WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY ABOUT IT; e-mails from people who have been there:

(some in Dutch, but mostly in English)

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Dear Oona,
 
thank you so much for the pictures! I have some pictures I will send you as well.
 
Most of all I would like to thank you for a fantastic week of yoga in Aliki! That was such a special experience for me - I`m so happy I took the chance on doing the first vacation on my own. It really was the perfect vacation - doing yoga on the beautiful island of Paros.I had such a good time with the others on the course. ........And the yoga was wonderful! I really like the way you teach yoga - I felt so strong and present in your classes. Never have a yoga lession gone so fast - and it`s amazing that we did 4 hours of yoga in one day! If you ever make a cd or dvd I will be the frist in line to buy it! And I really hope I will come back to do yoga with you again some time.
 
I feel so lucky to have experienced these two wonderful weeks on Paros - I am so energized and in good spirit to take on the fall and winter in Bergen.
 
 
Best wishes
Silje
august 2010

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Hello Oona,

I want to thank you again for the most enjoyable yoga practice that I have ever experienced.
I think that I have fallen in love with both yoga and Greece. I would return in September but I am sure that you do not want to see the same faces and bodies. I will encourage friends and colleagues to go, however. 

I do not know how you intuited the group level so perfectly from the start, and so gently opened all of us up by the end. I feel so flexible, and my back is  a lot less stiff.

My yoga studio here is closed until September, and, elsewhere, last night, was so violent and the asanas so rushed, i almost hurt myself. i wanted to rush back to your classes.

So, again, thank you for your solid teaching.


All the best,

Claire
juli 20101

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Hi Oona,
I'm back in sunny London safe and sound!!
 
I wanted to drop you a note to thank you for organising a great course in Paros (and also for sending us such precise instructions to get to Paros and Aliki!!)
 
I thoroughly enjoyed myself, both in class and in Paros.
 
I found you a very relaxed teacher who allowed us to improve our technique and work at our own pace
 
I'll definitely return to Paros and would love to do the yoga course with you again.
 
I'm also going to try and look for the recipes on Eddie's website . 
 
Thanks again and I hope to see you on another course
 
Best wishes,
 
Michelle x 
juli 2010
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 Dearest Oona,
Good to hear from you and I hope life on Paros is treating you all well.
I would love to attend one of the courses with you this year - and will have to see if my work situation improves and get back to you.
I have again just started going to yoga classes - after both physically and mentally not having the energy to get myself to classes.
As I have always said, I have not experienced anyone who has the warmth of teaching and knowledge you have.
I was at the Iyenga Centre last night, and yet again I was struck by how hard and lacking in empathy some of these teachers are here in London. My own physical condition is not great at the moment, so my confidence is low - it is amazing that some teachers find it difficult to engage with someone in the class who has physical problems.
The more I write the more I think I should try and get out to you this year.
With my warm wishes
Taniaxx
september 2009

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Dear Oona,

I really enjoyed the yoga course - and my week in beautiful Alyki.
The way you teach yoga is really inspiring and free of competitive elements
- which is great! It was also a joy to meet such friendly and
interesting people on the course, and I've returned home a stronger,
healthier, happier, browner and more centered person with a wealth of
good memories and new yoga positions to keep me going through a long
Dutch winter! I do hope to be able to join another of your yoga courses
in the future - either on Paros or in Amsterdam. Thank you so much!

Warm wishes to you and your family,
Margi
september 2009

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Hi oona!
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Thanks so much for a great week, I felt so amazing it really made me strong again and you are to thank! .....
How is beautiful paros and how is your summer going?
Love zoe.
Ps I love the photos you sent thank you
juli 2009
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Dear Oona,

Huge thanks to you for such a wonderful Yoga week. We have had fantastic tuition and feel we really can make Yoga a daily habit .....
so far so good !!!  :-)

Take care,
Love Sydney & Andrew xxx
juli 2009
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Hi Oona

Thank you for the pics. I started now in Zürich in a Iyengar yoga school.But
there are not so many people that have yoga eaten with the mothers milk.
See you in august
All the best
Janine
june 2009
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Hi Oona,
Hello to you and your lovely family.
Wishing you success with your Yoga Workshops this year. I'm sorry i personally won't be able to participate - maybe next year.
I have very fond memories of my time there and your special teaching abilities.
Keep up the good work - i'm still doing Yoga and remember all your good advice.
Health and Happiness always,
Best Regards,
Jackie.
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Hai Oona,

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Ondertussen alweer een week geleden dat we bij jou de laatste les hadden. Het lijkt wel veel langer geleden. Maar desalniettemin zit ik nog aardig in een positieve flow. En dat is zeker te danken aan die heerlijke week bij jou!!
Ik vond het echt heerlijk en het heeft me erg goed gedaan. Het enige nadeel is dat ik mijn yogales hier wel erg oppervlakkig en bijna slecht vond. Tjaaaa, we zijn door jou verwend.
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Harriet

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Hallo Oona,

Bedankt voor de foto's. Het is erg interessant om mezelf te zien hoe ik in de hond en op mn hoofd sta. Het ziet er toch anders uit dan als ik het voel...
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Zodra ik weer tijd en geld heb kom ik weer naar Paros voor een Yoga-week bij jou. Heb onwijs veel geleerd en heel veel plezier gehad.

Liefs,
Verena
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Hallo Oona!
 
