Speaker Categories: Emotional Centredness

Gong Yao Min

Gong Yao Min was born in 1964 and graduated from An Hui Educational University and Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in 1990 and 1999 respectively.

His artwork Colors Space was awarded Painting of The Year (Top Prize of All Categories) at the UOB National Art Competition in 2002, establishing him as a leading figure in Singapore’s art scene. Recognized for both his artistic achievements and teaching contributions, he has been closely associated with UOB Singapore for many years. In 2011, his painting My Dream Land once again won the Top Prize of All Categories at the same competition, an award celebrated by the bank’s CEO.

Gong has held several important solo exhibitions, including A Stroll in Lion City at the Esplanade Exhibition Hall (2003), and Garden City Affection at Xuanhua Art Gallery (2006). His large work The Impression of Shanghai was selected for the Inaugural Nationwide Cityscape Art Exhibition in Shenzhen (2006), and The Lion City was shown at the Chinese Artist Association’s annual exhibition in 2007. In 2012, he presented City and Beyond at the Singapore National Art Museum

Brandon Yew

Real Health Medical

Brandon Yew is a senior Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) physician with over a decade of clinical experience, blending classical wisdom with modern healing perspectives. Holding dual degrees in Biomedical Sciences (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) and Chinese Medicine (Beijing University of Chinese Medicine), he formerly served as an acupuncturist at Tan Tock Seng Hospital for seven years.

Brandon specializes in acupuncture, acupressure, and meridian therapy to address a broad spectrum of conditions-from chronic pain and sports injuries to endocrine, digestive, and immune disorders. His clinical approach integrates customized herbal prescriptions for enhanced outcomes.

Since 2020, Brandon has deepened his practice in Classical Chinese Medicine, applying diagnostic systems such as the Five Elemental Dynamics and Six Climatic Energetics (五運六氣) to tailor treatments based on each patient’s natal constitution. In recent years, he has expanded into somatic healing therapies to support emotional resilience and body-mind integration.

Brandon’s work embodies a dynamic synthesis of ancient diagnostics and contemporary somatic intelligence, offering holistic care that honors the full spectrum of human well-being.

Amanda Xu

OCTAVE Living

Amanda Xu is a seasoned yoga instructor and wellness guide whose journey began in 2009. After years of teaching, managing a yoga studio, and returning to deeper self-practice, she expanded her exploration into the realms of traditional Chinese wisdom, Buddhist philosophy, and Taoist techniques. Since 2016, Amanda has immersed herself in a variety of integrative mind-body-spirit modalities, including sound therapy, breathwork, water dance therapy, and Reiki.

Her path is rooted in the belief that inward exploration is essential in today’s fast-paced world. With a gentle yet grounded approach, Amanda weaves together movement, traditional practices, sound bowl and gong resonance, and energetic healing to help others return to presence and inner alignment.

At IMPACT Week, Amanda invites participants into a shared journey of reflection, embodiment, and self-discovery – empowering individuals to reconnect with their inner worlds through the harmonizing power of breath, movement, and sound.

Amy Wu

OCTAVE Living

Amy Wu is a wellness guide and sound therapist who draws from ancient Indian traditions to support emotional and physical balance. She spent over three months in Rishikesh, India, immersing herself in classical yoga, Ayurveda, chakra balancing, hydrotherapy, and sound healing practices. This transformative experience laid the foundation for her integrative approach to mind-body wellness.

Returning to China, Amy began sharing these teachings through daily life applications-helping others navigate emotional imbalances, improve sleep, and reconnect with their inner calm through breathwork and natural sound therapy. Her work bridges tradition with everyday relevance, offering accessible tools to restore harmony and vitality.

At IMPACT Week, Amy invites participants to explore the power of vibration, breath, and ancient wisdom in realigning the nervous system and nurturing well-being from within.

Sufen Paphassarang

Release @ The BodyTalk Centre

Sufen is an Advanced Certified BodyTalk Practitioner and educator whose healing journey began with a personal health crisis. After a diagnosis of Graves’ Disease in 2011, she chose to forgo conventional medication and turned to natural therapies. Her discovery of BodyTalk sparked a profound transformation-within nine months, her condition had completely reversed, defying medical expectations.

Driven by her own recovery, Sufen immersed herself in BodyTalk, studying directly under founder John Veltheim and completing advanced trainings across Singapore, Australia, and Europe. What began as a personal exploration evolved into a full-time calling. Today, she leads the BodyTalk Centre in Singapore, offering clinical sessions and coordinating BodyTalk training across the region.

