Meet Our Team
Founder & CEO
Richard-Dean Sumares
Personal Training | Calisthenics | Handstands | Gymnastic Rings | Mobility | Hatha Yoga | Vinyasa Yoga | Bodywork | Sports Massage | Assisted Stretching
Founder of Crawl Project, Richard-Dean has 18 years of experience helping people feel more comfortable and at home in their bodies. With a wealth of knowledge and an empathic nature, he is dedicated to providing each client with the highest level of care while supporting their unique goals. His approach combines technical expertise with genuine presence, creating a safe and empowering environment where clients can explore movement, build strength, and discover a deeper sense of well-being.
Instructor
Gemma Trehearn
Vinyasa Yoga | Power Yoga | Sculpt | Mobility & Stretch
For Gemma, yoga is the practice of learning to stay - with the breath, with the body, and with yourself. With 9 years of experience her classes are intentionally strong and unhurried, allowing time to settle into each posture, explore sensation, and cultivate the discipline of focused awareness. In the spaciousness between movements, strength is built not only in the body, but in the mind's ability to be present without rushing or resisting. Gemma believes that true freedom comes from feeling deeply at home in your body, and that strength and softness are not opposites, but partners in practice. Expect a grounded, challenging practice that invites presence, mindful exploration, and moments of effortless flow.
Instructor
Jess van Goethem
Yin Yoga | Yoga Nidra | Aerial Yoga | Vinyasa Yoga
Jess is a yoga teacher who invites you to slow down, soften and reconnect with yourself through movement, breath and awareness. Her Aerial Yoga classes blend the support and freedom of the hammock with mindful movement, creating space to explore strength, mobility, playfulness and deep release. With a strong love of Yin Yoga and Yoga Nidra, Jess brings a grounded, nurturing quality to her teaching - encouraging you to listen inward, honour your body and let go of the need to achieve. For Jessica, yoga has never been about touching your toes or perfecting a shape. It is about learning how to meet yourself in every moment, especially when things feel unfamiliar or uncomfortable, and discovering what becomes possible when you soften, breathe and stay present. Her classes are an invitation to come home to your body, quiet the mind and create a little more space for whatever is becoming available to you now.
Instructor
Kathy Lee
Personal Training | Handstands | Mobility | Pole Dance & Fitness | Dance Conditioning
Founder & CEO
Bianca Carmen Schulz
Hatha Yoga | Vinyasa Yoga | Yin Yoga | Aerial Yoga | Meditation | Pilates | Personal Training | Dance Conditioning | Mobility | Assisted Stretching
Bianca is a professional dancer with over 10 years of experience, now sharing her expertise through Yoga, Pilates, Mobility, and Flexibility Conditioning. With experience in five-star luxury resorts in the Maldives, she has worked with international clients to create personalised sessions that cultivate strength, awareness, and a deeper connection between the body and mind. Her curious and creative approach encourages clients to move with freedom and confidence.
Therapist
Tawa
Sports Massage | Wet & Dry Cupping Therapy | Remedial Sports Massage | Swedish Massage | Deep Tissue Massage | Assisted Stretching
Tawa is a Cape Town massage therapist offering sports and deep tissue massage, relaxation massage, wet and dry cupping, and assisted stretching. An active athlete himself, Tawa knows firsthand the physical demands that training and competition place on the body. After experiencing muscle fatigue, post-training stiffness and tension himself, he developed a passion for helping others recover, perform better and feel their best through massage therapy. His background in Sport Management and Business Administration gives him a strong understanding of both athletic performance and professional client care. Tawa qualified as a Massage Therapist in 2019, studying Holistic Swedish Massage at Balancing Touch Massage School, which gave him a strong foundation in the healing power of touch. In 2020, he completed a Remedial Sports Massage course, deepening his work with athletes and active individuals around muscle recovery, mobility and injury prevention. In 2021, he qualified as a Hijama Practitioner, enabling him to offer both wet and dry cupping therapy as part of his treatment approach. With a calm presence and attentive approach, Tawa creates a welcoming space where clients feel safe, heard and cared for. Each session is shaped around the individual, whether supporting recovery after activity, easing everyday tension or offering time to rest and reconnect.
