At The Skies Within,
we teach people how to recognize and embrace the weather patterns of the body, mind, and soul.
Through a fusion of ancient wisdom and modern neuroscience, we offer practices and transformational tools
to help you navigate life’s storms and savor the sunshine with presence, resilience, and grace.
Services
Yoga
Reiki
Nervous System Healing
Upcoming Retreats
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New Years Retreat in Tampa
12.28.2025 - 01.01.2026
A Space to Reset and Transform Your Relationship with Your Daily Life
Reconnect with nature and yourself during this 5-day retreat at a luxurious home on the water in Tampa. With yoga, nervous system healing, reiki, music, and transformational practices woven into each day, you’ll ground deeply, awaken gently, and transform your relationship with your daily life. This retreat is designed to help you start the year from a place of clarity, presence, and soul-aligned rhythm.
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South Africa Retreat in Western Cape
4.15 - 4.30 2026
Where mountain meets sea—and spirit meets stillness.
Nestled above Noordhoek Beach, this peaceful mountain retreat invites deep rest, soulful movement, and integration. Practice yoga in oceanview shalas, heal through sound, and reconnect with yourself in rhythm with the land. Let music, nature, and community carry you inward toward balance, clarity, and renewal.
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South Africa Retreat in Kruger
Coming Soon!
A Centered Journey Into Your Inner Wilderness
Reawaken your senses in the heart of South Africa’s wild. This 15-day retreat borders Kruger National Park, where yoga, nervous system healing, and life design meet raw wilderness and unforgettable wildlife. Move, breathe, and grow in rhythm with nature—returning home to yourself under wide-open skies.
Meet the Team
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Abby Richard
FOUNDER & RETREAT LEADER
Abby is a 200-hour certified yoga teacher and Level 2 Reiki practitioner with 6 years of teaching experience and an Honor’s degree in Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience.
She specializes in hatha, adaptive, and restorative styles of yoga. Her work blends integrated movement, nervous system healing, and energy work to help people reconnect with their bodies and find balance from within.
Her approach weaves modern science with ancient wisdom, offering accessible, heart-centered practices that guide you home to yourself, one breath at a time.
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Paul Carroll
YOGA FACILITATOR & TRAVEL COORDINATOR
Paul is a 500-hour certified yoga teacher with over 20 years of personal practice.
He specializes in Anusara yoga — an alignment-based, heart-centered style rooted in Hatha yoga.
His classes emphasize mindful movement, breath awareness, and precise alignment, creating a supportive space for students of all levels to build strength, flexibility, and inner balance.
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Zee Hollingsworth
FITNESS COACH & MUSIC HEALING FACILITATOR
Zee is a NASM Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) and Certified Nutrition Coach (CNC), Manager and Lead Trainer at MA Fitness, and accomplished Spartan athlete. She has two years experience coaching kickboxing, self-defense, and functional movement.
Her offerings fuse strength training and cardio, empowering others through structure, resilience, and embodied discipline.
She’s also a professional musician, blending live saxophone and vocals into immersive sound healing experiences that invite presence, emotional release, and inner rhythm.
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Jaye Martin
YOGA EXPERT AND MUSICIAN
Jaye Martin E-RYT 500 (experienced registered yoga teacher and teacher trainer at the 500 hour level), ECAT (experienced Certified Anusara Yoga Teacher and teacher trainer), YACEP (Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider)
Jaye is known for his fun and enthusiastic ability to transmit subtle and technical aspects of yoga in a way that uplifts and inspires his students and fellow practitioners, and has been practicing yoga asana and meditation for over 30 years. He completed his first yoga teacher trainings in Ashtanga Yoga with David Swenson and Richard Freeman in the 1990’s. In 2000 he began studying and practicing Anusara Yoga, and went on to complete multiple Anusara Yoga Teacher Trainings with John Friend (founder of Anusara Yoga) and Betsey Downing. Since 2005 he has become an international leader of Anusara Yoga workshops, retreats, and teacher trainings. Jaye is also an avid gardener, a professional clarinetist, and danced professionally as a ballet dancer for over 15 years. Jaye has been residing in his garden home in Sarasota, Florida since 1994.