Sufen also teaches BodyTalk Access, Fundamentals, and MindScape, inspiring others to trust in the body’s innate wisdom and capacity for healing. At IMPACT Week, she invites participants to explore integrative well-being practices that bridge intuition, energy, and science to restore balance and vitality.

Nita Ng

RunWaters

Nita is a spiritual coach devoted to guiding individuals toward wholeness through mind-body-spirit integration. With 19 years of experience across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, she has led retreats, workshops, and coaching sessions for diverse, multigenerational audiences-bridging private, corporate, and community spaces.

Nita draws on a rich professional background that spans corporate, academia, and nonprofit sectors. Her signature programs-Compassionate and Intuitive Listeners, Empowered Grace-Full Women, and New Ways of BEing-offer pathways for deeper self-connection and transformation. She coaches in both English and Chinese and also mentors others in this work.

Author of Simple Meditation for Busy Lives and Chinese Heart Songs, Nita is also an accomplished batik artist whose works have been exhibited internationally. Her creative and spiritual expressions are seamlessly woven into her coaching, helping individuals rediscover their essence and live with authenticity and grace.

At IMPACT Week, Nita will guide reflective practices that empower presence, compassion, and the art of fully being.

Mabel Lee

Cultural Design Matters

Mabel Lee Chow is a Sogetsu ikebana teacher and floral artist whose practice bridges nature, mindfulness, and aesthetic simplicity. Holding a Grade 2 Jonin Sanyo teaching qualification, she has led workshops and exhibitions in Singapore and London, inviting participants into the meditative essence of Japanese flower arranging.

With a background in conservation architecture and training as a prana energy healer, Mabel brings a multidimensional lens to her ikebana work. Her arrangements reflect a harmonious dialogue between structure and spontaneity-honoring impermanence, asymmetry, and the quiet beauty of natural flaws.

Rooted in the Zen-inspired aesthetic of wabi-sabi, Mabel’s approach reveals the spiritual potential of space and stillness. Each composition becomes a contemplative experience-an invitation to slow down, connect, and rediscover the sacred in the simple.

Through ikebana, she cultivates presence, balance, and gentle transformation-offering more than art; she offers a practice of being.

Kaelie Kwah

Wild Paper Boutique

Kaelie Kwah is a paper artist whose practice explores transformation, impermanence, and emotional resonance through the sculptural manipulation of paper. Treating paper as a living, responsive medium, she bends, cuts, and reshapes each form to reflect the subtleties of thought, movement, and presence.

Her process is deeply intuitive-emerging from a place of spontaneity and openness rather than fixed design. Light and shadow play central roles in her work, creating dynamic shifts in perception that invite stillness and attentiveness from the viewer. To Kaelie, paper is not merely a surface but a quiet collaborator-humble, fluid, and alive with possibility.

From intricate forms to wearable installations, her pieces offer a tactile and contemplative experience that blurs the line between material and metaphor. Through her art, Kaelie reveals the profound within the delicate-transforming the ordinary into portals of introspection and embodied reflection.

Dian Handayani

Nambani

Dian is a therapist, coach, and founder of Nambani, a sanctuary for integrative healing based in Singapore. With 14 years of clinical experience, she weaves together art therapy, Jungian psychology, Somatic Experiencing®, and coaching to support individuals on their path toward deeper embodiment, intimacy, and personal truth.

Her current work centers around “sexistential” themes-guiding clients through erotic and relational challenges that arise from life transitions, cultural dynamics, infidelity, sexual shame, and body image struggles. Dian offers a grounded, soulful approach that encourages individuals to listen inward, reclaim agency, and embrace their authentic desires.

Rooted in creativity, somatics, and psychospiritual insight, Dian’s practice empowers clients to transform discomfort into clarity and connection. Her mission is to make the inner landscape of sexuality a site for healing, vitality, and renewed meaning.

Kenrick Goh

OCTAVE Living

Kenrick is a movement and healing practitioner whose journey spans yoga, Taijiquan, Qigong, meditation, and shamanic healing. A former national and international Taijiquan competitor, Kenrick turned to yoga in 2009 to ease physical tension. What began as physical relief evolved into a profound exploration of healing and consciousness.

In 2013, he deepened his practice under Ana Forrest, founder of Forrest Yoga, where he embraced a breath-focused, emotionally transformative approach to movement. This led him to explore energy healing through Reiki and Shamanism, expanding his capacity to guide others through multidimensional pathways of well-being.

Kenrick now integrates ancient martial wisdom, mindful movement, and energy work into holistic practices that address the physical, emotional, and spiritual layers of the self. At IMPACT Week, he offers a grounded yet expansive invitation: to reconnect with breath, restore balance, and access new ways of seeing and healing-within and beyond the body.