Het lijkt me heel leuk om een keertje te komen, gaat dit jaar alleen niet lukken. Wil met mijn vriend eind dit jaar een huisje kopen en daar gaan de meeste vrije dagen heen. Wel heel jammer, want de manier van yoga geven zoals jij dat doet, vind ik tot nu toe toch het prettigst! Maar hou het zeker in gedachte!
 
Kom je niet snel nog een keer in Amsterdam yoga-weekenden geven? ?Vond het erg leuk.
 
Groetjes!
Elina

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Dear Oona
Don't change your approach - I know the people I have met through your workshops all think you are one of the best.
......... I now continuingly compare every yoga teacher to you.  It is hard to find someone of your calibre.
xx
 
Tania P 
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Hi Oona,

.........I have not been to Paros in ages and probably will not come back for a while. I am busy teaching yoga! I really owe a lot to your excellent teaching and I hope, one day to take one of your workshops again. Be well!

Love and joy,

Nehama
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I just wanted to say thanks again for a really wonderful holiday. The combination of yoga, sunshine and laughter was incredibly good for me and I have even been doing 20minutes of yoga stretches in the mornings before work over the last few days since I got back!
 
It was really great to meet you and I have been talking to everyone about how great your teaching style is! Hopefully I'll be able to come along again to a future workshop, and hope to bring my mum along too as I think she would really enjoy it, so keep me informed.
 
All best wishes and keep in touch,
 
Beth x

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I'm practising yoga at home for now - almost everyday but not as much as i would like - hope to find a class - but where would i find a teacher as good as OONA?

Marilyn

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I'm practising yoga at home and am still feeling the benefits of the workshop. The difference that it makes is amazing in the long- as well as the short-term.
Richard
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As for the experience: 
 
“I’d never done a yoga course before and didn’t know quite what to expect.  I’d spend the previous week with my girlfriend on a very un-touristy island called Kea and had a week to kill travelling on my own.  I did an internet search on yoga in Greece, and took a chance on http://www.yoga-paros.com/.  I wasn’t disappointed.  We did 2.5 hours of yoga every morning and 1.5 hours every other afternoon, and I felt fantastic after each session.  Oona was a great teacher who had an ability to encourage a novice like me while bringing on experienced “yogis” – three of the class of eight had been on several courses with Oona both in Paros and in Amsterdam.  Oona also found a lovely and very reasonable place for me to stay right by a beautiful beach and also encouraged a team spirit on the part of the group who went out together a fair bit outside of the course.  After the trip I was inspired to do further yoga both in the UK and in India and Oona advised me on different places, because she loves yoga and loves helping people.  In short, I couldn’t recommend Oona and her course more highly”

Best regards,

Duncan

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I did a yoga course in the village where I live in the winter-and I really can tell you-I have not met a yoga teacher that can compete with you. I think I was lucky to start my 'yoga-life' with you cos I think I would hav lost interest with a less gifted teacher! :o)
good luck to you and lots of love,

martinaxx.

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Hi Ben (ha!)

Thanks for the pics. Wish we were still in class. I miss it.
I hope everyone is fine and surviving without our incredible yoga teacher!

Take care and keep in touch,
Ingrid

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Dear Oona,

thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!!

Your course was a wonderful experience - I benefited greatly,
especially with regard to certain postures which I can now do with
much more ease. I would definitely like to come again - either Paros
or Holland. 
Irene 
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Thanks Oona,
 
I must confess that starting my day without Oona's daily "...elongate your spine...". is just not the same. Also,  tying the shoulder stand on my office desk was not appreciated by my colleagues J
Hope you all landed (mentally) safely back to reality.
 
Eytan

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Dear Oona,
I just want to thank you again for the yoga workshop - I really, really enjoyed it. In every way it was enjoyable - I feel physically well and mentally rested/calmed - and you have inspired me - thank you.
I will keep in touch with you (I plan on being back in Paros next year and the Amsterdam workshops sounds wonderful too!!). You and your baby will be in my thoughts and particularly in December.
Thank you again Oona - I'm so glad to have met you

Elisabeth 

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Hello Oona

I want to come back again, I hope for next sommer. Some time in the future I

am thinking about having a longer stay for yoga practicing, if it is

possible for you and me. I realy apreciate your yogastyle and the way you are

teaching.

Best regards

Gunn

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Hi Oona

Just a quick note.  I wanted to say a big thank you for your help and advice, for a great holiday and for the yoga.  I really enjoyed your classes and working within the group.  I feel that the week helped deepen my understanding of some of the asanas, gave me some great techniques and ways to achieve correct action especially in my hips, and also you showed me how to work in a softer way which has really made a change to my practice.  This week everything feels fantastic, especially my shoulders.   I also really enjoyed my time in Aliki,  such a lovely place, and feels very safe and relaxed even if you are independent of the group but you also can enjoy time with the group.  It was a really good holiday so thank you. 

I hope you are well and resting and relaxing this week.  I hope the next few months go smoothly and your baby boy arrives into the world quickly with a loud "waaahhhh"!  Keep in touch and let me know how it all goes and if you do plan workshops etc in the future.

Anne

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OONA!
Yoga with you has had such a defining impact on me...haven't found a teacher yet, but my search is satisfyingly different. (I did get Angela Farmer's Inner Body Flow DVD to use at home - thanks, I see why you recommended her.)

Funny, only a couple of days ago, I forwarded your info to a friend to give to a friend...I guess I talk about my yoga experience with you so enthusiastically that people remember months later & then call to ask me for your contact info...

Best wishes,

Elaine

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