I am not a teacher, but an awakener.
FACILITATORS
Passionate. Heart Centered. Knowledgable
Your Support Team
Solana wellness retreats are designed, facilitated, and supported by many facilitators and teachers each an expert in their own area.
Every facilitator has been hand-picked by us to make a difference in your life. Here you will find details of the core facilitator team of Solana. However, during your retreat, you will meet with knowledgeable, heart-centered team committed to being there and making a difference in your life.
We are here to hold space for YOU...
Your Support Team
Solana wellness retreats are designed, facilitated, and supported by many facilitators and teachers each an expert in their own area.
Every facilitator has been hand-picked by us to make a difference in your life. Here you will find details of the core facilitator team of Solana. However, during your retreat, you will meet with knowledgeable, heart-centered team committed to being there and making a difference in your life.
We are here to hold space for YOU...
Anshu Singh
CEO and Co founder
Anshu has built and architected business software and mobile applications for Silicon Valley companies and through her own startup Zmaaya for more than 25 years. She was a technologist in corporate America, living the American dream, but a day came when she wanted inner peace, joy and pleasure more than anything else. She embarked on a spiritual journey to discover the meaning of life itself and chose the path of service and contribution.
She combined all her life’s learnings and authored a book on holistic stress management – ‘Pressure to Pleasure – A Seven Pillar Approach to Living Your Best Life’. She is an international yoga teacher, author, public speaker and entrepreneur. Her life purpose is to inspire and liberate people to live a fulfilled life true to themselves. She has been teaching yoga and meditation for more than eight years and is a teacher of teachers. She facilitates breath-work sessions for trauma and emotional release and holds her powerful transformational workshops, yoga classes, cacao ceremonies and retreats throughout the world.
She is the founder of Solana Wellness Retreats. Through Solana she aims to make a difference in the health and wellbeing of many.
Anshu’s wellness philosophy is holistic, combining different body-mind methods, providing tools to manage emotions and stress, to live a healthier and happier life.
Dr. Monika Albu
RESIDENT COUNSELLOR
“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.” (R. Tagore)
Dr. Monika Albu is a neuropsychologist, psychotherapist, yoga- and mindfulness meditation teacher, specialised in the integration of Western psychology and Eastern philosophy and practices.
Her personal meditation , yoga practice and professional life of service and healing started more than 20 years ago. She works with Compassion Focused Therapy, Mindfulness Based Cognitive- Therapy, Hypnotherapy, Brain-spotting, Acceptance- and Commitment Therapy, Trauma-sensitive mindfulness, Neurorehabilitation helping identifying, processing and releasing core neurophysiological sources of emotional/body pain, trauma, depression, anxiety, dissociation and a variety of other challenging symptoms.
She works with individuals and with groups, leading intensive retreat programs and 8-week programs of MBCT (mindfulness based cognitive therapy); MBSRT (mindfulness based stress reduction), Trauma informed Mindfulness and Mindfulness Based (Self) Compassion Interventions. She has also worked as a volunteer in developing countries with traumatised and abused women, people and kids with special needs and drug addictions.
The essence of her teaching is the integration of self-awareness, compassion, embodiment and mindful presence, to bring healing, joy, and ancient wisdom from different areas into one, to experience and embrace the wholeness which manifests within and all around. and has a special interest in the neuropsychology of mindfulness, compassion and meditation practices.
Dr. Monika Albu
RESIDENT COUNSELLOR
“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.” (R. Tagore)
Dr. Monika Albu is a neuropsychologist, psychotherapist, yoga- and mindfulness meditation teacher, specialised in the integration of Western psychology and Eastern philosophy and practices.
Her personal meditation , yoga practice and professional life of service and healing started more than 20 years ago. She works with Compassion Focused Therapy, Mindfulness Based Cognitive- Therapy, Hypnotherapy, Brain-spotting, Acceptance- and Commitment Therapy, Trauma-sensitive mindfulness, Neurorehabilitation helping identifying, processing and releasing core neurophysiological sources of emotional/body pain, trauma, depression, anxiety, dissociation and a variety of other challenging symptoms.
She works with individuals and with groups, leading intensive retreat programs and 8-week programs of MBCT (mindfulness based cognitive therapy); MBSRT (mindfulness based stress reduction), Trauma informed Mindfulness and Mindfulness Based (Self) Compassion Interventions. She has also worked as a volunteer in developing countries with traumatised and abused women, people and kids with special needs and drug addictions.
The essence of her teaching is the integration of self-awareness, compassion, embodiment and mindful presence, to bring healing, joy, and ancient wisdom from different areas into one, to experience and embrace the wholeness which manifests within and all around. and has a special interest in the neuropsychology of mindfulness, compassion and meditation practices.
Frederique Nault
naturopath
Frédérique Nault, ND is a qualified, licensed and intuitive naturopath, certified herbalist and NAET practitioner who uses a range of powerful healing modalities personally tailored for each person.
In 1980, Frédérique received her training in Acupressure in the United States of America and in 2001 obtained her degree as a Naturopath in Australia. She is a NAET (Nambudripad Allergy Elimination Techniques) practitioner and is skilled in a wide range of healing modalities. Frédérique is passionate about herbal medicine and has extended her studies into Indonesian herbalism.
Her treatments are drawn from a comprehensive range of therapies tailored to suit individuals according to their particular needs. She speaks French, English, and Indonesian fluently.
Frédérique is an active member of the Australian Traditional Medicine Society, a member of the Indonesian Naturopathy Society and a member of the Association of Indonesian Traditional Herbalists.
Anne Marie Kramer
head yoga teacher
With an entrepreneurial heart, a degree in Exercise Physiology and 22 years of teaching yoga, fitness, breath, meditation & wellness. Annie brings a wealth of wisdom and passion to Solana. After almost a decade in the corporate world, she left to reconnect with the holistic fields. She opened three large yoga studios in California. When she started teaching yoga, everything in her life changed, from the foods she ate and the people she surrounded herself with. Each step towards wholeness and alignment has allowed her to feel more alive and connected.
She comes from the country in the US, which makes her down to earth, yet has traveled and lived an adventurous life. These experiences bring diversity and fun to her leadership. She is honored and excited to be part of your journey through the all the amazing programs at Solana.
Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher, Yoga Alliance 500 hour Yoga Teacher Training (ERYT 500) and Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider® (YACEP®). Degree Exercise Physiology.
Offering 50hr, 200hr, 300hr, 500hr Power and Vinyasa Flow Yoga and Yin Yoga, PranaYama /Breath TT, Meditation Teacher Training, Chakras and many other programs since 2007.
Anne Marie Kramer
head yoga teacher
With an entrepreneurial heart, a degree in Exercise Physiology and 22 years of teaching yoga, fitness, breath, meditation & wellness. Annie brings a wealth of wisdom and passion to Solana. After almost a decade in the corporate world, she left to reconnect with the holistic fields. She opened three large yoga studios in California. When she started teaching yoga, everything in her life changed, from the foods she ate and the people she surrounded herself with. Each step towards wholeness and alignment has allowed her to feel more alive and connected.
She comes from the country in the US, which makes her down to earth, yet has traveled and lived an adventurous life. These experiences bring diversity and fun to her leadership. She is honored and excited to be part of your journey through the all the amazing programs at Solana.
Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher, Yoga Alliance 500 hour Yoga Teacher Training (ERYT 500) and Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider® (YACEP®). Degree Exercise Physiology.
Offering 50hr, 200hr, 300hr, 500hr Power and Vinyasa Flow Yoga and Yin Yoga, PranaYama /Breath TT, Meditation Teacher Training, Chakras and many other programs since 2007.