Facilitators & Partners
the heartbeat of BuMI

Meet our treasured community of passionate, deeply knowledgeable and like-minded friends who help us bring this gathering to fruition.

  • Joshua Levi Rasen and Heng Cher Gee (C.G) are the visionary founders behind WTF Inc Ventures, the creative house that brought WTF Bracelet and WTF Studios to life in Penang.

    Partners in both life and purpose, Joshua and C.G. share a deep commitment to helping people reconnect with clarity, healing, and transformation through the power of crystals.

    Joshua’s journey began in 2012 after a series of life-altering experiences that pushed him into a period of chaos and self-discovery. In his search for answers, he began exploring the mysterious energies of crystals and how they influence human consciousness and healing. As a Master Healer, Reader, and Maker, he channels guidance from what he calls 'The Source', using crystals as tools to help others navigate their healing journeys.Through years of study and practice, Joshua developed a profound intuitive relationship with crystals, eventually becoming known as “The Crystal Whisperer.”

    Heng Cher Gee—known affectionately as C.G.—is the heart and grounding force behind their work. With a natural connection to gemstones that began in early childhood, C.G. developed an extraordinary sensitivity to crystals long before she consciously worked with them.

    Together, Joshua and C.G. have built WTF Bracelet not just as a brand, but as a living community and a spiritual ecosystem—a space where crystals, creativity, and human connection come together to spark what they call Moments of Clarity.

  • Han How's journey began in 2011 through meditation, retreats, and learning experiences that nurtured body, mind, and spirit. Since 2018, he has been offering singing bowl therapy sessions for individuals and groups, guiding self-care practices, and conducting Singing Bowl Sound Therapist Training courses. He sees the singing bowl as a beautiful meeting of science and art — one that carries a deeply intuitive and emotional quality, and creates space for harmony, relaxation, and inner peace. With training experience from Malaysia, Nepal, the US, and the UK, he continues to share sound as a gentle yet meaningful pathway for healing, awareness, and transformation.Through both therapy and training, he hopes to make the power of sound more accessible to others.

  • Safia runs her family’s permaculture homestead and farm stay, Tirtha Quddus in Janda Baik, where she hosts retreats and leads workshops exploring sustainable living, self-sufficiency, and creativity.

  • Luvenia Kalia is a dancer, producer, and emerging dance anthropologist with over 25 years of experience in the performing arts. Her work is inspired by the relationship between people, place, and the environment. She creates performances that respond to specific locations and bring together movement, shared memories, and lived experiences. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) from Slippery Rock University, a Diploma from LASALLE College of the Arts, and an International Master’s degree in Dance Knowledge, Practice, and Heritage (Choreomundus).

    Luvenia is passionate about collaboration, cultural exchange, and storytelling rooted in real-life experiences. She also works as a producer at Maitree House, where she develops digital storytelling projects that foster a sense of belonging and strengthen human connection.

  • Regina/Regi is a board certified Health and Wellness Coach and founder of In the Bright Somatic Wellness. She helps people regulate the nervous system, release stress, and reconnect with their natural vitality and aliveness through yoga, sound, energetic and mind-body practices. Regina is the author of Chakra Centers, Harness Your Chi through Creativity and teaches Nada Yoga and Somatic Sensing in Penang. 

  • Project M.A.R.S. is a community-based ecological initiative in Balik Pulau focused on regenerative land use, climate resilience, and environmental education. Through hands-on programmes and community engagement, they create spaces for learning, growing food, and rebuilding meaningful connections between people and the natural world.

  • Xin Tong walks the path of a medicine woman, crafting remedies and healing through touch. Her journey began in Australia, where she studied ethnobotany and lived with Aboriginal tribes, deepening her bond with Mother Earth. Returning to her ancestral land in Kedah, she nurtured the soil, cultivating organic herbs and food with care.

    Her massage practice is rooted in the ancient wisdom of Thai and Chinese traditions, where touch and herbal medicine intertwine. She infuses each treatment with her handmade virgin coconut oil, herbal balms and warm poultices, allowing the body to soften, release and restore. Through Sama Sama Wellness, she holds space for deep healing, bridging tradition and modern wellbeing. With each touch, each breath of herbal essence, she invites others to reconnect with their bodies, the land and the timeless rhythms of nature.

  • A composer, multi-instrumentalist, and award winner with over fifteen years of experience working across film, advertising, theatre, and the music industry. His work is shaped by versatility, collaboration, and a deep sensitivity to storytelling through sound.

