Team.

Benedicte Alice H. Kapur is a Dubai-based yoga teacher and founder of The Yogi Movement, bringing together the physical, mental and contemplative dimensions of yoga through an approach rooted in movement, breath and mindful awareness.

An E-RYT 500 and RPYT 85-hour certified teacher, Benedicte’s teaching encompasses Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin, Prenatal Yoga, Yoga Nidra and meditation. Her work moves beyond yoga as physical practice, creating spaces for deeper relaxation, presence and connection with the self.

Her approach is both grounded and gentle, inviting practitioners to explore the relationship between body, breath and mind. Through mindful movement, breath awareness and practices of deep rest, she encourages a more embodied and conscious experience of everyday life.

Benedicte also shares guided meditation and Yoga Nidra practices, with her work centred on relaxation, present-moment awareness and reconnecting with the body and breath. Her Yoga Nidra practice has been featured through Insight Timer.

Based in Dubai, Benedicte works with practitioners across different stages of their journey, offering an accessible yet deeply mindful approach to yoga — one that honours both the intelligence of the body and the stillness of the mind.

Areas of practice: Hatha · Vinyasa · Yin · Prenatal Yoga · Yoga Nidra · Meditation · Breath awareness · Deep rest

Varun Kapur is a Dubai-based wellness entrepreneur and hospitality strategist working at the intersection of wellness, longevity, hospitality, real estate and investment.

As Founder and CEO of Vyana, Varun is building a community-powered wellness platform designed to connect practitioners, clients and the wider wellness ecosystem — creating greater access to meaningful wellbeing experiences and enabling practitioners and communities to grow together.

With a background spanning investment, hospitality, tourism development and real estate, Varun brings a strategic perspective to the evolution of wellness as an emerging force within hospitality and destination development. His work includes advising family offices and institutional investors across nature-based resorts, wellness real estate and branded residences.

Deeply interested in biohacking, longevity and wellness tourism, Varun has travelled extensively, exploring how different cultures approach health, wellbeing and hospitality. His perspective is shaped by a belief that the future of hospitality will increasingly move beyond accommodation and leisure toward environments designed around human health, vitality, restoration and transformation.

His expertise places him at the convergence of wellness innovation, destination development, investment and conscious hospitality. In 2025, he was invited to speak at MedTech World Dubai on the future of longevity, alongside leaders in genomics, precision health, lifestyle medicine and digital health.

Through his work, Varun is contributing to the evolution of wellness from an ancillary hospitality offering into a core dimension of the modern luxury experience.

Areas of practice: Wellness strategy · Hospitality development · Longevity · Wellness real estate · Destination development

Nataraj Chaitanya is a senior Yoga and Tantra teacher, meditation practitioner, kirtanist and founder of Trika Kula, a Melbourne-based home for practice dedicated to the deeper dimensions of Yoga, meditation, Tantra and spiritual living.

Nataraj has devoted much of his life to the study and transmission of the yogic traditions. Beginning meditation and mantra practice in his early teens and yoga soon after, he went on to become a full-time teacher and educator, directing teacher-training programmes and teaching internationally for more than two decades. His work is grounded in a deep respect for lineage, sustained personal practice and the transformative potential of authentic spiritual discipline.

Through Trika Kula, Nataraj has created a contemporary space where traditional teachings can be encountered through direct experience rather than intellectual study alone. The community offers practices and programmes across meditation, Tantric philosophy, Hatha Yoga, mantra, devotional practice and contemplative study, alongside retreats and immersive trainings.

His teaching draws from the broader spectrum of Yoga — including Hatha, Bhakti, Jñāna and Rāja Yoga — while placing particular emphasis on the non-dual vision of Tantra. His approach integrates asana, pranayama, meditation, mantra, sacred texts, inquiry and devotion into a unified path of practice and self-realisation.

Nataraj is also a formal initiate in the meditation tradition associated with Bhagavan Nityananda of Ganeshpuri. His relationship with lineage is reflected in the way he teaches: not as the transmission of information, but as an invitation into sādhana — sustained practice, devotion, self-inquiry and direct experience.

A distinctive quality of his work is his ability to bring depth and accessibility together. Ancient yogic and Tantric teachings are presented with intelligence, warmth and humour, while retaining their philosophical and spiritual gravity. His teaching encourages practitioners to move beyond yoga as physical exercise and encounter it as a complete path of transformation.

His work with mantra and kirtan adds another dimension to this approach. Through chanting, devotion and satsang, Nataraj creates spaces in which practice becomes experiential, embodied and heart-led.

Areas of practice: Tantric Yoga · Hatha Yoga · Meditation · Pranayama · Mantra · Kirtan · Yoga Philosophy · Tantric Philosophy · Sādhana · Yoga Nidra · Sacred Texts · Bhakti · Self-Inquiry · Teacher Training

Darshan Ji is a teacher, scholar and practitioner dedicated to the preservation and living transmission of India’s ancient knowledge traditions.

A former professor of physics, his work bridges the worlds of modern science and yogic wisdom, offering a rare perspective that brings intellectual inquiry into dialogue with the experiential sciences of yoga.

For more than twelve years, Darshan Ji has shared teachings across Jaina Darshan, the Yoga Sutras, Samkhya philosophy, Sanskrit mantras, Hatha Yoga and Iyengar Yoga. His approach is rooted not simply in the study of these traditions, but in making their principles accessible as lived knowledge.

