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We’re back today with Online Community Breathwork 🌬️

Matt is opening up a space for heart-centred Breathwork, to encourage fragmented parts of our selves back into a state of integrated wholeness and peace.

The Breathwork we offer serves to recognise states of being that may be in our field right now - positive or negative, that have been present, perhaps knowingly or unknowingly - expressed or repressed, and are calling for direct awareness and an open exploration into where they may have come from and why they haven’t yet been brought into our field of acceptance.

What isn’t met with an openness and allowing becomes something we resist. And what we resist persists until we are able to meet it head-on with an open heart and a true willingness to feel and release it.

Breathwork with Baba’s is a curious invitation into where some of these places might be hiding in one’s subconscious. It is an invitation to dig and to rise simultaneously. To dig into the depths of what may be dormant, ancient, of a past long-gone but needing revisiting and bringing to wholeness. To rise to a higher state of consciousness, of witnessing, that isn’t always possible in everyday waking consciousness.

Interested?
Join via the link in bio ❤️

If sleep is the cousin of death
Then each night, we lay on our death bed
As we watch the daylight turn into dark
We have the chance to reflect on all of the things
That our souls pine to experience once again
Like laughing a laugh that burns our stomaches and cheeks
Like kissing the lips of a lover without ideas of consequence
Like saying I love you as much as you feel it
Like giving the gift that you were afraid of giving
Like dancing like it was your last day on Earth
Like holding your body because one day it will no longer be yours to hold
Like choosing love over fear
Like speaking a language of a stranger
Like asking for the things you desire
And effortlessly providing other’s theirs
Like calling your family across the world
Only to tell them that you love them,
and in your heart they remain
Like smiling at passer-by’s without need of return
Oh! Like making art for the sake of making art
And making love for the sake of making love...

Ah! Yes, like love. Simply to love, for the world could always do with a little more of that lovely stuff. I wish to remember to do that more before my time comes to leave this form.

All of you is welcome
Even the fear
Even the sadness
Even the Joy
Even the anger
Even the excitement
Even the pain
Even the past
Even the future
Even the loneliness
Even the bliss
Even the sleepiness
Even the grief
Even the curiosity
Even the seeking
Even the Healing
Even the lethargy
Even the brightness
Even the confusion
Even the attachment
Even the avoidance
Even the beauty!

I cannot be your saviour
But I can be a home for the night
A place to rest your head
a meal for a belly light

I cannot be your dream
But dreams I can help you imagine
Of things untold and unknown
In the endless well of our one shared heart

I cannot tell you what you are to do
But I can walk the path alongside you
And tell of times I have tripped and stumbled
As you offer the same beside me

I cannot be your everything
But I can be something that loves and adores
That holds your love with the highest regard
For I see your soul and its desire to reap compassion

I cannot see from your eyes
But I can hear you as it is told to me
In ways unique and wonderful
From your mouth you help me to touch your world

I cannot take away the pain of longing
But be a soothing mist of companionship
In the yesterdays of your memories
And the tomorrows of the mysterious future

So, to all the moments you have felt alone
For all the heart aches and lover’s parting
I pray to god for your wholeness, my love
And for the experience of the gifts of your suffering

Days of bliss at breathing, dancing, hugging, loving 🕊️

Times spent round the fire are some of our favourite moments at BABA’s community gatherings, sharing friendship, laughter, cake and oh so wonderful TEA! And this Sunday, as we sit round the fire once again, we will enjoy a new experience with a special guest…

This week’s tea is sponsored by Tania of & !!! 🫖 and she will be offering her one-of-a-kind unique kombucha that has Chinese medicinal wisdom and benefits for your beautiful body’s healing.

Tania’s love for the art of tea started when she was a kid frequenting yum-cha restaurants with her grandparents, and continued to grow over COVID :)

Now she is merging her fascination of the communal aspect of tea, with music, with dance parties, and holistic wellness at & - and we have the pleasure of having her as our special guest at BABA’s this weekend.

