Team

- Yafa Sakkejha is the founder of the House of Verona. After being educated at Queen’s University, and working in consulting, Yafa transformed her life using the raw food lifestyle and decided that it was the most worthy cause she could dedicate her life to. She lectures publicly about health, and has been featured on TV several times for the work she does. http://twitter.com/YafaSakkejha

- Mike is a Team Leader, and leads retreat groups when they come up to the resort. For breakfast, Mike has a green smoothie, cereal, green tea, cucumbers, an apple, and a peanut butter bagel, plus he polishes off a bottle of water. Our female guests have called him a “young adonis”, with a “golden, chiseled physique”, among other glowing reviews.

- Angus Crawford and his lovely wife Tracy own Rawlicious restaurant in Toronto, and cater the retreats. Tracy has been fighting cancer for 7 years, and without being on a raw food diet, Tracy says that she would not be standing here today.

- Adam Mogelonsky’s education is of an Honors Life Sciences degree from Queen’s University, and graduate studies in Exercise Science at the University of Toronto. His personal training experience includes training high-end clientele in Toronto, and has specific expertise in the areas of weight loss training, rehabilitation therapy, sports preparation, and bodybuilding. Adam’s also a popular item among our female clients.
Lesley Niermann is Collingwood’s top yoga instructor, which her clients will attest to. Her praises are constantly being sung as she is a favourite in the area. Lesley has been practicing and sharing the principles of Hatha Yoga for 10 years. She has a fitness and nutritional diploma and is a Certified Yoga Instructor. She is also a member of The Yoga Alliance and has been teaching around the world, including Europe, Mexico, and the Caribbean.
Since 1996, Paul Dewland has been coaching high-performance individuals and organizations in pursuit of higher levels of success – whether that pursuit is in business, personal relationships, or simply living happier, more fulfilling lives. Paul is a Certified Hypnotherapist with the American Board of Clinical Hypnotherapy and an INLPTA Certified Trainer of Neuro-Linguistic Programming. He can be reached at http://potenreal.com/
Jessica Moore is a graduate from the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition (CSNN) in Toronto. After completing her Registered Holistic Nutritionist designation she worked at CSNN and now practices in her hometown, Saint John, New Brunswick.
At Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, NS, Jessica achieved a Bachelor of Commerce with a major in Marketing. She has completed her Reiki level 1 and is working towards level 2.
Jessica empowers her clients to gain awareness to how their mind, body and soul react to different foods in order to create their own unique diet. Once this personal awareness has been established, nutritional needs are altered to accommodate changes in lifestyle, environment, emotional/physical health issues, and other forces of life.
To add to it all, she is a thoroughly cool and wonderful person, and can be reached at jessica_anne_moore@hotmail.com.
Daniel Hau, our web support, has been creating websites and 3D visualization for the last 10 years. Understanding people and their needs enables him to work well with others. He can be reached at http://www.digipicsmedia.com






