These days, there is a name that quietly but profoundly resonates in the urban wellness scene. Wellness Director Song Dawon (Dawon 多園). He is a wellness expert who connects meditation, art, and integrative medicine through tea (茶), guiding modern people on how to truly relax. His brand Chawon (CHAWON) has now partnered with the community-based educational platform Bucket List Club to launch a 9-week wellness ritual journey that anyone can practice in their daily lives.
What is Chawon (CHAWON)? A Meeting of Korean Aesthetics and Integrative Medicine
Chawon (次元) is a wellness brand that suggests 'a life in another dimension,' just as its name implies. The slogan is clear.
"Based on Korean aesthetics and integrative medicine, we deliver the wellness culture that we need right now."
The wellness that Chawon pursues is not healing content consumed like a trend. It aims for a sensory and philosophical experience that restores deep healing and inner balance in daily life through art, tea, and meditation (alternative medicine). From tea ceremony meditation savoring the serene beauty of Korean porcelain in a hanok at Gyeongbokgung Palace, to tea blending with healing ingredients from around the world, to collaborative meditation events with brands and galleries — Chawon’s programs always place 'Korean beauty' at the center of the experience.
Having collaborated in various fields including hotel and corporate VIP events, gallery partnerships, and luxury brand collaborations, Chawon has now planned this workshop with Bucket List Club to enable more people to practice wellness rituals in their daily lives.
Who is Wellness Director Song Dawon?
Dawon (多園) means 'many gardens.' Just like his name, Song Dawon has been creating diverse spaces of rest and life in people's hearts. As the wellness director of Chawon and a meditation ceremony expert, he is not just a simple 'tea teacher.' Through an integrative approach that connects movement, meditation, art, culture, and philosophy to the values of physical and inner wellness, he guides participants to discover how to take care of themselves.
In his classes, the tea ceremony is not a 'memorized form' but an 'act of observation.' The moment you focus on the movement of the hand pouring the tea, complex thoughts naturally empty, and the sensations of the present moment become clear. That is meditation, and that is the essence of wellness that Chawon aims to convey.
From Tea Ceremony to Meditation — 9-Week Wellness Ritual Workshop
The 'From Tea Ceremony to Meditation — 9-Week Wellness Ritual Workshop' confirmed to open at Bucket List Club is a program where you can experience Chawon’s philosophy most densely.
Bucket List Club is also not just a simple lecture platform. Under the belief that "Every experience that makes life better is education," it is a community-based study where 24 people with the same dream practice and complete together. The strength of this platform is completing a bucket list that you might have postponed alone with a 90% completion rate alongside peers.
This workshop has already received hot interest, with over 125 people on the waiting list at the time of confirmation, achieving 417% of the target number. It will be conducted in a hybrid format of online and offline, focusing on the process of directly experiencing rituals and integrating them into daily life beyond simple knowledge transfer.
The 9 weeks of pouring a cup of tea will ultimately become 'a time to meet myself again' — that is the deepest intention that Song Dawon has embedded in this workshop.
Why Now, Tea Ceremony and Meditation?
If you break down the character for 'busy' (忙), it becomes 'heart' (心) and 'to lose' (亡). A state of losing the heart, that is the busyness of modern people. Amid short-form videos and a flood of notifications, we are consuming more and more stimuli while actually losing our senses.
The tea ceremony intentionally puts the brakes on that speed. The slow movements of the hands, the aroma and color of the tea, the warmth of the teacup — the moment you focus on all of these, the noise in your head settles, and only the present 'me' remains. That is meditation, and that is ritual.
As wellness tourism and mindfulness culture are rapidly emerging globally, Chawon’s approach, which modernly reinterprets Korea's traditional multiculturalism and aesthetics, is gaining attention in the domestic and international wellness scene.
Participation Information
You can check the application and detailed information for this 9-week wellness ritual workshop on the official website of Bucket List Club (bucketlist.nfyg.co). You can find stories about Chawon’s activities and Wellness Director Song Dawon on Instagram @chawon_korea, @dawon.ss.