His journey has brought him into contact with numerous gurus and traditional teachers, while his work in helping establish and develop ashrams has deepened his commitment to preserving India’s spiritual and cultural heritage.

He founded Prakruti Yogashala in Rishikesh with a larger vision: to cultivate a community of sincere teachers and practitioners committed to keeping Sanatana knowledge alive, relevant and authentically transmitted. For the past eight years he has devoted himself to building this community — creating a space where traditional Indian wisdom, disciplined practice and contemporary understanding can meet without losing the depth of their origins.

Areas of practice: Yoga Sutras · Samkhya · Jaina Darshan · Indian Knowledge Systems · Hatha Yoga · Iyengar Yoga · Sanskrit Mantra

Merve is a yoga teacher, trauma-informed breathwork facilitator and somatic practitioner whose work invites people into a deeper relationship with the body, breath and inner experience.

Originally from Turkey and based in Koh Phangan, Merve has spent more than a decade studying and teaching yoga and mind-body practices, guiding individuals and groups from around the world through yoga, breathwork, meditation and embodied practices.

Her approach moves beyond yoga as physical practice. Through mindful movement, conscious breathing, somatic awareness and meditation, she creates spaces where people can slow down, soften and reconnect with the intelligence of the body.

Merve works from a trauma-informed perspective, recognising that every body carries its own history and that meaningful transformation begins with safety, awareness and the freedom to move at one’s own pace. Her sessions are designed to support nervous-system regulation, release accumulated stress and tension, cultivate emotional awareness, and restore a sense of presence, resilience and inner balance.

Her teaching is rooted in mindful Vinyasa Flow, enriched by Yin Yoga, somatic movement, breath awareness and mindfulness. Her work balances strength with softness, movement with stillness, and effort with ease — encouraging practitioners to experience movement from within rather than striving for performance or perfection.

Her professional training includes a 250-hour Sivananda Yoga Teacher Training, Yin Yoga, Mindfulness-Based Yoga, a 150-hour Trauma-Informed Breathwork Facilitator Training, Somatic Therapy Techniques, Myofascial Integrated Alignment and advanced hands-on adjustment training.

At the heart of her work is a simple philosophy: the body is not something to be fixed, but something to be understood, trusted and inhabited more fully.

Areas of practice: Mindful Vinyasa · Yin Yoga · Trauma-Informed Breathwork · Somatic Embodiment · Mindfulness · Meditation · Nervous-System Regulation · Retreat Facilitation

Raphael is the founder of Yoganous, a practice and educational platform dedicated to cultivating a deeper relationship between the body, consciousness and lived experience.

His work brings together yoga, Qigong, Do-In, Chi Nei Tsang, breathwork, meditation and conscious movement, creating an integrated approach to physical vitality, energetic awareness and inner balance.

Through Yoganous, Raphael explores yoga beyond its purely physical dimension, drawing attention to the relationship between movement, breath, awareness and consciousness. His teaching encompasses Hatha, Vinyasa and Yin Yoga, alongside Eastern bodywork and energetic practices.

As a Qigong and Do-In practitioner, Raphael works with practices rooted in conscious movement, breath, energy cultivation and self-regulation. His work with Chi Nei Tsang adds a deeper dimension of embodied awareness, working through the abdominal and visceral region as a pathway to greater physical and energetic connection.

At the heart of his approach is the understanding that wellbeing emerges through a more conscious relationship with the body — learning to listen, sense, regulate and respond rather than simply perform.

Yoganous reflects this philosophy through a progressive movement from conception, to organisation, to action: cultivating clarity, integrating experience and learning to act with greater awareness and presence.

Areas of practice: Yoga · Qigong · Do-In · Chi Nei Tsang · Breathwork · Meditation · Conscious Movement · Embodied Awareness · Yin · Hatha · Vinyasa

Veronik Gabbana is an embodiment specialist and founder of V137, an integrative practice exploring the relationship between movement, the nervous system, conscious living and the deeper experience of being human.

With more than a decade of experience across fashion, art and international communications before entering the world of embodiment, Veronik brings an unusual sensitivity to both aesthetics and the unseen patterns that influence how we perceive ourselves, relate to others and move through life.

Her work weaves together Evolutive Yoga, breathwork, IFS-informed somatic practice, nervous-system education and the contemplative perspective of non-duality. Rather than treating these as separate disciplines, she approaches them as complementary pathways into greater self-awareness, regulation and embodied presence.

For Veronik, embodiment is not a technique to master or a destination to reach. It is an ongoing process of becoming more intimate with the intelligence of the body, the breath and direct experience.

Her approach explores the movement from survival towards sovereignty — cultivating the capacity to remain present, responsive and connected rather than operating unconsciously from inherited patterns, stress or conditioning.

Through movement, breath, stillness and somatic inquiry, Veronik invites participants to develop a more conscious relationship with their inner world. Her work places particular emphasis on rhythm, co-regulation, self-regulation, awareness and integration, recognising that sustainable wellbeing emerges when the body, mind and awareness are brought into greater coherence.

Her work is ultimately an invitation to inhabit life more fully — to listen to the body, recognise what has been operating unconsciously, and develop the awareness and capacity to meet life with greater freedom, curiosity and presence.

