SANGHA Retreat by OCTAVE · SUZHOU CHINA
16-19 April 2026


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to connect, co-create, and cultivate impact
for a flourishing future toward Oneness.

Converging Global Forces for Transformation, Architecting a New Era of Well-being

AT ONE IMPACT WEEK is a major international convening initiated by Mr. Chavalit Frederick Tsao, fourth-generation steward of the TPC (Tsao Pao Chee) Group. It brings together business leaders, change-makers, philanthropists, and public-sector leaders to re-examine prevailing value systems and co-create new pathways that serve the well-being of life. More than a large-scale gathering, AT ONE IMPACT WEEK is a catalytic platform for collective action. It is a living arena where ideas are translated into practice—through the Well-being Economy dialogues, hands-on impact labs, and cultural experiences grounded in the healing arts.

Here, we move beyond boundaries and silos, coming together to advance a more balanced, meaningful, and flourishing future for humanity.

Our Steward: Chavalit Frederick Tsao and a Century of Heritage

Chavalit Frederick Tsao is the fourth-generation steward of TPC (Tsao Pao Chee), a family business with more than 120 years of history, established in the late 1800s during the Qing Dynasty.

He discovered that the principle behind sustainability is oneness. Our purpose for being is to “Add Value to Life.” He envisions humanity entering a new era of well-being, where businesses lead the change in shaping a global economy focused on "well-being and happiness". The principle for well-being is that "we can be well only when everything around us is well."

He believes that business must be a force for good, love in action and can shape the new well-being economy in partnership with public and philanthropy sectors. This world is calling, and the field is ready—this is his reason for initiating AT ONE IMPACT WEEK, for he knows he cannot do this alone!

2026 Focus: Cultivating Impact for Flourishing

This year we explore the Eastern pathway of this transformation. We believe that practices rooted in ancient wisdom, social responsibility, and modern innovation—from green finance and resilient communities to future education—are revealing the true nature of prosperity: one that does not arise from competition, but from regeneration, collaboration, and a deep care for life.

Guided by the spirit of Oneness (AT ONE), we integrate moral purpose into the design of systems and actions, ranging from the well-being economy and impact investing to the building of communities of well-being. This reflects not only material progress, but also the harmonious coexistence of spiritual abundance and ecological renewal—recognizing that meaningful evolution ultimately returns to care for life.

Let capital flow with conscience. Let prosperity restore the Earth. And let human hearts move forward together—guided by trust, purpose, and a shared commitment to life.

Recap: The Week in Motion

Join us for a 4-Day Journey of Co-creating Impact

AT ONE IMPACT WEEK CHINA 2026 is more than a gathering – it’s a living space for collaboration, where business, capital, and community converge to turn bold ideas into shared action.

That shared commitment comes to life across Six Pillars of the Well-being Economy – the strategic arenas where deep change must happen:

SIX PILLARS OF THE
WELL-BEING ECONOMY


  • CLIMATE & NATURE

  • CIRCULAR ECONOMY

  • ENERGY TRANSITION

  • FOOD SYSTEMS

  • HUMAN CONSTRUCT

  • WELL-BEING
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Well-being:
The Core Purpose of Impact


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Climate & Nature:
From Emergence to Ecology


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Energy Transition:
The Infrastructure of Regeneration


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Food Systems:
Transforming Food for Health, Community, and Climate


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Human Construct:
Rewriting the Operating System of Society, From Extraction to Regeneration


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Circular Economy:
From Waste to Worth: Recycling as the Engine of the Circular Economy

Together, these pillars and domains of impact align with and accelerate the priorities of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

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How to deal with procrastination

Event calendar icon 16 Apr 2026, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (GMT+8:00)
Mapmarker icon Auditorium

Boosting self-control isn't about self-reproach; it's about Energy Management. Based on the latest neuroscience of willpower and procrastination, this workshop moves beyond the "push harder" mentality. You will learn to empower your willpower reserves through scientific strategies and NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) techniques. Align your subconscious with your health goals and transform procrastination into a sustainable, high-performance lifestyle.

Read Faces, Read Minds: Boost Your Social Intuition and Empathy

Event calendar icon 16 Apr 2026, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (GMT+8:00)
Mapmarker icon Connection Room 11

In psychology, the face is a holographic map of one's personality and traits. If you can quickly read the signals on someone's face, it will greatly enhance your intuition and empathy in social interactions—ultimately boosting your advanced social skills. With over 20 years of experience in psychology, "Teacher Huang Psychology Online:Teacher Huang (Huang jianhe)" shares three tips to help you read faces and understand people, boosting your social and professional abilities.

Listening to the Consciousness Within

Event calendar icon 16 Apr 2026, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (GMT+8:00)
Mapmarker icon The Sanctuary Foyer

Participants will learn how to develop awareness of the body’s internal signals and explore how consciousness manifest physically. Interactive exercises will introduce ways to observe and understand the body’s natural feedback systems.

