Let me ask you something right off the bat. How are you feeling right now in this space. Comfortable.A little cramped perhaps. Uh maybe someone's phone light is burning a hole in your peripheral vision. We've all been there, right.Or maybe you're just feeling a little bit restless for the coffee break, which is coming up right after me. So hang in there with me, okay. Cuz I want one, too.All right. So, so um my fascination with space started when I was just n years old. And no, not the kind with rockets.My ...

[Music] Good evening everyone. Um, I'm Claudia W. I'm an assistant professor from the department of health and physical education at at UHK.I do research on psychological well-being and mainly on self-compassion. Before I began my academic career, I was a Hong Kong elite swimmer um specializing in marathon and long-distance swimming. And even though I didn't get into a full-time career, so I still trained twice a day, six days for weeks and also attend school after every training session.And after I retired ...

[Music] [Applause] Play your way. Please come on a journey, a play journey with me this afternoon. We're going to start with a simple exercise.Close your eyes and think about your favorite play memory. Can you see it, feel it, smell it. Even now, I'm going to ask you to raise your hands to a few simple questions.Was it outside in nature. With other people, adventurous, slightly risky. Did it involve movement.I think that is a real indication of how play is not just creative and free, but also imaginative, a ...

[Music] Every body talks. Every animal, every human body is always speaking and talking to us. I learned this at a very, very young age. So, picture me at nine sitting on the bank of our family lake in the bayus of Louisiana. And I would watch the yo-yos across the lake that my brother and I had set to catch turtles. And I would wait till I saw one catch. And I'd watch the turtle until it stopped moving. I'd jump in the boat. I'd grab my life jacket because in dark waters when you're by yourself and a kid, ...

[Music] I want to start by asking you a simple question. How many of you have ever felt stressed, depressed, or stuck in your life. Like you're just going through the motions and can't seem to break free.Well, this is because in today's world, we're all about cities and technology and sometimes we forget about how awesome nature is. We often hear people talk about perceiving nature, but sometimes the focus is mainly on how nature serve us. We see nature as a source of materials, food, water, energy, resourc ...

8.25% seconds. That's the apparent average attention span of humans today. Evidently shorter than that of a goldfish.Don't tell me I've lost you already. Maybe I'll have to snap every 8 seconds to make sure I've got your attention. Social media is a massive and obvious cause of such a decline in the global attention span.But how so. It's this thing called the dopamine reward loop. Dopamine release creates a sense of pleasure and satisfaction when we experience or expect something rewarding.This trains our b ...

What does research tell us about how we actually feel in environments deprived of color. White, while often symbolizing purity, can overstimulate our senses in large amount, causing discomfort, problems with focus and concentration, and even headaches for some. So why is this the color that we still use in hospitals, psychiatric institutions, and schools.Gray associated with neutrality can lead to emotional flatness as our perception of color becomes muted. It's also a favorite in public spaces. We transfor ...

In this meditative performance, Qi-Rattan blends mantra, melody, and meaning to guide you toward inner peace and collective calm. Qi-Rattan is the internationally acclaimed husband-and-wife duo, Amritpal Singh and Jagdeep Kaur – pioneering sound therapists, musicians, and advocates of spiritual well-being. Their unique fusion of mantra, mindfulness, vibrational medicine, and spiritual wisdom creates deeply immersive soundscapes that heal, inspire, and elevate consciousness. Breaking boundaries in sacred mus ...

[Music] [Applause] [Music] Salam everyone. If there is one thing I believe we all agree on in this room, it's that we are all chasing a dream. What if the real cost isn't the money, but in what we are sacrificing along the way ourselves.Even when we forget to care for our well-being, our brain steps in not to suffer, but to shield us, to keep us going until we remember to hit pause. I want to start by asking you to look at the person on your left. Now look at the person on your right.Statistically, one of y ...

[Music] Have you ever had someone in your life that inspired you. For me, that was my grandfather. This picture means the world to me.My grandfather and I had just completed one of the most challenging treks in the world to Mount Kyosh over 19,000 ft above the ground. Together we stood strong and proud having completed this feat. But little did I know this would be the last picture I would ever take with him.Because just a year later, as COVID shut down the world, my grandfather suffered a heart attack. For ...