Since its debut in 2023, Serenity - The Datai Well-Being Series provides exclusive opportunities to engage with world-class specialists in personalised and group sessions amidst the pristine natural beauty of Langkawi’s ancient rainforest. Throughout 2025, guests can look forward to an expanded range of transformative and immersive experiences grounded in holistic practices, including sound healing and yoga, as well as contemporary therapeutic innovations like somatic movement, bioresonance and advanced bodywork.
Among the six practitioners who will take residence for the third edition of Serenity - The Datai Well-Being Series, Bastien Gonzalez and Savy Ho are returning from the previous series to offer their much sought after services and treatments again, along with a number of new visiting practitioners:
Stephane Duvacher, General Manager of The Datai Langkawi, comments: “At The Datai Langkawi, we are privileged to be surrounded by an unparalleled natural environment that inherently nurtures and heals. Serenity - The Datai Well-Being Series 2025 exemplifies our commitment to bringing holistic healing and wellness experiences to our guests by collaborating with globally acclaimed practitioners. It is our vision to create journeys that not only restore balance but also inspire lasting positive change in the way our guests connect with themselves and the natural world around them.”
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Dr McGill’s techniques combine what he describes as ‘Taoist energy practices’, techniques rooted in ancient Chinese philosophy that focus on cultivating, balancing, and harmonising the body, to promote physical, mental, and spiritual wellbeing. These practices include chakra balancing, myofascial release, dry needling, and spinal alignment.
With a deep commitment to transformative healing, treatments during the residency include Re-Align and Energise, a session designed to eliminate pain, enhance mobility, and restore vitality. Through his Structural/Energetic Integration Therapy, Dr McGill addresses the root causes of pain and dysfunction, providing long-lasting relief. His unique approach blends chiropractic adjustments, intuitive healing, reflexology, trigger-point release, Chi Nei Tsang abdominal massage, and cranial-sacral therapy. This combination activates the body’s natural ability to heal, leaving participants feeling lighter, looser, and more balanced.
Bastien Gonzalez is famous worldwide for his meticulous and unique approach to foot treatments. He has won multiple awards for his signature podiatrist studio and services. A Paris-trained podiatrist, Bastien was one of the first practitioners to pioneer an integrated approach to hands, nails and feet, combining health and natural beauty in his treatment protocol. His unique treatments employ medical-grade care of the nails, whilst incorporating deep massage, relieving any muscle tension or heaviness from toe-to-knee or finger-to-elbow. During his residency, Bastien will include luxurious foot care and wellness workshops.
Guests can enjoy hand and feet treatments all year round in his Pedi:Mani:Cure Studio at The Datai Langkawi, however, the master himself offers services exclusively performed by himself only from 13-20 April.
Hannah Moujing specialises in yoga, meditation, somatic bodywork and movement - a way of moving the body using physical and therapeutic touch, along with other techniques, to help people focus on the internal connection with their bodies and release tension. Her unique approach reconnects individuals with their indigenous roots, incorporating meditation and movement rooted in nature as well as mindfulness through traditional Malaysian arts such as Mengkuang weaving.
Hannah's sessions at The Datai Langkawi are titled Reconnecting with the Indigenous Body, during which participants are invited to explore indigenous practices that reconnect them with the natural world and ancestral wisdom. Activities include meditative ‘lines in the sand’, floating meditation, and somatic bodywork inspired by traditional techniques.
Daphne is a registered yoga therapist, movement educator, bodyworker, and a specialist in rehabilitation and somatic movement education (focusing on the internal experience of movement, rather than the outcome), advanced dry needling and electrotherapy (a treatment using electrical energy to treat conditions like pain and muscle injuries), and yoga therapy.
Her work aims to restore physical balance by exploring the underlying principles of the human brain-body connections and movement patterns. She applies principles of kinesiology (a therapy using muscle testing to assess imbalances in the body), embodied anatomy and physiology through somatics, evidence-based research on the nervous system, trauma physiology, as well as traditional yoga philosophy into her work.