We look forward to you tasting this delicious treat at this weekend’s brunch (14.04.24) 🍃🙏🏽🍃

Alongside the Tea this week will be a Holistic Discussion on Fertility 🌞 With BABA’s Bliss Balls & Warming Fire

Rebecca will open up a discussion on natural contraception and fertility to explore with those who have questions or need clarity about their own natural cycles. Some topics included for discussion will be:

- Natural contraception
- Hormones and imbalances
- Our relationship with food and its effect on our cycles
- Building a relationship with your cycle
- How to move towards a softer menstruation experience
- Self love ❤️

This is a discussion tailored towards female-bodied individuals, but it is also open to to men too as it gives good insight on processes that one might not yet be aware of, and into how one can supoport a partners needs during more challenging times of the month.

Tickets via link in bio 💖
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/859267270537

O P E N I N G ◦ A Half-Day Retreat
23.3.24 - Lamma Island

We’re grateful to be able to share with you this uniquely beautiful location on Lamma Island to enjoy a mindful morning of contemplative meditation, Breath Journeying & Ayurvedic food to bring stillness to the mind & joy to the heart.

Situated just a 10 minute walk from Yung Shue Wan ferry pier, stepping into Gaia Valley feels like a dropping of everything and an entering into another world. With its Bali-esque inspiration and vibe, Gaia House sits at the centre of the valley, overlooking Bamboo groves and the South China Sea. It’s very easy to get lost in the nurturing sounds of birdsong and the occasional rustle of wind through the dense tree canopies.

The Day Includes:

🧘🏽‍♀️ Cultivating the Witness Meditation
🌬️ Breathwork Journeying
🪴 Ayurvedic Brunch & Integration
🌿 A chance to relax & let go in quaint surroundings

For full info, please follow the link to the Eventbrite page in bio.

🎟️ Tickets are limited to 10 spaces. 
Available on Eventbrite via our Link in Bio: https://www.eventbrite.hk/e/855641846797

Need a break this weekend?

Well, you are in luck! We gather once again for BABA’s Community Gatherings in the abundant nature of Lantau Island, Hong Kong.

On Sunday, 10th March we have a beautifully designed wellness schedule with a number of powerful offerings and facilitators to guide you through the day.

Whether you can join for just one activity or the whole day, be sure that you’ll be lovingly guided through tools of self-regulation, health and release, so that you feel refreshed & nourished moving into the new week.

Make sure to join us for…

🙏🏼 Restorative Yin Yoga with Sound Healing & EFT tapping technique.
🥑 Nourishing Plant-Based Brunch
🌿 Breathwork Journeying
🧁 Tea & Cake
🔥 Fire & Reflections

…& an opportunity to meet a lovely bunch of like-minded conscious community here in Hong Kong.

🎟 Tickets are donation-based and limited. They are available to purchase through the link in .care bio, or here: https://www.eventbrite.hk/e/803765693827

Introducing Matt.

Matt brings to Baba’s a holistic lens on food & lifestyle. As the building blocks of our physical being, Matt believes that making correct diet & lifestyle choices is the foundation for mental & emotional health.

As a cerfified Ayurvedic Lifestyle Consultant, Matt works one-to-one with clients to optimise their lives to ensure they’re getting what’s best for their bodies, when they need it. Whether it be eliminating hidden nasties that find their ways into our diets, or creating effective meal plans for people who need a hand of support within the kitchen, Matt’s work is always evolving alongsisde the needs of those he works with.

The Breathwork Journeys that Matt offers weave beautifully into the holistic scope of Baba’s - proving an extremely effective tool for emotional and mental regulation & release. As a practice that has helped him massively on his own journey, he offers sessions on a one-to-one deep-dive basis and for groups of up to 60 people.

The retreats that Matt & Rebecca offer come naturally as a culmination of the services they offer together, and become beautiful containers for community to gather, ground & express in a safe & contained collective.

