Team
Here are the profiles of our team leaders at Green Ibiza Tours.
Ana Santos "Shankara"
A highly active woman and Nature lover, Ana Santos is the director & co-founder of our organization.
She is a Spanish-qualified Web & Graphic Designer and is one of the Green Ibiza Tours volunteers.
She worked in London for over two years and now lives in Ibiza (Spain).
Ana completed her BA in Business Administration & Management in Madrid & London, specialising in Marketing & Tourism in order to accomplish her goal of starting her own business in "rural & environmentally-friendly tourism".
Furthermore, Ana has always been in interested in holistic disciplines & healthy life and first started practicing Yoga in 1998. In addition, she has trained in Yoga, Pilates, Yogalates and Body Balance (Tai-Chi, Yoga & Pilates mixed discipline) for over five years and has attended several courses in Thai Massage, Body Expression, Relaxation & Visualization techniques. In addition, she loves music & dance and which led her to train for 4 years as a Bhangra Dance (http://www.danzabhangra.com) teacher in Spain and India.
Ana is a qualified MAT Pilates instructor and one of the pioneers of the Pilates Method and Yogalates in Valencia and the creator of Pilates Fusion (Yo/Chi Pilates) in Spain.
Mike Macleod
Born in 1969, Mike spent his earliest years living in Hong Kong and latterly in the south of Spain. Educated in the London home counties, he decided to study Information Technology at Brighton university, subsequently working in in Edinburgh, bolstering his computer skills and gaining useful financial management experience.
With a change of career tack in 1992, Mike decided to move to Madrid, where he stayed for six years learning Spanish, teaching English (TEFL), web designing and tutoring at Spain's very first internet café, La Ciberteca. A return to London in 1998 led to four years running a multimedia company, but the lure of sunny Spain and overseas opportunities resulted in a move to Valencia in 2002.
Mike moved to Ibiza in the summer of 2006 to be permanently based at the Greenheart ecological centre, Casita Verde. Other Greenheart Ibiza projects where Mike is involved are Greenmedia, The Carob revival project and in the day-to-day management of the ecology centre, Casita Verde. He is also the treasurer and group secretary of Ibiza Ecologic, the NGO behind Greenheart's activities in Ibiza.
Rachel Jean Robertson
Born in California, raised in Minneapolis Minnesota, Rachel was parented by two teachers in the land of many lakes and 6 months of snowy winter. From a very early age she knew that she never really wanted to be an adult, she loved to dance, loved nature, and she wanted to see the world.
When she was 18 she lived in Mexico for 6 months and studied at an art school where she learned to speak Spanish fluently. In university, Rachel majored in International studies focusing on China. She lived in Beijing for a year where she learned to speak Chinese fluently, and studied Chinese culture and Kung Fu! She also lived in France for 3 months where she studied French and art.
In 2000 Rachel moved to Barcelona where she began her career in performance arts. Working with other performers taught her more than she could have imagined. In 2003 she formed DeReojo Dance Company, which evolved into La Marea Dance Association, which Rachel helped to found in 2006. Rachel also worked for the Spanish social services in Barcelona for a number of years as a Chinese-Spanish interpreter.
Rachel has always loved to play games. She began in 2002 organizing city-wide treasure hunts in Barcelona for her friends on Halloween, The games grew and in 2006 she began professionally organizing team building events for companies. Perhaps her official title could be “Awakener of Inner Child.” She loves to create absurd yet enlightening situations in which one feels ridiculous and yet incredibly daring and empowered.
In June of 2008 Rachel moved to Ibiza and was promptly introduced to the folks at Casita Verde. She has found great inspiration in the island and feels that Ibiza is a place where she can happily live more closely to nature.
Ángela del Cueto "Parvati"
Angela is a great teacher of Yoga. She is a direct student of Swami Vishnudevananda, and has over 25 years of experience (since 1981) and with a prestigious training:
- Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center. Rishiques, India
- Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center. Montreal, Canada
- Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center. Madrid, España
