Roger has been a key figure in the wellness sector for more than three decades. Named in Tatler’s ‘Best of the Best’ guide as ‘one of the top 8 therapists worth travelling around the globe for’, he conducts therapies, seminars and workshops around the world in energy work, spiritual healing, profound emotional recovery and growth. Roger’s unique approach combines science, medicine, Eastern wellness philosophies, psychotherapeutics and spirituality – working with you to create a whole-person, grounded and integrative pathway to wellbeing, health and a joyful existence. Roger is returning to Soneva Fushi for the first-ever SOUL Festival, taking place from September 29 – October 8, 2023, to help guests explore wellness in all its forms – from personal to planetary.  

A world-renowned expert in holistic wellness, Alla Svirinskaya is a medically trained, fifth-generation energy healer and bestselling author. For decades, she has gained recognition around the world due to the extraordinary power of her healing work, overcoming cynicism to bring her energy-care methods into the mainstream. Renowned for her high success rate, she was the first healer to be featured simultaneously on the covers of The Times and Times 2, becoming widely known as a “super-guru of London”, resulting in a month-long waiting list. Alla has also acted as a senior consultant to leading spas around the world and has written three international bestsellers on wellbeing. The foreword to her first book Energy Secrets was written by The Duchess of York, and translated into more than 16 languages. Her books reached number one New Releases on Amazon USA and became number one bestsellers on Amazon UK. In 2023, Alla was nominated for ‘MBS Personality of the Year’ for her outstanding work in recent times promoting holistic living and the Mind, Body and Spirit field. She is also the founder of a highly-acclaimed brunch club for women, “Wellbeing Conversations A La Carte” at Claridge’s, and counts numerous celebrity and royal clients among the thousands she has helped. “Alla is a Russian energy healer who is the talk of three coasts – Hollywood, New York and London.” Vogue “Highly regarded with a waiting list for months.” The Sunday Telegraph “Revered practice… Alla engenders universal praise from her clients.” The Daily Mail

Dr Becky Smethurst is an astrophysicist at the University of Oxford and star of astronomy-themed YouTube channel, ‘Dr Becky’. Her current research is trying to answer the question ‘How do supermassive black holes grow?’. On her YouTube channel, Becky tackles everything, from unsolved mysteries to weird objects found in space or general space news, with such enthusiasm that her videos have gained over 44 million views (and counting!). Her latest public science book A Brief History of Black Holes: And why nearly everything you know about them is wrong was released in September 2022 and reached #27 on the Amazon worldwide book charts. An avid lover of the night sky and travelling the world, Becky believes that the night sky becomes even more beautiful when we understand what it is we’re looking at.

Born in the foothills of the Himalayas in north–western Pakistan, chef Sylvestre Wahid is inspired by beautiful memories of his grandfather’s orchards, lined with mango, tamarind and guava trees, as well as his mother’s lentils cooked in yoghurt-based sauces, perfumed with cilantro and mint. Wahid’s culinary universe is the essence of French cuisine, using only the finest ingredients and centred on wellbeing, with no added fat, salt or sugar. At the start of his career, he was spotted by the celebrated chef Thierry Marx from the Mandarin Oriental, undertaking an apprenticeship alongside him, followed by another in the kitchens of the Cheval Blanc in Nîmes. He went on to work for Alain Solivérès, then crossed paths with Alain Ducasse, who took him under his wing at Le Plaza Athénée in Paris, before sending him to New York to support Didier Eléna. After becoming head chef at Oustau de Baumanière in Les Baux-de-Provence, he then led the kitchens at Strato in Courchevel – gaining two Michelin stars at both restaurants. In 2015, Wahid took over from Jean-François Piège at Brasserie Thoumieux in Paris, where he gained another two Michelin stars. After announcing his departure in December 2020, he flew to Courchevel to open an eponymous restaurant at the prestigious Hotel Les Grandes Alpes 1850. Sylvestre Wahid will be hosting a series of exclusive dinners at Soneva Kiri.