AMALINA｜Yu Yan Ke
Founder, Ayurveda Diet, Yoga and Detox Senior Teacher
In 1994, our co-founder began her journey into yoga. As an orthopaedic specialist, she grasped Western medicine's intricacies. However, when her child fell ill, she explored Ayurveda and holistic practices. Witnessing remarkable results, she delved deeper.
Since the year 1997, she's championed Ayurveda and holistic healing, becoming a nature therapy coach. In 2021, she founded an association promoting balanced living. In 2022, Chao Chao Wo Yoga Garden was born, extending yoga's principles to all.
LOKANATHA｜Feng Liu
Founder, Deep Mind-Body-Spirit Healing Guide
In 2002, a pivotal moment redirected his path. As a dancer in the Japanese Yellow Butterfly Nanten Dance Troupe, he uncovered the profound connection between self and body cells through dance. This sparked his interest in mind-body-spirit yoga, marking the beginning of his spiritual journey, which he has pursued for over 15 years.
Fast forward to 2022, when he actively co-created Chao Chao Wo Yoga Garden, envisioning a sanctuary in harmony with the universe. Leveraging his skills as a carpenter and furniture designer, he personally crafted every structure in our space, infusing our retreats with his dedication and passion for service. Guided by his commitment and expertise, we offer our guests a transformative journey where joy and purpose can be rediscovered.
HSIN | Yu Hsin Chung
Cuisine Designer
With a lifelong passion for history and food, Hsin brings over three years of dedication to the world of social enterprise. As a cuisine designer at Chao Chao Wo, Hsin blends Ayurvedic principles with a modern approach to food design, shaping innovative culinary visions. From crafting exclusive meal designs to curating culinary experiences, Hsin channels a deep understanding of ingredients to weave stories of land, environment, and culture through food.
ASIA
Brand Manager
As the Brand Manager at Chao Chao Wo, Asia brings a unique blend of experience and passion for holistic wellness. As a yogi herself, she embraces meditative tea-drinking since 2018, sharing moments of mindful tea sessions with guests while nurturing a caring atmosphere. Her journey as a vegetarian for almost a decade has deepened her understanding of food's impact on well-being, sparking her interest in nutrition and holistic healing. Asia contributes significantly to crafting the visual identity of Chao Chao Wo, ensuring it reflects the brand's values of mindfulness and connection.
TONY
Yoga Instructor, Web Designer
Bringing experience from the high-tech business world, Tony embarked on a transformative journey in early 2023, embracing vegetarianism and spirituality. Within Chao Chao Wo, he wears multiple hats, serving as both a yoga instructor and a web designer. Through yoga, Tony shares the gift of mindfulness and physical well-being, fostering connections and channeling universal love. As a web designer, he brings value by seamlessly blending creativity and functionality, enhancing user experience and reflecting the essence of Chao Chao Wo's holistic approach to life.
SHU MIN SHEN
Ceramics & Woodwork Artist, Natural Building
Ming Shen is a valued coworker at Chao Chao Wo, where he contributes to sustainable building efforts and collaborates as a ceramic artist. With a Master's degree in Architecture and Art obtained abroad in 2016, he returned in 2018 to inspire students as a lecturer in architectural design. Embracing pottery as a form of self-expression, Ming Shen established Waves Studio in 2021, infusing his creations with present sensations and heartfelt emotions. At Chao Chao Wo, he brings creativity and mindfulness to his role, enhancing projects with his diverse skill set and artistic vision.
YAN XIONG ZENG
Meditation Teacher and Spiritual Instructor
Yan Xiong Zeng is deeply committed to sustainability and adopts a mindset of "succesotherapy" in life. Concerned about environmental exploitation, he passionately promotes natural therapy alongside his wife. Through the practice of yoga and meditation, Yan Xiong Zeng has gained a profound appreciation for life's resilience and believes in the innate healing abilities within each individual.
MEI XIU ZHENG
Curriculum, Homeopathic Medicine Consultant
Mei Xiu Zheng is deeply committed to sustainability and embraces the principles of "succesotherapy" in her approach to life. Advocating for natural therapy, she brings expertise in curriculum design and homeopathic medicine to help families rediscover vitality in an increasingly fast-paced world.
HERA | Qiao Hua Chen
Woodcraft and Instrument making Insructor
Hera is a vital member of the Chao Chao Wo team, contributing as a woodcraft instructor and leading "make your own instrument" workshops. Her remarkable achievements include nominations at esteemed film festivals and gold medals at international invention exhibitions. With a flair for creativity, Hera specializes in crafting unique instruments such as bamboo rain sound sticks and thumb pianos. Her dedication to craftsmanship is evident in her workshops, where she imparts her skills to participants, fostering a love for woodworking and musical creativity.
