Island Within

About the Founder and the Main Trainer: Ms. Zero Chan A mindfulness yoga teacher (RYT500), singing bowl instructor, sound bath practitioner, and storyteller. Dedicated to inspiring others to reach their highest potential, Zero devotes herself to living a life aligned with her own. She teaches from a place of deep personal practice, sharing only what she has truly experienced and embodied. With over 10 years of experience in film production, Zero brings a unique element of authentic storytelling to her classes. By sharing real-life narratives, she creates an atmosphere that guests find deeply inspiring, healing, and human. Experiences: Founder of Island Within: Established a dedicated island studio, leading over 200 mindfulness retreat sessions. Expert Practitioner: Over 200+ hours leading singing bowl sound baths and 200+ hours teaching Mindful and Yin Yoga. Certified Educator: Curator and lead teacher of the Singing Bowl Certification Course (certified by Yoga Alliance) at MyYoga. Over 100 students are trained. Current Residencies: Resident Yoga and Sound Healing Teacher at My Yoga and Charity Teacher for the Hong Kong Cancer Fund since 2020. Experiences at Corporates: Offering 100+ Workshops including RTHK, Disney, Ocean Park, HKEX, JobDB, Muji, CathayPacific, SwireHotel, Nike, Lululemon, AIA, Manulife, FoodPanda, Discovery Park,etc. Community Leader: Founded the Vipassana Meditation Online Practice Group in 2022, leading a community of over 200 people in daily meditation for 21 days for over 6 months. Trainings and Qualifications: Sound Healing • Completed Tibetan Singing Bowl Advanced Training Level 1 to 4, taught by Malbert Lee • Completed Singing Bowl Therapist Certification Course L1&L2, taught by Cat Yu • Completed Gong Healing Teacher Training L1&L2, taught by Jai Gobind Singh • Completed “Initiation”: Planetary, Therapeutic Singing Bowls & Ancient Sound Healing Instruments, taught by Master Govinda Tiwari Dhrub • Completed Mantra Chanting, Harmonium, Madal and Percussion Playing L1, taught by Master Govinda Tiwari Dhruba Yoga, Mindfulness and Meditation • Completed RYT500 Advanced Yoga Teacher Training certified by Yoga Alliance, taught by Janet Lau, a senior yoga teacher and HKU Master of Buddhist Studies guest lecturer (One module is 150-hour-mindfulness) • Completed RYT50 Yin Yoga Teacher Training certified by Yoga Alliance, taught by Bernie Clark • Completed RCYT95 Kid’s Yoga Teacher Training certified by the Yoga Alliance, taught by Ann da Silva and Toby Siu • Completed 8-week Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, taught by Professor Emma Wong (Mindfulness Hong Kong) • Completed 8-week Qigong Yoga, Crown Chakra Meditation, taught by Mei Leung (Vijnana) • Completed Reiki Energy Healing Course Level 1 & 2, taught by Venerable Namgyel (Earth Healer) • Completed many meditation retreats, instructors including Venerable Namgyel (Gelugpa Lineage from Tibetan Buddhism) and Venerable Bhante Pannasiri (Mahasi Sayadaw Lineage from Burma) • Completed two months of Buddhist philosophy courses and meditation retreats, taught by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and Geshe Lamas (Root Institute for Wisdom Culture in India) • Completed Magnified Healing (3rd phase), taught by Margie (7th Ray Center) Psychology-related • Completed 9-week Healing Disturbing Emotions, taught by Venerable Namgyel (Tibetan Buddhist Sangha) • Completed Internal Family Systems L1&L2, taught by Chi Hin Cheong (Unfolding) • Completed 30-hour Coaching Essentials certified by International Coaching Federation, taught by Jagruti Gala (Unfolding) Collaborators: Corporates TVB8 Disney Ocean Park SwireHotel HKEX (香港交易所) Muji Cathay Pacific Airways Jobsdb Discovery Park Lululemon Nike Manulife FWD AIA FoodPanda Kerry Logistics Hays Recruitment Agency Assembly Hong Kong Kerry Logistics Crystal Knitters Limited Vijnana Ztoryhome HanLi Young Living Oilysis NGOs YMCA BGCA (The Boys' & Girls' Clubs Association of Hong Kong) St. James’ Settlement Sik Sik Yuen Hong Kong Cancer Fund Tsz Shan Monastery Richmond Fellowship of HK Maggie's Cancer Caring Centre Yan Oi Tong Youth Space Against Child Abuse Suicide Prevention Services Youth Outreach Hong Kong Phab Association Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation Hong Kong Christian Service Hong Kong Christian Family Service Centre Schools UST CUHK Lingnan University IVE Kwai Chung Wah Yan College St. Teresa Secondary School HHCKLA Buddhist Ching Kok Secondary School Lui Cheung Kwong Lutheran College The Church of Christ in China Tam Lee Lai Fun Memorial Secondary School Fung Kai Liu Man Shek Tong Secondary School Tuen Mun Govt Secondary School