Mangosteen Ayurveda & Wellness Resort
The Team
Dedicated, experienced, professional and fun. We love to serve!
Mangosteen Ayurveda & Wellness Resort
The Team
Dedicated, experienced, professional, and fun. We love to serve!
Mangosteen Resort Team
The Mangosteen Team celebrated their 20th Anniversary in March 2023! Our pictures of the event and party are here.
At Mangosteen Resort we not only employ a skilled and gentle team, but we also treat everyone as family, which has resulted in many of them being with us for 15 years or more. They all hold specific skills and vast experiences, which we couldn’t be without. Meet our team, which makes our wellness resort in Thailand one that truly stands out from other retreats in the country.
Instructors and Doctors:
Allow us to present to you the instructors and doctors of our resort, who are specialists in each of their own fields, respectively. With their skills, and the support of our Spa team you’re well cared for, whether that is an Ayurvedic Massage, Yoga or Meditation.
Read more about the owners, each of our Ayurveda & Wellness and Yoga Instructors and the Doctors below.
Hajo & Rose von Keller
Managing Directors / Owners
The Mangosteen Ayurveda & Wellness Resort in Phuket wouldn’t be where it is without the dedicated staff, doctors, and teachers; but also, without the passionate owners, Hajo and Rose von Keller.
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Hajo von Keller originates from Munich, Germany and decided to move to Thailand in 1996 to develop the family owned sporting goods business, initially opening an office with a warehouse in Bangkok, and later a Sport Shop in Phuket Town.
At this stage, he did not plan to stay in Thailand exceedingly long, however the business was growing amazingly fast, and the team grew to around 25 staff, so the option to leave was diminishing monthly. Due to the Asian crisis in 1997, he decided to consolidate the business, moved to Phuket to leave the, at this time depressed city of Bangkok, and started to work on the “resort idea”. Completely new to the hospitality industry, he was studying possibilities carefully, contacting several experienced hoteliers, as he believed to have found an interesting market niche: A Boutique Resort with lots of space, comfortable but not snobbish, different from the classic “square building” hotels. It took 6 months to find the land in Rawai, 3 months to convince the bank and 18 months to build the Mangosteen Resort, which opened in March 2003.
The resort is more a hobby and a lifestyle, rather than a means of work for him, as he enjoys every minute of it. Hajo honestly didn’t want to work alone, so he has his wife Rose to help him, which is sharing the same passion as him.
Rose von Keller was born in the northern town of Chiang Rai but grew up mostly in Bangkok. Rose has been studying at the St. Theresa Secretarial School and Hotel business from Vittyanukorn University, graduated from UTCC (University of Thai Chamber of Commerce) and worked in famous hotels like The Mandarin Oriental in Koh Samui, as the Secretary to the General Manager.
She moved to Phuket in 1994 and worked as a Personal Assistant to the General Manager at Colony’s Hotel in Kamala to then, in 1997 join a leading publishing company, as an Office- and Sales Manager for an 8-year period.
Her experience in organization, her skills in human resources, and her ability to negotiate the best deals for the company have been essential for its success. Charming and always in a good mood, she is a great motivator for the whole team and, of course, her children, who are studying Hospitality to make sure the resort remains family managed even after the current owners one day leave their positions.
In 2018, she received the official “Spa Manager” Certificate by the Ministry of Public Health, Bangkok. Her knowledge about Nutrition, Spa treatments, products, equipment, and hygiene from the Spa Manager course has come off extremely useful for the daily operation of the Mangosteen Ayurveda Spa. Together with our in-house Ayurveda Doctor she has created the new Ayurveda Food Menu and Super Drinks for the Mangosteen Restaurant.
Apissara (Earth) von Keller
Operations Manager
Apissara von Keller, nickname “Earth”, stepped into the family business in February 2023. The next generation is coming!
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She made her way through all departments at the Mangosteen and took responsibility in the position of “Operations Manager” one year later. Knowing every single step of the resorts operation was crucial for her.
Earth completed her Bachelor of Science HES-SO in Hospitality Management at the EHL, Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne, known as one of the best Hotel & Business Schools worldwide before joining the family business. With her strong knowledge base and the support of the parents and the team at the Mangosteen, she will quickly grow into the new role.