Instructor
Elana Scott
Hatha Yoga | Vinyasa Yoga | Power Yoga | Yin Yoga | Meditation | Breathwork
Elana has practised yoga for 14 years and taught for 12, with 1,000+ teaching hours and 375+ hours of Yoga Alliance training, with 300 more currently underway. Trained originally in Baron Baptiste Power Vinyasa, she teaches Vinyasa, Hatha, and Yin, tailoring sessions from dynamic, advanced sequencing to slower meditation and restorative work. A former competitive field hockey player and trained dancer (ballet, contemporary, contact), she brings a precise, body-literate approach informed by years exploring the nervous system through ashram stays and Vipassana retreats. She holds an MPhil in Environment, Society, and Sustainability and a BA in Fine Art & Religious Philosophy.
Instructor
Michelle Winn
Pilates
Founder and owner of The Pole Project, Cape Town's elite pole dance studio, Kathy is a certified pole instructor and pole athlete with 14 years of experience helping people discover strength, confidence and creativity in their bodies. A former corporate lawyer, she traded the boardroom for the studio floor, training, teaching and performing internationally before building The Pole Project into a home for movement lovers of every level. She specialises in handstands, bodyweight conditioning and mobility work, guiding clients toward genuine strength and control - on the ground and in the air. As a key player in the pole world, Kathy curates and produces The Pole Project's celebrated live shows, work that has helped transform and unite the SA pole and aerial community.
Instructor
Justin Bergemann
Movement Skills | Functional Strength | Mobility | Parkour & Natural Movement | Handstands & Inversions | Calisthenics | Surfing | Breath work | Kettlebells | Gymnastics Rings | Martial Arts & Flow Principles
Justin is a lifelong student of movement, passionate about helping people discover their true strength, capability, and potential. With over 18 years of experience as a physical trainer and coach, he brings a diverse and deeply practical approach to physical development. His work is rooted in Parkour, Natural Movement, Martial Arts, strength, mobility, and movement in natural environments, with a strong emphasis on developing physical confidence and self-empowerment. His qualifications include a Sports Conditioning Diploma, ADAPT Parkour Certification, and MovNat Certification, complemented by years of practice across disciplines including Kung Fu, Surfing, Obstacle Course Racing, Capoeira and many others. Justin's coaching focuses on the fundamental human capacities of movement, mobility, coordination, adaptability, and functional strength - not simply to improve physical performance, but to help people move through life with greater freedom, confidence, and capability. His approach is holistic, recognising the relationship between mind, body, and environment. Justin tailors his coaching to each individual, drawing on his broad experience and diverse movement practices to find the most effective and meaningful path of progress for every student and client. For Just, movement is not just exercise. It is a way to explore, learn, adapt, and connect with the world.
True movement luxury begins with an expert who reads the individual body. Michelle brings 25 years of master-level Pilates expertise, evidence-backed methodologies, and an educator's precision to Cape Town's premier wellness circles. Her signature approach prioritises thoughtful listening over standard routines, engineering challenging yet highly intuitive sessions tailored to your body's immediate needs and long-term goals. Free from rigid repetition, Michelle’s highly personalised method focuses entirely on the person rather than the exercise. The result is a deeply restorative, elite movement practice that leaves you feeling aligned, revitalised, and perfectly calibrated.
Facilitator
Jesse Gillis
Sound Bath | Sound Healing | Singing Bowls | Gongs | Acoustic & Electronic Sound Journeys
Jesse Gillis is a professional music producer and multi-instrumentalist. With over 250 million streams across Apple Music, Spotify and Pandora. He studied at SAE and finished top of his class. After that he started his career at Bigleap Music & Post, focusing on recording and mixing music. He is an avid field recorder and loves capturing natural environments with his field recording equipment. Jesse has been involved with over 15 different local music acts like Amy Ayanda and Los Tacos. He has done collaborations with Sound healers from around the world like Vanessa Holliday, Eera Sidorina,Nic Ornellas, Laura Syer and Sabrinia Patricia. Jesse Gillis is a passionate sound bath facilitator who brings a wealth of experience and expertise to his craft. With a deep understanding of the sonic realm, Jesse creates a nurturing environment for healing and relaxation.
