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Volume One Southeast Asia
The Solas Guide
Finding someone isn't difficult. Knowing who to trust is.
A trusted guide to exceptional wellness practitioners.
Independently recognised. Editorially profiled. Carefully selected.
Why The Solas Guide Exists
Wellness has grown rapidly. Trust hasn't always kept pace.
The Solas Guide is an independent editorial guide to exceptional wellness practitioners across Southeast Asia.
We recognise practitioners through a careful review process, verify the claims we publish, and introduce their work to people looking for someone they can trust.
We don't rank practitioners.
We don't sell placements.
We don't accept paid endorsements.
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Founding Practitioners
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Independently Reviewed
Recognition
Recognition is earned. Not purchased.
Every practitioner is reviewed before being recognised by The Solas Guide.
We look at professional standing, experience, training and contribution to practice, and verify the claims we publish where they can be independently corroborated.
Recognition cannot be purchased.
It is the result of our review and editorial judgement.
Editorial Profile
Every profile is written and maintained by Solas to give readers a clear and consistent picture of the practitioner and their work.
Thoughtful Introductions
If you would like help choosing, tell us what you are looking for and we’ll suggest who we think may be worth speaking to.
Volume One
Meet the Founding Practitioners
Volume One brings together practitioners recognised for the quality of their work, depth of practice and professional standing.
Browse the Guide to explore their work, experience and approach.
Southeast Asia
Aaron Binning
Mentors boys and young men through challenge, reflection, community and meaningful rites-of-passage experiences.
Primary modality
Young men’s mentorship · Rites of passage · Youth development
Southeast Asia · Europe · Willing to travel
Dirk Hamelijnck
Uses breath, cold exposure and body-oriented practice to support physical, emotional and nervous-system resilience.
Primary modality
Breathwork · Cold exposure · TRE
Southeast Asia · International
Cat Kabira
Works at the intersection of yoga, subtle energetics, somatic practice and craniosacral work.
Primary modality
Yoga Energetics · Craniosacral work · Energy healing
Southeast Asia · Europe · Willing to travel
Claudia Pietrantoni
A professional counsellor working with relationships, anxiety, identity, loss, change and personal or professional development.
Primary modality
Humanistic Gestalt Counselling · Integrated counselling · Humanistic coaching
Southeast Asia · International
Ida Resi Alit
A Balinese Hindu High Priestess sharing traditional practices of meditation, prayer, water purification and spiritual connection.
Primary modality
Melukat / Balinese water purification · Meditation · Prayer
Southeast Asia
Kartika Alexandra
Works with subconscious patterns, trauma and nervous-system regulation to support lasting change in wellbeing, relationships and performance.
Primary modality
Integrative hypnotherapy · Subconscious pattern work · Trauma-informed practice
Southeast Asia · International
Sandra Echemendia
Supports entrepreneurs and organisations through growth, change and transformation with greater clarity, structure and alignment.
Primary modality
Strategy advisory · Mentoring · Leadership and organisational transformation
Southeast Asia · International
Beta Gaiana Lisboa
Supports women through somatic trauma healing, breathwork, embodiment and nervous-system regulation.
Primary modality
Somatic trauma work · Somatic Trauma Release Breathwork · Biodynamic Trauma Release Breathwork
Who the Guide is for
Built for people looking beyond reviews and recommendations.
Individuals
Trusted support for your wellbeing, health and personal development.
Couples & Families
Finding the right person for the people who matter most.
Retreat Organisers
Building thoughtful programmes with trusted practitioners.
Hotels & Travel Advisors
Making considered introductions for guests and clients.
Organisations
Finding practitioners for leadership, wellbeing and team programmes.
Need help choosing?
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Tell us a little about what you are looking for.
We'll review your enquiry personally and suggest the practitioners we think may be worth considering.
Need Help Choosing?Professional enquiries
Looking for something more tailored?
Planning a retreat, leadership programme, private client experience or looking for practitioners for your organisation?
Solas works with retreat organisers, hotels, travel advisors and organisations to identify practitioners, shape programmes and make thoughtful introductions.
Practitioner applications
Recognition is by application.
Recognition in The Solas Guide is earned through an independent review and editorial process.
We look for practitioners with depth of practice, professional standing and work that deserves to be better known.
Applications are currently open for the next recognition round.