Member of “Healing Hotels of the World” since October 2020.
A real Family Boutique Resort
The Mangosteen Ayurveda & Wellness Resort is 100% family owned and managed. Hajo, the German developer, who started planning the project back in the year 2001 and his wife Rose, who has a professional background in the hospitality industry, working together with their daughters Ying and Earth, both with hotel education from Switzerland’s famous hotel schools. Professionality and dedication results in a quality of operation, hardly possible to replicate with employees only.
Expert team & Instructors
Meet Our Team
Dr. Nezeem Kadavil Uthuman
Ayurveda Doctor
Dr. Nezeem was born and brought up in an Ayurveda background in Kerala, inspired by his father who was a Gov. Ayurvedic Medical Officer…
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… having experience of over 50 years. From childhood until now he has been influenced by the success of his father in his Ayurveda practicing skills.
He decided to follow in his father’s footsteps and successfully studied “Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine & Surgery (BAMS)” and got a “PG Diploma in Hospital Management”. To further enhance his skills, he specialized in Marma Therapy.
After his studies, he focused on learning classical ways of Ayurvedic treatment for which he joined Sitaram Ayurveda Hospital, one of the most reputed hospitals in Kerala.
He later spent 5 years working with his father, his best teacher in Ayurveda and in life, working with Kama Ayurveda which is one of the leading luxury brands in India. Working with his father helped him to learn to treat all general diseases and our day-to-day diseases which are caused by unhealthy lifestyles like arthritis, paralysis, old age problems, general pain, sciatic disease, etc.
Later he moved to Morocco where he was working as a doctor in an authentic Ayurveda Centre where he learned a different approach of consultation, which means having to make understand or make-belief what is traditional Indian system and how it works. So, he included the classical way of an approach called” Nadi Pariksha”. Nadi Pariksha is the ancient ayurvedic technique of diagnosing through the pulse. It can accurately diagnose physical, mental, and emotional imbalances as well as disease. Along with that he is specialized in “Marma Chikitsa “, which means the application of pressure on vital points induces the flow of energy using hand technique.
Sagar Negi
Wellness Coordinator / Yoga Teacher / Ayurveda Therapist
Sagar was born and raised in Rishikesh, India, also known as the capital of yoga. In 2012, he started learning Hatha Yoga, …
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… and later moved on towards alignment techniques and Ashtanga Yoga. His many years of experience in teaching yoga and yoga teacher training, combined with his skills as an Ayurveda therapist brought him to the Mangosteen as an expert Wellness Coordinator, in charge of your retreat program schedule.
- Graduated “B.com” from Government College Rishikesh (INDIA)
- One Year Yoga Teacher Training Course in Rishikesh
- Participated in International Yoga Festival
- E-R-Y-T from Yoga Alliance USA
- Registered Yoga Alliance teacher
- One year diploma in Yogic Science
- 4-5 Years Teaching experience with registered yoga schools in India and overseas
- Course in Ayurvedic Treatments in Massages (One year)
- Experience in Ayurvedic massages, treatments, and body therapy
Ajith Kumar
Expert Ayurveda Therapist
Ajith Kumar was born and brought up in a traditional Ayurveda family. He was always inspired by the family heritage of 200-year-old lineage …
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… in Ayurvedic therapy practices and was influenced by the stories of his grandfather’s experiences of treating patients, which inspired him to follow his ancestor’s path of curing.
Ajith is an experienced Panchakarma therapist. His deep knowledge of Ayurveda and Panchakarma enables him to deliver the highest level of care to all his patients in our Ayurvedic Resort. In his capable hands, your body and mind will be brought back to the truest expressions of their nature.
Being a certified Ayurvedic therapist with 20 years of experience, he aims to bring wisdom, experience, and care to the Mangosteen Resort. Ajith has a way of knowing exactly what the trouble areas are in your body. He has this amazing skill for spotting all the knots, tender muscles, stiff joints, and energy blockages in the body. His hands are strong and healing, and he works through the tender areas of the body masterfully.
If you’re into deep tissue and are really looking to release tension and stiffness in your body, he will make your body feel relaxed, rejuvenated and pain free.
