The Wellness Summit is not just a gathering of the best minds in the business … We have planned our programme so that you don't have to miss your favourite exercises while away from your home base, and it is one good way to start each of the three days of non-stop activities.

The Masters that we have invited to guide you through the morning Masters sessions are specialists in their own field having gathered years of experience following rigorous training with the best of gurus.

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Masters

		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 Founder 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

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