PETE HARRISON
Woodcraft and Instrument making Insructor
Pete Harrison is a valuable member of the Chao Chao Wo team, serving as a woodcraft instructor and workshop leader. His impressive portfolio includes workshops ranging from thumb piano sessions to Christmas pyrography workshops. Pete's expertise and passion for craftsmanship shine through in his meticulous approach to woodworking and instrument making. With a knack for innovation, he continues to inspire participants through his engaging workshops and exhibitions, making a significant impact on the community.
BONNIE | Wen Ling Liu
Instructor to Nature
Bringing a love for nature and a wealth of experience, Bonnie serves as a nature instructor at Chao Chao Wo, enriching the team with expertise in wilderness education and nature guiding. With a background as a wilderness lifelong volunteer and guidance counselor, Name has led groups and provided guidance in various natural settings. Additionally, Bonnie's passion for artistic creation, including woodworking, adds a unique dimension to the Chao Chao Wo team, enriching the connection between art, nature, and creativity.
RUI QIAN TANG
Children's Yoga Instructor
Rui-Qian serves as both a Children's Yoga Instructor and Spiritual Guide at Chao Chao Wo. Drawing from his sociology background and hands-on social service experience, he approaches teaching with a grounded perspective. Tang Laoshi crafts engaging classes, weaving elements of environment, humanity, art, and music to create a holistic experience for all ages. Through yoga and massage, he fosters well-being and guides both children and parents toward balance and resilience.
Yang Shu-jun
Viscral Healing Massage
Through yoga and stick-assisted massage, discomfort in the body is gradually released, allowing the body to return to its optimal state—so one can truly live well and pursue what they aspire to do.
Drawing from her personal journey and years of hands-on experience with clients, Shu-Jun shares her insights while attentively caring for each individual’s bodily changes. With the warmest words and touch, she offers a space of gentle support and companionship.
Didi Ananda Kalika
Spiritual Guide
Didi Ananda Kalika serves as a Spiritual Guide at Chao Chao Wo, where her deep connection with children and passion for yoga converge. Inspired by her concern for children, yoga serves as a bridge to express her love and support for their well-being. Didi remains steadfast in her mission, drawing energy from yoga and meditation to propel her forward. Committed to promoting concepts of love and compassion, she endeavors to spread light into the darkest corners, fostering a sense of interconnectedness and harmony with each other, the earth, and all living beings.
Scott MacMillan
Facilitator
Originating in Canada, settled in Taiwan, deeply dedicated to language education, and founded the New World English School in Taiwan, helping countless students build new language power! In the process of searching for his life philosophy, he became a yoga practitioner at CHAOCHAOWO yoga healing.
Yun
Natural Architecture Collaboration
The first volunteer in Chaochaowoyogahealing.Building project and a yoga practitioner through years of participation in courses. Her educational background is in architecture/design, and she excels in aesthetic planning and creation. One of the founders of the "Sensory Village Tourism" brand, she brings five-sense exploration experience design to local tourism itineraries.
Yan Ming-Yi
Forest Restoration Specialist
Founder of Yi Ye Forest.
"How long has it been since you've been close to nature?" Using the Miyawaki Reforestation Method, also known as the Eternal Forest, the aim is to plant over sixty forests in Taiwan. Besides reducing carbon emissions and slowing temperature rise, the resulting ecosystems offer excellent therapeutic benefits, allowing participants to relax and rest in nature.
Uma Devi / Tatjana
Spiritual Guide
Yoga and meditation guide, art therapist, educator and teacher, art therapist (movement and dance, colour and form, ritualistic masks and stage plays) through natural development.
Focus on creative approach, intuition and sublime layers of the mind.
Tang Wenzheng (Dake)
Bamboo architecture and experimental education practitioner
Love and gratitude are the most powerful forces in the universe, and experiencing the abundance of life is the essence of one's own life.
Passionate about collaborative house building, he initiated a community-based renovation project in Tainan, participated in collaborative house building projects throughout Taiwan, and continuously refines various ways of loving life and the planet: Permaculture PDC, National Chengchi University Experimental Education Training, Tzu Chi Waldorf Introductory Teacher Training, 160-hour bamboo construction course at the Puyuma Youth Assembly Center, and Liao Chih-te's Sifu Bamboo Carving Training.
