This week, we are reconsidering work.
Holidays present a wonderful opportunity to reflect on our relationship with work. Not long ago, email brought the office home and so began a new demand on our personal time. Today the smart phone keeps us a click away from our colleagues, our team, our boss and our clients and switching off to take a break requires even greater discipline. An expectation has grown that we must be always available because we can. No matter how far we go, there is no away from the office.
As more people consider making an exit from the corporate world into passion projects, the lines continue to blur between business and pleasure. Our always-on life offers freedom from a structure designed for the profit of others, yet it lures us into getting one more thing done before doing that thing we would like to do.
The same technology that helps us stay connected makes it easier for business to hijack online friendships in the name of profit. We make friends we will never meet in the name of business We use our social networks to launch and encourage word of mouth introductions. These changes affect our lives in ways we are only beginning to recognize.
Our friends become customers and our customers become friends. Managing these relationships means paying close attention to the disappearing line between a personal life and the world of business. We work to support our families and we work to fulfill our purpose and we work to serve our society. Whether we are in the corporate world or out on our own, making conscious time choices leads to a synchronicity that comes from aligning what we do with what we want.
We love working with our trusted friends in the HK heartbeat network to make your conscious choices easier. This week, as an example of balance, we share Ecozine’s spontaneous yoga choices along with Green Queen’s guide to local craft beers. Meat Free Hong Kong events offer an occasional change in protein, Green Drinks is Helping HK Refugees Live with Dignity and Hope and members are sharing more natural options every day in our new Facebook group where you will find posts like this Meditation and Yoga Workshop organized by our business member A Day with Fe.
When our working life begins to feel less like work and more like life, a delicate balance emerges.
How do you work to live?
Naturally,
Founder & Publisher
www.heartbeat.com.hk
natural life in the fast lane
Listen to your own heartbeat.
“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” – Confucius
Natural & Organic Products Asia
Business the natural way – August 26-28 at HKCEC
Now in the second year, Natural & Organic Products Asia is the premier business event for the natural and organic industry to engage and promote natural, sustainable and healthy lifestyles, natural and organic products. Following the success of last year, the Asian edition has established in Hong Kong to facilitate continued growth of the natural and organic industry in Asia. The event is a regional trade platform with more than 100 local and international exhibitors connecting with buyers from around the region. Open to trade and invited guests, the expo will be held at Hall 3DE, HK Convention and Exhibition Centre.
QUICK LINK : NOPA 2015
ENQUIRIES : +852 3958 0524 Ivy Lam (Wo)
EMAIL : wo@naturalproducts.com.hk
REGISTER : Open to trade and invited guests
WEBSITE : naturalproducts.com.hk
The Dogstar Academy Awards
Advance tickets now on sale for HKDR’s annual gala fundraiser
Gather your Extreme Hollywood finest and join Hong Kong Dog Rescue for their Annual Fundraising Gala Dinner from 6pm until late on Saturday 19 September 2015 at the Aberdeen Marina Club. The primary goal of the Dogstar Academy Awards is to raise one million dollars to support ongoing daily operations and to help us save more lives. Event sponsorship is now available and donations are welcome for auction, lucky draw and table prizes. Advance booking is available until July 31 at HK$1,888, 2 tickets for HK$3,600 or HK$19,800 for a table.
QUICK LINK : HKDR Gala Fundraiser
CONTACT : Hong Kong Dog Rescue (Gala Event Team)
EMAIL : events@hongkongdogrescue.com
WEBSITE : Hong Kong Dog Rescue
Events in Hong Kong this week
Paid listings include links; contact organizers for details.
11 (2-3pm) Meditation for Kids | Michelle Harris
11 (7-8pm) Arm Balance and Inversion Yoga | Luxe Nova Lifestyle Studio
11 (7:30pm) Universal Justice and Morality | Hong Kong Philosophy Café
12 (9:30am-4pm) Plastic Free Seas Classroom Excursion | Plastic-free Seas
12 (6:30-8pm) Eliminate Stress in Less than 10 Minutes | The Oriental Spa
12 (7:30pm) Dinner at Bodhisattva | Meat Free Hong Kong
12 (7:30-9pm) Helping HK Refugees Live with Dignity and Hope | Green Drinks
12 (7:30-9pm) Outdoor Yoga | request details
12 Healing Workshop | Peter Fan
13 (6:30-8pm) Is Happiness a Choice? | Raja Yoga Meditation Centre
15 (2:30-5pm) Loving the Silent Tears – Film Screening | Go Veg Club
15 (10am-4pm) Wickes Way Level 1 | Richard Wickes
15 (1-3pm) Meetup at Harvester | Meat Free Hong Kong
15 (2-5:30pm) Artful Journeying | Red Doors
15 (5-8pm) Beach Sunset Silent Yoga Disco for Nepal | Claudia Whitney
15 (7pm) Veggie Dinner and Spiritual Chat | Meat Free Hong Kong
15 (8pm) TranscenDance Project : Children of War | request details
15 Fifth Dimensional Meditation | Karma Consultants
15 (3:30-5pm) Om Cafe – The Game of Life | Raja Yoga Meditation Centre
16 (4pm) Secrets of Natural Walking | request details
17 (7-8pm) Yin & Restorative Yoga | Luxe Nova Lifestyle Studio
17 (7-9pm) The Aura Phenomenon | The Sanctuary Hong Kong
18 (6-7:30pm) Chemicals, Micro Plastics and Climate Change | Green Drinks
18 (12-1:45pm) When Women Thrive All Else Thrives | request details
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Fresh directory listings
Contact our Natural Concierge for an introduction.
Nathalie Tellier – Osteopath; Treating a wide range of health conditions
Sheena Smith – Naturopath; sports nutrition, digestive issues, mental health
Fleur Denis – Osteopath; cranio-sacral osteopathy and Niromathé technique
Linda Venus Fancy – Mental Freedom Facilitator
Wellsky Wholistic Health Consultancy – NLP, hypnotherapy, music coaching
The Candle Company – Candles, essential oils, reed diffusers, candle holders
Helen Revans – Certified Health, Wellness and Life Coach
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