the team
German born and raised, Anika who speaks 4 languages fluently, studied graphic design in France from where she moved on to Bali in 1989 to build up her fashion export company with her husband. After 15 of successful yet stressful years in this short living industry, Anika rediscovered her passion for the outdoors, sports and team spirit when she completed her first Racing triathlon on a family visit in Europe on a Dutch bike with a basket in the front in 2003...She has since been developing the idea of this fun and a little mad fitness retreat, redefining it with each new experience and her genuine passion for the island of Bali.
In 2006 she completed her first Olympic distance triathlon (the first ever in Bali), much better prepared and equipped this time...
has been practicing boxing has an amateur since 1994 in Belgium and, after moving to Bali in 2000, started training professionally in Mirah Boxing Camp.. He gained a lot of experience training with the finest Indonesian boxers (including two world champions) during the last years and has attained a high level of knowledge in this discipline. His lessons vary between "fit boxing" training, consisting of a full body and cardio training mixed with boxing movements (generally with music) and more specialized and hardcore boxing trainings.
Melanie loves outdoor activities like Rock Climbing, Surfing and Running and is a regular Yoga practitioner.
Her loving and passionate personality turns every effort under her regime into pure fun and pleasure and her professional experience and her invaluable knowledge about health and nutrition are true treasures for the 'bali elements week'.
Melanie's qualifications are:
Fitness Trainer
Health Trainer
Rehabilitations Trainer
Group Trainer ( Aerobic, Step, Flexibility Training, BOP, Bodystyling, Tae Boo )
Back Training
Cardiofitness Trainer
Nutritionist.
He decided to further his horizons when granted an opportunity to consult to the Olympic Games in the USA after being a Major in the Australian Army by the age of 29.. This invariably lead to consulting in Greece and Italy for the Olympic Games and then Doha, Qatar for the Asian Games. It was during these 5 years that he truly learnt to coach people (with a range of cultural beliefs) to achieve results that, for them, appeared to be completely overwhelming. He is also a qualified fitness professional, who has physically pushed himself to the limit in order to understand the capabilities (and limitations) of the human body. But it was during his study of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) that he truly learnt the relationship between the body and mind; and how to elicit the greatest result by understanding the relationship between the conscious and subconscious mind. He is all about helping people to create the greatest amount of joy in their life, and make happiness their default emotional state, regardless of life's little challenges. Carl also has a Management Degree, a Diploma in Neuro Linguistic Life Coaching, a blackbelt in Tae Kwon Do and is a Reiki Master. Plus he is a professional smiler.
In addition to this team we hire professional local and western instructors for every activity we include in the schedule of the Bali Elements Week. If you would like to have a sample itinerary of a particular week and the details of the instructors please make a request.
