About Us
Evergreen Yoga Retreats is a community of teachers who discovered a more grounded way of living through what we call yoga — a way of being that we now feel called to share. Each of us arrived through our own path, yet all found clarity, connection, and meaning in the practice.
Our retreats bring people closer to nature, to one another, and to their own inner landscape. Through movement, stillness, and exploration, we combine yoga with elements like hiking, climbing, philosophy, Thai massage, and restorative practices.
Every gathering creates space to slow down, breathe, and remember what truly matters.
Evergreen Yoga Retreats is an invitation to live with presence on the mat, in nature, and in daily life.
Meet The Team
Panos Katsandris
For Panos, yoga is a return to simplicity, the clarity that emerges when life is lived with presence. Through practice, he explores the connection between movement, breath, and the deeper Self that remains steady beneath the roles and masks of daily life. This understanding shapes both his teaching and his relationships, supporting more honest human connection.
His long-term vision is the coexistence of people in harmony with nature, a vision expressed through the Evergreen Project in Anavra, the living ashram of the Evergreen community, where parts of the teacher trainings and retreats now take place.
Panos specializes in Vinyasa Yoga and Handstands. His classes are dynamic and thoughtfully structured, emphasising breath, focus, and meditative awareness. The practice strengthens the body, steadies the mind, and guides students toward a quieter, more spacious inner state.
Maria Arvanitaki
Maria is a yoga teacher and dance movement therapist with more than a decade of experience. She approaches movement as a pathway for expression, healing, and self-understanding.
Having navigated her own journey with a strong yet inflexible body, she creates classes that are both functional and anatomically intelligent. Her teaching blends flow and strength through creative sequencing, leading students into a grounded, embodied, and meditative experience.
Inspired by the impact of yoga philosophy during important transitions of family life, Maria developed the Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga Teacher Training at Evergreen Yoga Studios and created the Family Yoga Retreat. Her intention is to support parents and children in building deeper relationships through the yogic lifestyle.
Katerina Zerva
Katerina approaches Yoga and Thai Massage as practices of connection, healing, and inner exploration. For over a decade she has studied Traditional Thai Massage while teaching yoga in a way that unites therapeutic touch with mindful movement and breath.
Trained in Vinyasa Krama and Yin Yoga, she continues to deepen her knowledge through ongoing study and advanced trainings. Her time in Thailand and her connection to the roots of Thai Massage have shaped a unique, intuitive approach to physical and energetic healing.
She teaches Thai Massage trainings and is an active member of Evergreen Yoga Studios and the Evergreen Project in Anavra, where nature, yoga, and healing come together. For Katerina, Yoga and Thai Massage are ways of returning to ourselves through presence, acceptance, and compassionate touch.
Amalia Tzannetaki
Amalia is a psychologist, Gestalt psychotherapist, and yoga teacher with a background in contemporary dance. Her personal journey revealed how yoga and psychotherapy can support each other, helping her reconnect with her body, mind, and deeper inner self.
In her retreats, she brings these worlds together. Through movement, reflection, and meditation, she creates a held space where participants can explore themselves with honesty and care. Her approach invites awareness, self-acceptance, and emotional clarity.
Nature is essential in her work. It offers grounding and a sense of connection beyond the self, allowing people to gain perspective and rediscover balance. Her intention is to support participants in meeting themselves fully, with openness and presence.
Anastasia Tsoutsi
Anastasia is a yoga teacher, former theatre maker, and curious explorer of movement, landscapes, and ideas. Trained in Vinyasa Krama, handstands, dance, and theatre, she teaches with creativity, precision, and a sense of play.
Her retreats blend dynamic yoga flows with hikes through wild nature. Strength meets breath, and movement becomes a way of travelling inward and outward at the same time. For Anastasia, travel is not performance — it is discovery. Yoga awakens the same spark in the body and mind.
Her intention is to offer open spaces where people can breathe, move, laugh, and reconnect with what feels real. Each retreat is an invitation to feel awake, free, and vividly alive on the mat, on the trail, and within the quiet places of the heart.
Yannis Bakas
Yannis is a yoga teacher, software engineer, and dedicated hiker who moves between the worlds of technology, nature, and mindful practice. Raised in central Greece, he found his direction in the surrounding mountains. What began as a simple love for trails grew into a deeper understanding of rhythm, silence, and connection.
In recent years, the islands of Greece have drawn him with their rocky paths, wide sea views, and grounding simplicity. For Yannis, hiking is a dialogue with the land — a way to understand a place, its people, and its history through steady, attentive steps. His next goal is to explore long-distance routes and discover how presence evolves across many days of movement.
Whether teaching a yoga session or guiding ancient footpaths, he follows the same thread: movement as a way back to simplicity, belonging, and inner steadiness.
Elli-Anna Goumas
Elli-Anna is a climbing instructor, yoga teacher, and devoted handstand practitioner. Climbing brings her directly into the present moment — each breath, grip, and pause guiding her deeper into trust, awareness, and the intelligence of the body. Yoga strengthens this connection through balance, groundedness, and playful exploration.
Half French and half Greek, she carries a warm blend of cultures and approaches teaching with openness and curiosity. Whether on the rock or on the mat, she creates spaces where people can slow down, feel supported, and explore themselves with honesty.
At Evergreen Yoga Retreats, her intention is to offer experiences where movement in nature becomes a path toward clarity and connection. Participants leave with a renewed relationship to their bodies, steadiness in their breath, and a sense of presence that stays long after the retreat.
Anastasia Drongiti
Anastasia is a certified yoga instructor and reflexologist with over fifteen years of practice and five years of teaching experience. She specialises in Vinyasa and Restorative Yoga, offering spaces that welcome all bodies, all ages, and all levels of ability.
Her classes flow with mindful movement and gentle breathwork, inviting students to slow down and reconnect with themselves. Through awareness of the body, mind, and nervous system, she guides people toward inner balance and self-discovery.
As a reflexologist trained in Precision Reflexology and specialised in Dynamic Reflexology, she brings a holistic understanding of how the body and sensory experiences interact. Her approach emphasises presence, connection, and the natural intelligence of the whole being.