Sound | Exploring a Multisensory Approach to Wellbeing

Event calendar icon 16 Apr 2026, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (GMT+8:00)
Mapmarker icon Town Hall

Sound is increasingly present in wellness spaces yet the mechanisms through which it affects us, and the full scope of its applications, remain only partially mapped. In this session Eren offers to explore sound not simply as a tool for relaxation, but as a precise medium for engaging the body’s sensory and regulatory systems. Drawing on both scientific understanding as well as contemporary and traditional approaches to sensory cultivation, this session offers a structured yet experiential space to investigate how sound can open access to deeper human capacities. It is particularly relevant for those interested in sound healing, embodiment, therapeutic practice, and the emerging intersections between neuroscience, perception, and wellbeing.

Jyoti Tratak: Candle Gazing Meditation

Event calendar icon 16 Apr 2026, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (GMT+8:00)
Mapmarker icon Inspiration Room2

Jyoti Tratak is a powerful and advanced concentration (dhāranā) practice in yoga that involves steady gazing at a flame. The word comes from Sanskrit: "Jyoti" means light, and "Tratak" means to gaze steadily Without blinking eyes. It is known for strengthening the eyes, calming the mind, improving focus, memory, and willpower, and preparing the mind for meditation. Step-by-Step Instructions Stage 1: Bahir Trataka (External Anchoring) 1. Settle In: Sit in front of the flame, relax your body, and take a few deep breaths. 2. Steady Gaze: With both eyes open, gently and softly fix your gaze on the top part of the flame's luminous tip (just above the blue part at the wick/candle, the brightest steady point). Avoid staring at the wick itself. 3. Be Motionless: Keep your body, head, and eyes completely still. Blink as little as possible, but do not force them open. If you need to blink in the beginning, it's okay. 4. Full Attention: Let your entire awareness be absorbed in the flame. Observe its qualities: color, shape, movement, luminosity. When the mind wanders, gently bring it back to the flame. 5. Duration: Gaze for a pre-determined time. For beginners: 1-3 minutes is ample. As you practice, you can extend to 5-10 minutes. Never strain. Stage 2: Antar Trataka (Internal Visualization) 1. Close Eyes Gently: After your gazing time, slowly and softly close your eyes. 2. Observe the Afterimage: You will see a vivid, inverted afterimage of the flame against your dark eyelids. It might be white, blue, or golden. 3. Hold the Image: Concentrate on this internal image. Try to keep it stable and centered between your eyebrows (at the Ājñā Chakra or third eye point). As it fades, try to recall it. 4. Duration: Hold the internal image for as long as it lasts naturally, or up to the same time you spent gazing externally. Stage 3: Integration & Palming (Sensory Rest) 1. Let Go: Once the afterimage completely fades, let go of all effort. Keep your eyes closed. 2. Palming: Rub your palms together vigorously until they are warm. Gently cup your palms over your closed eyes without touching the eyelids. Feel the soothing darkness and warmth. Breathe deeply. This is called "palming" and is essential to relax the eye muscles. 3. Integration: Sit quietly for a minute, observing the calmness in your mind and the relaxation in your eyes. · Subtle Effects: You may experience increased clarity, calmness, or occasional purification responses (like watering eyes),This is normal. Precautions · Severe depression or epilepsy (can affect neurological pathways). · Recent eye surgery or acute eye infections. · Severe mental agitation. In such cases, do simpler breath awareness first. May your practice be steady and illuminating.

Breathing and Traditional Health-Preserving Yoga

Event calendar icon 16 Apr 2026, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (GMT+8:00)
Mapmarker icon SANGHA Movement Center

Qi is the vital spark of life and the driving force of health. This course transcends fitness-oriented yoga by weaving dynamic Pranayama (breathwork) with traditional postures. Starting with emotional and physical release, we use gentle breathing and soothing melodies to guide you into a restorative state of repair. It is a holistic practice designed to replenish your vital force and return your mind-body system to its natural equilibrium.

Designing Your Life Workshop

Event calendar icon 16 Apr 2026, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM (GMT+8:00)
Mapmarker icon Connection Room5

Integrating Stanford University's renowned Life Design curriculum with Positive Psychology and the science of coaching, this workshop empowers you to align with your inner energy and core talents. Together, we will dismantle limiting beliefs and explore multiple alternative versions of your life path. By clarifying your vision, you will actively take that definitive first step toward Designing Your Life—a future filled with limitless, conscious possibilities.

Rebirthing Breathwork

Event calendar icon 16 Apr 2026, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM (GMT+8:00)
Mapmarker icon Inspiration Room

Breathing techniques are among the oldest arts of mind-body transformation, used for centuries to eliminate negative patterns and create deeper harmony, spiritual connection, and joy. It is a science that teaches breath awareness and techniques aimed at comprehensively enhancing physical, emotional, and spiritual states. By relaxing and releasing breath, it relieves mental and physical tension, expands multi-layered awareness, and brings a sense of control over life. Benefits of practice include inner peace, improved health, enhanced focus, improved skin oxygenation, enhanced athletic performance, and reduced anxiety.