Areas of practice: Evolutive Yoga · Embodiment · Breathwork · IFS-Informed Somatic Practice · Nervous-System Education · Non-Dual Contemplation · Self- and Co-Regulation · Retreat Facilitation

Satyama Ratna Lasby is an international teacher, mentor and facilitator with more than twenty-five years of experience across Yoga, Tantric Yoga, Chi Nei Tsang abdominal massage, meditation and conscious self-development.

Her approach is experiential rather than purely intellectual. Through practice, embodiment and honest self-inquiry, she invites people to develop a deeper relationship with their bodies, emotions and inner world.

Satyama teaches a range of yoga traditions including Hatha, Sivananda, Yin, Vinyasa and Tantric Yoga. She also trains practitioners in Chi Nei Tsang, a traditional Taoist abdominal bodywork practice, and has developed her own experiential methodology around abdominal healing and transformation — a discipline rare enough that few properties can offer it at all.

She is the author of The Tao of Tantric Yoga, and teaches across Thailand, Canada and Mexico.

Areas of practice: Hatha · Sivananda · Yin · Vinyasa · Tantric Yoga · Chi Nei Tsang · Meditation

Sebastian Lyall is a philosopher, author and contemplative thinker whose work explores the relationship between awareness, thought and human physiology.

Through Logical Humanism and The OMNI Method, he brings together Eastern contemplative traditions with Western disciplines including neuroscience, psychology and analytical philosophy. His work seeks to make profound principles of awareness accessible to the modern human being — without requiring a retreat from intellect, ambition or the demands of contemporary life.

With an earlier career as a hedge fund trader and serial entrepreneur, Sebastian brings a distinctive analytical precision to the study of consciousness. His approach is grounded in the belief that inner stillness is not an escape from a high-performance life, but a deeper state from which clarity, creativity and intelligent action can emerge.

His teachings explore how thought can be observed, understood and retrained; how awareness can become embodied rather than merely conceptual; and how a more coherent relationship between mind and body can fundamentally change the experience of everyday life.

His work is expressed through books, writing, retreats and one-to-one guidance, offering different pathways into what he describes as an evolved way of living — one marked by greater clarity, presence, coherence and inner peace.

Areas of practice: Contemplative philosophy · Awareness training · Applied neuroscience · Executive contemplative work · Writing and teaching

Shivaji is a Hatha and Kriya Yoga master and the founder of VIYOGA in Koh Phangan, a space dedicated to the deeper dimensions of yogic practice and spiritual inquiry.

His approach brings together Hatha Yoga, Kriya Yoga, Pranayama, Kundalini, Meditation, Chakra Sadhana and Sri Vidya Tantra, treating yoga not simply as a physical discipline but as a complete path of transformation.

At the heart of his teaching is a progressive movement from the body to the breath, from the breath to the mind, and from the mind into deeper states of awareness and consciousness. Physical practice becomes a foundation for refining prana; refined prana creates greater stillness of mind; and stillness opens the possibility of direct inner experience.

Shivaji spends significant time in Mysore and other parts of India, continuing to deepen his own practice while transmitting these teachings to students internationally.

His work is grounded in the traditional sciences of yoga and tantra, while remaining experiential and practice-oriented. Rather than approaching spirituality primarily through intellectual understanding, he invites practitioners to discover its dimensions directly through discipline, breath, meditation and sustained inner practice.

Areas of practice: Hatha Yoga · Kriya Yoga · Pranayama · Kundalini · Meditation · Chakra Sadhana · Sri Vidya Tantra

David Rodríguez is a meditation teacher, neuroscience coach and founder of the NeuroVipassana™ Method — a contemporary approach to inner development that brings together Vipassana meditation, applied neuroscience, nervous-system regulation and emotional mastery.

His work is centred on a simple but powerful question: how can we train the mind and nervous system to respond consciously rather than react automatically?

Drawing from more than fifty days of silent Vipassana practice across six retreats, alongside his studies in neuroscience coaching, David translates contemplative practice into practical frameworks for modern life. His approach explores the relationship between attention, thought, emotion, behaviour and the nervous system, helping practitioners recognise habitual patterns and develop a greater capacity for conscious response.

The NeuroVipassana™ Method is particularly oriented towards leaders, entrepreneurs and high-performing individuals — people accustomed to operating under pressure who are seeking not an escape from ambition, but a more intelligent relationship with it.

His work combines the discipline of contemplative observation with contemporary perspectives on the brain and human behaviour. Meditation becomes a form of mental training: a way to develop greater clarity, emotional awareness and self-regulation while remaining fully engaged with the demands of life.

David works through private coaching, group programmes, workshops, retreats and Vipassana meditation, creating different entry points into the practice of conscious living.

Areas of practice: Vipassana · Applied neuroscience · Nervous-system regulation · Emotional mastery · Executive coaching

Anuta is a conscious embodiment and movement coach whose work invites people into a deeper relationship with their body, emotions and authentic self.

Through Genuine Flows, she brings together yoga, conscious movement, breathwork, sound healing and voice activation as pathways for self-discovery and self-expression.

At the heart of her work is an invitation to come home to oneself — to become more aware of what is felt, release patterns that no longer serve us, and develop the freedom to express ourselves more fully. Rather than treating the body simply as something to train or improve, Anuta approaches movement as a language through which we can explore who we are.