    Having travelled internationally as a professional musician, Santosh draws from a wide range of musical influences and traditions. He is trained in Qawwali and Carnatic music and is proficient in the tabla, allowing him to blend cultural elements in ways that feel natural and expressive. Alongside composition, his background in sound design and audio engineering has given him a strong technical foundation and an intuitive understanding of soundscapes.

    Santosh approaches music as both craft and conversation, creating work that supports narrative, emotion, and atmosphere with intention and care.

  • Victoria Ng is a certified harp therapist and founder of Strings of Heart, a harp therapy studio based in Penang, Malaysia. Her journey with the harp began in 2015 and later led her to train with the International Harp Therapy Program (IHTP) in Hong Kong, graduating in 2022 from the U.S.-accredited program under the National Standards Board for Therapeutic Musicians (NSBTM).

    Victoria shares the beauty of harp music through therapeutic sessions for private individual or group and collaborative wellness experiences, integrating harp with yoga, meditation, self-massage, and crystal bowl sound healing to create calming and restorative spaces for the community.

  • Originally from the French Caribbean, Raphaël is an artist working in the fields of tea, photography, holistic healing (yoga, massage, meditation), music (fujara), and permaculture (seed saving and herbalism). His work and diverse practices explore subtle connections between ritual, liminal spaces of expression, and inner transformation through self-introspection as well as our relationship with the living world.

  • Ming became interested in food as medicine when she discovered the efficacy of pure and wholesome food. Upon discovering macrobiotic, she found its philosophy which prescribe traditional, localised, organic and whole food relevant and timely to address current health crisis. She has since graduated in Level 1 to 3 from Kushi Macrobiotic School of Japan in Tokyo. She volunteers with Community Eco Market (CEM), a CSA-like program which promote organic farming and market low-waste and sustainability products to consumers.

  • Shameny Prithivi Raj is a meditation guide, Ayurvedic wellness practitioner, and the founder of Ayuradiant. Her journey into healing began with mindfulness, which opened the doorway to the deeper wisdom of Ayurveda and conscious living. After 14 years in the corporate world, she chose to dedicate her life to guiding others back to inner balance, self-awareness, and holistic wellbeing.

    Through meditation, Ayurvedic wisdom, and mindful lifestyle practices, Shameny supports individuals in reconnecting with their inner intelligence, restoring harmony in body and mind, and cultivating deep, sustainable healing.

    She is also a plant-based chef who curates nourishing meals for wellness retreats and healing spaces. Her culinary philosophy is rooted in Ayurvedic principles, where food becomes medicine — supporting digestion, hormonal balance for women, and overall vitality through conscious, seasonal nourishment.

  • Wen Ji is an architectural researcher and the founder of GniHome Clay Plaster Enterprise. After years of studying green energy and natural building in Taiwan, Wen Ji returned to Malaysia to promote the use of natural clay plaster in modern residential design. His work focuses on how clay plaster can naturally improve thermal comfort and well-being, creating spaces that are as healthy as they are beautiful.

  • Dharkshen Selva is a multi-faceted communicator with a deep-rooted interest in exploring natural ecosystems. She is currently a divemaster, exploring the Celebes Sea through marine conservation.

  • Briana, author of Solo Date, is a yoga teacher and journaling facilitator who has kept a daily writing practice for over six years. She uses journaling as a way to make sense of her experiences, stay connected to herself, and reflect on the world around her.

    Over the years, she has explored many different writing formats, prompts and approaches, and has led journaling sessions for wellness spaces, community programmes and corporate groups, creating environments where participants can slow down, notice more, and process what they are experiencing.

  • Karina Yong is a senior researcher with Third World Network, where she specialises in the impact of investment and trade agreements on human rights and environmental and other laws and policies in developing and least developed countries. This includes analysing the implications of multilateral agreements, UN treaties/conventions, investment treaties and the investment chapters of free trade agreements on human rights such as the right to health, the right to food, indigenous rights and responsible business conduct.

  • Lincoln Khoo is an advocate for Orang Asli empowerment through Eco Tourism. He has been in the Orang Asli field for over 20 years working among tribes like the Semai, Temiar, Jahai, Kentak and many others in Perak, Kelantan and Cameron Highlands. His mission is to identify Asli kampungs suitable for development as Eco Tourism destinations. His work is primarily with tribes rich in ethno-botany knowledge and still practising traditional Asli skills like hunting with blowpipes and laying spring traps.

