Well Commune Shenton Workshops

Welcome to Well Commune Shenton, a month-long pop-up wellness festival in the heart of Singapore, that brings together a collective of independent wellness practitioners to help anyone who wants to explore new ways to improve their well-being through different transdisciplinary practices of art, music, tech, lifestyle and healing.

Mindful Lunch with A (former) Monk - DK

Bring your own lunch or order in lunch and join DK in a mindful dining experience that will wow your senses.

By Hendrick ‘DK’ Phua Hendrick ‘DK’ Phua is a meditation teacher, mindfulness coach, author, former monk and founder of The Hermitage Zen.

He practised intensive meditation in caves and forests around the world for more than half a decade to master the pragmatic application of ancient wisdom.

At present, he leads impactful meditation retreats and coaches senior executives to help them discover themselves and lead deeper and happier lives.

Bhakti Yoga - Experience Bliss with Mantra Meditation

Explore incredible bliss and healing with the power of music yoga through kirtan, an age-old form of mantra meditation that originated in India 5000 years ago. With the combination of ecstatic chanting and soulful music, kirtan can help you release anxiety and stress, allowing you to feel a sense of blissful calm and rejuvenation in your body, mind, and spirit.

Whether you're new to the practice or a seasoned seeker, kirtan can help you find a greater sense of joy, gratitude, and self-realization in your life. Come and discover the transformative power of music yoga with us, and experience a deeper connection to your inner self. Join us for an unforgettable journey of peace, harmony, and joy through the practice of kirtan.

By Subala das and Nishita Agarwal

Subala das

As a dedicated follower of Srila Prabhupada for the past eleven years, Subala das considers himself fortunate to have received the spiritual knowledge and guidance of the Bhagavad Gita.

His quest for the ultimate purpose and significance of life began in his early twenties and led him to explore various religious texts until he stumbled upon the Bhagavad Gita.

Through his practice of mantra meditation and service at the local ISKM temple, he has experienced boundless joy, inner peace, and satisfaction.

He now invites others to join him in the practice of chanting the mahāmantra and workshop to explore the bliss of Krishna consciousness and discover the eternal teachings of the Gita, which can guide towards a more meaningful and purposeful life.

**Nishita Agarwal **

Nishita is a Director of Engineering at Meta (fka Facebook) and a Computer Science graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi in India. Over the last 10 years, Nishita has been leading international teams and has built social media products used by over a billion people. Having lived in San Francisco, New York, London and now Singapore, she’s been an active part of spiritual communities across the world.

Witnessing significant success and fame at a young age, Nishita experienced first-hand the vacuous nature of the pleasures we strive for in this world and started seeking answers to appease her own existential malaise. It was during this time, that she came in touch with the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement started by Śrīla Prabhupāda, the panacea that is chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahāmantra (kīrtan) and Bhakti yoga.

An inseparable part of her life for over 6 years now, Nishita has a daily practice of chanting the mahāmantra. The practice and teachings of Bhakti yoga have nourished her, strengthened her to endure personal tragedies, and helped her internalise the ultimate goal of life.

Currently an aspiring disciple at the International Śrī Kṛṣṇa Mandir in Singapore, Nishita strives to be an instrument at the hands of the the Supreme Lord through kīrtan, and share with others the boundless bliss of this sublime and timeless practice.

Making Health Happen: Self-Care and Whole Person Health

By Alastair Hunt, NBC-HWC

Whole Health Practice

Alastair is an NBHWC and Duke-certified Integrative Health Coach. He works to improve clients' long-term health through making achievable and sustainable lifestyle change. Maximising health, performance and vitality at any age.

Alastair also has certificates in Nutrition Science and Exercise Physiology (Stanford School of Medicine) and Plant Based Nutrition (eCornell).

Prior to entering the health sector, Alastair worked with top tier performing artists and their teams, as well as organised major concerts, festivals and sports events. Projects increasingly led into health and wellness - paralleling his own personal longstanding interest in health and nutrition. Now Alastair's focus is working with clients to promote whole health - to maximise vitality and longevity.

As part of his whole health lifestyle Alastair enjoys running (with the occasional half marathon), exploring food markets and the great outdoors.

The ABCs of Investing: An Introduction for New Investors

Investment Fundamentals: Building Your Financial Future.