Her sessions create space for participants to move beyond habitual ways of thinking and relating, reconnect with sensation and emotion, and cultivate a more accepting relationship with themselves. Self-discovery and self-love form an important foundation of her work.

Working across Dubai and Europe, Anuta offers experiences that blend physical movement with breath, sound and embodied awareness, creating a holistic approach to personal transformation.

Areas of practice: Conscious movement · Yoga · Breathwork · Sound healing · Voice activation · Embodied awareness · Emotional release

For more than fifteen years, Layla has worked at the intersection of somatic intelligence, feminine leadership, creativity and entrepreneurship — guiding leaders, artists and visionaries to embody their gifts, expand their capacity and bring meaningful work into the world with greater clarity and integrity. She is the founder of CREATRIX, a leadership and business ecosystem for purpose-driven women, and the creator of PRESENCE™, her signature somatic method.

Born and raised in Spain, Layla’s journey has taken her across the world in pursuit of a deeper understanding of human potential. Her background spans media and filmmaking, acting, music and dance, alongside extensive immersion in somatic therapy, Tantra, yoga, Taoism, Qigong, martial arts, breathwork, postural alignment and expressive movement.

Her work brings together ancient intelligence and contemporary somatic practice, inviting participants beyond intellectual understanding and into direct, embodied experience.

PRESENCE™

Created from more than a decade of somatic exploration, PRESENCE™ is a structured embodied practice integrating conscious movement, breath, postural alignment and nervous-system awareness.

The method is designed to cultivate:

• Nervous-system regulation
• Grounded confidence
• Emotional resilience
• Embodied leadership
• Clarity and authentic expression
• The inner capacity to hold greater visibility, responsibility and impact

PRESENCE™ is neither a conventional movement class nor a standalone breathwork practice. It is an integrated somatic method that helps individuals reconnect with the intelligence of the body and develop the internal stability required to meet pressure, uncertainty and creative expansion without losing themselves. Layla’s work has been shared with thousands across retreats, festivals, leadership circles and corporate events, including sessions for leaders and creatives associated with Google, Microsoft, Mindvalley and YPO.

Her work with Aureum

Within the Aureum experience, Layla offers a deeply embodied dimension to transformation. Her sessions invite guests to move out of habitual thought and return to the body — where presence becomes tangible, confidence becomes grounded and leadership is no longer performed, but lived.

Through movement, breath, somatic awareness and guided embodiment, she creates an intelligent and finely held space for participants to regulate, awaken and reconnect with their innate power.

Signature offering

PRESENCE™ — The Body as a Gateway to Leadership. An immersive somatic experience designed to regulate the nervous system, restore grounded power and awaken a more authentic way of inhabiting the body.

Through breath, conscious movement and embodied awareness, participants are guided from internal fragmentation into coherence — from performance into presence, and from intellectual understanding into lived experience.

Areas of expertise: Somatic therapy and embodied practice · Nervous-system regulation · Embodied and feminine leadership · Conscious movement and expressive embodiment · Breathwork and energetic awareness · Creative identity and authentic expression · Leadership presence and personal magnetism · Purpose-led entrepreneurship

Introduced to yoga at sixteen, Alexandra developed an early personal practice inspired by the White Lotus Foundation and its roots in the Sivananda tradition. In 2013, she completed her teacher training with YogaLondon at the Kagyu Samye Dzong Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Centre in London. Rooted in Ashtanga Vinyasa while drawing from several yogic traditions, her teaching moves gracefully between dynamic movement and restorative stillness.

Alexandra teaches Hatha Yoga, Vinyasa Flow, gentle movement, pranayama and Yoga Nidrā, adapting each experience to different abilities and stages of practice. Her work extends beyond the physical postures, inviting guests to integrate yoga into their relationships, daily life and personal healing.

As Co-Founder of Lunar Links Wellbeing, she also facilitates retreats, women’s circles and lunar ceremonies centred on reflection, release and renewal. Through yoga, breathwork, meditation and Reiki, Alexandra creates warm, nurturing spaces in which guests can regulate the nervous system, reconnect with their inner rhythms and return to themselves with greater clarity and ease.

Areas of practice: Hatha Yoga · Vinyasa Flow · Pranayama · Yoga Nidrā · Reiki · Women’s Circles · Lunar Ceremonies · Retreat Facilitation

Her sessions weave meditative awareness with the restorative qualities of sound and Reiki, creating space for deep relaxation, emotional release and inner recalibration. Through embodied dance, Ramana invites participants to move beyond intellectual processing and reconnect with the body as a source of expression, intuition and healing.

Both grounded and intuitive, her facilitation supports guests in releasing accumulated tension, regulating the nervous system and returning to a more centred relationship with themselves. Her work is particularly suited to retreats focused on emotional well-being, feminine embodiment, self-expression, energetic renewal and inner transformation.

Areas of practice: Clinical Psychology · Reiki · Sound Healing · Embodied Dance · Meditation · Nervous-System Regulation · Feminine Embodiment

His practice encourages participants to move beyond mechanical repetition and performance-driven fitness, cultivating instead a more intuitive relationship with strength, mobility, coordination and presence. Drawing upon the principles of Zen and embodied flow, Jaco creates experiences that invite the nervous system to soften while the body becomes more capable, adaptive and alive.