  • Wak Long Music Group is a Penang-based cultural ensemble dedicated to preserving and presenting traditional Malay performing arts. Known as one of the few groups of its kind in the region, they showcase a wide range of performances including gamelan, muzik asli, wayang kulit, traditional dance, dikir barat, kompang, silat, and multicultural drumming.

    With over 20 years of experience, the group has performed extensively across northern Malaysia, including Penang, Kedah, and Perlis. Comprised of 20 to 30 skilled musicians and performers — including young “cilik” artists — Wak Long Music Group is recognised for both their artistry and commitment to cultural heritage.

    Through their organisation, Wak Long Music & Art Centre, they regularly perform at government and corporate events, weddings, conferences, and festivals, often for audiences of hundreds to thousands. Since 2006, they have also been invited to perform gamelan and muzik asli annually at the Penang Government Medal Award ceremony.

    Their work extends beyond Malaysia, with international showcases such as a Malay cultural performance aboard the Sun Princess cruise — bringing local traditions to a global audience.

  • Lisa & Mecha are wellness facilitators from Kuala Lumpur that combine their medicine of energy work, rope and sound to bring something new to the world of embodiment practices. Lisa works with rope, seeing it as a tool for connection with oneself by tapping into the present moment. She hosts and teaches workshops and classes around KL. Mecha is an energy worker who facilitates private and group sessions through modalities like Pranic Healing, somatic release, sound and vibration and meditations to tap into one’s consciousness to transform.

  • Chin’s journey into yoga began with a simple intention: to find a way to cope with stress and care for her emotional well-being. She completed her 200hr TTC in 2017 under Yogacharya Prof. Sathishji.

    What started as a practice of movement and breath slowly became something much deeper—a daily ritual of grounding, healing, and presence.

    Her teaching emphasizes alignment, breath awareness and finding inner stillness. She guide students to reconnect with their body, mind and breath on their own pace in a supportive space.

  • Making art using oil, acrylic and wood allows Frank to reflect, explore, and share his experiences and emotions. Inspired by the November cascade of falling leaves in Kyoto, he created artworks filled with vibrant colour and quiet, contemplative landscapes. In Thailand, the sight of concrete hotels encroaching on the coastline led him to blur the boundaries between swirling waves and man-made structures. His work explores the fragile balance between human intervention and the natural world.

    Based in London, Frank draws on a life shaped by travel and cultural exchange. Having grown up between Guyana and England, and worked in social development across Africa and South and Southeast Asia—from Afghanistan to Japan—his practice is deeply informed by diverse environments and perspectives. He has exhibited at the Commonwealth Institute, Museum of Mankind, Issey Miyake, and Regent’s Park Gallery in the UK, as well as the Anewal Gallery in Japan.

  • Aumshree Das is a Life Coach, energy practitioner, and founder of Vimana School of Self Love, a space dedicated to helping individuals reconnect with their inner wisdom and realign with a life that feels authentic and meaningful.

    Her work blends coaching, meditation, intuitive reflection, and energy practices to support people in navigating personal change, emotional healing, and self-discovery. Drawing from her own life experiences and transformative personal journey, Aumshree brings a grounded and compassionate approach to the spaces she holds.

    After navigating major life transitions, she turned deeply toward energy healing and inner work as a path of rebuilding, clarity, and self-alignment. These experiences now shape the way she guides others, creating environments where people feel safe to pause, reflect, and reconnect with themselves.

    Through workshops, retreats, healing sessions, and community gatherings, Aumshree helps individuals explore themes of self-love, forgiveness, purpose, and personal transformation. Her work invites people to move beyond old narratives and step into the next chapter of their lives with greater awareness, courage, and alignment.

    Her intention is simple: to help people remember who they truly are and create lives that feel deeply aligned from within.

  • Kerry is the founder of Inner Living Yoga, a space for holistic well-being that blends yoga, breathwork, herbal medicine, and nature-based healing. She guides adults, children, and teens through transformative practices, helping them reconnect with themselves and the natural world.

    Passionate about the wisdom of the body and the earth, Kerry leads forest bathing sessions that invite deep rest and renewal, alongside women’s circles that foster connection, self-care, and empowerment. Her work integrates the healing power of herbs, movement, and mindfulness, offering a path to balance and vitality.

    Whether through yoga, herbal remedies, or immersive nature experiences, Kerry’s mission is simple: to help people feel more connected, authentic, and alive.

  • Iris van Wijhe (DJ NiJi) has been working in the performing arts and music industry for over 20 years. She began her career as a dancer, performer, and choreographer, later evolving into producing shows, music videos, concerts, and managing tours for multiple award-winning artists in the Netherlands and Malaysia.