Cony
Experimental Education Practitioner
I'm Cony, from Malaysia. I was formerly the manager of an international kindergarten and a university lecturer.
CHAOCHAOWO is a loving and vibrant space. We are grateful to have gathered and accompanied each other in this healing and tranquil forest, nurturing one another and growing together through various activities, both active and peacefully
Paris, Tsai Tsu-Wei
Guide, Companion
A typical person, but with a passionate heart for friends and family. Over 10 years of experience in yoga practice and psychology. Has lived in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, and Germany due to family and work. Deeply aware of the weariness and depletion of worldly pursuits, and having once felt lost and exhausted, she has gradually found nourishment through self-discovery and exercise/yoga. Now she has slowed down and settled in Taiwan.
Samaara
Yoga teacher, herbal healer
Samaara lights up the boundless classroom of nature with her passion and curiosity, and she deeply loves the world we live in. She is a conservation biologist, writer, and lifelong learner. She believes that plants hold powerful healing properties and wisdom that transcends time.
Her workshops blend herbal crafting, plant energetics, and wild foraging, with a spirit of adventure and a foundation in sustainability. Samaara’s joy is truly contagious—she guides you to slow down, listen to nature, and build genuine relationships with plants, transforming curiosity into deep experience and connection.
Liang Weihong
Structural therapist, interior decorator, and food researcher
Ten years of experience in orthopedic manipulation have taught me that pain stems from the accumulation of bad habits and incorrect muscle compensation.
In 2017, I founded Island Language Studio, combining physical manual techniques, neural signal reconstruction techniques, neural stabilization training, and exercise and strength training. Integrating my past structural manipulation skills, I designed a method to address the root causes of problems, helping everyone regain their body's original balance and restore fascial flow.
Wang Mei-Han
Ancestral Homeland Practitioner, Living Tree Builder, Social Media Marketing Expert
Originally a marketing and graphic designer, after reading "The Singing Cedar" in 2017, she embarked on a journey to find her homeland, venturing into fields and wilderness, ultimately settling down and establishing her own ancestral homeland. She is dedicated to a lifestyle that deeply integrates spirituality, ecology, and humanity, achieving harmony between humanity and nature.
She develops living tree construction, aerial suspension bridges, and flower essences from native Taiwanese plants, hoping to combine life, the economy, and local forests, enabling harmonious coexistence between humans and nature.
In 2025, she will found the Taiwan Ancestral Homeland Association, praying that every piece of land can be treated with kindness—if everyone can care for a small piece of land, together we can embrace the vast Earth.
Miroku
Life Energy Field Resonance Healer, Natural Consciousness Guide
Focusing on "Natural Consciousness Guidance" and "Life Energy Field Resonance Healing,"
through life energy breathing and mindfulness, he helps modern people shed their ego-driven thoughts.
Let go of daily troubles and criticism, and see the warmth and light within your consciousness.
May he accompany you in the tranquil forest of CHAOCHAOWO , as a shield to loosen your senses;
May you find peace and warmth in your life field amidst the natural mountains, seas, and morning light.
"May every gathering be the beginning of healing."
Olga
Social Worker
I am Olga, a social worker and also a tiny speck of light on this Earth. I hope that everyone who walks into Nest Nest can rediscover their purest essence and feel love within the embrace of the forest.
Liu
Experience Designer
Dedicated to experience development and curation. With a background that blends medicine and technology, skilled at translating local culture and scientific context into interactive narratives. Passionate about food and yoga practices, creating travel storytelling rich in life insights through the rhythms of natur
Fangko
Yoga Instructor, Web Designer
Exploring the balance between healing and action across body, mind, and spirit. Through yoga and embodied awareness, I accompany myself and others in rediscovering inner stability. With a background in web design and a passion for travel and long-distance walking, I believe that each step taken is not just a path forward, but a journey toward deeper connection with the world and oneself.
Yunna
Visual Designer & Illustrator
Creative inspiration is drawn from everyday observations and natural landscapes, with a longing for a simple and pure yoga-centered life. Finding balance between body and mind through breath and flow, I hope to bring gentle and grounding visual experiences through design and art—accompanying people back to the present moment and reconnecting with themselves.
Anton
Companion
Anton is a dedicated host at Plitvice Nest in Croatia, where he enjoys welcoming guests and helping them feel at home while they explore the beauty of the surrounding area. Alongside that, Anton works as a contractor specializing in interior construction and has a keen passion for learning and connecting with people.
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