Red Lotus Tours is a vibrant, individualized company that was born out of our profound love of travel and culture. With foreign travel being a catalyst for much of our own personal and spiritual growth, and with over 40 years of combined travel experience, we wanted to share our joy, expertise and insight.

Diana

Diana is a visionary, a philosopher and a teacher. She is a Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Yoga Instructor and Certified Hypnotherapist with an emphasis on woman’s empowerment issues and soul retrieval.

She has been a world traveler for 20+ years, but it is her spiritual journey that has taken her to such places as Buddhist retreats in Nepal, Islamic home stay in Kashmir, trekking in the Caucaus mountains to a historic orthodox church set high above Kasbegi, Georgia, exploring the Mayan pyramids of Guatemala and Belize, hiking El Camino Inca (The Inca Trail) to Machu Picchu, the ancient mystical site of Delphi in Greece, the Khmer temples & palaces of Angkor Wat in Cambodia, and celebrating the Sikh's holy day with thousands of Sikh pilgrims at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India.

Her mission is to inspire and assist others to discover and embrace their personal power; and to promote understanding and peaceful community amongst cultures. Her vehicle to accomplish this mission is foreign travel, ritual and teaching Self-exploration.

Jenni

Jenni has a Master’s in Acupuncture, and is a Certified Yoga Instructor.

She has been traveling the world for over 20 years, often alone, or with other women. Her journeys have taken her across the many landscapes of India, through the Himalayas of Nepal both by foot and by mountain bike, into the historical, fascinating land of Turkey, traversing the Straight of Gibraltar and into the alluring world of Morocco, biking through the Pueblos Blanco’s of Spain, lounging along the gorgeous beaches of Portugal, and immersing herself in the heart of the Incan Empire now known as Peru, as well as Thailand, Greece, Indonesia, Venezuela, and Bolivia, to name a few.

Her training as a healer and teacher along with her wanderlust and enthusiasm for exploring the world, are a powerful, inspirational and motivational combination for guiding you to your edges and beyond.

Michelle - Tour Assistant

Michelle has embraced every opportunity to travel starting from a young age. It began with her family taking her on long road trips across Canada, from British Columbia as far as Quebec, on four different occasions. She has now done that same journey, and much more, in her adult life. Michelle has also attended University in Florence, Italy, where she traveled the country on her days off from school. Singapore, Australia, Mexico, Western USA, Finland, Germany, Austria and Dominican Republic are other countries that she has gratefully visited.

Michelle has assisted with Red Lotus Tours in Peru. Understanding the value of adventure and personal growth, Michelle enjoys guiding others in unforgettable experiences which open their mind and hearts.

She holds an Associate Degree and many certifications in the health and fitness industry.

Julie - Tour Leader/Facilitator

Owner and President of Distinctive Management Co. which offers Inspiring and Motivational products andservices including “InspireABook – be the author of your dreams”™ A program designed to inspire first time authors to self-publish. She is also the co-founder of a non-profit which supports education and well-being of women and children in Cambodia. She is a radio talk show guest on many shows including CFAX1070AM, featured on British TV (Anglia TV and satellite) and Shaw TV Daily show in Victoria B.C. She is currently co-hosting a documentary series on “Compassionate Women” for Supreme Master TV interviewing women she met during her travels in Cambodia and Lao about empowering local women.

Her book, “A Seven Year Journey Around the World – Discovering My Passion and Purpose” helped her to discover her true self and she now helps to guide women on their own path to self-discovery.

She has visited over 35 countries and lived in South Africa, Madagascar, Tanzania, Kenya, an Indian Ocean Desert Island, Thailand, Malaysia, Mexico, Canada and of course, England. She now lives in Victoria B.C. with her husband Greg.

Jackie - Tour Leader/Facilitator

Jackie is a peace advocate, adventurer, a gifted intuit, healer, ordained Minister, Reiki master and teacher. She is a certified Hypnotherapist and a graduate of Northwest School of Healing and an Artist Way facilitator.

Jackie has walked the Andes in Ecuador, danced, played on the beaches and explored Greece. She has sailed the waters of Mexico and traveled to Dharamsala, India to hear His Holiness Dali Lama teachings and basked in the Himalayas in Vashisht, the Valley of the Gods. She lives simply in a yurt in Leavenworth with her husband Dave, and creates collages from her trips and spiritual experiences. She is an adventurer of the body, mind and spirit. Her love is to create ritual, finding community worldwide and to experience travel as a spiritual journey. Her dream is that we will have world peace through inner peace;

Cricket - Tour Assistant

Cricket is a Licensed Massage Therapist, childbirth doula and yoga teacher. Her love of people and places far and wide has inspired her to travel, informed her life choices, and given her an ever-expanding definition of the words 'home' and 'family'. She believes in the spiritual alchemy of journey, adventure, and surrender: these create the potential for the unknown to illuminate one's truest self, and offer the richness of experiencing different cultures as a path to embodying wholeness and harmony.