AT ONE Well-being Economic Forum

Main Conference: Strategic Cultivation
A Dialogue Reshaping Global Consensus

This is not only a platform for integrating Eastern and Western wisdom, but also fertile ground for jointly exploring the future direction of a Well-being Economy. We will bring together diverse perspectives and converge them into more holistic Eastern wisdom and practical pathways. Together with century-old inheritors and global actors, we will take part in shaping a shared vision of regenerative prosperity. Through dialogue grounded in consensus, we aim to affirm each participant’s leadership role in advancing impact investing and driving sustainable transformation.

Parallel Lab: Co-creation and Symbiosis
An Engine for Transforming Vision into Action

This is a hands-on arena for translating grand narratives into concrete plans, and a key node for connecting cross-border resources and incubating innovative ecosystems. It offers an efficient “social + co-creation” platform where multidimensional interactions enable the direct integration of technology, capital, and brand vision into practical solutions. This is not merely about resource matching, but about deep value integration with future core partners.

The Well-Being Economic Forum 2026

Invited Guests

(Arranged in alphabetical order by last name)



Frank Phuan

CEO, Equatore Renewables Asia


Wenxuan Li

Chairman, PCG Power


Wei Zhang

Assistant Resident Representative, Communications, Innovation, and Partnership, UNDP


Irina Bokova

Former Director-General of UNESCO, UNESCO


Ambassador (Rtd.) Paul Myler

Former Deputy Chief of Mission, Australian Embassy to the United States Founder and Managing Director, Australian Embassy to the United States, StratQ


Liming Xiao

Vice President of Tencent’s Sustainable Social Value (SSV), Tencent Group


Rongtao Sun

Head of Strategic Investment, China, Aramco Ventures


Michael Wear

Malgana Traditional Custodian, Shark Bay, Western Australia

The Well-Being Economic Festival

Celebration of Life: An Immersive Odyssey
A sensory journey blending aesthetic beauty with inner awakening

100+ Curated Workshops and Master Classes
Deep-dive practices focused on OCTAVE 8 Living Habits

220+ Mindful & Eco-friendly Brands
Elevate your energy with conscious consumption

A Global Convergence of Healing
From dawn to dusk, 4 days of non-stop performances to celebrate life

Celebration of Life Exhibition
A Sensory Journey of Awakening to Well-being

An immersive exploration of life awakening, this exhibition invites visitors to move from ‘connection in love’ toward ‘unity between humanity and nature’ through interactive experiences. Through deep engagement with the beauty of character, ethics, shared practice, truth-seeking, and nature, we rediscover the warmth of life in love and gratitude, and together contribute to the renewal of a flourishing civilization.

The 8 Living Habits Practice
Energy & Self-Cultivation Workshop

Spanning 4 days across 9 venues, this program unites 100+ global mentors under OCTAVE´s ‘8 Living Habits’ framework to create a holistic sanctuary for high-net-worth participants. Offering 2,800 seats across 96 workshops (32 complimentary), it empowers well-being through high-quality interactions deeply integrated into core lifestyle scenarios.

Mindful Green Marketplace
Conscious Consumption

Featuring 30 purpose-driven brand founders, this marketplace unites offerings rooted in mindfulness and eco-conscious values. Artisanal products rich in lifestyle aesthetics and healing qualities invite conscious living in practice. Each purchase becomes a meaningful gesture toward a better future, fostering direct dialogue between creators and consumers who value quality and responsibility. Showcasing a pioneering ESG spirit, we collectively nurture a warmer, more resilient circular ecosystem.

Celebration of Life Gala
A Cross-Border Healing Themed Gathering

This celebration weaves together the opening and closing ceremonies, welcome dinner, music performances, and a mystery gathering into a continuous experiential journey through the healing arts. Through light, rhythm, and shared presence, industry boundaries dissolve. In a celebratory atmosphere, participants connect deeply with like-minded peers. As we toast to life, unity unfolds, allowing seeds of impact to take root and flourish at the celebration´s peak.

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Whether you come to connect, co-create, or spark new dialogue, you are warmly invited to resonate with us at AT ONE IMPACT WEEK.
Cultivating Impact for Flourishing Toward Oneness

SANGHA Retreat by OCTAVE

SANGHA Retreat by OCTAVE is located by Yangcheng Lake in Suzhou, China, covering approximately 189,000 square meters. As a large-scale wellness and mindfulness community, it embodies the vision of founder Frederick Chavalit Tsao. It aims to guide guests through the practice of the ‘Eight Habits of Life’—Breathing, Eating, Movement, Sleeping, Stillness, Worldview, Middleway, and Celebration of Life — to immerse themselves in body-mind integration, elevate inner awareness, and discover a transformative holistic wellness experience.

Address: 199 Yangcheng Ring Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Jiangsu Province, China.
Tel:+86 512 6788 1068

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