Orlando Matos Abreu
Hatha Yoga Instructor
Hatha Yoga Instructor, specializing in Yoga Therapy and Spine Rejuvenation. With a predominate background in…
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… Hatha Yoga Orlando has also incorporated Vinyasa and Yin Yoga creating different therapeutic sequences suitable for all ages and levels!
Combining different breathing techniques and mental focus, this relaxing yet dynamic therapeutic approach continues helping many with not only flexibility but also chronic pain balancing mind and body!
Orlando for example passed the RYS-500 Yoga Shiromani Teacher Training with Dr. Om Prakesh in Uttarakhand, Himalaya, India in January 2018.
Kirstin Gourlay
Yoga, Mindfulness, Meditation Teacher
Kirstin is teaching Restorative & Yin based Yoga, suitable for all levels, helping guests to find mind, body balance and peace.
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Kirstin returned to Yoga with passion and dedication as she ventured through her own healing journey and found incredible restorative properties within the practice. After experiencing burn out in the fast paced, high stress life of Hong Kong’s she set out on a life changing teacher training course back in 2014 to bring balance back into her life. Rather than choosing one of the many 28-day teacher training courses available, she found a unique ashram style 3-month training in the hills of Lantau Island of Hong Kong. She didn’t realize at the time that this decision was going to change the course of her life forever.
Since then, she has retrained in Mindfulness & Meditation, Yin, Hatha & Kundalini Yoga, holistic nutrition, energy work and the mind body soul connection. She has been living in Thailand since 2015 and teaches Yoga & Meditation, is an Access Bars Energy Healing Practitioner, as well as a holistic wellness consultant.
At Phuket’s Mangosteen Resort, she is teaching Restorative & Yin based Yoga classes, suitable for all levels, and helps our guests to find that this is where your mind, body and soul can find balance and peace.
Koong Jiraphorn
Yoga Teacher
Meet Koong Jiraphorn, our Yoga Specialist at Mangosteen Resort with high focus on Vinyasa Flow. Koong is really…
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… absolutely passionate about Yoga for a long time. She had the opportunity to be trained to become a Yoga Teacher in Rishikesh, India and got the certificate from the Yoga Alliance YTTC from Satyam Vedic Yoga School with Yogacharya Somdutt Amoli. She then came to teach Yoga in Phuket, where she teaches in several locations as well as at the Mangosteen.
She is taking any opportunity to join additional workshops to gain more knowledge as she believes, learning is endless.
Daosuk Sethi (Dao)
Yoga Instructor
Dao is an enthusiastic yoga instructor who is proficient in yin, hatha yoga and vinyasa yoga. She started practicing yoga in 2015 …
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…. and hasn’t stopped since. In 2018, she travelled to India to master the arts of yoga teaching where she received her first training certificate from Satyam Vedic Yoga school in Rishikesh. Aside from yoga, Dao is also a crystal bowl therapy spiritual coach.
Dao teaches yoga focusing on her students. Having instructed students from a wide range of skill levels, she is very experienced with figuring out what is best for her students and helping them reach their goals. For her, yoga is not only about physical fitness but also an art of mental well-being.
Nuya Laksanachan
AcroYoga Instructor, Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin, Aerial
Nuya’s yoga journey began in 2006; after the first class she became instantly hooked…
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… and soon after she travelled to India to study more for in-depth self-practice. Since qualifying as an instructor since 2014, she has now completed further qualifications in Aerial Yoga, Acro Yoga, and Acro Yoga Fit.
In classes she combines creative sequencing, a spirit of playfulness, and inspiration to help students to deepen their practice, to find a harmony within themselves, to thrive in life by nurturing their body, mind, and soul with yoga. Her hope is that all students step off the mat feeling refreshed, nourished, and balanced.
Kru Nuya is teaching Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin / Restorative Yoga, Aerial and Acro Yoga Fit and Acro Yoga, with Acro Yoga clearly being her favourite.
