About Myriam

Growing up in Singapore, finishing secondary school in Paris, going to university in London, and spending most of my adult life in Hong Kong, I 'returned' to my birth country Switzerland in 2022 after a lifetime abroad. I have learnt - the hard way - how to ground and come home to myself amidst big changes. 

A Masters in Chinese Studies led to two decades of work with NGOs supporting underprivileged women in London, Hong Kong, and China. In 2007, co-founding Enrich, a Hong Kong charity empowering migrant workers. 

After becoming a mother in 2009 while growing Enrich, I struggled with stress and anxiety, realising that my desire to contribute to a better world required me to heal myself first. This led me to study meditation and start a daily practice that transformed me.

Since 2016, I have been teaching these gentle and powerful practices, creating safe spaces for healing, rest, and reconnection. Today, I live in Thalwil, outside Zurich, with my husband and teenage son. I am passionate about sharing nourishing, restful and heart opening practices and building community to help humans come back to peace, connection and wellbeing to co-create the world we want to live in. 

Myriam Bartu is passionate about sharing nourishing, restful, and heart-opening practices and building community to help humans come back to peace, connection, and well-being to co-create the world we want to live in.

Community Impact

Whether you're an individual, grassroots organizer, school, NGO, or part of a community or wellness initiative — we’d love to explore how Reconnection Rest can support your people in the ways they need most.

Our sessions and programs are flexible, inclusive, and co-created with you. We adapt to your unique community — shaping each offering to meet your goals, your space, and your people, creating tailored offerings that support rest, healing, and connection.

We’ve partnered with:

  • Charities, NGOs, grassroot groups and shelters

  • Schools, Community centres, and work teams

  • Clinics, yoga studios & therapists

We offer sessions in English, French, German, and Mandarin, and can work with translators when needed. We have experience with Cantonese, Indonesian and Filipino speaking communities and have some tailored resources and recordings in these languages. 

Our approach is inclusive, flexible, and collaborative. Whether you're considering a one-time event, a regular offering, or a deep retreat experience, we’re here to create something meaningful together.

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Reconnection is for everyone and with partners we can support more humans come back to calm, confidence and connection.  Get in touch to co-create a session, series, or retreat that truly meets the needs of your people.

Who We've Worked With

We're grateful to have collaborated with a range of inspiring partners, including:

  • Enrich, Hong Kong's leading Migrant's Empowerment charity

  • Bethune House Migrant's shelter, Hong Kong

  • Resolve Foundation, Hong Kong

  • Amnesty International, Hong Kong

  • Domestic Worker's Corner, Hong Kong

  • Association for Concerned Migrants, Hong Kong

  • Grassroot Futures Refugee Support charity, Hong Kong

  • Her Fund Women's Empowerment charity, Hong Kong

  • Lok Sin Tong Leung Chik Wai Memorial School, Hong Kong

  • Discovery Bay International School, Hong Kong

  • You Me and Zurich community group

  • Zurich International School

  • SheNet support group for Hong Kong Women in the UK

Group of people practicing yoga or meditation on mats in a dimly lit room, watching a large screen with a woman speaking or leading the session.
Group of women gathered together for a photo on a rooftop with a city and river in the background, some smiling and some holding certificates, during sunset.
Group of women sitting on a blue mat on the floor, engaged in writing and discussion, with papers, sticky notes, and pens around them inside a room with large windows and a wooden floor.
A group of people practicing yoga outdoors under trees in a park, with some lying on the grass and a woman sitting on a pink mat reading a book or using her phone.
Group of people relaxing and lying on a large flat rock in a forested area, some with eyes closed and others resting, surrounded by backpacks and shoes, with a small stream nearby.

Myriam’s Trainings

 Yoga Nidra

  • Yoga Nidra Training — Diva Yoga with Meera Acharaya, India, 2017

  • Total Yoga Nidra Teacher & Facilitator Training — Uma Dinsmore-Tuli & Nirlipta Tuli (Yoga Nidra Network, UK, 2018)

  • Yoga Nidra & Trauma with Molly Birkholm (iRest) — Austria, 2019

  • Creative & Intuitive Yoga Nidra — Uma Dinsmore-Tuli & Yoli Maya Yeh (Online, 2024)

Sound Healing

  • Tibetan Singing Bowl Sound Healing — Shiva Girish, India, 2018

  • Singing Bowl & Sound Therapist Certification — Mona Choi, Hong Kong, 2021

  • Music & Intuitive Instruments — Maxime Le Royer, France, 2023

  • Harmonium Mantra workshops with Tom Scharre, Thomas Hari Wurmli and Malin Kai Wurmli 2024 & 2025

  • Bhajans and Bhagavad Gita, Ranjani Battula, Zurich ongoing weekly study group since 2024

Yoga

  • Yoga Teacher Training (200hr Yoga Alliance) — Yoga Paramgati, Sudevi Sundari, Hong Kong, 2021

  • Yoni Shakti: Well Woman Yoga Therapy Teacher Training — Uma Dinsmore-Tuli (Online, 2023)

Meditation & Energy Work

  • Meditation Teacher Training — Keshava Murty, India, 2016

  • Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) Level 1 & 2 — Caroline Rhodes, Hong Kong, 2016

  • Reiki Level 1 & 2 — Bruce Taylor, Hong Kong, 2018

Wisdom Traditions and Deep Ecology

  • Buddhist Retreats with Ajahn Brahm, Ken Gelsang Rabten, Hong Kong

  • Extended retreats at Shivananda Yoga Ashram, Austria

  • Deep Ecology with Stephan Harding, online 2022

  • BA & MA in Chinese Studies with a special interest in Chinese Religions, University of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London, 1997=2001