Connecting mind and body
To help you connect body and mind over the three days are a pranayama expert, a chef, yoga experts and a qigong master. Also on hand to show you how to do it right is our regular shiatsu master, Yutaka Homma.
Dominique Lonchant, pranayama coach to the stars has dedicated almost three decades studying the art of breathing. He will show you how to reclaim what you knew as a child, the right way to breathe and stay connected. Clayton Horton is one of fewer than 200 people  in the world who has earned the distinction to teach Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga by the master himself, Sri K Patthabi Jois, the world’s modern-day guru of the art. Beth Lim, a Korean residing in Malaysia who specialises in Hatha Yoga will be guide beginners in exploring the joys of yoga. As well as being a qigong and meditation expert, Vincent Tham has also been tutored in yoga by various yogis. He has been teaching yoga since 1995.
Chef Kai may not be an expert in any of the above, but the master of the kitchen will be helping you connect body and mind throughout three days with a series of conscious dining experiences through the Kamalaya Cuisine.  

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Masters

		KAI MUELLER Executive Chef of Kamalaya Koh Samui At the young age of 26, Kai Mueller reached a personal milestone when he became Executive Chef at Kamalaya Koh Samui. Growing up in East Germany, Kai spent much of his childhood in the kitchen with ‘the world’s best cook’, his grandmother. From as young as 5 years old, he had his eye firmly on the future, envisioned with him wearing a chef’s uniform. At 16, his dream began to take shape when he served his apprenticeship at an Austrian ski resort where he had to work hard to keep up with the other older and more experienced apprentices. After his apprenticeship, Kai worked in various international hotels and restaurants, including London’s Mosimann’s, run by chef Anton Mosimann who, in 1985, pioneered the move towards healthier cooking styles with his Cuisine Naturelle. Kai has taken what he learned from Anton Mosimann to a whole new level with Kamalaya Cuisine, where his masterful interpretation of food as medicine serves up health with a generous splash of culinary flair. Kai’s passion for food and flavour has been enriched by his exposure to Thailand’s culinary traditions, and he continues to create innovative and nutritious food with flavour in mind and health at heart.   www.kamalaya.com
		DOMINIQUE LONCHANT Breathing Master His career in this field started 28 years ago. He did his training in South India, at the Ananda Ashram of Pondicherry and remained for two years and half as the protégé of Dr. Swami Gitananda. There he discovered the immense power of proper breathing and as a Yoga Teacher, decided to concentrate his teachings on the Art of Breathing. Dominique has travelled the five continents and thousands of his students have already achieved the art of controlling their breathing system. His list of international clients is impressive, to say the least: Karen Mulder, Robert Redford, Jim Carrey, Elizabeth Hurley, Hugh Grant, Charles Aznavour, Leslie Cheung, John Lone, Nathalie Delon, Ursula Andress, Mireille Mathieux, Jean Paul Belmondo, Samy Nacery, Alber Elbaz, Sophie and Helene Rochas, Regine, Tiara Jacquelina and Amanda Lear. Dominique has lived in South East Asia since 2005, principally in Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta and Bangkok. Today his Breathing Art is dedicated to actors and singers. www.dominiquelonchant.com
		YUTAKA HOMMA Shiatsu Master Yutaka Homma graduated from the Tokyo College of Economics in 1972 and the Japan Shiatsu College in 1982. He then began working at the Japan Shiatsu Center in California and went on to teach shiatsu to Americans at a massage school in Santa Monica. He also taught shiatsu at the Masa Shiatsu Co. in Hawaii before opening his own shiatsu studio in Tokyo. Before long he opened three shiatsu studios in Tokyo and one shiatsu spa in California. He established the Japan Shiatsu Promotion Academy (J-SPA) in Tokyo in 2001. In 2006, he established a shiatsu and massage school in Ho Chi Minh City with Ngoc Anh massage. Today, he has clients from all over the world including renowned spas and hotels from the wellness community and is a member of International Shiatsu Association. www.shiatsu.ac.jp/english/isa.html
