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About May Lim

May Lim is a therapeutic yoga teacher, a trauma healing facilitator and the creator of The S.h.ě. 舍 System™.

She helps women and executives make peace with their bodies so they can live life and let love flow.

Known for her love-based, trauma-informed and functional teaching approach, May have helped hundred of her students heal the blocks in their bodies with her signature therapeutic yoga-The S.h.ě. 舍 System™.

A Cambridge graduate and a lawyer by profession, May pursued her calling in the world of healing following a profound spiritual shift.

May is an advanced meditator, a certified Yoga & Qigong teacher, fascia fitness instructor, trauma healing facilitator. sound healer, and a macrobiotic chef. She has extensive knowledge on traditional Chinese medicine, fascia, neuroscience and neurophysiology. May teaches in English, Cantonese and Mandarin.

"May is a "breath of fresh air" kind of teacher and a healer who teaches from her heart. I attended May's Spiral workshop with an open mind and without any preconceptions as to what I might experience. To my surprise, the movements tapped into something deep inside and I experienced a release of emotions which I was unaware that I was carrying."

 

Amanda Ling, C.F.O.

My Story

A common girl on an uncommon path

Wherever your heart is, that is where you'll find your treasure

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Lawyer by profession, Healer @ Heart

Even though I’ve been a lawyer by profession for most of my life, I am a healer by heart. From a young age, I was asking profound questions like “who am I?”, “why am I here?” and “what is the meaning of life?”. Growing up, I was given the “template” of success of a typical Chinese immigrant family. I followed that template like a dutiful daughter. I read law at the University of Cambridge, started my career as a solicitor in one of the world's best international law firms.

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When life hardened my heart

I worked my way up from a trainee solicitor to senior executive positions in renowned multinational companies, such as Yahoo! and luxury retailer, Richemont. Despite my seemingly outer success, life was hardening my heart. I was living my life in a constant upstream struggle against the flow. It was exasperated by the sudden death of my mother, the end of a deep relationship and the non-stop high demands and toxic vibes of my corporate job. I didn’t take care of me or my health. I was stuck and struggled to stay balanced and connected and, finally, my pressure cooker exploded.

Opening up 

I got to a point in my life when I was crushed and driven to my knees praying: “Goddess Kuan Yin, out of your great compassion for your helpless child, please help me heal and, if I make it, I promise to help others heal too”.

Deep down I knew there was another way and I was determined to find it.

I quit my job, sold my car, and set out on my quest to seek enlightenment.

I moved to Nepal, served and learned from the greatest hits of enlightened Yogis of our time.

I trained in rigorous Buddhist practices, sat in solitude meditation retreats in a sealed room cut off from the world for a total of 7 months.

I met the Dalai Lama and I went to outer uplifting places and inner scary shadow spaces.

I became a macrobiotic chef, a yoga teacher, studied traditional Chinese medicine, brain science and neurophysiology.

And I turned down four more promising executive positions.

I want to bring you what was missing in my life so you don't harden or burn out like I did.

My awakening

Then, one day, I was struck by a spontaneous and profound awakening, ironically in Central, the heart of Hong Kong city. It is an experience difficult to put into words. I experienced a deep dimensional shift where there was no separation between me, my body and my surroundings.  A new limitless dimension had opened. I feel I have come full circle, except the world never looked the same again. I have started to "play the game of life" all over again, but in an entirely new perception and understanding on how things truly work.

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The S.h.ě. 舍 System™

Following this deep spiritual shift, I created The S.h.ě. 舍 System™ in pursuit of my true calling. My calling is promote self-love and acceptance through healing and connection.

Throughout my own inner journey, study and transformation over the past 20 years, I realise that there were certain blocks in the body that traditional yoga just couldn’t reach. Therefore, based on my embodied experience, ancient wisdom and new science, I created The S.h.ě. 舍 System™ to heal the physical, mental and energetic blocks in our bodies.

 

"I felt calm and hydrated after May's fascial yoga workshop. It was a beautiful blend of technical, functional and practical learning, all put together by May's skillful delivery and her big heart. Highly recommended for those in a high-stress environment."

Himal

Himal thapa, Educator

9 things you might not have known about me

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I am a qualified long-term meditator with 5,800 meditation practice hours and 7 months of solitary silent retreats.
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I've been Asia's Head of Legal at Richemont luxury goods and first legal hire at Yahoo! Asia.
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A profound awakening experience changed my life forever.
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I've met His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Archbishop of Canterbury!
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I was the first woman cox for Magdalene's rowing team in my Cambridge University days.
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I've dissected a human cadaver!
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I am a certified yoga, Qigong teacher (795 hours), fascia fitness trainer, macrobiotic chef, sound healer
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My ancestors are the Hakka, 'guest people' or the nomads of China.
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Kungfu Panda is my super hero!

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