FACULTY
Polly Moore- Founder & Accredited Coach
Polly Moore — Creative Founder, Retreat Pioneer & Business + Mindset Coach
Before retreats, before wellness became an industry, Polly was already working at the intersection of story, culture and transformation. Polly is a former filmmaker and producer, creating award-level dramas and documentaries for: BBC, Film4, Channel 4 etc.She even produced the BBC News rebrand and co-wrote the distinctive music!After navigating a profound period of burnout and personal recalibration, Polly chose a radically different way of working.Together with her partner, filmmaker and producer Shaun Treloar, she developed a retreat venue: Tilton House in Sussex, UK — offering immersive retreats before “wellness” was even a word. They didn’t follow a trend. They helped create the field. Department of Wellbeing is our vision of inclusive wellbeing.
“Years ago i decided to create my own dream mastermind that I couldn’t see existing anywhere else for women and retreat leaders just like me. Because as busy entrepreneurs and retreat leaders with full lives, it takes TIME to find a tribe of women on the same page -ready to connect and support each other in a safe space.” Polly Moore.
Shaun Treloar- Transformational Coach & Host
Shaun cut his teeth at Saatchi & Saatchi as a film producer, putting together stories for global brands, charities and organizations. Looking into his own story, he dived into the world of wellness, after facing serious health issues. He sought out experts to aid his recovery, and has deepened his purpose into the world of wellbeing where he partners Polly in growing Department of Wellbeing as a brand. Having run Tilton House retreat centre for 15 years, he now leads transformational programmes and coaching events.
Sara Quiggan -The Breathe Effect - Breathwork coach
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Sara is a Counsellor, trauma informed Breath coach/facilitator, Breath-Informed Integrative Therapist & Yoga teacher. She has been immersed in the world of wellness for over 20 years, and has been guiding others on their own paths for the last 10 years.
Her journey with breath began as a child, when her mother would guide her in Yoga Nidra, breathing & meditation as tools for self regulation. Sara tapped back in to using her breath as a tool when she discovered her love of yoga and the power of pranayama in her 20s and again later when she followed her passion into trauma work and breathwork in a therapeutic context. Sara firmly believes that no matter what the life experience, there is a way back to wholeness, self expectance and self-empowerment. Sara trained with Alchemy Of Breath as a facilitator and now co-teaches on their facilitator training.
Tate Gronow - Breath Work Healer
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Tate found breathwork as a tool to alleviate her anxiety and shift out of negative thought patterns and behaviours. From the first session she discovered that Breathwork was the only healing modality to have immediately altered her state of mind and body and she now utilises both therapeutic and functional breathing techniques in her work.
Tate passionately believes that any dis-ease within the body should be acknowledged in the context of the entire person and lifestyle, and breathwork offers a foundational practice upon which one can regulate one’s stress response and make room for deep transformational change that will influence the individual’s body and external world. Tate also loves cold water swimming, being in nature and journaling and weaves these into her teachings where possible.
Emma C - Yoga Instructor
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Emma is a creative vinyasa yoga teacher offering mindful, flowing classes that encourage you to unwind, breathe and move with ease. Her teaching blends fluid movement, gentle strength, meditation and playful elements, supporting both relaxation and connection.
Emma began teaching yoga with babies, new mums and children, before expanding her work to adults and people of all ages and stages. She believes yoga should be accessible to everyone, and her classes are inclusive, adaptable and grounded in mindful movement and breath.
Hannah Guy - Yoga Instructor
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Yoga will be Scaravelli Inspired Yoga, Hannah teaches Hatha and Scaravelli inspired yoga. A gentle yet challenging yoga in which we learn to listen deeply, cultivate receptivity and increase our awareness. Working with gravity and relaxation through exhalation, helping to quiet the mind and bring us back to our centred selves. In learning to elongate and extend the spine, rather than push and pull, we invite the body to open and and come back into balance.
Rebecca Bradley - Yoga Instructor
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Rebecca is a wonderfully skilled yoga teacher, who nurtuees her clients in their practice. Her classes will be a mixture of restorative yoga and. Vinyaysa sessions - to complement and dovetail with the days activties. sessions that guide, support and encourage students to move their bodies intelligently and intuitively, creating more freedom, space, and balance in the body, mind, and soul. Rebecca teaches yoga full time across London in a variety of studios as well as to private and corporate clients.
