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Aleks Kop is leading this edition. Drawing on her work with yoga and movement, she developed the Confidence Club, whose approach combines movement, breathwork, reflection, presence, and community. Her approach is modern, aesthetic, and community-oriented. Self-confidence is not understood here as loud self-promotion, but rather as inner presence and the ability to feel secure and connected within one’s own body.

For the Asia Edition, Aleks Kop combines dynamic and calm movement formats, breathwork, meditation, and Yoga Nidra into an overarching narrative. She creates a contemporary path to inner balance without getting lost in a purely traditional or dogmatic approach. As the lead, she ensures that the styles of all four contributors interlock, transforming the individual formats into a cohesive journey.

Yiwen Wang works in Amsterdam as an acupuncturist and as a yoga and qigong instructor. Her practice encompasses various disciplines of traditional Chinese medicine, including acupuncture, acupressure, cupping, and tui na. She brings the physical aspect of Chinese health practices to the program. Calm Qigong sequences, breathing exercises, and acupressure offer a particularly gentle approach to movement, body awareness, and regeneration. The focus is less on athletic intensity and more on precision and the conscious interplay of posture, breath, and movement. Her practice thus serves as a calm counterpoint to more dynamic yoga and movement sessions. Yiwen Wang helps participants experience how small, focused movements can have a profound effect on their personal body awareness and inner peace.

Nanjing Deng works as a ceremonial singer, intuitive vocalist, and sound worker. She also practices traditional Chinese medicine, Reiki, and ceremonial practices. Her work lends the Asia Edition a special cultural and sensory depth. With her, tea is not merely served but consciously experienced. Aroma, taste, temperature, and silence become part of a ritual that focuses attention and slows down the moment. Her work with voice and sound also defies the traditional concert format. The voice becomes an instrument that creates atmosphere and connects with guests on an immediate, emotional level. Nanjing Deng thus embodies a form of mindfulness that operates not primarily through explanations, but through the senses and personal experience.

Yasemin Vollmond is a sound artist, classically trained pianist, and certified sound and breath therapist. Her work combines gongs, voice, and atmospheric soundscapes to create immersive experiences.

As part of the IN2BALANCE program, she creates spaces where guests can find peace, listen mindfully, and physically experience resonance. Sound is not merely a casual wellness accompaniment here, but becomes an artistic language in its own right. A special highlight of the journey is her additional gong concert in the theater. This brings the central theme of the edition from the intimate course setting to the big stage. The concert evening is deliberately conceived as a standalone artistic format rather than a traditional sound bath. Gongs and atmospheric soundscapes combine with the theater’s unique acoustics to create an immersive experience.