Within a retreat environment, his work offers a sophisticated counterpoint to conventional fitness: grounded yet exploratory, physically engaging yet inwardly attentive. Guests are invited to rediscover movement as a source of clarity, freedom and quiet self-mastery.

Areas of practice: Zen Movement · Embodied Flow · Mindful Strength · Mobility · Somatic Awareness

Drawing upon his Afro-Brazilian and Jewish heritage, Edu has developed a distinctive musical language that combines organic melodies, evocative vocal elements, progressive rhythms and electronically driven sound. His performances move fluidly between atmosphere and intensity, guiding participants from stillness into rhythm and from rhythm into full-bodied expression.

Ritual Frequencies has appeared at international stages and transformational gatherings including Burning Man, The Gardens of Babylon, AfrikaBurn, BaliSpirit Festival, Epizode Festival and Savaya. His productions have also been released through established electronic-music labels including Controversia and Spinnin’ Records.

Through Awakened Dreamers and his Ecstatic Heaven concept, Edu creates immersive experiences in which music becomes more than entertainment. It becomes a vehicle for connection, liberation and collective transcendence — making his work especially suited to celebratory retreat rituals, ecstatic-dance journeys and transformational closing ceremonies.

Areas of practice: Ecstatic Dance · Electronic Music Production · Ritual Soundscapes · DJing · Ceremonial Performance

Originally from Mathura, Jheal holds a master’s degree in Human Resources and Marketing and previously worked in the corporate sector with Wipro. A period of personal exploration in Rishikesh inspired her transition from corporate life into holistic healing. Her subsequent studies have included Ashtanga Yoga in Mysore, Hatha Yoga, prāṇāyāma and sound healing in Rishikesh.

Her contemplative journey began in childhood through meditation and Krishna devotion. After completing her first ten-day Vipassana course in 2019, she continued into basic and advanced practice while exploring a wider spectrum of methods including Osho meditation, Inner Engineering, Tai Chi, Shambhavi Mudra and holotropic breathing.

Jheal’s sound work incorporates Himalayan singing bowls, chakra balancing, aura cleansing, sound meditation and an understanding of vibration, brain-wave states and the physical principles underlying sound. Her sessions are designed to offer profound rest, energetic recalibration and a renewed sense of inner harmony.

Areas of practice: Himalayan Sound Therapy · Reiki · Prāṇāyāma · Meditation · Chakra Balancing · Vipassana · Ashtanga & Hatha Yoga

At eighteen, Madhava travelled to Vṛndāvana to deepen his spiritual life. On his first day there, he met the renowned kīrtan leader Aindra Dāsa and was invited to join the celebrated 24-Hour Kīrtan at the Krishna Balarama Mandir. For approximately six years, he served and trained under Aindra Dāsa, playing mṛdaṅga daily and absorbing a devotional understanding of kīrtan as sacred service rather than performance.

Madhava later brought this tradition to yoga studios, temples, festivals and spiritual communities throughout Europe and internationally. His work developed into Kirtan Forever, an offering dedicated to carrying the transcendental sound of the Hare Krishna Mahāmantra into both traditional and contemporary spaces. He now travels extensively, leading kīrtans and retreats that invite participants into meditation through rhythm, repetition, devotion and collective song.

With his depth of lineage, musical mastery and unwavering devotional commitment, Madhava offers an experience of kīrtan that is at once ecstatic and contemplative — a practice through which the voice opens, the mind becomes absorbed and the heart turns towards the Divine.

Areas of practice: Kīrtan · Bhakti Yoga · Sacred Mantra · Mṛdaṅga · Devotional Music · Meditation Through Sound

In 2019, an accident left Nancy using a wheelchair and brought her life into an unexpected period of stillness. Recovery transformed her relationship with movement. What had once been driven primarily by performance and physical capability became a slower, more attentive inquiry into awareness, softness, presence and healing.

Her subsequent journey led her more deeply into yoga, inversion practice and the rediscovery of the body as a sacred space for growth. Through The Movement Nest, Nancy shares movement as a means of shifting energy, releasing emotion and returning to an embodied sense of freedom.

Her facilitation combines the intelligence of a highly experienced movement professional with the empathy of someone who has personally navigated injury, limitation and recovery. The result is a practice that is playful yet profound, inviting guests to build confidence, explore their physical potential and experience movement as a pathway home to themselves.

Areas of practice: Conscious Movement · Dance · Acrobatics · Inversion Practice · Martial Arts · Trauma-Informed Facilitation

Her formal education includes a 200-hour teacher training in the Sivananda tradition, a 500-hour advanced training, and specialist studies in Yin Yoga, Yoga Nidrā, restorative practice, functional anatomy, Anusara, Kundalini Yoga, Thai and abdominal massage, shamanic energy work and sound healing. She has also undertaken intensive study and retreat experiences in India and across Europe, including ashram practice in Rishikesh.

Michi’s classes move between strong, fluid Vinyasa and Jivamukti sequences and quieter practices of Yin, breath, meditation and mantra. She creates an atmosphere in which physical strength and inner stillness are not treated as opposites, but as complementary dimensions of a mature practice.

