Being Apolitical and Spiritual is a Form of Bypassing
While some may believe that staying out of politics and focusing solely on spirituality is a path to peace, this approach is a form of bypassing. What are ways we can find more praxis between spirituality and politics? Spiritual bypassing occurs when people use spiritual beliefs or practices to avoid facing unresolved emotional issues, traumas, […]
7 Insights of Ancestral Wisdom for Modern Challenges
Our ancestors are familiar with warfare, genocide, destruction, resilience, famine, pandemics, planting, recovery, regeneration, and beyond. Our ancestors beyond human form have witnessed extinctions. Who are we but an amalgamation of those who came before and those to come after? Modernity has coerced us into the perspective that we are a lone body, individualised being, […]
Difference Between Talk Therapy and Somatic Therapy
Here are some key differences between talk therapies and somatic therapies to help you decide and find the right therapist. Talk Therapy: Definition: Talk therapy, also known as psychotherapy, involves speaking with a licensed therapist to explore thoughts, feelings, and behavioural patterns. It has a wide variety of approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy […]
From Severe Anxiety to Deep Embodied Presence
I grew up with debilitating severe anxiety and selective mutism. Leading to intense and isolating difficulty in social dynamics, trouble at work, and frequent panic attacks. Multiple talk therapists later, I was still in the same state. Dancing made me feel liberated and so connected. However, it did not reach the root issues. One day […]
Oppressed and Oppressor Come From The Same Root
Spirituality often amplifies notions of love. However, when faced with extreme arrogance, horrifying brutality, and violent uprisings that do much harm – how then do you show love? Here are two perspectives from ancient living lineages in opposite ends of the globe. The monastic Zen Buddhist traditions from Vietnam, and the Shipibo peoples from deep […]
How do we rest amidst chaos?
It is said that we have an average of 60,000 thoughts per day. Of which, most are detrimental or useless. Why can’t we easily find a peaceful mind? Why is it so noisy in our heads? Why do we go into mental loops, especially around judgement? Why is it so hard to relax? Well, these […]
Migratory Routes & Ceremonial Roots Of Cacao To Southeast Asia
Cacao cultivation and chocolate production originated in Mesoamerica during the early BCE era, and for the Olmecs, Mayans, Aztecs, and other Mesoamerican civilizations, cacao (or kakawa). Mesoamerica to Southeast Asia Much of the existing literature on the global spread of cacao focuses primarily on its path between South and Central America, Europe, and North America. […]
23 Spaces in Singapore to connect to body, earth and community
Download this PDF, A free community resource that offers twenty three spaces in Singapore to deepen your sense of embodied wellbeing, developing an earthing practice, and experiencing community connection. Download (Mobile PDF)
Indiogenius Origins of Ecstatic States
A few years ago, I was at Luna Musikalawaig, an indigenous music festival in Southern Philippines. It was independently run and located on a beautiful regenerative permaculture farm, Ki Bathala Gardens. It was mainly by invitation or within close networks, to keep the crowd intimate and filled with resonant and like minded community. Still, people from around the world arrived.
Navigating Directions with the Medicine Wheel
The medicine wheel is a way of holding and organising knowledge. The directions relate to finding your place in the world and in connection with the cosmos. It is a form that invites an active relationship with all aspects of life.
