OUR STORY....​

Pamela and Maureen  first crossed paths at the school gate when their children first started junior school. Little did they know that this chance encounter would sow the seeds of a lifelong friendship. Through life's ups and downs, their friendship flourished and they discovered they had a passion for similar things in life. Recognising each other's strengths, they decided to join forces and together they founded Hare House Hideaway  - yoga retreat.​​​

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Pamela's Story...

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After dancing as a child for a hobby, Pamela started her dance training professionally at the age of 16. After realising that teaching was where her passion lead she began teaching across the North West of the UK in professional dance colleges and schools.

After a few years of freelancing Pamela became Principal of her own dance school. It began as a small Ballet, Modern and Tap school with 70 pupils, growing into a large thriving dance school with over 400 pupils and a team of teachers. 

 Years of teaching dance ultimately meant that the demand on her body began to take its toll. Pamela was told by a specialist that it was time to rethink her career and Yoga had been suggested as a way to help the body heal.

After trying many yoga classes and not finding the right class, Pamela finally found an amazing yoga teacher that changed everything. The classes made her understand why yoga is so special and beneficial to the mind and body.  

The love for yoga grew and grew. On turning 40 she decided to go on a yoga retreat with a couple of close friends. It was life changing. After her yoga teacher asked if she had ever thought about teaching yoga, she then began to research teachers to train with and was immediately drawn to Kata Von Doesselaar. Pamela's training with Kata was inspirational and covered many different genres of Yoga , including Yin, Restorative Acu yin, Chakra and Goddess yoga all of which she incorporates into her classes which are always full of compassion and a natural intuition that has built over the last 30 years of teaching all ages and abilities.

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Maureen's Story...

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From finance, to interior design, to cooking. 

After years of a successful career in Finance, Maureen decided on a change of career and a move into the world of interior design. Unfortunately this was short lived due to sadly having breast cancer in 2013. Her life would never be the same again and that included food. 

After lots of research she made a decision to end her meat eating days and change to a plant based diet with the aim of better health and to nurture her body. The enjoyment of plant food began. This journey led Maureen to inspire others to have a healthier life style and be more conscious of what they ate, highlighting the benefits of what a plant diet brings. 

As a self confessed  “feeder” with a natural love of cooking and looking after loved ones through nourishing foods that feeds the body & soul. The inspiration comes from years of travelling and fine dining.

Becoming a self taught cook/chef in 2019, during lockdown, Maureen enjoyed bringing her amazing artistic side to the plate by growing her own fruit and vegetables and looking at ways to add flavour and flare to dishes incorporating love of the land and what it has to offer. Every dish is made with love and always delivered with passion alongside being an amazing host people always love to enjoy Maureen's superb passion of food and of course her company.

Maureen's inspiration lies in seeing the enjoyment from people when sampling the delights of her food and she always looks forward to welcoming new and old yogi’s to her table. 

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