Reach out now for:

🌬 Breathwork Journeying
One-to-one Deep Dives
Group Breath Journeys

⚡️ Holistic Diet & Lifestyle Coaching
One-to-one consultations
Ayurvedic-inspired Meal Plans

🌱 Ayurvedic Plant-based Catering

♥️ Conscious Retreats & Events

Sunday 10th March

Restorative Yoga under the trees, deep in the Lantau Jungle 🌿

Give yourself the opportunity to experience true union with the elements around you, and connect to your Nature within.

At our Community Events we hold Yoga sessions that are grounding, nourishing and revitalising - without the time constraints of a studio or the rushing of a city.

These sessions give you the opportunity to truly deepen your practice and surrender to what wants to be.

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On 10th March we have a beautifully designed Restorative Yin Yoga session, which incorporates Sound Healing & an introduction and exploration of the EFT tapping technique.

You’ll be guided through tools to help with your self-regulation and release, so that you feel refreshed & nourished moving into the new week.

Also at this Community Brunch event will be…

🥑 Nourishing Plant-Based Brunch
🌿 Breathwork Journeying
🧁 Tea & Cake
🔥 Fire & Reflections

…& an opportunity to meet a lovely bunch of like-minded conscious community here in Hong Kong.

🎟 Tickets are limited, and are available through the link in bio, or here:

Supporting your process 🪢

Breathwork is the anchor of all of the Community Brunch events we run in Hong Kong 🌬️

And it isn’t Pranayam.

It’s a tool for accessing altered states of consciousness that can very quickly help the mind and body release stored emotion and trauma that we may have been holding on to since we were children.

To those who haven’t tried it, there is scepticism of how the breath can help us to access such deep spaces within the psyche. For those who have tried it, there is an understanding of the efficacy of this powerful method that is beyond words.

And that’s why people come back, week after week, to experience and re-experience what the breath can show them.

Each session holds its own unique insights, no two being the same.

It’s about our readiness and commitment to our own inner processes. And as we surrender, we release.

And we evolve

And we grow

And we learn to love ourselves - to hold this precious space within so we can then do so for others.

The breath connects us to all. We share one breath, one air with the entire world.

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We invite you to experience with us what it’s all about 🌬️

There will be Breathwork Journeying sessions at our next Community Brunch events run by Matt, and with Bex providing energy healing throughout the session ⚡️

LINKS IN BIO ✍🏽

Matt also runs deep-dive sessions one-to-one and group sessions at locations of your choice - also online 🌊

DM for info 💡

Moments of true joy and laughter… 💞

It was especially hard to choose just nine of these photos out of the abundance of smiles and hugs that were shared and exchanged this past weekend at BABA’s Community Mini-Festival.

We moved, hugged, ate, sang, played and danced our hearts out. We couldn’t think of a better way to spend our weekend than to witness so much friendship and joy within the ever growing community.

We are truly blessed, and moments like this make it all so very much worth it. We love you!!

Special thanks to our core team of Helping Hands 👋🏽 who continue to make these events possible with the Sēva you so generously give 🙏🏽

Join us for our next Community event (SEE LAST PHOTO), when we do it all again -

🌱 Restorative Brunch on Sunday 10th March - this is an opportunity to be nurtured and reset in conscious community, natural beauty & a whole lot of hugs and smiles.

Tickets are already available and are selling, so get yours via the link in bio…
https://www.eventbrite.hk/e/803765693827

🌸 Blessings to our wonderful and talented Facilitators and Collaborators:




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🔥 Transform

In Ayurveda, fires are symbolic of the transformational force of nature on both the obvious physical and subtle energetic planes.

It signifies transformation, metabolism, and vitality. It is the force behind digestion and metabolism, transforming food into energy. Fire governs our body temperature, colour, and lustre, reflecting in qualities like enthusiasm, courage, and the capacity for intellectual digestion.

Just gazing into a fire can work wonders on helping to integrate, reflect & still the mind - which is why we burn them after the Breathwork sessions we hold at our Community Events.

