Konstantinos

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In 2016, yoga came to Konstantinos' life as a cure for his injured knees. It was only 6 months later that Konstantinos quitted his job in Athens and took the decision to go back at his village of origin and live where he always felt home... Evia island! There, he owned an extraordinary house, his parental one, which was the perfect place to establish his vision. Create Anandamaya: a Yoga Retreat Center that will accommodate yoga travelers and bring together people from all over the world. His studies of Interior & Product Design and the years spent in Florence, definitely helped him in creating a magnificent space that will captivate your senses. Once you open the garden door, he will welcome you with his big smile and make you feel home in a blink of an eye! He will be your guide during hikes, show you beautiful beaches and forests and make you live the local life at its best.  At his free time you will find him in the garden taking care of his beloved plants or at the local kite spot flying around.

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Pinelope

 

Penelope landed to Anandamaya last April after her intense drive to move closer to nature. At that point, she met Konstantinos and both realized that they share the same philosophy, dreams and vision. The decision was easy: she moved in to Anandamaya as permanent yoga instructor and therapist. Her love and curiosity for human movement and anatomy was initially expressed when she decided to become a physiotherapist. After working as an associate in a Physiotherapy Centre until 2015, she gained thorough experience in dealing with patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain, spinal cord problems and injuries, soft tissue injuries and pelvic floor rehabilitation. Her thirst for constant personal and educational development led her into approaching the human body and mind in a holistic way. That’s when Yoga came into her life!

Since then, she completed several teacher's trainings and workshops, while she is in YogaWorks' teachers team as an Injury Management Specialist. After years of practicing she started developing her own therapeutic programs for prevention and treatment of chronic musculoskeletal pain combining traditional physiotherapy methods and yoga. You will find her mostly at Anandamaya's magnificent yoga Shala, practicing, meditating and guiding your everyday yoga practice. Self - observation. Self - correction. Self - healing. Those three disciplines are applied to her approach to guests and practitioners during our retreats. Her therapeutic treatments are part of her holistic system called PhysioYoga Therapy which you will have the chance to experience.