Where My Heart Leads

Relationship with food and our wellbeing

Published by Karen

Four or five of us gathered around some chocolates. No labels on the chocolate. We have no idea what brand, what flavour. The facilitator led us to “taste” the...

August 27, 2020

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Journey

Secret to Happy. Piano Four Hands.

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My friend Yee sends over Whatsapp: The song always reminds me of high school. I didn’t realise she plays so well…and she looks so happy. In the video, Karen...

June 18, 2020

Journey

WMHL explores Merlion city (plus Bonus trivia!)

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I used to visit Singapore often as a kid as we visited my Aunt who lived here. I had fond memories strolling with my cousin to a nearby arcade...

March 12, 2020

Journey

Contemporising heritage and culture: Tsubame-Sanjo

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Making history, local stories and communities relevant again.

March 5, 2020

Journey

Your Inner Physician and You

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Written by the founder of Craniosacral Therapy (CST). The title is apt – our bodies are the ones doing the repair, the growth, the healing. We all have an...

February 27, 2020

Journey

Schooled on an Organic Farm

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Two decades back, I was digging up potatoes, feeding hens and taking high school classes on an organic farm in Vershire, Vermont. With just forty-odd kids all in 11th...

December 10, 2019

Journey

Mindsets: Tortoise and Hare in Practice

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A modern day real life Tortoise and Hare story of persistence, growth, and strategy to achieve where you've set your sights on.

October 7, 2020

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Personal Development

Grace at the Oyster Bar

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It wasn’t until a chance encounter at City ‘super that I felt the power of grace. Standing at the long metallic bench table by the oyster bar, I was...

April 2, 2020

Personal Development

Mystery Triangles

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You’d be surprised to find TOTO toilets in wooden shacks. TOTO toilets are swanky Japanese toilets complete with customisable bidet functions and most appreciated of all – the perennially...

February 5, 2020

Personal Development

Focus Which Way

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My friend Karen went to a retreat in Bali to learn surfing. She was very annoyed that the random people bobbing about in the water were checking out how...

January 22, 2020

Personal Development

January 29, 2020

A Film Festival fosters inclusivity

In a breezy corner of a mall-slash-hall, 20-30 seat-long rows arched before the stage. Neighborhood folks came in their...

by Karen

September 26, 2019

Meet Noguchi: Design & Art for a better world

Prologue Twenty years ago, I first saw Noguchi’s work at his museum in New York. I assumed he was...

by Karen

September 5, 2019

What shocked me about the world as I knew it

It was like a revelation. A shocker – my life as I had known it has been like a...

by Karen

August 28, 2019

Alain Ducasse secret sauce

Alain Ducasse may be known for his Michelin stars, but he is so much for than a chef. Food...

by Karen

November 21, 2019

Cultivation of one self and Chinese Tea Drinking

Chinese tea drinking is simply about the taste of teas, I was once told. Whilst Japanese tea ceremony aims...

by Karen

October 3, 2019

Tea lessons: let go of control

Tea Practice is a bit like a world of its own. It’s somewhat of an insular practice space, a...

by Karen

June 12, 2019

Can we experience Harmony in everyday life?

Japan stepped into a new era – Reiwa (Enabling Harmony) – when Crown Prince took the throne on May...

by Karen

May 7, 2019

Finding One’s Way in Japanese Tea Ceremony

As an ‘outsider’ to Japanese culture, I notice a stark contrast in how Japanese tea ceremony is taught versus...

by Karen