Christine Moghadam

While traveling abroad in the cork region of Portugal, founder Christine Moghadam also known as The Traveling Mom, was inspired to create Corc Yoga. Impressed not only by the hospitality of local residents, but also the inherent eco-consciousness of the cork material, Christine built a brand rooted in the cork farmers' commitment to sustainable and ethical business practices.  With community as the heartbeat of Corc Yoga, Christine had the vision to expand beyond the yoga mat by cultivating an experience centered around Corc Yoga's core values, people, planet and purpose. 

Silvia Garcia

Former Global Director of the Happiness Institute & VP Communications Women at The Coca-Cola Company.

Today, Silvia is a recognized expert in positive leadership, high-performance teams; effective communication and the use of emotional intelligence to help leaders around the world increase their positive influence. She Happiest Places to Work of Feel:) Logic with the mission to help organizations reach their maximum potential combining learnings on behavioral economics, positive leadership, the science of emotions and the latest discoveries in neuroscience.

While embracing New York City’s fast-paced and driven yoga culture, Jordan Ashley recognized a need for service-based yoga; a need for experiences which give perspective to the self through selflessness. Feeling extremely blessed to not only be given the opportunity for education, but to have a voice in society, she felt it was imperative to raise both awareness and funds for girls all over the planet who are denied such essential human rights. She launched Souljourn Yoga in 2016, a US 501(c)3 non-profit inspired by seva, the Sanskrit word and yogic principle of selfless service.

 Souljourn Yoga creates opportunities to explore, practice, and educate through yoga both on and off of the mat by offering a spectrum of workshops, teacher immersions, and global retreats to continue to promote female empowerment and education in communities where equal opportunities aren’t always readily available. 

Jordan has been featured in Forbes, Yoga Journal, Medium, Women’s Health UK, Marie Claire UK, and is a Tedx Speaker whose life mission is to take the practice out of the studio and around the world to support women’s empowerment.

Eva Polanco

Eva Polanco is a Southern California native and received her BA in Intercultural Studies from Biola University. Shortly after graduating, she helped start a successful family business and started a jewelry business of her own. Along with customer service and sales background she brings a positivity that uplifts all those she comes into contact with. She loves helping people and must be involved with a purpose-driven business to have fulfillment in her life. On her downtime she loves to listen to music, dance, journal, and connect with her close friends and family, Her favorite thing to do is spending time with her son and always finding creative ways for them to enjoy life.

Filipa Veiga

Born in Aveiro, Portugal, Filipa is a Yoga Teacher, Ayurvedic Consultant and Writer. Authorized Ashtanga Mysore teacher since her fourth trip to Mysore in 2018, she also holds a certification by the Yoga Alliance UK since 2012. Filipa has always been physically active; a dancer since her youth, she started practicing Ashtanga more regularly since 2004.

Filipa follows a holistic approach to health and wellbeing, which is expressed in her book Yoga-me (2016). A natural communicator, upon her return to Portugal in 2015, she started organizing annual wellness retreats as well as became ambassador for Wanderlust Portugal in 2016 and kick-started the Portugal Spirit Festival, the Portuguese branch of its Balinese counterpart in 2018.

Paul Johnson

Paul Johnson is a multi-instrumental performer and composer who draws his influences from the folk traditions of Europe, Africa, and India. He plays a wide range of instruments specializing in ethnic flutes, reeds, and bagpipes. He has worked extensively in theatre notably at Shakespeare's Globe for the last decade. He enjoys improvisation, bespoke site-specific work and sound healing. Live music has the ability to touch people emotionally and working interactively in close quarters with an audience maximizes this potential.

Tune in here: 

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Johanna Hellinger

Johanna is a passionate yogi and surfer. She is a registered and experienced yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance International and has been teaching yoga full-time in Portugal and France since 2015. Currently she teaches Hatha flow, Yin Yoga, and Yin & Yang Yoga at Little Yoga Space Lisboa, Lisbon Yoga Institute and with Rooftop Yoga Lisboa. She also organizes Laughter Yoga sessions, 5 Elements Yin/Yang Yoga workshops and yoga and surf days around Lisbon's beaches.

