Meet the Retreat Team
Introducing our team of Teachers & Complementary Therapists

Retreat Captain
Ema Melanaphy
Ema Melanaphy is a multi-potentialite healer with a geeky streak!
A Reiki Master Teacher, Animal Reiki therapist, Meditation teacher, online journalist and Acupressure practitioner, Ema loves offering Reiki to rescue animals: helping them turn from trauma to trust.
She also loves reading the Tarot, ably assisted by her sidekick, Tigger!
Click here to book in for a Reiki, 121 meditation, Shiatsu or Tarot session with Ema.

Yoga Teacher,
Claire Mace
Yoga teacher, trainer, singer and storyteller Claire Mace is based in North Wales. She is deeply moved by the healing power of nature.
Her gift is in creating safe space for people to become more embodied, and therefore better able to integrate their gifts and navigate through their world.
She runs yoga classes, workshops, retreats and teacher trainings that guide students to practice where they are at, working at their edge compassionately, no matter what their age, weight, flexibility, or prior yoga experience.
Claire will be teaching early morning Yoga classes at Sacred Pause, for everyone, and is also taking bookings for 121 lessons (an optional extra). To book in a lesson with Claire, you can get in touch directly with her by email or phone.

Reiki Master Therapist
Federica Cianficconi
Italian-born Federica spends her days working as an International Conference Interpreter and translator.
However, feeling very drawn to energy healing, Federica felt the call of Reiki, after she discovered the beneficial effects of Reiki. She began her Reiki Master path in 2021 . A gifted and empathetic healer, Federica will be taking bookings for Reiki sessions at Sacred Pause. Contact us to reserve a treatment with Federica.

Reiki Master Therapist & Session Leader
Jana Labaki
When Jana Labaki encountered Reiki, it was at a time of great personal crisis in her life. Jana was amazed by how impactful Reiki was in helping her overcome difficulties, and change her life for the better. She quickly decided it had to become a big part of her life - and of what she would offer to the world.
Fast forward, and having transitioned from a highly successful career in the corporate world, Jana is now a Reiki Master Teacher! Her healing style blends energy work, traditional indigenous wisdom, human psychology and biology (which she studied in an earlier life).
To request a 121 healing with Jana, please click here.

Reiki Master Therapist
Dinea Smith
Dinea started her Reiki journey by accident when she attended a short session at the Allbright women’s club and came away with the feeling that this was something she should do! In 2019 Dinea took her Reiki 1 at Torsten Lang's London Reiki Academy, and in October 2021 she became a Reiki Master, and is loving learning as she moves forward on her Master path!
Dinea's Reiki practice has so far mostly been centred on distance healing. Over the Summer, Dinea sent an especially powerful distance Reiki session whilst she was sending, outside a Jazz tent at "Love Supreme" - "good vibrations" indeed! To book a Reiki session with Dinea during the retreat, click here.
Dinea's interests include: comics, Anime, silent films, ancient Greece, wellbeing, good food and hot baths! She is inspired by passionate people who are still open-minded and inclusive.
Fun fact: Dinea was once interviewed by Lemmy (of Motorhead fame)!