An Introduction to Technical Analysis versus Fundamental Analysis

A Guide to Investing Basics: Empowering Individuals to take charge of your financial future

By moomoo SG

Fireside Chat with The FemTech Association of Asia & Fermata: The Future is FemTech

"Femtech" refers to the use of technology to address and improve women's health. This rapidly growing industry includes a range of products and services, such as menstrual tracking apps, fertility trackers, pregnancy support tools, menopause management solutions, and much more.

Join industry experts Lindsay Davis, Founder of FemTech Association of Asia, and Francesca Geary-Stingl, Country Director of Fermata, as they discuss the empowerment of women through access to better information, more personalised care and increased choice, all through the use of technology.

By FemTech Association of Asia

Nutrition and TCM: A Personalised Approach to Health

Hosted by The Whole Health Practice’s Felicia Koh (MA Human Nutrition) to understand the key principles of diet and nutrition from both a Western and Chinese medical perspective.

What are the core concepts of healthy eating practices?

Can both nutritional schools of thought co-exist and, importantly, amidst the pressures of modern living how can we eat better?

By Felicia Koh, MA Human Nutrition

Whole Health Practice

Felicia works to improve clients' health by providing nutritional advice incorporating Western biomedical practices and the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Felicia is an accredited nutritionist with the Singapore Nutrition and Dietetics Association and a Duke-trained Integrative Health Coach.

The daughter of a practising traditional Chinese doctor, healthcare and nutrition played an integral role in Felicia's early years. After a career consulting for major brand agencies Felicia decided to switch to healthcare, to train in in Traditional Chinese Medicine and earn a Masters of Human Nutrition from Deakin University.

Felicia works in and consults on corporate and personal healthcare projects including, from where it all began, working in a clinical environment in the family medical practice.

As part of her whole health lifestyle Felicia enjoys: taiji, gardening and forest bathing.

Let’s Ferment for a Healthy Gut

Developing and maintaining a healthy gut microbiome is all the rage these days and consuming fermented food products plays a vital role.

Join Felicia Koh and Alastair Hunt, from The Whole Health Practice, for a hands-on fermenting demonstration to nurture your ‘inner garden’ and maximise your health.

You will explore the principles of fermentation and learn how to make two simple ferments: “kiam chye” - a traditional Chinese ferment and “tepache” - a Mexican pineapple beverage.

By Felicia Koh and Alastair Hunt

WHOLE HEALTH PRACTICE

Alastair Hunt, NBC-HWC

Alastair is an NBHWC and Duke-certified Integrative Health Coach. He works to improve clients' long-term health through making achievable and sustainable lifestyle change. Maximising health, performance and vitality at any age.

Alastair also has certificates in Nutrition Science and Exercise Physiology (Stanford School of Medicine) and Plant Based Nutrition (eCornell).

Prior to entering the health sector, Alastair worked with top tier performing artists and their teams, as well as organised major concerts, festivals and sports events. Projects increasingly led into health and wellness - paralleling his own personal longstanding interest in health and nutrition. Now Alastair's focus is working with clients to promote whole health - to maximise vitality and longevity.

As part of his whole health lifestyle Alastair enjoys running (with the occasional half marathon), exploring food markets and the great outdoors.

Felicia Koh, MA Human Nutrition

Felicia works to improve clients' health by providing nutritional advice incorporating Western biomedical practices and the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Felicia is an accredited nutritionist with the Singapore Nutrition and Dietetics Association and a Duke-trained Integrative Health Coach.

The daughter of a practising traditional Chinese doctor, healthcare and nutrition played an integral role in Felicia's early years. After a career consulting for major brand agencies Felicia decided to switch to healthcare, to train in in Traditional Chinese Medicine and earn a Masters of Human Nutrition from Deakin University.

Felicia works in and consults on corporate and personal healthcare projects including, from where it all began, working in a clinical environment in the family medical practice.

As part of her whole health lifestyle Felicia enjoys: taiji, gardening and forest bathing.

Climate Conversations for SG Parents

This is 2-hour programme where we gather young parents to discuss their thoughts and feelings about the climate crisis and draw on everyone’s collective wisdom to take collective action in their own social circle. While the parents are at the conversation, we have planned activities for kids to be occupied meaningfully.

