Our story

In 2015, Cameron Tukapua and Brian Berneman met and our shared destiny ignited. We co-created You Being You to offer teachings on how to live aligned with a higher awareness.

Cameron Tukapua

Discovering Chinese medicine at 21 showed me a true view of reality. A world of energy that is alive, dynamic and always searching for balance. It offered me a pathway for exploring how to live aligned with our higher Self.

I’ve been studying-practicing holistic medicine since 1983. For 9 years I was owner/Director of an Acupuncture College. For 2 decades I’ve hosted Yoga and Qigong retreats in China, Bali, Australia, UK and New Zealand. Helping others wake up to our true nature is the natural extension of my practice, I LOVE it !

Practicing acupuncture and Yoga has shown me that clearing and balancing our energy restores mind-body harmony. Connecting the Heart and mind creates mental clarity. It also taps into the natural happiness that lives inside us all.

Cosmology, how to see our place in the universe, is one of eight limbs of Chinese medicine. This tradition offers us language and frameworks for understanding our inner life. Discovering these worldviews was like turning on the light after living in the dark. Knowing our inner Self helps us become the person we born to be.

Brian and I recognised that education on inner life is missing for many. We offer healing pathways, group and 1:1 coaching to reconnect to true Self.

Brian Berneman

I’ve been blessed with wonderful parents who took me to many spiritually based events. I still remember the first time I went to a Kum Nye Tibetan Yoga class - I had never experienced anything like that before! I was fully present in my body and could feel energy flowing, and I was hooked.

A few years after starting Yoga I moved to Ratna Ling, a Tibetan Buddhist Retreat Center in California. I wanted to learn, change, grow and help the organization, and continue in-depth learning of Kum Nye Tibetan Yoga. The two years living there gave me a lot of tools and skills I deeply cherish. These Heart-felt experiences of being in community gave me a different outlook of the world and its people.

I grew up in Argentina and travelled a lot, trying to find a place in the world and I ended up in New Zealand. A great mixture of what I was looking for; nature, cities, culture, energy - and synchronistically my path crossed with Cameron and the vision for You Being You .We introduce wisdom teachings from different perspectives and pathways, helping people to find themselves and the life they want to live.