Daphne will be offering Therapeutic and Holistic Bodywork, evidence-based sessions focused on rehabilitation and movement education. Combining advanced dry needling, therapeutic yoga, and somatic practices, Daphne’s work helps restore mobility, alleviate pain, and reconnect individuals with their physical well-being.
Hailing from the UK and now based in Kuala Lumpur, Liam runs The Stretch Clinic where he combines physiotherapy with holistic lifestyle practices including manual therapy, biomechanics (the study of how mechanical forces interact with biological systems, such as the human body, to produce movement), bioresonance (a therapy that uses electromagnetic frequencies to detect and adjust imbalances in the body's energy field, promoting healing and harmony in physical and emotional systems), and holistic injury prevention. Known for his work in advanced pain management, Liam also conducts educational workshops for sports institutes and hospitals, making his expertise invaluable for anyone seeking physical rejuvenation.
Treatments during his residency will include Integrated Therapy and Stretching - an innovative approach to holistic wellness. This manual therapy combines stretching, massage, biomechanics, and bioresonance techniques, offering relief from pain and enhanced flexibility. Participants can also join group classes focused on injury prevention and improved physical performance.
Voted Best Sound Healer of The Year at the Yogalife Wellness Awards/Tourism Malaysia 2020, Savy is a certified sound healer renowned for her transformative, heart-centred approach to yoga, body work, meditation, sound healing, and tea ceremony sessions. Specialisms include Light Energy Weave healing, an alternative energy therapy that involves channelling and weaving light frequencies into the body’s energy field to clear blockages, restore balance, and support physical, emotional. With a profound dedication to elevating levels of higher consciousness, self-love, and inner awareness, Savy guides individuals on a journey to heal and restore inner alignment and balance.
At The Datai Langkawi, Savy will perform tranquil wellness experiences through sound healing, yoga, tea ceremony and guided meditations designed to foster emotional balance and inner peace. Savy will also introduce new offerings including cacao ceremonies, and partner Thai massage, where her holistic approach blends ancient practices with modern techniques, creating a deeply restorative experience for participants.
Launched to celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Datai Langkawi, which took place in 2023, Serenity - The Datai Well-Being Series reinforces the rainforest resort’s commitment to providing guests with exceptional, world-class experiences and sustainable immersion in the unique natural world of Langkawi.
The six visiting holistic wellness practitioners, including three returning, for 2024 are:
− 6-12 February 2024: Dr Rafael Bagheri, Chiropractor, Canada
− 23-30 April 2024: Bastien Gonzalez, Podiatrist, France
− 14-22 June 2024: Dr Lim Xiang Jun, Specialist in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Acupuncturist, Singapore
− 19-27 August 2024: Savy Ho, Certified Sound Healer, Yoga and Meditation Practitioner, Malaysia
− 12-27 October 2024: Hannah Prescott, Nutritionist and Fitness Instructor, UK
− 21 December 2024 - 03 January 2025: Roxanne De Guzman, Fitness Professional and Yoga Instructor, Canada
In celebration of our 30th anniversary in 2023, we launched Serenity - The Datai Well-being Series. This exciting new wellness programme brings the very best holistic practitioners from around the world to the heart of the Malaysian rainforest to host a series of residencies for resort guests.
The six practitioners who took residence for the maiden edition of Serenity - The Datai Well-Being Series were:
− 24-31 December 2022: Dr Rafael Bagheri, Chiropractor, Canada
− 14-20 March 2023: Bastien Gonzalez, Podiatrist, France
− 1-10 April 2023: Dr Rui Pedro Loureiro, TCM/Acupuncture, Portugal
− 14-25 June 2023: Paul Emery, Creator: A Peaceful Mind, Thailand
− 7-17 August 2023 and 10-17 December 2023: Roxanne De Guzman, Fitness Professional and Yoga Instructor, Canada
− 7-14 October 2023: Christina Shiu, Singing Bowl Sound Healing Practitioner, Singapore