Having led retreats internationally since 2019, Michi brings together intelligent sequencing, philosophical reflection, music and a warm, inclusive presence. Her work invites participants to move deeply, release effort and reconnect with the heart.

Areas of practice: Jivamukti Yoga · Vinyasa · Yin Yoga · Yoga Nidrā · Restorative Yoga · Mantra · Functional Anatomy

Raised with a natural connection to spirituality, mantra and India’s living wellness traditions, Ruchika spent a decade working in her family business before answering a deeper calling to study and share holistic practice. She subsequently trained with respected teachers and scholars, developing an integrative body of work spanning yoga, prāṇāyāma, meditation, sound therapy and Ayurvedic lifestyle guidance.

Ruchika’s sessions are thoughtfully responsive rather than formulaic. Through movement, breath, guided awareness and therapeutic sound, she creates experiences that address the physical, emotional and contemplative dimensions of well-being. Her sound work incorporates meditative guidance and specialised instruments to encourage relaxation, release accumulated tension and restore inner balance.

Her international work has included facilitating yoga and sound-healing experiences at RAKxa Integrative Wellness in Thailand, an Ayurveda and yoga studio in Bangkok and Andronis in Santorini, Greece. She also develops customised corporate programmes supporting mindfulness, resilience, work-life balance and sustainable performance.

Areas of practice: Yoga · Ayurveda · Sound Therapy · Prāṇāyāma · Meditation · Corporate Wellness Programmes

Rather than treating fitness as a pursuit of appearance alone, Aksel’s work centres on developing a body that feels capable, coordinated, adaptable and free. His methodology incorporates functional strength, animal locomotion, ground-based flow, hand balancing, spinal articulation, climbing, swinging and brachiation, alongside broader attention to nutrition, stillness and mental well-being.

Aksel’s teaching challenges the rigid boundaries of conventional training. Structured technique and progressive conditioning are balanced with play, improvisation and physical exploration, helping participants rediscover movement as an intelligent and creative human capacity. His programmes are personalised around each individual’s goals, history, lifestyle and existing relationship with the body.

Through international workshops, movement intensives and retreats in destinations including Bali and Koh Phangan, Aksel guides participants towards greater strength, mobility, coordination and confidence.

Areas of practice: Functional Strength · Animal Locomotion · Mobility · Hand Balancing · Ground-Based Flow · Holistic Fitness

Through pieces including Manifestus and Hymn to Saraswati, Fenixx contributes a vocal presence that links devotional symbolism with immersive modern sound. The result is music that can inhabit both the ceremonial space and the dance floor — inviting movement while retaining a sense of invocation, reverence and expanded awareness.

Within a retreat context, Fenixx’s artistry is particularly suited to live sound journeys, mantra-led ceremonies, ecstatic experiences and ritual performances in which voice and music become vehicles for collective connection.

Areas of practice: Sacred Voice · Mantra · Ceremonial Music · Electronic Composition · Live Sound Journeys

As a DJ and musician, Shikari creates immersive sonic environments intended not merely for entertainment, but for movement, connection and altered states of presence. His musical work is complemented by sound-bath experiences and collaborations with professional movement artist Sarah Dragoness, weaving live or curated sound with dance, embodied expression and ceremonial intention.

Alongside his artistic practice, Shikari works with massage, Reiki and Tantra, approaching the body as an interconnected field of physical sensation, emotional experience and subtle energy. His photography extends this same sensibility into the visual realm, documenting artists, dancers, ceremonies and transformational gatherings with an intimate understanding of movement and atmosphere.

Committed to vegan living and a consciously embodied relationship with the Earth, Shikari brings an unconventional and highly versatile presence to the Aureum collective. His work is particularly suited to ecstatic-dance journeys, sound-led rituals, creative-expression retreats, private healing sessions and immersive experiences that unite music, energy and movement.

Areas of practice: Sound Journeys · DJing · Reiki · Tantra · Bodywork · Ceremonial Photography

Over the course of her career, Dragoness has performed on prestigious stages and at international gatherings around the world. Her credits include an appearance at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall for Ringo Starr, alongside performances at private galas, destination events and transformational arts communities. Her repertoire encompasses classical and contemporary belly dance, fire fans, fire flow, sword work and choreographed movement experiences.

As a facilitator, Sarah moves beyond performance into participatory embodiment. Her Belly Dance Bliss workshops invite guests to develop fluidity, confidence and expressive freedom through movement. Her collaborative offerings with Shikari combine belly dance, sound baths and evocative musical landscapes, creating a sensorial journey through sound, rhythm and the body.

Sarah’s understanding of wellness also extends into food, sustainability and creative lifestyle design. During a twenty-year career as Global Art Director for Whole Foods Market, she helped shape major national campaigns, design systems and the visual culture of one of the world’s most influential natural-food brands, giving her sustained exposure to food innovation, nutritional education and plant-forward living.

Through Dragoness: Nourish and Casa Dragoness, she shares nutrient-conscious recipes, plant-led culinary experiences, cooking classes and community gatherings. Her multidimensional work makes her particularly suited to retreats combining feminine embodiment, performance, creative expression, conscious celebration and refined plant-forward living.