*Note: Climate Conversations is largely supported by donations from participants and will be requesting donations at the end of the session

By Climate Conversations

Reawakening the Deep Human Within with Yen-Lu Chow, Founding Executive Chairman Asia Institute of Mentoring; Over The Rainbow

Join this in-person seminar as Yen-Lu brings us closer together to explore more deeply the eternal questions on the human experience - of human suffering - who are we - and why are we here - the mystery that is life - happiness, health, creativity, wisdom and wellbeing:

• What is the Deep Human?
• Emptiness is form
• The secret of sound
• The power of the thought
• Wisdom of the heart
• 无常 (Impermanence), 无我 (Non-self), 无為 (Non-doing)
• Connecting to the Source - Accessing the Life Force; Achieving Oneness with the Universe
• Reawakening the Deep Human

By About Over-The-Rainbow

Over-The-Rainbow (OTR) is the mental wellness initiative of the WholeTree Foundation, the not-for-profit family foundation of Yen-Lu & Yee Ling Chow founded in loving memory of their dear son and only child who ended his own life at the age of 26 after suffering for many years from manic depression.

Since launching in October 2012, OTR has been a pioneer and trailblazer in the space of youth mental wellness - innovating and pushing the mental health envelope with outreach events, community initiatives, media projects, mental wellness programs, workshops and festivals, volunteer training programs, peer support systems, online support platforms, mental wellness magazines, newsletters and social media campaigns. These initiatives and activities collectively have touched nearly a million lives through both online and offline touch-points, and transformed many others.

From an organization that pioneered mental wellness as a journey and championed prevention and preemption over clinical intervention with innovations such as Holistic Self-Care, Circle-of-Care, Guardian Angels, Wellness Space, Mental Wellness Festivals, Youth Matters, OTR Listens, Rainbow Connection magazines, Think x Rainbow, and a change inside-out approach to life and human wellbeing, innovation is a constant driving force for positive change.

What started from the ashes of a heart-shattering family tragedy has transformed into a thriving organization with a mission that turned into a movement to transform mental wellness for the 21st century.

Yen-Lu Chow Founding Executive Chairman WholeTree Foundation; Over-The-Rainbow; Asia Institute of Mentoring; Founding Partner Fatfish MediaLab; Executive Mentor YSI SEA; Founder of the Deep Human Movement

Yen-Lu and wife Yee Ling started WholeTree Foundation, a nonprofit family foundation with the Over-The-Rainbow (OTR) youth mental wellness initiative, in loving memory of their dear son who suffered from manic depression and took his own life at a youthful age of 26. OTR is a one-stop hub for youth mental wellness, and a pioneer in youth mental wellness. Yen-Lu served as the co-founder and chairman of Singapore Creations, a nonprofit that provides an alternative platform for young people in the performing arts. It is a platform to listen to young people – to give them a voice – to empower them – through the performing arts. He was also the founding executive mentor to YSI SEA, an innovation platform and network started by young people to empower youths from around the region to discover and co-create innovation in sustainability.

In a fast-paced world where the only constant is change, he believes there is an urgent need for each of us to draw on our strengths and creative potential as human beings, to connect with our higher self and our deeper purpose to contribute towards humanity in a positive and impactful way. He enjoys building ecosystems and mobilizing the community to create positive social change. As an early pioneer in the application of AI, he also has a strong base in the tech space. With the launch of his family foundation and other social impact initiatives, Yen-Lu devotes his time serving both society and the nation in his various capacities.

He is on a life mission to help bring about a kinder, gentler, more inclusive, more just, and sustainable world.

FMT: The Power of Poop

Get ready to learn about FMT (Faecal Microbiota Transplant) - and no, it's not as gross as it sounds! In fact, it's an exciting area of research that explores the connection between our gut health and overall wellbeing. Join us for a fun and informative presentation that focuses on the impact of FMT on allergies and eczema, as well as how it can boost brain health, performance, and help with neurological atypical conditions. You'll be amazed by the potential benefits of a healthy gut microbiome and how FMT can be used to improve various health conditions. So, put on your thinking caps and get ready to learn about this innovative approach to gut health!

By Dr Jeremy Lim

Assoc Prof Jeremy Lim is CEO and Co-founder of AMILI, Southeast Asia’s first microbiome company.

After successfully launching in Singapore with gut microbiome transplant and guthealth testing, AMILI is expanding microbiome science across the region. A/Prof Lim is also director for global health in the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore. He brings diverse and unique perspectives having spent substantial time in public and private healthcare across Asia as well as in policy advisory with Singapore’s Ministry of Health, the World Bank and the World Health Organization.

