Tavistock Centre. She is the ideal person to help you find your authentic self and walk tall.
Beverley Drumm
Love Your Body, Love Your Life
Fri 08 - Sun 10 Oct 2010
Passionate about dance, Beverley has been practising Nia, an holistic, high-energy approach to body-mind-spirit fitness, since 2001. She delights in sharing the joy of movement as a path to wellness, awareness and expanded potential.
Ken Eyerman
Yoga with Awareness
Fri 16 - Sun 18 Apr 2010
Fri 22 - Sun 24 Oct 2010
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
Flirtshop
Fri 17 - Sun 19 Sep 2010
Christmas Celebration
Fri 24 - Mon 27 Dec 2010
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.
Judy Hammond
Alexander Technique & Raqs Sharqi - A Weekend for Women
Fri 29 - Sun 31 Oct 2010
Judy Hammond has many years’ experience teaching Alexander Technique, Raqs Sharqi (Egyptian dance) and Moving Mindfully. She has a theatre background as dancer, choreographer & director.
John Harris Salsa
Fri 26 - Sun 28 Nov 2010
Welcoming in the New Year
Fri 31 Dec - Mon 03 Jan 2011
John has been teaching partner dances for 12 years and has a gift for teaching beginners how to Salsa and Tango. He has lead numerous dance based holidays to Cuba and Argentina and has taught in Spain, Egypt, USA, UK, Ireland and New Zealand.
Abbie Lathe
Music & Singing
Fri 05 - Sun 07 Nov 2010
Abbie Lathe is a versatile and accomplished multi-instrumentalist singer/songwriter and inspiring voice workshop leader. She recently gained 2nd place success in an international songwriting competition with the beautiful song 'broken' from latest album, Low Summer. Her singing is regularly featured on BBC wildlife soundtracks such as Big bear Week and Orang-utan Diaries.
Having completed four national tours and two highly successful albums as one third of 'Maddy Prior and the Girls', Abbie is enjoying a flourishing solo career with her versatile band, The Lovelies.
Abbie has spent several years travelling nationwide teaching the many facets of voice and performance. She enjoys studying the finer details of vocal technique and the fascinating psychological elements to singing and performing.
Abbie believes that understanding the fears we have, regarding our voices, allows us to conquer them, enabling us all to sing with freedom and passion. This new found confidence permeates into so many other aspects of life.
Cate Mackenzie
A Heart-Centred Life
Fri 04 - Sun 06 Jun 2010
Welcoming in the New Year
Fri 31 Dec - Mon 03 Jan 2011
Cate Mackenzie is a Life Coach, presenter and workshop leader with a private coaching practice in London. She teaches for Alternatives, The College of Psychic Studies & Alchemy and has her own radio show.
Andrew Miller
Start Writing & Keep Going
Fri 09 - Sun 11 Apr 2010
Andrew Miller is the author of five novels including Ingenious Pain (a winner of many awards) and Oxygen which was shortlisted for the Booker and the Whitbread Best Novel. His work is published in over twenty languages.
Crysse Morrison
Your Writer's Voice
Fri 12 - Sun 14 Nov 2010
Crysse’s first novel, Frozen Summer, was published in 1999 and was followed by her second one, Sleeping in Sand. She also writes short fiction and poetry and has a regular column in Writing Magazine.
Sam North
The Art of Fiction Writing
Fri 21 - Sun 23 May 2010
Sam North, long-listed for the Booker Prize in 2004, has won a Somerset Maugham Award. Three of his novels have, at one time or another, been under option to film companies - he has also written a film. His novels include The Old Country (2007), The Velvet Rooms (2006),The Unnumbered (2004), The Lie of the Land (2000) and many others. Working with World Wide Pictures, he has been writing proposals and scripts for corporate films, for Arena and Equinox documentaries, and developing drama series for C4, BBC, ITV, and writing ‘Chapel Street’, ‘The Gifting Programme’ and ‘By Desire’. Being formerly a director of the world\'s oldest literary agency AP Watt, he has a thorough understanding of both the publishing world and the film industry. He is currently a lecturer in creative writing at the University of Exeter.
Kel Portman
Ways of Seeing and Developing Painting Skills
Fri 12 - Sun 14 Mar 2010
Kel Portman is an artist, photographer and printmaker and former senior lecturer with the university of the Arts. He is also an experienced RYA windsurfing instructor.
Malcolm Stern
Passionate Living
Fri 15 - Sun 17 Oct 2010
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.
Malcolm is also the co-presenter of Channel 4's reality TV series 'Made for Each Other'.
Mitzi Szereto
Literotica: Erotic Writing
Fri 01 - Sun 03 Oct 2010
Author and anthologist Mitzi Szereto has more than a dozen books to her credit, including the critically acclaimed Erotic Fairy Tales: A Romp Through the Classics; The World’s Best Sex Writing 2005 (non-fiction/criticism); the multi-genre Dying For It: Tales of Sex & Death; Wicked: Sexy Tales of Legendary Lovers; the popular Erotic Travel Tales anthology series, and the upcoming Getting Even: Women’s Revenge Stories.
She’s also penned several best-selling erotic novels under the name M. S. Valentine. Mitzi is the pioneer of the erotic writing workshop in the UK and Europe, teaching them from the Cheltenham Festival of Literature to the Greek islands. Her outspoken views on the erotic literary scene have made her a trendsetter, earning her a reputation as the author and editor who has put the “literature” back into erotica.
Mitzi has been featured in publications ranging from the Sunday Telegraph, Independent, Times, Company , Family Circle, Writing Magazine, Toronto Star, Scarlet, and Forum to Bravo UK Television, Telecinco TV 5 (Madrid), and BBC Radio (including the Asian Network). Her work as an anthology editor has earned her the American Society of Authors and Writers’ Meritorious Achievement Award. Originally from the USA, she now lives in England.
Sarah Warwick
Everyone Can Sing
Fri 07 - Sun 09 May 2010
Fri 19 - Sun 21 Nov 2010
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.
Lisehanne Webster
Find a Little Peace
Fri 23 - Sun 25 Apr 2010
For more than 40 years Lisehanne has worked in Yoga as a teacher, tutor and psycho-spiritual counsellor. She is founder and course director of Satyamvidya Integral Yoga & Consciousness Studies, a healer member of the NFSH and founder-member & spiritual Elder of The Arimatheans, promoting the raising of spiritual consciousness through the new wave of the Christos.