		CLAYTON HORTON Director of Greenpath Yoga Clayton Horton has been a student of yoga for over 18 years. He began teaching in 1996. His practice is deeply rooted in the Ashtanga Vinyasa tradition. Having directly studied under Sri K. Pattabhi Jois in Mysore, India – the world’s modern-day guru of Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga – Clayton was granted formal authority in 2003 to teach by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and his grandson Sharath Rangaswamy of the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute, Mysore, India. Fewer than 200 individuals in the world have earned this distinction. “Yoga kindles the flames of love, freedom and self illumination. It brings me huge joy to share my experience of this with others.” Clayton travels to Mysore yearly to be with his teacher and to deepen and refine his practice. Committed to protecting the environment, Clayton is also a founding board member of the Green Yoga Association and the Director of Teenpath Yoga. www.greenpathyoga.org
		BETH LIM Founding Director of Beth's Yoga Beth Lim, a Korean living in Malaysia, is the founding director of Beth’s Yoga. The centre is located in Subang Jaya, Selangor. Besides offering Hatha Yoga, the centre also offers meditation instruction and astrological counseling. Beth holds a B.A. in Economics and M.A. in Indian philosophy and has practised various aspects of Asian spirituality for more than 20 years. Beth’s greatest inspiration comes from the teachings of KN Rao and Nan Huai-Chin. First timers can get initiated into yoga at the Wellness Summit with Beth. www.bethsyoga.com.my
		VINCENT TAM Jiva Yoga Founder Vincent Tam, has been studying yoga and Qi Gong, since 1992. He started teaching his first yoga class in 1995 while he was studying Tibetan Buddhist meditation, at the Kopan Monastery in Nepal. The early success inspired Vincent to further his yoga practice at the Himalayan Institute in Pennsylvania, USA immersing fully in yoga and the yogic way of living. Vincent, also a graduate from the Yoga Arts of Australia, has since studied with some of the world’s leading yogis and Qi Gong masters, including Simon Borg-Olivier, Louisa Sear, Donna Farhi, Rodney Yee, Chang Yun Fang and Mantak Chia. He is also an Anusara Yoga-inspired teacher, after having studied from the founder, John Friend, Desiree Rumbaugh and Amy Ippoliti. Vincent’s own teaching is distilled from his vast experience of different yoga schools and Qi Gong traditions. His teaching harmonizes the flowing movement-based practice (vinyasa) with postures (asana) that are held for extended periods. Besides teaching and managing his studio, Jiva Yoga, in Kuala Lumpur, he also conducts retreats and workshops in Malaysia and South East Asia. He is currently the Regional Yoga Trainer for Fitness First Asia. Jiva Yoga is a registered school with the Yoga Alliance, USA. www.jivayogastudio.com
		CHACKO VADAKETH Master of Ceremonies, Wellness Summit 2008             Chacko is an actor and host and was a familiar, albeit rather hairy face in Singapore, as Sabo Singh in Asian Television Awards nominated sitcom Mr Kiasu. His roles range range from King Arthur in Camelot to cross-dressing evil Abanaza in Aladdin. He is Sir Clough Thuraisingam in Pesona Pictures’ recent release, 1957 Hati Malaya.  Recent emceeing credits are Prestige White Tiara Ball, 50th Anniversary of Federal Hotel Celebrations  with the PM and The Malaysian Law Conference Opening by HRH The Sultan of Perak. Chacko co-wrote NTV7’s legal dramedy, Sadiq & Co, and co-produced the epic M! The Opera.  Chacko read Law, Archaeology & Anthropology at Cambridge and is a Barrister of Lincoln’s Inn. He practiced law with Shearn Delamore & Co focusing on medical malpractice and he also Chaired the Law & Ethics Committee of the Malaysian AIDS Council for four years. chackovadaketh.com

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