About Youmin Yap, Rest Coach & Forest Therapy Guide/Trainer
Youmin serves as a tender of hearts. As Southeast Asia’s pioneer certified forest therapy guide and trainer, her approach to well-being is down-to-earth, nature-inspired and heartful. With her background in other practices including yoga nidra and mindfulness, she blends and curates experiences purposefully and heartfully.
Youmin holds this quote from Lofttan dearly to her heart, and it informs many of her workshops “I don’t have any magic to give you. I’m here to help you remember your own.” In the safe and brave spaces that she holds, clients can begin to gently tune into their inner worlds and hearts, their seasons and chapters, their glimmers and stories – and receive their true medicines.
She founded Forest with You (formerly known as Xiu Nature Connections), a two-time winner of the STB Outstanding Wellness Experience Awards. Youmin currently lives in Thailand.
Youmin is the co-facilitator of our third Sacred Rest with Nature: a Soulful Retreat at Museflower with Tania from Dec 5 to 10, 2025, and will be offering her private wellness sessions from Dec 2 to 11, 2025 to our guests.