Tour Leader & Yoga Travel founder: Will Cottrell

Specialising in the Middle East, Will worked as a freelance adventure tour leader for several years before founding Yoga Travel. An experienced tour leader, he's organised excursions to Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Morocco, visiting such sites as Petra, the pyramids, and ancient Palmyra. Yoga Travel was born out of Will's 10-year yoga practice; he lives and works in Dahab, Egypt.

In the office: Val Cottrell & Tony Bedden

Based in Cornwall, England, the Yoga Travel office is the nexus of our operation. Both Val and Tony have in-depth experience of all our trips and are ready to answer any questions you might have on flights, availability - or just for a chat!

Tour Leader: James Knight

James has travelled extensively throughout the world, particularly in the Middle East and Africa, where he works as an adventure tour leader, dive instructor and dive centre manager. He's a keen yoga enthusiast and underwater naturalist with wide experience in the tourism and hospitality fields.

Yoga Teacher: Naomi Clark

After practicing various forms of yoga, Naomi discovered Bikram yoga 10 years ago. She quickly found her vocation, completing her 500-hour teacher training two years later. For several years she taught in the States before relocating to the UK where she set up her own studio in Brighton. After her pivotal role in developing the hot yoga scene, she turned back to her teaching practice, recently qualifying as a Yoga Therapist with the Yoga Biomedical Trust. Her classes are informative, drawing on the influence of many styles, illustrating her belief that there is only one yoga. She remains a judge for the National Yoga Asana Competition

Yoga Teacher: Charlie Boardley

Charlie has been practising yoga for 10 years and has studied at various yoga schools in India. She also regularly trains with some of the world's most senior teachers to keep her teaching style fresh and innovative. Her classes are traditional Hatha Yoga inspired mainly by Sivananda and include relaxation, breathing techniques and a dynamic sequence of postures bringing awareness into mindfulness, energy flow and core stability. She likes yoga to be fun, sharing what she knows of this ancient philosophy in a down to earth and practical way. She always encourages people to work within their own limits and at the same time to challenge themselves.

Yoga Teacher: Monica Farrell

Monica has practiced various styles of yoga for more than 20 years. She studied yoga and meditation with guruji Mohan in india and obtained her Sivananda yoga teaching certificate in Udaipur, India 2002. She's the inventor of "Yoga Diving", recently featured in "The Art of Diving" by Nick Hanna under topic of spirituality and diving. She's also a former lecturer at the American University in Cairo and a PADI dive instructor since 1998.

Yoga Teacher: Karryn Croney

5 years ago Karryn moved from Brighton to Morocco where she now lives and teaches yoga. She has practiced for over 10 years, appreciating all different styles of hatha yoga from the dynamic to the more gentle, restorative forms. Her classes reflect this and she likes to teach a varied, eclectic mix  of asana, pranayama and meditation. She holds both  the Sivananda Teacher Training and Advanced Teacher Training certificates. She strongly believes in yoga's power to transform and enable one to embrace life's challenges and opportunities with equanimity  and grace.

Yoga Teacher: Rose Marie Sorokin

With more than 20 years' experience, Rose-Marie is a fully qualified and registered British Wheel of Yoga teacher. She is also a qualified Pilates and Chi Ball Method Teacher and continues to study yoga, pliates, the Feldenkrais method & personal development techniques. She has owned and run several top health clubs in London and is fascinated by what makes us tick, believing there are endless possibilities and avenues to explore.

Yoga Teacher: Ali Gilling

Ali has been teaching yoga for ten years ago after studying in India. She has trained in many forms of yoga and meditation including Iyengar, Vipassana and completing her teacher training certificate in Sivananda. Her classes have a dynamic flow inspired by her most recent teacher, Clive Sheridan. She has worked with a variety of well-known teachers and regulary teaches in Oxford and on holidays abroad.