Johanna started her Yoga journey in 2005 to find mental balance and help with back pain from her office job. She experimented with different Yoga styles and methods until her travels brought her to India where she undertook her first yoga teacher training in 2015. In 2018 Johanna continued her yoga training in South Goa, India with Trimurti Yoga School based on 5 Elements Yoga, Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine. Through yoga Johanna found a passion for Anatomy and working holistically to release tension in the physical, mental and energetic body. In Lisbon she trained with Hadadi School of Thai Massage and has been working as a Thai Yoga Massage Therapist since 2015.

Johanna is a member of the project Rooftop Yoga Lisboa that organizes yoga classes in the beautiful parks and on rooftops with the best views of Lisbon, combined with festivals and brunches since 2017.

In addition Johanna trained with Portugal’s Laughter Yoga ambassador Sabrina Tacconi to become a Laughter Yoga leader in 2018. Since then she organizes monthly and private Laughter Yoga sessions around Lisbon. 

Tracy Sullivan

Tracy Jane Sullivan is an intuitive harpist specializing in health and wellbeing.

Inspired by clinical research demonstrating that live harp music has a positive effect on the human body as well as the mind and spirit, Tracy Jane works internationally with a variety of therapists and yoga teachers composing beautiful bespoke 'harpscapes' for classes, sessions and workshops.

Lorna Garcia

Lorna Garcia’s practice and teaching is influenced by different schools of yoga  - such as Iyengar for alignment, Ashtanga Vinyasa for strength of will and tenacity, Hatha for balance, Yin and Restorative for complete surrender.  Her approach to yoga is one that places importance on breath and empathy towards ourselves. Over the years, she has learned that most of our fundamental attitudes to life have their physical counterparts in the body.  This is what she shares in her class - control and integration of body through Asanas, mind through Pranayama and relaxation, and spirit through Meditation.  That and her sense of humour that will put you right at ease.

Lorna had been teaching in studios, workshops and retreats for 10 years in Hong Kong, across Europe, the Cote d’Ivoire and India.  She is also a Certified Sound Therapist specialising in the use of Tibetan singing bowls. She is currently based in France.

Leslie Durso

A globally known vegan chef and healthy living educator, Leslie is the glowing face of the fresh plant-based movement. Leslie began her culinary career traveling the world, working in kitchens from Thailand to Peru to Mexico to Italy. Learning new ingredients and techniques along the way, Leslie cultivated a unique ability to create a dish that feel familiar to most palates yet is plant-based, creative, and original. In addition to hotel and restaurant consulting, Leslie fills her calendar leading wellness tours and doing pop-up restaurants, which regularly book out within minutes. Leslie regularly cooks for her roster of friends & clients including Ringo Starr, Sia, Chris Pratt, Sen. Cory Booker, Leonardo DiCaprio, Orlando Bloom, and more.

Marco Pinto

Marco Pinto is the Founder, CEO and Tourist Guide of Douro Exclusive, established in early 2012 to provide top-notch wine tour services to domestic and international travelers in the Douro wine region. Douro Valley natives, Marco and his wife Ana, (co-founder) believe Douro Exclusive is unique from other agencies because of his motto: “This project is not only a journey, but also a rewarding experience.

The Douro region has a rich tradition and history, as well as exciting natural and urban adventures. Marco strives to continuously provide high-quality services by establishing a firm connection to each client wishing to begin an innovative project in the Douro region. Marco strives to present the Douro region in a detailed and entertaining way, offering his clients the opportunity to have in-depth knowledge about its natural and urban history, wines in the original territory, and its gastronomy.

Daniel Gomes

2006 Hotel Quinta das Lágrimas Restaurante Arcadas da Capela 1 Michelin Star, Coimbra 2 anos

2008 Hotel Vintage House,  Pinhão

2011 Restaurante Cais da Vila, Vila Real

2013 Vila Vita Parc resort & Spa 2 Michelin Star

2014 Vila Joya 2 Michelin Star;

2015 Cais da Villa, Vila Real until present

Ali Waldegrave

Ali is a broadly experienced chef, baker, teacher and retreat chef with a huge knowledge and deep passion for all things food related.

Over her thirty years of professional work she has explored every aspect of eating from simple home cooking to high end dining through to raw food, vegan/ vegetarian, macrobiotic and restricted diets.

Recent projects include executive chef and food researcher for a luxury private jet tour company.

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