Our Team

Mira Con Amor (Look with Love) Founder and Retreat Leader

I live in London but I was born and raised in Bulgaria. My day job as a chartered commercial property surveyor for corporate organisations has been rewarding and fulfilling, but also somewhat intense. Like many other city professionals, I find inspiration and an outlet from corporate stress in travel, which has always been my passion. My other passion is developing my intuition.

Through the years I picked up yoga and meditation as additional mindfulness and wellness outlets. As my practice deepened, it not only helped me find balance in life but also to reconcile my identity as a Bulgarian, living in London. I struggled with this for good 13 years after my arrival in the UK. I had felt out of place both in Bulgaria and the UK. I felt very unsettled. It wasn’t until the pandemic that I found peace in being both Bulgarian and British and accepted myself fully. 

The pandemic also woke me into action and pushed me to strive for more than the day-to-day grind. I spent a good chunk of my time reading up about loneliness and its negative impact on our physical and mental well-being. It was then that I read up a huge amount of research and found the effects achieved from doing good and giving. This got me thinking about what I can do to do good and fight loneliness. 

I was also taking an Entrepreneurial Edge course with London Business School which helped me realise that a retreat is the logical product for a community-led business that gives more than it takes and grows the communities it is based in while caring for the wellness of its guests and creating long term friendships. And that’s how Mira Con Amor was born.   

My team of inspirational and talented teachers was formed almost organically shortly after that with help from my lifelong friend and Mira Con Amor co-founder, Irena. 

We look forward to welcoming you to beautiful Bulgaria!