Join us tomorrow for a fire performance by accompanied by

🔥 Enjoy the dance of the flames as Josh moves in sync with Maggie’s captivating handpan music. After the performance, you’re invited to join us for a music and fire jam session – a lively gathering where everyone can dance freely and ecstatically to the rhythm of the music and the flicker of the fire. We’ll provide an array of fire props and fuels for you to experiment with, from torches and fans to even fire umbrellas. (Josh will provide a fire safety guideline) Feel free to bring your musical instruments and contribute a harmonious touch to this celebration. If you have fire toys of your own, feel free to bring them along and add to the spectacle.

Josh is a fire dancer who specializes in using fire torches and fire fans, bringing over a decade of experience in Jazz and contemporary dance to his sacred flames performance.

Also on offer tomorrow

•⁠ ⁠Cacao ceremony 🍫
•⁠ ⁠⁠Brazilian Dance 🇧🇷
•⁠ ⁠⁠Breathwork 🌳
•⁠ ⁠⁠Brunch & Dinner 🍽️
•⁠ ⁠⁠Lunar Yoga 🌕

Ticket links are in our bio :)
https://www.eventbrite.hk/e/795936356067



🌕 Tomorrow

In many cultures and spiritual traditions, the full moon is associated with heightened energy and emotional intensity. During this time, the energy of the moon can amplify the effects of practices such as meditation, yoga, and energy healing.

The full moon is seen as a symbol of completion and culmination, making it a good time for reflection, releasing negativity, and setting intentions for the future.

Engaging in activities that connect inwardly during the full moon can be a beautiful opportunity to align yourself with this energetic peak, and to harness its potential for personal growth and healing.

That’s why we’ve arranged for a special event tomorrow - to give you the opportunity to deepen your practice and connection to your inner world.

Join us for…

•⁠ ⁠Cacao ceremony 🍫
•⁠ ⁠⁠Brazilian Dance 🇧🇷
•⁠ ⁠⁠Breathwork 🌳
•⁠ ⁠⁠Brunch & Dinner 🍽️
•⁠ ⁠⁠Lunar Yoga 🌕
•⁠ ⁠⁠Fire performance 🔥
•⁠ ⁠⁠Handpan jam ✨

Ticket links are in our bio :)
https://www.eventbrite.hk/e/795936356067

👋🏽 Helping Hands

Our Community events wouldn’t be complete (or possible) without our wonderful team of helping hands.

Thank you to all of you (you know who you are) for putting your energy into something much greater than yourselves. To enable a safe space for collective healing, release & support is, in our opinion, one of the most precious things that one can offer.

You are the most delicious team of Karma Yogis we could possibly ask for.

Thank you for you :)

Our next Community event is coming up this Sunday 25th, and it’s a whole-day mini festival with lots to offer. You’re able to join any or all of the activities as you wish…

•⁠ ⁠Cacao ceremony 🍫
•⁠ ⁠⁠Brazilian Dance 🇧🇷
•⁠ ⁠⁠Breathwork 🌳
•⁠ ⁠⁠Brunch & Dinner 🍽️
•⁠ ⁠⁠Lunar Yoga 🌕
•⁠ ⁠⁠Fire performance 🔥
•⁠ ⁠⁠Handpan jam ✨

Ticket links are in our bio :)
https://www.eventbrite.hk/e/795936356067

🌿 Eco Shop

We love hand-crafted artisan products so much that we’ve set up an online store to share what we’ve scouted and found with our Community.

So far we’ve added some beautiful scarf/sarongs & hand-woven banana fabric bags that we found on our most recent trip to India 🇮🇳

Head over to https://www.babas.care/shop to see what we’ve got available.

Find our little Shop table at our Community Events to pick-up items you like in-person.

Link to the shop is in our bio :)

We invite you to join us for our spring community events this February and March in Hong Kong 💓

We’ll be in the kitchen cooking up something good with and offering you plant-based, vegan nourishment and treats made with the utmost love and attention.

This weekend we are in the Lantau jungle at with yoga, brunch, breathwork and so much more! Don’t miss out- only a handful of tickets left 💓 links to our events and tickets can be found in BIO

We’ve got three juicy Community Day events planned in February 🐉

One of which is a mini festival with a cacao ceremony, live music, a fire performance & more ❤️‍🔥

Take your pick!

