Themed Months at BodyHoliday 2023

Anthony is Ireland’s leading Health and Fitness Instructor and founder of The Well Fit Method with over 20 years’ experience worldwide in his field. He has achieved a body of qualifications and built several successful gyms throughout his career and played Roller-hockey and Taekwondo for Ireland and Tennis & Soccer at County Level.

Master coach Anthony is also the co-founder of Edufit, helping people starting their career in the fitness industry develop a best in class offering.

One of Britain’s most famous athletes, Derek Redmond is a British, European , Commonwealth and World Champion athlete. Having broken the British 400m record on two occasions, Derek was one of the country’s best athletes during the 1980s and 1990s. A key member of the relay squad that won gold at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, he competed at the highest level for over a decade.

Derek’s story is truly inspiring and he is now an award winning motivational/inspirational speaker, a business performance coach and a best selling author sharing his remarkable story with audiences around the world. He has worked with a wide range of high profile brands delivering his inspiring stories from the track in corporate and educational environments.

Finlay Wilson, otherwise known as the ‘Kilted Yogi’, has over 100 million worldwide views of his videos from the original Kilted Yoga video on BBC The Social. Kilted Yoga, Yoga Laid Bare was released as a book in October 2017 and has been attracting people’s attention to yoga, Scotland and a healthier way of being and thinking. He is a certified Yoga teacher, and Senior Yoga Alliance teacher based in Dundee and in 2011 he founded Heart Space Yoga & Bodyworks, a charity organisation that works with children and various outreach groups allowing him to channel his passion for working with young people and those who may not usually have access to yoga. He has completed over 2000 hours of training with Yoga Certification Programmes along with over 1000 hours of Ashtanga and Vinyasa training. He leads classes all over the world, creates content for the BBC, blogs, and records online yoga classes through Youtube and other online providers.

Leon Taylor is a former competitive diver. During his diving career he won medals at all major international events including a silver at the Athens Olympics. Following his retirement from competition, Taylor transitioned to motivational speaking and executive coaching

Jamie Baulch enjoyed a career spanning 10 illustrious years at the top of world athletics. A talented 400m runner, Jamie had podium success at the Commonwealth Games and the World Championships. In his first year of competing, Jamie was selected for the 1996 Olympic Games and won Silver as part of the 4x400m quartet.

Stuart started sailing at the age of 7 and soon became addicted to the sport. Inspired from the age of 18 to go full-time into Olympic development, he campaigned his way into many international competitions which led to his debut in the 2012 Olympics in London where he won Silver in the 470 Class and then upgraded to the 49 ER where he walked away with a gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics of 2020. Stuart shared that “It was certainly my greatest achievement to date and a perfect way to ‘hang up’ my Olympic boots.” Presently, Stuart has moved towards a professional sailing circuit and continues to compete with the best sailors in the world.

Tyree Washington is a Former NFL Player, 400m World Champion in Track and Field, 3-Time Hall of Fame Inductee, 2-Time Fastest man in the world, 3-Time USA National Champion in the 400m and CE0/Founder of Athletes vs Asthma. Tyree‘s favourite quote for everyone is “Destiny can be delayed but not denied”. He shares that in life you may encounter people and things that may slow you down from reaching your destination, but those people and things will never stop you from reaching your destination.

Lauren graduated from The Urdang Academy in 2016 after 4 years of training as an all round professional dancer. On graduation, Lauren started her first contract with Celebrity Cruises as a specialist dancer, travelling to 23 countries performing as a dancer & an aerialist. On returning to London, Lauren went straight to work in the commercial industry, dancing for artists such as Dua Lipa, Nicole Scherzinger, Robbie Williams and performing on live tv shows such as The Brits, X-Factor Italia and live events like the World Games in Abu Dhabi. For the last year, Lauren moved into film and was a dancer & body double to a lead actress in a live action Disney Movie that will be released in 2024. This year Lauren will be performing in a new show, Lio, that has just arrived at London's Piccadilly Circus.

Nicholas Tredrea, originally from New Zealand, has worked as a professional contemporary/ballet dancer in various venues and companies around the world including the Sydney Opera House, Royal Opera House and Dubai Opera. He has recently ventured into film and TV, with some credits including Mission Impossible 7, The Witcher, Snow White and Lockwood and Co.

Jennifer is an international dance instructor based in Henleyon-Thames, UK. She has taught, performed and competed in front of thousands. She danced salsa on the ‘Strictly ComeDancing’ 2016 Launch Show, BBC 1’s ‘The Truth About GettingFit’ with Michael Mosley and is a regular on BBC Radio Berkshire. She teaches at numerous dance holidays, festivals, congresses, and coaches at Reading University. She recently won ‘Top Teacher’ at the San Francisco Bachata Dance Festival. Many of her students have gone on to performing, competing and teaching in dance. Jennifer is fun, friendly, and patient! Two left feet? No problem! Her 20 years of experience will get your feet and hips moving in the right direction.

Ian is probably best known for his role as one of the original professional dancers on The BBC’s hit show Strictly Come Dancing. Having appeared in eight series, he has built up a following of dedicated fans and has become a highly respected and recognisable figure and personality in the world of dance and television.