Living Habits: Worldview

18 Sep 2025, 16:30:00 - 17:00:00 (GMT+8:00)
Sanctuary Stage (Level 3 Suntec Convention Centre)

Experience the grace, mindfulness, and inner power of Tai Chi Quan – an ancient Chinese internal martial art that harmonizes movement, breath, and awareness. Rooted in Taoist philosophy and healing traditions, this session introduces the foundational principles of Tai Chi: slow, intentional movement, breath regulation, and focused presence.

Through flowing postures and mindful transitions, participants will explore how Tai Chi nurtures balance, coordination, and energy flow – while fostering a deep sense of calm and embodiment. Whether you’re moving for health, clarity, or inner peace, this practice offers a grounding reset for body and mind.

The session also offers a gentle introduction to the art of Tai Chi Sword (Taijijian), an elegant extension of Tai Chi that symbolizes precision, grace, and the unity of movement and intention. With demonstrations and guided exploration, you’ll appreciate its symbolic depth and embodied discipline. Come as you are, and leave with a renewed sense of fluidity, stillness, and alignment – both within and around you.

18 Sep 2025, 12:00:00 - 13:00:00 (GMT+8:00)
Sanctuary Stage (Level 3 Suntec Convention Centre)

In this upbeat and energizing session, your body becomes a drum, turning rhythm into a powerful tool for brain health, emotional balance, and joyful connection. “Drum for Laughter” blends movement, music, and mindfulness in a playful yet purposeful way, boosting brain plasticity and overall well-being.

Through body percussion and rhythmic games, you’ll challenge cognitive reflexes, enhance focus and coordination, and regulate your nervous system. Each beat becomes a “deposit” into your brain’s resilience bank – improving memory, reducing stress, and supporting deeper sleep and immunity.

No musical experience is needed – just a willingness to explore, connect, and have fun. This is rhythm as medicine, celebration as practice. You’ll leave feeling lighter, sharper, and more alive.

18 Sep 2025, 10:30:00 - 11:00:00 (GMT+8:00)
Sanctuary Stage (Level 3 Suntec Convention Centre)

Begin your day with intention and vitality through Morning Chi Cultivation, a rejuvenating practice inspired by the flowing traditions of Qigong and Tai Chi. This gentle, breath-led session guides you through rhythmic movements designed to awaken internal energy (qi), enhance circulation, and clear mental and physical stagnation.

Practiced in a serene environment – either outdoors or within a calm sanctuary setting this moving meditation synchronizes body, breath, and awareness. Each sequence is crafted to ground your energy, open your joints, and restore flow within your system, helping you feel centered, clear, and fully present for the day ahead.

This session supports a calm nervous system, uplifts mood, and prepares the body and mind for meaningful action. Whether you’re new to energy-based movement or deepening your morning rituals, Morning Chi Cultivation offers a graceful, accessible way to reconnect with your natural rhythm.

Come as you are. Leave grounded, refreshed, and aligned, ready to meet the day with ease and presence.

17 Sep 2025, 15:00:00 - 16:00:00 (GMT+8:00)
Sanctuary 4 (Level 3 Suntec Convention Centre)

Discover the transformative power of conscious breathing in this foundational Pranayama session. Rooted in the ancient yogic tradition, pranayama offers accessible tools to regulate the nervous system, calm the mind, and energize the body – inviting balance and clarity with every breath.

This session gently introduces key principles and benefits of breath awareness, with guided practice in diaphragmatic breathing, Nadi Shodhana (alternate nostril breathing), Bharmari (humming Breathing) and Ujjayi breath. Each technique supports mental clarity, emotional balance, and inner stillness, making it ideal for beginners and experienced practitioners alike.

More than a technique, Pranayama is a gateway into presence, vitality, and the subtler dimensions of self. Whether you’re navigating stress, seeking focus, or exploring new practices, this class offers a grounded and empowering breathwork experience to carry with you beyond the mat.

17 Sep 2025, 18:00:00 - 19:00:00 (GMT+8:00)
Sanctuary 3 (Level 3 Suntec Convention Centre)

Trace the lineage of Chinese medicine sachets back to the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, where these elegant pouches were used not only for their aromatic charm but also as therapeutic tools in the wisdom tradition of “clothing and crown therapy.” From poetic mentions in The Book of Songs to their emotional symbolism in Dream of the Red Chamber, sachets hold centuries of cultural and medicinal significance.

In this hands-on session, participants will explore the art of crafting herbal sachets from start to finish. You’ll learn to identify common Chinese medicinal herbs, grind them into fine powder by hand, and blend them into custom sachets, all while engaging your senses in the texture, aroma, and intention of the process.

Guided by traditional interpretations and gentle presence, each sachet becomes a vessel of healing and protection. As you stitch and scent, you’ll experience the meditative stillness of creation and the enduring beauty of plant-based wisdom – carried not only in fragrance but in spirit.