Links to our events are in our bio or click the link on this post 🔥

All events are pay-as-you-feel and we welcome everyone 🍃

📸pics by the talented

A couple of spots remain for next Sunday’s community event on Lantau Island 🏝️

Join us for a wholesome day of wellness and nature - a great reset from a week in the city 🌆

Ticket link in bio :)
https://www.eventbrite.hk/e/795104377597

Seriously owning work-life balance… India you have been so unbelievably good to us. Beautiful people, stunning places, unforgettable generosity, warm hospitality, efficient business and a whole lot of love!!

We have been completely spoilt during this time in our second home. Can’t wait to come back in the next few months 💓🙌🏽🇮🇳 in the mean time we will miss our beautiful team (you know who you are) and we love you all lots xx

Lunar Reflections: A Full Moon Breathwork & Sound Bath Experience

Early Bird tickets are available now 🎟️

Join us for an evening of inner exploration and rejuvenation as the moon sits full in the sky at our Lunar Reflections event. This unique gathering, led by Matthew Teague and Tata Tse, offers a profound journey through your inner waters, harnessing the transformative power of breath and sound.

Date: 23rd Feb 
Time: 7- 10pm
Place: Sai Wan, HK Island (near HKU)

Early Bird Tickets via link in Bio:
https://www.eventbrite.hk/e/802212006707/

What we’ll explore together:

🧘‍♂️ Guided Meditation:
Begin with a meditation guided by Matthew Teague, focusing on inner connection and alignment with lunar energies - what’s present and relevant for you at this paticular point in time?

🌬 Conscious Connected Breathwork Introduction:
Matthew will introduce the powerful technique of conscious connected breathwork, designed for emotional balance, energetic release and for the accessing of spaced of deep tranquility.

🫁 Deep-Dive Breathwork:
Immerse yourself in a 45-minute guided breathwork session, where we charge the body with life force energy, making space for the sound healing to work its magic.

🔔 Gong Bath & Singing Bowls:
Experience Tata Tse’s hour-long sound bath, using the healing vibrations of gongs and singing bowls to dissolve energetic blockages and allow you to access expanded states of consciousness, peace & clarity.

🌞 Conscious community, wholesome plant-based goodness, & inspiring conversations beneath the trees in the jungles of Lantau.

Join us in a few weeks for our REVIVAL community brunch as we come back together after a 2 month break 🍃

Bex will begin with some energising Yoga on the deck before abundant plant-based brunch, ‘New Beginnings’ Breathwork under the trees and tea, cake & fire🔥

🧘🏽‍♀️ 10:00 - Energising Morning Yoga
🥗 12:00 - Abundant plant-based Brunch
🌬️ 2:00 - ‘New Beginnings’ Breathwork
🍵 3:30 - Tea & cake around the fire

📍 Ark Eden, Mui Wo, Lantau


ENERGISING MORNING YOGA 🧘‍♂️ 
Warm up amongst the elements as Bex guides you through a sequence to energise you from your core. The yoga Bex facilitates is energising and integrative - to help you move into and let go of stagnant energies you may have been holding on to from your week.

NEW BEGINNINGS BREATHWORK 🌬
We breathe a themed Breathwork session together beneath the trees that is designed to inspire you into a new chapter of your year and life, to see the potentials that could be awaiting you. Matt will give you an overview of the technique and guide you on a 50-minute journey that will help you let go of tension, stress and stagnant emotion. It is a very empowering process.

As always our Brunch events are pay-as-you-feel, so come as you are and connect with each other and the abundant nature around us 🌲

Donation-tickets can be bought through the EventBrite link in bio ✍️

https://www.eventbrite.hk/e/795104377597

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We’re back for another season of Community Brunches! 🌞

Our REVIVAL is on the 4th February, and we invite you to explore new begin and to grow together in community.

