Mental Health 101 

Duration: 60-90 min (virtual or in-person)

Mental health is an integral part of our health. While various factors in our day to day life and/or life crisis can cause poor mental health, there are also predispositions, genes, and trauma that causes mental health issues/ illnesses.

Key topics covered include:

• Common Causes and Types of Mental Health Issues among Youth

• Facts and Myths

• Signs and symptoms of the common Mental Health issues

• What to do to support

Self-Care 101

Duration: 60-120 min  (virtual or in-person)

“Self-care is giving the world the best of you, instead of what’s left of you.” – Katie Reed.

Mental wellness is not just the absence of mental illness, but the attainment of happiness and well-being. To enhance your mental well-being, you need to start by looking within; tuning into your body, your breath and your mind, to get your inside right. This is a journey in holistic self-care.

Key topics covered include:

• Our Beautiful Mind – Our Troubled Mind

• Self-Care: How Full is Your Cup?

• Discovering Your 3 Best Friends

• Dealing with Triggers

• Uncovering Your Values

• Listening to Your Heart

• Finding Inner Joy & Happiness 
  

Others Care 101: Empathic Communication

Duration: 60-120 min  (virtual or in-person)

Key topics covered include:

• Effective Communication Skills

• How Listening Helps?

• The Human Need to be Heard

• Identifying Feelings

• The Art of Deep Listening

• Asking Learning Questions

• Skillful Conversations

• Building Trust thru P.A.R.T.

Psychological First Aid 101

Duration: 60-90 min  (virtual or in-person)  

We all go through a crisis in life, at one time or another. The objective of this workshop is to provide the foundational skills to support others in the aftermath of a Crisis Event, in this case, crisis of mental health.

Key topics covered in this workshop include:

• Approach a crisis or post crisis situation safely, for yourself and others;

• Say, listen and do the most supportive things for distressed people; and

• NOT cause further harm by your actions.

The Art & Science of Happiness

Duration: 60-90 min  (virtual or in-person)

Happiness is one of life’s most important questions. Every person on this planet wants to be happy – there are no exceptions. Happiness is the cause of good things in life, the source of wellbeing. Happy people are healthier, and live longer. They love more and fear less, and are more positive and optimistic about life. Happiness is not just good mood, it’s preventive medicine! 

Key topics covered in this workshop include:

• Happiness: Life’s Most Important Questions Common Questions About Happiness 

• The Happiness Equation

• Tending to the Garden of Your Mind

• The Science of Happiness & Human Fulfillment

• Making Happiness a Habit

The Power of Mindfulness

Duration: 60-120 min  (virtual or in-person)

Mindfulness refers to the feeling of a moment-by-moment awareness of our thoughts, physical sensations, and environment. It’s a practice that can help us learn to regulate emotions and decrease stress and anxiety. It’s a state of mind. When you’re mindful, you’re not “stuck in your head” or “lost in your thoughts.” You’re focused on the moment at hand, without all the chatter and concern for the future or the past.

By integrating mindfulness into your daily practices – it can help you develop an extraordinarily capable mind that is profoundly peaceful, happy, and compassionate. 

Key topics covered in this workshop include:

• Human Brain – the 3-Pound Universe

• Why Mindfulness? What is Mindfulness

• Developing Self-Awareness, Empathy and Emotional Intelligence

• Dealing with Triggers

• Making Your ‘Presence’ Known

• The Science of Mindfulness

• Mindful Living & The Pursuit of Happiness

Integral Mindful Tai-Chi

Duration: 60-90 min  (in-person)

Tai-chi is an ancient Chinese practice comprising a series of gentle flowing movements proven to promote calmness and reduce anxiety. Some people call it "meditation in motion".

Integral Mindful Tai-Chi is a practice that takes this meditation in motion a step further by combining the gentle flowing movements with a focus on the internal flow of energy or chi that promotes moment-by-moment awareness of our body's energetic state, improves the body's energy flow, align this flow with the evolutionary flow of life force (Universal Qi) to create a more dynamic mind and body energetic system, enhancing overall vitality while advancing longer term health and wellbeing.

