OUR TEAM
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Clari Smallbone
FOUNDER / VINYASA TEACHER
Born + raised on the sunny East coast of South Africa, Clari’s passion for the ocean and being active came intrinsically. At the age of 18, Clari discovered yoga at a magical little backyard studio, where she found community and connection. Since then Clari went on to enjoy adventures all over the world, from driving Super yachts in the Caribbean to Scuba-dive guiding in Indonesia. But with yoga remaining a constant throughout.
Building on this passion, Clari undertook a yoga teacher training in Costa Rica in 2018 with the intention of deepening her own knowledge and practise of yoga. It was there that she came to uncover a deep desire to share yoga with others. Having found her calling in yoga teaching this has led to her complete several more trainings in Greece + India.
Yoga has been so life-changing for Clari that she felt she could do nothing other than open her own studio to invite more people to make the same discovery. Sol•Seek has been created with community at the heart of it. Everything from the lighting, to the music, even the smells have all been carefully chosen to create a space where you can come to let go of the strains and stresses of everyday life and to experience the amazing power of yoga to transform both body + mind.
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Sophie Smith
THE WELLNESS ROOM / ASHTANGA + VINYASA TEACHER
From Glitzy Super yachts to Snowy Alps to the Wild African Bush, Sophie has travelled the world with her highly sought after skills in Spa therapies. Her passion & interest in health + well-being naturally led her to Yoga, and thereafter, India to complete her 200-hr Ashtanga Yoga Instructors Certificate.
A talented Yoga teacher + therapist, Sophie is fuelled by helping others. To be around her is to feel uplifted and positive, whether you are taking a Yoga class with her or having a treatment at The Wellness Room, you are bound to walk away feeling a lighter, happier version of you.
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MADDIE ROWLAND
HATHA + VINYASA TEACHER / SOUND HEALER
Maddie is a professional vocalist and musician, Sound Healer and advanced Yoga Teacher from Cornwall. Over the last 10 years she has been sharing her love for Yoga and Music between Cornwall, Portugal, Sri Lanka and Bali, facilitating workshops, kirtans, retreats and 200 & 300 HR Yoga teacher training programmes with Spanda Institute.
Trained in Vinyasa Flow style and Hatha yoga, mindfulness, Trauma sensitive yoga and sound healing, Maddie creates a safe and soulful space for her students to explore their bodies through dynamic, energy shifting flows and meditative movement. In her classes Maddie combines her passion for world music and sound, using a variety of instruments and chanelled vocals to create a healing space, guiding you along a journey of sound and moving meditation.
Alongside a passion for surfing, Maddie has spent time focusing on Yoga for Surfers, combining breathwork and surf specific mobility and movement practices to support people in the water.
When not on the mat, you can find Maddie exploring the best surf spots, hiking the Cornish coastlines or skateboarding with her female Skate collective which she runs in Cornwall, Wild Women Skate!
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LOU ORD
YIN + RESTORATIVE YOGA / REIKI HEALING
Lou's focus is wellness.
She blends Yoga and Reiki within her restorative sessions and offers this unique combination to guide, relax and restore you.
Her restorative classes are gentle, intuitive and invite you to move slowly with consciousness and guided meditation.
Her Yin classes are blend of challenge and deep relaxation to create space in the body and mind.
Her intention is to create a warm, safe and grounded space for your healing practice.
She was compelled to visit India for her Yoga training and delivers Reiki worldwide.
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Deborah Royce
MINDFULNESS TEACHER
Mindfulness and meditation embodies the gentle spirit of seeking the sun that is within us all, a radiant journey towards self-discovery and, from that place, engaging effectively with our life from a present moment perspective.
It creates a strong connection between mind, body and breath, supporting a more interconnected and joyful life.
It accompanies yoga in being an embodied practice where we learn more about ourselves and how to respond with compassion and kindness.
Learning these skills and practicing them regularly, brings a greater sense of ease, happiness and acceptance to how we navigate our inner and outer experiences. We learn to stay present to what is actually here, relating to our circumstances with awareness, kindness and compassion whilst learning skills to navigate the ups and downs of life.
Trained as a Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher and Certified Transformational Coach, Deborah brings her many years of teaching and coaching experience to group classes and 1:1 sessions.
Her way of teaching and coaching is gentle, intuitive and soul based. She aims for you to reach a deeper understanding of yourself, find presence, peace and stillness and to feel more connection with all of life, whilst cultivating the innate inner light and intuition that can help you steer a wise path in the world.
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Fran Lewis
Fran is an advanced 500-hour RYT Yoga Teacher and Reiki Practitioner. Her teachings and classes are heavily focused on the energy body and the five elements with a flowing vinyasa style. She uniquely combines the many ancient Vedic practices of asana, pranayama, mantra, mudra and Ayurveda in her classes to help build strength and flexibility, move stuck or stagnant energy and bring about a feeling of balance and rejuvenation to her students.
Fran believes in yoga which is accessible to everyone, yoga as a way of life, something to weave into every moment of our day. She believes that creating space in our day for yoga practice can help cultivate presence, kindness to ourselves and others and above all connect to our truth.
A mystic, Fran has always been fascinated with astrology, tarot and all things magical since she was a young girl and her classes and events that she holds all have a spiritual twist, encouraging connection to our intuition and to receive guidance from within. Fran describes these practices has having supported her and transformed the way she lives her life and is passionate about sharing them with others, to help us navigate the waves of life and connect more deeply to our true selves. Fran is happiest immersed in nature most probably on a beach walking her dogs, with her feet in the sand and salt in her hair absorbing the elements and she never goes far without her tarot deck and favourite crystals!
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