Outside academia,Jeremy serves on the boards of various for-profit and not-for-profit organizations in different aspects of healthcare including migrant worker health, end of life care and digital health interventions.

He trained in surgery and public health, attaining post-graduate qualifications in both from the UK and US.

Spartans Boxing 101

Come and join a 30-min complimentary workshop that will cover a spectrum of topics like Fitness as a lifestyle, Boxing for fitness, Boxing for self-defence, and Basic boxing techniques to ensure a safe and effective workout.

Don’t forget to check out Spartans Boxing Club new launch promotions and a special opportunity to join their Foundation Membership Program at their booth from April 1 - 27. These are membership slots limited to the first 100 signups, and they will be entitled to a heavily discounted monthly membership fee for the duration they choose to sign.

There will also be coaches on-site demonstrating techniques and pad-works to give a taste of what people can expect when they join the club.

By Spartans Boxing Club

Spartans Boxing Club was first opened in 2015 at Joo Chiat Road, and has since grown to 13 clubs in Singapore, 1 in Dubai and 1 in Cambodia. The sudden influx of clubs happened during Covid, when franchise owners noticed a sudden increase in demand for fitness studios. All this can be credited to the recent realisation of how keeping fit is vital to our health, and how rewarding the results are when one commits to it (thanks to Covid for keeping us at home with nothing to do). We strive to give quality exercise and workouts through the art of Boxing, while creating awareness on what an enjoyable sport it is. Spartans Boxing Club welcomes everybody and anybody who would like to break that barrier and take the first steps to a new and improved lifestyle.

Originally Spartans Dhoby Ghaut, the central branch had to relocate due to the successful enbloc of Peace Centre. Now rebranded as Spartans South Central, we have found ourselves a new home on 137 Cecil Street. Boasting 2067 sqft of unobstructed floor space, the gym will also feature larger Heavy Bag cages, free weightlifting stations and premium showers and toilet facilities to accommodate the CBD crowd.

Closing Fire Ceremony

Join us for a closing fire ceremony at 8.15pm on Sunday 30th April 2023, as we wrap up a month of wellness at Well Commune Shenton. In this intentional and grounding shamanic experience, which will be cohosted by Omsira Barry and Tamsin Bradshaw, we will honour endings and step willingly into new beginnings.

Working with contained fire is an elemental way to witness transitions internally and externally, and to consciously choose to walk through the doorway of change.

It’s also a beautiful opportunity to farewell the PIL Building, which is soon scheduled for demolition. At this fire ceremony, we’ll celebrate the history of this building, the area, and the lives and memories of all who passed through it.

This special ceremony is by donation only, with all proceeds going to Heart to Heart, a non-profit supporting families in need in Singapore.

By Tamsin Bradshaw & Omsira Barry

Tamsin Bradshaw

Through a potent combination of coaching and energy work, Tamsin Bradshaw supports driven, passionate and empathic individuals who are at crossroads in their lives, and who are struggling with overwhelm, overstimulation, emotional ups and downs, and low energy. Applying deep listening and an empowering approach, Tamsin guides clients to new, balanced ways of being where they can reach their highest potential – whether that’s as work, as a parent, in love, or in life in general.

Tamsin is a transformation coach certified in the Aliveness Method® and a shamanic energy medicine facilitator certified by the Four Winds Light Body School.

“I believe that most issues – whether physical, mental or emotional – begin in the energy body. I also believe that we’re capable of healing ourselves if we’re given the right knowledge, and the right tools. I intend to empower those I work with to shift their perspective, and find their own paths. I help them build their own bespoke toolbox of mental, emotional and spiritual essentials – a treasure chest of gems that will support them in living rewarding, balanced lives.”

Omsira Barry

Omsira Barry has wide ground-up knowledge garnered from being a conscious entrepreneur of 14 years. As a creative, with an eye for detail, and his passion in brand & culture and applying them in the fields of product design, service design and customer experience design, he supported the success in many wellness and spiritual endeavours of his Singapore and global clients. As a ceremonialist, shamanic practitioner and practicing kundalini yoga teacher, his dedication in mentoring and coaching others is motivated by his vision of a world in stewardship of heart-centred living and authentic experiences that celebrates the abundance and radiance of All.