Laughter Yoga

Duration: 30-45 min  (in-person)

Managing Stress in the Workplace

Duration: 60-90 min  (virtual or in-person)

Stress can be one of the most harmful things in our lives. It affects our well-being on so many levels. Chronic stress if left unattended is a major contributing factor to many chronic diseases in modern society, diseases of both the body and the mind: cancer, heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, anxiety, and depression. 90% of Asian workers report high levels of stress in an “always-on” culture. Stress and burnout are risk factors that account for 10-20% of chronic illnesses in the world’s fastest growing economies. This is an epidemic that needs to addressed at its source.

Key topics covered in this workshop include:

• Introduction to stress and possible sources of stress

• Recognise stress-related symptoms 

• Learn stress-busting strategies and tools

Music in Motion

Duration: 60-90 min  (in-person)

The power of music in shifting and feeling emotions, how it can synthesize different cultures/beliefs/religions into a common language.

Open Canvas

Duration: 60-120 min  (in-person)

Everyone wants to be happy, to love, to be loved, to connect, to create. And when we create something with our heart that reflects our inner yearnings – our soul finds creative fulfillment.

Creativity expressed via an open canvas via artistic expressions in a safe space together opens the door to our heart and mind – helps connect to ourselves and to others – using colors and shape – shaped by our hope and our dreams – fueled by the imagination.

Sound Bath for Relaxation, Healing & Wellbeing

Duration: 60-120 min  (in-person)

Sound is our Universal Language, predating the invention of language itself. It is also the oldest forms of healing, dating back thousands of years since the dawn of human civilisation. Modern science has confirmed what ancient wisdom traditions have known for millenniums, that sound has the power to heal, and to transform.

Sound therapy comes in the form of pure tones or as music, and can positively affect a large array of physiological and psychological states: lowering blood pressure, slowing heartbeat and breath rate, reducing stress hormones, boosting immune response, slowing brainwaves for enhanced creativity and relaxation, increasing endorphin production, relieving pain both acute and chronic.

A Sound Bath session can balance your physical, emotional and mental systems, to restore a of harmony, deepen relaxation, lower stress and anxiety, improve your mood and well-being.

Suicide Prevention 101

Duration: 60-90 min  (virtual or in-person)

The suicide rate around the world is increasing. According to World Health Organization (WHO), there is one suicide attempt every 3 seconds of the day, and everyone 40 seconds, someone dies by suicide. Events that act as triggers for suicide risk include any external events that cause significant psychological or emotional anxieties or pain, such as a crisis or a loss – happenings that creates a disequilibrium to what is ‘normalcy’.

In this workshop, we’ll identify/ understand:

• Triggers / Common causes of suicidal behaviour

• Facts and Myths 

• Signs of distress / Suicidal risks in people around us – What to look out for?

• Approach – What to do to support

Mind Matters: A Personal Journey

Duration: 60 min  (virtual or in-person)

In this Wellbeing Champion series and inspirational talk by Yen-Lu Chow, Executive Chairman of WholeTree Limited, traces his journey as a scientist & engineer, Apple Distinguished Technologist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist & angel investor, mentor & advisor to start-ups and government – to become a mental wellbeing champion, a social innovator, philanthropist & humanist, and seeker of truth. He shares the three defining moments of his life, his inspirations, successes and failures, lessons learned along the way, his own “awakening” – how he (and wife Yee Ling) were able to turn their heart-shattering family tragedy into a gift and movement to change the world for the better by planting more seeds of happiness, healing, transformation, and wellbeing in others and the world.

Reawakening The Deep Human Within

Duration: 60 min  (in-person)

Have you ever pondered on some of the eternal questions of the human experience, the mystery that is life:

- Who are we - Why are we here?

- What is the cause - the source of happiness, wellbeing and creativity - and human suffering?

- Where does creativity and vitality come from?

- How can I live a happier, healthier and more abundant life?

Come join Yen-Lu on a journey to Reawaken the Deep Human within - connecting you to The Source to access the Life Force - opening the doorway to the mystery that is life, happiness, health, creativity, wisdom, wellbeing - and your infinite creative potential.