Who Are We ?

Shanti garden, a long cherished dream, was finally established this year by Kerry and Hasan.

Runs the Kabak Yoga Centre among other things. Originally a modern languages teacher in London she left the UK in 1996 and has been living in Turkey ever since. Prior to Kabak, Kerry, a qualified Sivananda yoga teacher, taught yoga and meditation in Antalya and started Olympos yoga in the Olympos valley in 2004.  She travels every winter to India to develop her yoga and meditation at her ashram. In addition to the Kabak Yoga Centre Kerry runs the general administration of Shanti garden, deals with the interior design and is no stranger to the kitchen either, cooking the Indian and continental dishes as well as creating the cake and coffee menu for the Shanti Cafe.  She is a scuba diving enthusiast and amateur painter as well. She speaks fluent English, French, German and Turkish.

Where would we be without him? A brief look at Hasan's CV and it might be easier to ask what he hasn't done! Initially he started out as a professional folklore dancer before a knee injury put pay to that. Then he studied to become a topographer and spent 5 years working in North Africa before returning to Turkey to get involved in the booming construction business. In 1997 he started work as a tattoo artist at the Lycia World Holiday club, where he stayed for five years. Meanwhile he is also a qualified scuba diver, a rock climber, canyoning guide and a paragliding enthusiast... Oh and a yoga teacher aswell.

Hasan has crafted most of the Shanti Garden with his own bare hands. He landscaped the garden, designed (with Kerry) and built (without Kerry) the reedroof cabin-tent, the kitchen, the gazebos and... well... everything. He deals with the plumbing and maintenence, runs the Shanti bar, organizes the treks and somehow finds time to bake the bread too.