Areas of practice: Belly Dance · Fire Performance · Flow Arts · Plant-Based Culinary Wellness · Creative Direction

Muskan’s principal modality is sound healing. Through therapeutic frequencies and intentionally created sonic environments, her sessions are designed to facilitate deep relaxation, release accumulated stress and support a return to inner equilibrium. She approaches sound as both an energetic and contemplative instrument capable of quieting mental activity and creating space for emotional processing.

Her work also encompasses creative art therapy, offering participants a non-verbal avenue through which emotions and experiences may be explored and expressed. By allowing colour, form and imagination to become part of the healing process, Muskan creates an accessible bridge between inner experience and conscious integration.

Additional offerings include chakra healing and intuitive Tarot guidance. Her chakra work is centred on restoring balance within the subtle-energy system, while her readings are offered as instruments of reflection, perspective and personal clarity.

Inspired by nature, intuition and a devotional relationship with the Divine, Muskan facilitates with the intention of helping individuals rediscover peace, purpose and a more empowered relationship with themselves. Her work is particularly suited to emotional-renewal retreats, sound immersions, creative-healing experiences and programmes focused on subtle energy and self-discovery.

Areas of practice: Sound Healing · Creative Art Therapy · Chakra Healing · Intuitive Tarot Guidance

At the heart of Shanta’s work is a belief in community as a living practice. Rather than approaching wellness solely as an individual pursuit, he creates environments in which people can breathe, sing, move and reconnect in the presence of others. His gatherings cultivate belonging through participatory experiences that dissolve social distance and invite a more open, joyful and authentic form of connection.

As a musician, Shanta uses voice, guitar and rhythm to guide collective singing and heart-centred experiences. His music carries an organic, devotional quality shaped by yoga, nature and a commitment to the Earth. The emphasis is not placed on performance alone, but on creating a shared field in which every participant can become part of the music.

His guiding invitation — “Sing deeply, breathe happily” — captures the warmth and simplicity of his approach. Breath becomes a source of presence, song becomes a language of unity, and gathering becomes an opportunity to remember our relationship with one another and the natural world.

Areas of practice: Yoga · Sacred Music · Community Singing · Ceremony Opening & Closing · Conscious Gathering

His work extends across āsana, prāṇāyāma, meditation, yogic philosophy and advanced contemplative practice. Rather than presenting yoga only as physical exercise, he teaches it as an integrated path of self-mastery — one that engages the body, breath, mind, conduct and inner orientation of the practitioner.

A central dimension of his teaching is brahmacharya: the yogic principle of conserving, refining and intelligently directing vital energy. Through Brahmacharya Marga, he explores how disciplined living, conscious habits and mastery of the senses can support greater focus, stability and spiritual development.

Yogi Varunanand is also the creator of structured practices such as Siddhi Sutra Dhyāna Sādhana and Haṭha Yoga Abhyāsa, through which students are guided into sustained periods of meditation, breath regulation, physical strengthening and inner transformation. His programmes are designed for both beginners seeking a reliable foundation and experienced practitioners wishing to deepen their understanding of yoga beyond the postures.

With an online community of more than 1.5 million YouTube subscribers and a significant educational presence across digital platforms, Yogi Varunanand has brought traditional yogic teachings to a broad contemporary audience, combining the accessibility of modern education with a clear commitment to the philosophical and spiritual foundations of yoga.

Within Aureum, he is particularly suited to leading traditional yoga immersions, meditation intensives, prāṇāyāma programmes, disciplined sādhanā and retreats exploring ancient Indian wisdom, vital-energy cultivation and conscious living.

Areas of practice: Haṭha Yoga · Prāṇāyāma · Meditation · Brahmacharya · Yogic Philosophy · Teacher Training

His official biography describes more than four decades of uninterrupted daily headstand practice, sustained for one to two hours each day. It also recounts a twelve-year period during which he lived solely on cow’s milk — an exceptional personal austerity reflecting the intensity and unconventional nature of his yogic path.

Mahayogi Vinodanand preserves and teaches practices rarely encountered within contemporary yoga studios. These include Vajrolī, Khecharī Mudrā, Naulī, the Śaṭkarmas, Plāvinī Prāṇāyāma and Anuloma Viloma. Together, these practices belong to a traditional system of working with purification, breath, concentration, subtle energy and expanded states of awareness.

His teaching reflects the understanding that yoga is not merely “the body’s path, but the soul’s.” Physical discipline becomes the foundation for a subtler inner transformation: stabilising the mind, refining vital energy and preparing the practitioner for meditation and self-knowledge.

Through his digital platform, Mahayogi & Friends, his teachings are also being translated into an accessible contemporary format, including interactive multilingual guidance in breathing, meditation and traditional health practices. Within Aureum, he is particularly suited to advanced yoga intensives, traditional prāṇāyāma, mudrā and purification programmes, and rare yogic immersions intended for serious practitioners.

Areas of practice: Traditional Haṭha Yoga · Mudrā · Śaṭkarma · Prāṇāyāma · Advanced Sādhanā

As a DJ, Fire Rani curates rhythmic journeys designed to awaken movement and invite participants into an uninhibited yet present relationship with the body. Her musical work is closely connected to ecstatic dance: a form of conscious gathering in which rhythm becomes a pathway into expression, release and collective connection.

Her artistry extends into fire dance and flow performance through Rajaa Ranii Musical Fire Theatre. Combining expressive movement with the visual intensity of flame, she brings feminine grace, courage and magnetic stage presence to performances that feel both theatrical and ritualistic.

