who we are

Elias Ananiadis is an Experienced Sound Healer, member of the Sound Healing Association, Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT500), a founding member of Conscious Sound Healing Academy and the Registered Yoga School (RYS) of Conscious Yoga Teacher Training.

Elias was raised at the south suburbs of Athens in an affluent environment close to the sea. He excelled in school, sports, especially swimming where he competed at national level and enjoyed a connection with the water element, plants and animals. From an early age he had a profound curiosity for the human experience and reasonated deeply with the values of truth, freedom and fairness. At the age of 18 he moved to England to study. There he achieved BEng, MSc, MPhil and IMechE status in engineering. That is also when he came in touch with yoga for the first time.

Although he knew there was a different path ahead of him he was guided to gain valuable life experience and pursued a career in engineering and management. During that time he was integral for the execution of significant investments in renewable energy exceeding €100mil. and personally invested in property, tourism and tech projects.

In 2009 his first awakening happened through a health issue. He was diagnosed with a type cancer and when faced with the possibility of transition, he understood that his life to have meaning he ought to be of contribution to others.

Once his health had improved, he went deeper into his practice of yoga and underwent significant personal growth trainings. Later he pursued a karma yoga project where others athletes together with him would cross a sea to inspire others involved with cancer using just windsurfing, kite surfing, kayaks and small sailing boats. This gave birth to a team called Surfers4Life that today includes more than 300 members that wish to grow through offering service to others that led to the Well Being Festivals that have spread the use of meditation and yoga to more than 10,000 people, the Spirit Film Festivals that raised the consciousness of more than 2,500 people and many other meaningful projects.

A full kundalini awakening happened in 2012 and the spiritual teacher Paramahansa Yogananda came to his life. In 2013 he visited India to receive initiation in Kriya yoga.

Since then he has received accreditations as an experienced Yoga Teacher E-RYT 500, a Sound Healer, a Life Coach, a Sound, Aroma and Energy Healer and also acts as the co-founder of Kathy’s Island Retreat, Kallipoli and Conscious Yoga Academy. He has been offering sound healing sessions during Yoga sessions and to Kathys Island retreat guests for many years and now wishes to spread this ancient wisdom with others.

He works towards the completion of a number of books in relation to life, personal growth, conscious communities and what is possible on the spiritual path. He continues to practice Karma, Raja, Bhakti and Kriya Yoga and to inspire others to be of selfless contribution. He pursues ever-higher states of consciousness and has devoted his life to causes that have positive and meaningful impact to humanity.

Kathrine is a certified Sound Healer, a founding member of the Academy of Kathy’s Island Retreat and an experienced Yoga Teacher. In 2010 she moved from Oslo to Karpathos with her family and she currently lives in the capital town, Pigadia with her three children. She is an open-minded, spiritual person, always looking to learn new things about herself and personal growth is very important to her. She loves running Kathy’s Island Retreat, offering Sound Healing sessions, practicing yoga as these experiences gives her the chance to meet new people, heal others and herself, learn from others and hence grow as a human being. As a yoga teacher she is humble and open and loves the challenges teaching offers. She tries to practice yoga both on and off the mat, on a daily basis, as she knows from experience what an amazing impact the practice of yoga and meditation has on herself and for the people around her.

Dev-Suroop has loved music and the healing power of sound all of her life.

She is an accomplished musician and recording artist and has created healing music in various styles to support people to experience their inner truth and divinity. She deeply enjoys teaching people the science of Naad Yoga, conscious communication, and how to access the beauty and healing power of their personal voice.

Dev-Suroop has taught many yoga practitioners and teachers – online, in person and internationally – how to teach sound and mantra to others as well as how to comfortably chant, sing and confidently project their own voice.

Dev-Suroop is certified as a Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 500) through Yoga Alliance, is a Lead Trainer in Kundalini Yoga through the Kundalini Research Institute, and recently became certified as a Vinyasa Yoga teacher through Yoga Farm Ithaca. She lives with her husband and dogs in Espanola, New Mexico, USA.

Partowner at YogaHaven AS, MediYoga teacher and therapist, Stress and Burnout, MediYoga Kidz teacher, Hatha Yogateacher, Gongmaster, GongYoga therapist, Personal trainer, responsible for the education of Gong-players, including basic course and continuing education. She also works parttime in a drug-rehabilitation specialist unit in the healthcare system in Norway with physical activity, yoga etc.. She gives GongBaths and concerts regularly in Norway and always plays for a full house. Anne Siri also holds a master of science degree in microbiologi from the university of Bergen, Norway, and worked for several years in the pharmaceutical industry before changing path.

She is known for creating a safe and inviting space, where you can explore and play and let your creativity flourish. Her gongplaying is soft, inviting and feminine as well as strong and powerful. Her focus when teaching is to help you get aware of your inner play between your masculine and feminine energies and find the balance between them. A gong well played both invites the listener to deeply relax and let go, and for the energy to move and open blockages, taking the listener on a deep journey into timeless space, creating the possibility for deep healing.

Educational Director MediYoga USA. Helen is responsible for the MediYoga and Gongtherapy education and certification of healthpersonell in USA.

Helen has several years of experience in teaching and doing clinical research on MediYoga in the states from Dignity Health and the Kern Behavioral & Recovery service in California. Her background is as a diagnostic radiologi nurse for over 20 years, with a specialisation in cardiovascular intervention.

She hosts educations in Stress and burnout, retreats and individual therapeutic yogasessios. She is a registered 500 hour Yogatherapy teacher, educated Gongyoga therapist and teacher, Gongmaster and sertified MediYoga kidz instructor and Kundaliniyogateacher, Devine Sleep Yoga Nidra Teacher, iRest Yoga Nidra Meditation Teacher, Energymedicine (Donna Karen). She also cooperates with Zest Life Lag and MediYoga international.

Aggelos Kattis from early age felt the urge to be connected with music. At the age of 5 he decided he wanted to learn guitar and went to Halkidonio odeio music school. As the years went by he find an interest in learning different types of guitars and other instruments . In his early teens he started vocals, piano and expressing feelings through song writing, using the beautiful technique of improvisation. After his 18th birthday, decided to travel Greece and work as a singer. In the meanwhile he graduated music production of antenna academy in Athens. At his 25 he felt that something was missing and took the path of exploring sound healing and music therapy,graduating at Opera odeio music school. He has participated in many meditation sessions and continuessly exploring the potentials of our trueself.