Sharla Charnley

Brainstormer, Business adviser, Consultant, Designer, Educator/Teacher

Sharla is the founder of Truly Wellness. After eighteen years in the spa and wellness industry within Europe, Africa and Asia, sharla recognized the need for a spa company that has the skill sets to approach the spa business with holistic values whilst balancing it with the reality and acute sense of business acumen to deliver and operate profitable spas Prior to founding truly wellness Sharla spent eight years with Steiner Leisure on luxury cruise liners, becoming one of their top Spa Directors for the group, overseeing a team of 40 professionals. Much of Sharla’s time is now spent in creating spa concepts, design, procurement, pre-openings, and management of within five star properties such as Le Meridien, Mauritius, Kamalaya, Thailand; Oterra Hotel Group, India. Additionally Sharla has created an array of global treatments for Molton Brown, London. Her work today involves consultancy, concept creation, conducting spa management courses, development and creation of innovative global treatments, pre-openings including the operations and training side of the business and in particular the challenge of motivating staff to generate exceptional sales with outstanding customer satisfaction. Sharla furthered her experience spending 12 months in India at Ananda Ashram, Pondicherry, where she rigorously studied Rishiculture Ashtanga Yoga. Most recently at Findhorn in Scotland to gain the understanding of community eco lifestyle and sustainability.

teaching Yoga, promoting conscious living and the wellness of the planet.