Holly Ann Coles -Sound Healer & Mystical Musician
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Holly Anne Coles is an ambient folk singer, sound artist and sound journey facilitator. Her music transports listeners to a mystical world of folklore and natural wonder, creating a sense of enchantment and liminality. With a deep passion for sharing the transformative power of music and sound, Holly's ethereal vocals and haunting melodies evoke a sense of otherworldly magic. Her music and sound offerings draw upon ancient wisdom, the forces of nature, wild landscapes and the waters of the Celtic Sea.
Carly Seller - Sound Healer; Yoga Teacher
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Carly has a somatic-intuitive approach to sound meditation, meaning that she aims to develop awareness of the languages of the body; sensation, movement, emotion, and imagination, as an entry way to deeper intuition and healing.. Carly weaves together sound and energy healing, somatic movement, nature connection and creative practice into playful and restful experiences for inner reflection and self-expression. Her approach is embodied and spiritual, rooted in traditions of Tantra. She creates space for listening to the languages of the body and experiencing the elements through the body, as ways to access your inner wisdom, open to the unseen mysteries and recognise the divinity within.
Mel Bennett - Paddle-board Instructor
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Mel lives and breathes her connection with blue space and is an experienced Paddle boarder and a qualified and insured SUP instructor. Mel's love of the water and adventure makes her the perfect guide. Expert in safety and a highly skilled paddle boarder she will lead you on an unforgettable journey. Mel is passionate about the benefits of 'blue mind' health, carefully weaving her knowledge and expertise through every trip. She is effortlessly aligned with the professional practice and philosophy of blue health coaching and is a certified Blue Health CoachTM. Mel's intuition paces the rhythm of the natural world inviting unguarded conversation and reflection and a gentle awakening to the joy, creativity, wisdom and endless adventures offered within awe inspiring watery locations.
Qualifications of MelLevel 1 Enclosed Flat Water SUP Instructor; Level 2 Exposed Waters SUP instructor; Safety and rescue
Paul Rendell - Walking guide for Dartmoor
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ALSO known as 'Dartmoor Paul', Paul Rendell was born in Plymouth and became enthusiastic about Dartmoor from an early age after being taken on numerous outings by his parents. Burrator and Sheepstor were two of the favourite places they went as a family. Very early he found he was fascinated by the moor's industrial archaeology and its wildlife. For a number of years he was the Conservation Officer for the Dartmoor Preservation Association. In 2011 he started working for the Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust, leading walks and doing conservation work at Bellever near Postbridge. Paul was a Dartmoor National Park Guide for over 21 years, and is now a member of the Moorland Guides.
He claims he has walked 95% of Dartmoor - so you’re in safe hands…
Kimberely Bereton - Pickled Radish Feasts
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I have been passionate about ingredients, recipes, cooking and gathering people together with food for as long as I can remember. I get immense pleasure from creating food memories for family, friends, and the people I cook for. So many of our memories are linked to food. For me food is not just about sustenance, it’s about nourishment and about time and place and the people you are with. My Grandma Baker was a huge part of my cooking journey and all of my food memories are linked to her in some way; Yorkshire pudding as a starter with onion gravy, battered potato fritters, mandarin trifle with hundreds and thousands, homemade soft bread cakes dusted with flour, scones made in a plate sized round, scored into triangles served with a slice of butter and Old English salad for tea with tinned red salmon(cucumber, onion, mint, sugar and vinegar) and so much more.
Kate Kensa - Chef
Wonderfully inventive chef, Kate Kensa works to our mantra here on Erth to source as much as possible from the locale…/so we aim to source within 30 miles for fresh fuit ; veg; honey and much more, all from local growers and farmers..
What does ‘wellbeing’ look like?
It’s when every part of us connects and thrives as a whole.
It’s what we eat, as well as how, when and why we eat.
It’s sleep, sight, skeletons, skin. Muscles, medication and meditation.
The work we do and why and where we do it.
The environments we live in. Our relationships. Our children.
The technology we use and the clothes we wear.
Living our best selves, and making our best decisions.
What does wellbeing mean to you? What's your health story?
Join the conversation #wellbeingmeans
Department Manifesto:
We believe in starting new conversations about health and wellness.
We believe in finding new ways to define and consume wellness.
We believe in whole-system thinking, in connection and integration.
We believe in removing the bias, dogma and inaccuracy from how we learn about ourselves.
We believe in finding meaning, purpose, power and transformation through all aspects of wellbeing.