Together with Fire Raja, she forms Rajaa Ranii Musical Fire Theatre, a collaborative performance project uniting ecstatic music, conscious movement and fire artistry. Their gatherings can move from DJ-led ecstatic dance into live fire and flow acts, allowing an evening to unfold as a complete transformational arc — opening ceremony, ecstatic-dance journey, and a closing act of choreographed fire theatre.

Fire Rani’s work is particularly suited to ecstatic-dance journeys, elemental ceremonies, retreat celebrations, conscious festivals and transformational experiences in which music and movement help guests rediscover vitality, freedom and joy.

Areas of practice: Ecstatic Music · DJing · Conscious Dance · Fire Performance · Ceremonial Movement

As a fire performer, Fire Raja brings technical skill, concentration and commanding physical presence to the stage. His performances transform flame into a living visual language — at once primal, meditative and dramatic. Fire is approached not simply as spectacle, but as an element carrying ancient associations with purification, transformation and sacred offering.

His wider life is informed by pilgrimage, spiritual exploration and a connection with India’s living sacred traditions. This gives his performances a depth that extends beyond entertainment, allowing the elemental power of fire to become part of a larger ritual and storytelling experience.

Together with Fire Rani, he forms Rajaa Ranii Musical Fire Theatre, uniting ecstatic music, conscious movement and fire artistry into a single evening arc — from ceremonial opening, through ecstatic-dance journey, to a choreographed fire-theatre finale. At the heart of their gatherings is a spirit of gratitude, connection and the ecstatic enjoyment of life.

Within Aureum, Fire Raja is particularly suited to elemental ceremonies, evening performances, sacred celebrations, festival-style gatherings and retreat experiences exploring courage, transformation and the symbolic power of Agni.

Areas of practice: Fire Arts · Musical Theatre · Ceremonial Performance · Sacred Storytelling

Nimi’s path has taken her from sacred ashrams in India to periods of island living in Thailand, where she immersed herself in Hinduism, Buddhism, yoga and Reiki under the guidance of teachers and practitioners from different wisdom traditions. These experiences became personally transformative, supporting her journey through years of depression, anxiety and panic disorder.

Through her own healing, Nimi recognised her dharma: to serve as a bridge between Eastern spiritual wisdom and contemporary Western life. Dharma Healing House emerged as the physical expression of that calling — a holistic sanctuary where ancient practices and modern wellness modalities meet within a warm, community-oriented environment.

Her work encompasses yoga, conscious movement, group trainings, contrast therapy and ritual gathering. Dharma Healing House also hosts a wider ecosystem of practitioners and modalities, including breath and movement practices, sound experiences, Tai Chi, Kundalini Yoga, ceremonial cacao, women’s circles, journalling and healing-water experiences incorporating sauna and hot-and-cold immersion.

Nimi’s facilitation is rooted in the understanding that healing does not happen only through solitary practice. It can also arise through sincere conversation, shared ritual, music, sisterhood and the experience of being held within a conscious community.

Areas of practice: Yoga · Conscious Movement · Contrast Therapy · Women’s Circles · Community Ritual

Mark was a finalist on the third season of Netflix’s Ultimate Beastmaster, reflecting the advanced strength, agility and obstacle-course capability that inform his coaching style. His movement background has also brought him wider recognition through demanding partner-fitness and bodyweight challenges requiring coordination, stability and exceptional core strength.

Alongside training, Mark’s work addresses the practical foundations of athletic performance, including hydration, fuelling and recovery. His approach is direct, motivating and results-oriented, making him well suited to performance retreats, functional-fitness programmes, outdoor challenges and human-optimisation experiences.

Areas of practice: Functional Fitness · Strength & Conditioning · Endurance Training · Performance Nutrition

Malini’s relationship with healing began in childhood, surrounded by natural remedies and medicinal preparations created by her mother and informed by the knowledge of an uncle who practised Ayurveda. What began as an inherited family tradition evolved through formal study in India and the United Kingdom and, ultimately, into a lifelong vocation devoted to helping others heal naturally.

Saanté Selfcare is the expression of this legacy: a three-generation heritage brand founded upon Ayurveda, aromatherapy, Reiki and the philosophy of slow beauty. Its rituals and formulations are designed to care for the skin, hair and body while nurturing emotional, energetic and spiritual wellbeing. Malini remains the creative and therapeutic intelligence behind the brand’s formulations, translating time-honoured remedies into refined practices for contemporary life.

At the heart of her work is the belief that beauty cannot be separated from wellbeing. Rather than pursuing superficial or temporary solutions, Malini encourages a return to conscious ritual — slowing down, tending to the body with reverence and allowing radiance to emerge from inner balance. Her approach integrates botanical wisdom, therapeutic touch, energy work, meditation and sound into an embodied philosophy of self-care.

Within Aureum Wellness, Malini contributes a rare depth of experience at the intersection of holistic beauty, longevity, Ayurveda and ritual. Her work is especially suited to elevated retreat experiences centred on regenerative self-care, conscious ageing, women’s wellbeing, Ayurvedic skin and hair rituals, sound healing and beauty from within.

Areas of practice: Ayurveda · Aromatherapy · Reiki · Sound Healing · Reflexology · Ritual-Based Self-Care · Conscious Ageing