17 Sep 2025, 16:30:00 - 17:30:00 (GMT+8:00)
Sanctuary 3 (Level 3 Suntec Convention Centre)

Discover ShuYi, a transformative life-decoding system rooted in ancient Chinese numerology and the I-Ching. Drawing from the sacred interplay of numbers 1 to 9 and 81 unique combinations, ShuYi offers precise insight into your innate potential, behavioral patterns, and path to destiny.

In just 57 seconds, this system aligns the wisdom of the Eight Trigrams and Nine Quadrants with the right timing, place, and relationships, unlocking clarity on personality traits, emotional tendencies, and underlying life purpose. Through this lens, you’ll begin to understand why certain desires remain unfulfilled, why specific challenges recur, and how to realign with your most authentic self.

Whether you’re navigating personal growth, career decisions, or relational dynamics, ShuYi functions as a mirror, map, and compass revealing the internal blueprint that shapes your experiences. This session offers more than knowledge; it invites transformation. Walk away with a grounded sense of direction, deeper self-understanding, and ancient insight tailored to your modern path.

17 Sep 2025, 13:30:00 - 14:30:00 (GMT+8:00)
Sanctuary 3 (Level 3 Suntec Convention Centre)

Step into the healing world of AURA-SOMA, a unique color therapy system from the UK that bridges body, mind, and spirit. This guided session invites you to explore the language of color as a mirror to your soul, offering insight, reflection, and personal transformation.

You’ll be introduced to vibrant dual-colored bottles, each one representing a dialogue between your conscious and subconscious selves. Through intuitive selection and gentle guidance, these color combinations illuminate life themes, emotional blocks, and pathways for healing. It’s a process that reveals not just where you are, but where your soul is calling you to grow.

More than just beautiful pigments, these color energies carry subtle vibrations that speak directly to the energetic body. As you engage with them, you may feel clarity arise, emotions soften, or a new direction emerge.

This is a personal and reflective journey – an opportunity to realign with your essence, rediscover your inner wisdom, and walk forward with renewed light and purpose.

17 Sep 2025, 12:00:00 - 13:00:00 (GMT+8:00)
Sanctuary 3 (Level 3 Suntec Convention Centre)

Travel back a thousand years to a tea-making ritual in the Song Dynasty, where snowflakes fall into the cup, and elegance lingers on the tongue. In this immersive session, you’ll experience the refined art of Song-style tea preparation, where tradition meets aesthetics in a dance of movement, aroma, and intention.

From grinding the tea cake into delicate snow-like powder, to the graceful act of pouring water into the soup bottle to “boil the clouds,” each step is steeped in history. The tea whisk, like a calligrapher’s brush, stirs the surface into a bloom of milky white “soup flowers” not just a beverage, but a performance of ancient beauty.

Rooted in ritual and sensory mindfulness, this practice transforms tea from something to drink into something to experience. With seven precise pours and a hundred rhythmic stirs, you’ll touch the Song Dynasty’s ultimate pursuit of life aesthetics where grace, slowness, and sensory depth converge.

Let the aroma guide you into timeless elegance.

17 Sep 2025, 15:00:00 - 16:00:00 (GMT+8:00)
Sanctuary 3 (Level 3 Suntec Convention Centre)

Step into the sensory richness of Peranakan heritage through the gentle rhythm of rolling your own Kueh Dadar. In this hands-on session, participants fill fragrant pandan crepes with warm grated coconut and gula melaka, engaging the senses through aroma, texture, and taste. Beyond crafting a traditional treat, this experience celebrates inclusivity and cultural appreciation – reminding us how food carries identity, memory, and meaning. As you fold and roll, you’ll connect with rhythm, presence, and worldviews woven into every bite. A mindful pause where culinary craft becomes a gateway to inner and shared understanding.

17 Sep 2025, 15:00:00 - 16:00:00 (GMT+8:00)
Sanctuary 1 (Level 3 Suntec Convention Centre)

“Meditation,” “mindfulness,” and “creative visualization” have been practiced for millennia for their profound capacity to promote relaxation, build internal energy (Qi, Prana, Ki, Orgone), and enhance emotional and physical well-being. These timeless practices offer more than stress relief, they nurture compassion, patience, forgiveness, focus, and the power to quiet the mind and open the heart.

In this experiential session, you’ll be guided through a blend of meditative stillness and imaginative inner journeys designed to unlock creativity, access deeper insight, and strengthen your life force. These practices help awaken your inner light – revealing a richer, more joyful connection to yourself and the world around you.

As your perception begins to shift, so too does your experience: moments of clarity, peace, and presence arise naturally, and everyday stress becomes more manageable. Whether you’re new or experienced, this session offers practical tools for grounding, expansion, and rediscovering the vibrant power of being fully here and now.