• Yoga Instructor 200 RYT, International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre, 2014
• Certified Acro Yoga Instructor, Teacher Training by Acro Yoga International 2017
• Certified Acro Fit Trainer, Teacher Training by Acro Yoga International 2017
• Yoga Instructor 500 RYT, International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre 2018
• Aerial Yoga Teacher Training by Yoga & Functional Air Training 2016
• Professional Thai, Foot and Aromatherapy Massage, Ministry of Education
• Health and Beauty Consultant
• Licensed Tour Guide
• English, German Language Guide Coastal and Sea Tours training, Song Kha Rajabhat University,
2008
• Currently studying, Bachelor of Arts (English) Major English, at Sukhothai Thammathirat Open
University
Supisara Nunta (Pin)
Yoga Instructor, Reiki Master
Influenced by her teachers, her environment, and many travels, she brings a unique sense of empowerment to her classes.
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Through intention, Meditation, Pranayama and Asana, her goals are to have students leaving the classes feeling fresher and renewed. Her classes are always challenging and mentally, delivered in English with uplifting music. She is teaching Vinyasa, Hatha, Yin, Pranayama Breathing, Restorative and Ashtanga Yoga.
Since 2019, she is also a certified Reiki Healer, having studied at Buddha Hall Healing Centre in India.
Maria Curtin
Yoga & Muay Thai
Maria’s classes are suitable for all levels of experience, specializing in breath-led yoga & deep stretching. Her goal is…
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… to help clients bring a sense of balance & empowerment to their lives by being aware of the breath and mind through movement.
Classes are built around taking an integrative approach, everything is considered to provide a healing, yet deeply effective, gentle, yet challenging approach.
Her background in sport & fitness along with injuries sustained gives her a deeper understanding & approachability to those new to yoga or for those who have endured Years of training, running etc.
Qualifications:
- Diploma in Sport’s Psychology & Dynamics
- Diploma in Mindfulness Therapy (S.N.H.S. Dip)
- Diploma in 101 Sports Nutrition
- Certified Yoga Teacher 200 TTC @ Jivani Yoga (Pranayama, Ayurveda, Chakras, Mantra & Medicine Songs, Yoga Nidra, Meditation, PNF)
- 7 Professional Muay Thai Fights in Thailand
- Personal Trainer – NASM
Ann Kunticha
Yoga Instructor
Ann is a very skilled and experienced instructor who specializes in Hatha, Vinyasa, Ashtanga and Aerial yoga.
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Originally from Chiang Mai, Ann began her yoga career eight years ago working as a facilitator at Kata Hot Yoga in Phuket. It was during this time that she discovered her great passion for the art form. Ann’s journey has taken throughout Thailand and India studying and practicing with many leading experts in a multitude of disciplines. Over the years Ann acquired a deep knowledge of the incredibly powerful benefits of yoga practice. Understanding that everyone is different, Ann carefully guides her students through movement that helps them connect the body with the mind and transforms the spirit. Having taught at many of the leading health, wellness, fitness and detox centres in Phuket, Ann is now incredibly excited to share her energy and experience with guests at the Mangosteen Resort.
Carey Shoemaker
Qi Gong & Tai Chi
Carey studied Qigong from the Pengzu lineage and will teach you to feel energy. Learn to balance and heal yourself …
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… physically, emotionally, and mentally by cultivating Yin (life force) and Qi (astral energy). Qigong originated in China thousands of years ago and is a core practice of Chinese medicine. Classes involve moving meditation, coordinating slow-flowing movement, deep rhythmic breathing, ritualized hand gestures and a calm meditative state of mind. As a powerful energy worker Carey also offers private and group healing sessions. Classes are suitable for anyone.
We practice Qigong for health, emotional balance, energy cultivation, longevity, stress management and to feel the deep connection to our internal power.
The Mangosteen Ayurveda Spa Team
CERTIFICATES
Dr. Nezeem Kadavil Uthuman (Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery) & Rose von Keller (Spa Manager Certificate by Ministry of Public Health)
Contact Us:
Contact Details:
Mangosteen Ayurveda & Wellness Resort
+66 (0) 76-289399
+66 (0) 76-289389
WhatsApp: +66 91 0415615
Line-ID: mangosteen-phuket
99/4 Moo 7, T. Rawai, A. Muang
Phuket 83130, Thailand
Open Every Day