Join Bex for some energising Yoga on the deck before joining us for an abundant plant-based brunch, ‘New Beginnings’ Breathwork under the trees and tea, cake & fire🔥

10:00 - Energising Morning Yoga
12:00 - Wholesome plant-based Brunch
2:00 - Breathwork under the trees
3:30 - Tea & cake around the fire

📍 Ark Eden, Mui Wo, Lantau


ENERGISING MORNING YOGA 🧘‍♂️ 
Warm up amongst the elements as Bex guides you through a sequence to energise you from your core. The yoga Bex facilitates is energising and integrative - to help you move into and let go of stagnant energies you may have been holding on to from your week.

NEW BEGINNINGS BREATHWORK 🌬
We breathe a themed Breathwork session together beneath the trees that is designed to inspire you into a new chapter of your year and life, to see the potentials that could be awaiting you. Matt will give you an overview of the technique and guide you on a 50-minute journey that will help you let go of tension, stress and stagnant emotion. It is a very empowering process.

As always our Brunch events are pay-as-you-feel, so come as you are and connect with each other and the abundant nature around us 🌲

Donation-tickets can be bought through the EventBrite link in bio ✍️

https://www.eventbrite.hk/e/795104377597

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BEFORE….& AFTER!

A space transformed with embodiment, community, laughter (& a whole love of love!!)

Baba’s Community Brunches will be back in Hong Kong 🇭🇰 in the new year. Contact us for more details on how to join the movement 💓

💞Honouring our Helping Hands Part 1.

We give thanks to all those who have abundantly supported us and offered their time, love and energy over these past months to build this beautiful community-
We truly couldn’t do it without you all!

If you are interested in being a Helping Hand for our future events, get in touch! We’d love to hear from you 🌿

On Sunday we celebrated LIFE through dance, breath, yoga, fire & of course some yummy food 🍲

Thank you to all 60+ community who came to gather with us for our final Brunch event of the season.

Wishing you all a sweet Christmas 🎄 & eventful New Year ♥️

Stay tuned for what comes next… 🍃

Tickets are almost sold-out for this Sunday 🍃

9:45 - Yoga on the deck
11:30 - Wholesome plant-based Brunch
1:30 - Breathwork under the trees
3:30 - Tea & cake around the fire 
4:30 - Conscious Dance & DJ Set

📍 Ark Eden, Mui Wo, Lantau


About Conscious Dance 🔥
Join Liane and Chingyi on the jungle deck for a Conscious Dance journey. We invite you to come and express your authentic selves through movement in a safe and sacred space.

As always our Brunch events are pay-as-you-feel, so come as you are and connect with each other and the abundant nature around us 🌲

Donation-tickets can be bought through the EventBrite link in bio ✍️

https://www.eventbrite.hk/e/725632796227?aff=oddtdtcreator

You are invited this Sunday 🍃

To our final community brunch of this year.

This one is fire 🔥 themed to get your inner furnace burning as the weather turns wintery.

Join Bex for gentle Yoga on the deck before joining us for a delicious plant-based brunch, Breathwork under the trees and tea, cake & fire. We’ll then hold a Conscious Dance & DJ set by Liane & Ching Yi to finish the day off🔥

9:45 - Yoga on the deck
11:30 - Wholesome plant-based Brunch
1:30 - Breathwork under the trees
3:30 - Tea & cake around the fire 
4:30 - Conscious Dance & DJ Set

📍 Ark Eden, Mui Wo, Lantau


About Conscious Dance 🔥
Join Liane and Chingyi on the jungle deck for a Conscious Dance journey. We invite you to come and express your authentic selves through movement in a safe and sacred space.

As always our Brunch events are pay-as-you-feel, so come as you are and connect with each other and the abundant nature around us 🌲

Donation-tickets can be bought through the EventBrite link in bio ✍️

https://www.eventbrite.hk/e/725632796227?aff=oddtdtcreator

The love of food & the food of love ♥️

Another week, another beautiful gathering. Thank you to all who joined today 🍃

Our last event this year is next Sunday 3rd, and you can now get tickets ✨

https://www.eventbrite.hk/e/725632796227?