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YOUR TEAM



Our team consists of specialists in different areas.
What unites us is the mutual belief in nature being the core element of a healthy and mindful life.



Christina Eggenschwiler



YOGA & MEDITATION INSTRUCTOR



Certified Yoga instructor and Outdoor Guide; helps you reconnect to yourself and ignite healing energy.


Present Weeks:

​CH 1 2 3 4 5 PT 6 7



Bartolomeo Causarano



Chef



Creative chef and fermenter. Pursuing a techno-emotional style of dining where food can be seen as a way to discover our environment and therefore ourselves.


Present Weeks:

CH 1 2 3 4 5



Nadine Gäschlin



SHINRIN-YOKU GUIDE



Systemic Stress & Burnout Coach and Trauma Therapist. Active Shinrin-Yoku Guide since 2016.


Present Weeks:

​CH 1 2 3 4 5 PT 6 7



Joana Limão



Chef



Private chef, recipe developer and food stylist, Joana is inspired by the abundance of plants and enjoys creating simple and delicious menus to fuel our days.


Present Weeks:

PT 6 7



Pascale Sommer



YOGA & MEDITATION INSTRUCTOR



Certified Yoga teacher who inspires to experience life in all its layers and colours.

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Present Weeks:

​CH 1 2 3 4 5



Romain Beker



Hypnotist



Therapist and Coach, helping you to access your subconscious forces. Certified hypnotist (Ericksonian and Elmanian) since 2016.

Workshop: (Self-) Hypnosis

Present Weeks:

CH 1 2 3 4 5



Mona Kläsi



YOGA & MEDITATION INSTRUCTOR



Certified Yoga teacher who loves sharing her passion of Nature, Yoga & Movement with you.

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Present Weeks:

CH 5




Dr. Yoku



Tomcat



In 2019, with the official start of SAANENWALD, Dr. Yoku decided to make the lodge its new home. Without him, our nature weeks simply wouldn't be the same.

Present Weeks:

Based on his current whim and wit!​



Melanie Uhkötter



Host & Co-founder



Hospitality Executive in various countries over the past 13 years. Outdoor enthusiast and passionate photographer.


Present Weeks:

​CH 1 2 3 4 5 PT 6 7



ASSOCIATION BOARD



Melanie Uhkötter



Co-Founder



Paul Peyer



Co-Founder



Nadine Gäschlin



Head of Shinrin-Yoku



Christina Eggenschwiler



Head of Yoga & Meditation



Family of Saanenwald

Talented freelancers who joined our path in previous years and maybe in the years to come.



Diana B, Ferreira



CHEF



Irene Aeschbacher



HerbAL WALK



Jonas Frautschi



Yoga & Meditation



Natascha Zeller



Yoga & Meditation



Alexander Weinl



Guest CHEF



Menchy Cotes



Guest Chef



Aline Kundig



Creative Workshop



Fiona Buergi



Guest CHEF



Monique Cornwell



Yoga & Meditation



Camille Gray



Yoga & Meditation



Lauren Wildbolz



CHEF



WHY NATURE MAKES US HAPPIER.



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