Now that I’m a fully qualified yoga instructor I thought it would be great fun to do a couple of week’s teaching at Riad Maizie. Then Dan got very excited about the idea and said he would love to teach painting. He has always been a brilliant teacher – Alistair, a vet whom he taught for a bit in Spain was inspired by the experience to do an Art History degree.

We are offering two separate weeks: Monday 19th April to Sunday 25th April 2010, and again Monday 26th to Sunday 2nd May, based around one hour of yoga each morning, three hours of painting each afternoon, followed by another hour of yoga in the evening.

Painting costs £300 and yoga £200 per person for the week over and above the room rate - if you want to do both, it will cost £400

We will provide breakfast and lunch. Amal and Nezha will give a Moroccan cookery demo too for which we'll give you a recipe sheet. For yoga I’ll provide sticky mats, straps, blocks, tuition and music. I’ll give you a sheet of position printouts and a cd so that you can continue your practice after the week. Dan will provide each person with materials and a canvas so that you will have a finished painting to take home.

Check out Ryanair from Luton, East Midlands or Bristol; Easyjet from Manchester or Gatwick for cheap flights.