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Inner Light Retreat
Elena Filenova is a founder of Inner Light Retreat Center and our nutritional consultant, certified by Global College of Natural Medicine in Santa Cruz, California. Elena has an extensive scientific background including a BA in Chemistry from Moscow State University and an MS from Florida State University, with a specialization in Biochemistry. Elena conducted cancer research projects at Florida Atlantic University and the University of California in San Francisco. During the summer of 2006 Elena worked at Sacred Space Retreat Center in San Francisco where she immersed herself in an intensive study of the raw food lifestyle, detoxification techniques and nutritional analysis. This experience shifted her focus from allopathic dogma to the holistic preventative approach to health.
 Irina Meholick was born in Tallinn, Estonia. Having moved to the United States she faced several health problems that encouraged her to study proper nutrition and fitness. Irina has a background in biology and biochemistry, and has been a personal lifestyle coach and a nutritional consultant for five years. Being a healthy lifestyle enthusiast, she provides an insight into a correlation between genetics, diet and contemporary health issues. Irina can help you create nutritious menus with recipes that work for you, and will develop a manageable exercise plan that will begin your journey to becoming healthy, radiant and fit.
Lydia Kindheart was born in Paris, France and spent her youth being introduced to a holistic lifestyle of yoga, herbs and vegetarianism. Following her passion of nurturing people through food and wanting to make a difference in the world, Lydia opened a small raw food deli in Fairfax, California in 1996. Lydia had an impact on people through offering food that was consciously selected and prepared with love. Continuing to experiment with food dehydration at her restaurant and festivals she launched her food dehydration company. She makes a positive difference in millions of lives by providing nourishing, whole foods and by supporting organic farmers and the living Earth's ecology. Lydia collaborates with us by teaching raw food preparation, organic gardening and sustainable living practices.
Anastasi Mavrides guides our group meditation sessions. He has practiced and taught various approaches to meditation for over twenty years, and for the last twelve has lead or co-lead meditation retreats in the US, UK, Scandinavia and Israel. Anastasi sees meditation as a natural aid to bringing deep physical relaxation, a quiet spaciousness of mind, and an embodied self-awareness.
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