    As DJ NiJi, she shares her love for music by spinning her favorite tracks into a dynamic sound journey, guiding you through waves of rhythm and energy. Playing in the present moment, she creates a space where the music moves you.

    DJ NiJi has performed at festivals such as the Rainforest World Music Festival (Borneo), Highvibefest (Malaysia), Ecstatic Dance Festival Holland, Landjuweel Festival (Ruigoord), and many more.

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  • Bibi Margaret Gohulu, founder of Marge’s Kich’en started in 2014 on a part-time basis doing food canning i.e. savoury spread and condiments.

    She is focused on hot food which caters to corporate, individuals and families and also conducts cooking workshops (group and private).

    Her focus is Malaysia’s traditional and Bornean cuisines, incorporating locally sourced ingredients. Eg Introducing the almost forgotten traditional cuisine or not heard by many e.g. Piaren Ah Manuk, Sinagol and etc.

  • Aaravind started practicing various devotional practices such as yoga and meditation when he was 12 years old. After traveling all over India he moved to Koh Phangan, Thailand, where he deepened his spiritual and personal development journey.Aaravind started exploring these practices more, learned from various healing modalities and started helping people become more in touch with their body through active meditation and breathwork. He discovered that there are many benefits that come from breathwork, including mental clarity, decreased stress, better immune system and finding inner peace!

  • Aida Redza is a Malaysian contemporary performance maker and choreographer whose socially engaged practice blends movement, multidisciplinary practise, and activism. Based in Penang, her work is rooted in the concept of Penjaga (the guardian), using dance to nurture and transform while addressing environmental, social, and cultural themes through community and cross-disciplinary collaboration. Founder and artistic director of multiple arts initiatives, she has created acclaimed site-responsive works performed in unconventional spaces across Southeast Asia and beyond, and was recognized as a Kakiseni Gamechanger in 2018 and won the BOH Cameronian Best Choreographer for Musical Award in 2023

  • Sabina is a permaculturist conservationist, and a student of syntropic agroforestry at 'A Little Wild' in Johor. In her spare time, she spends time with an indigenous community in Royal Belum, learning from their knowledge of native jungle trees and participating in shared forest livelihoods.

  • London-born and Penang-rooted, Yasunari is a true creative chameleon. While trained in fashion design, his passion lies in exploring the natural universe through sound, craft, film, and design. Over the past two decades, Yasu has created murals, documentaries, jewellery, didgeridoos, and music, some of which have appeared on the Discovery Channel, at Georgetown Festival, and in mainstream cinema.

    Drawn to the hypnotic hum of the didgeridoo while in Australia, he began making and playing this ancient instrument over 20 years ago, and now brings this gift to BuMI Fest.

  • With over two decades of musical exploration and a deep-rooted passion for holistic wellness, Sean brings a truly unique approach to the handpan. Beginning his musical journey as a guitarist over 20 years ago, he developed a strong technical foundation and a deep love for melody. However, it was the ethereal resonance of the handpan that captured his heart four years ago, leading him down a path of sonic discovery.

    As a sound practitioner of Sen Sound Healing—a dedicated sound healing studio for the past five years— Sean understands that music is more than just notes; it is vibration, frequency, and therapy. As a singing bowl sound practitioner, he applies these principles of mindfulness and resonance to his handpan workshops, creating a safe, meditative space for students to connect with the instrument.

    For the past two years, Sean has been guiding students of all levels in finding their voice on the handpan. His teaching method is informed by his technical guitar background and his intuitive sound healing practice, ensuring lessons are both structurally sound and deeply soulful. When he is not teaching or playing, you can find him nurturing the community in another way: as the chef and owner of APlace 39, proving that his greatest talent lies in creating harmony—whether on a plate, in a singing bowl, or on a handpan.

  • Mike Tait is a Reiki Master, healer, and spiritual guide with over 25 years of experience supporting individuals in achieving physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. As a Reiki Master Teacher, psychic surgeon, spirit channeller, hypnotist, past-life regression specialist, and intuitive guide, Mike offers a deeply holistic approach to healing, working with psychological challenges, unexplained illnesses, and physical conditions.

    A specialist in supporting people at all stages of cancer, Mike has seen powerful results in improving quality of life and recovery. He is also deeply committed to mentoring and supporting other healers, sharing his knowledge and experience to empower others on their own healing and spiritual paths.

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