Being Yourself, Safely

Location: Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong

Registered participants will receive the exact location upon payment.
Fee per participant is HKD 250 (please expect platform fees to be added for final payment). If you wish to pay using an alternative method, please email [email protected].

What Is This About?

Do you sometimes feel that a noisy environment, intense emotions, or others' reactions put your body into an alert state?

Dr. Stephen Porges’ concept of Neuroception explains how our nervous system automatically, while bypassing our conscious mind, constantly evaluates whether we are safe or facing a potential threat. This can be even more intense for Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs), as their brains process information deeply. Their "internal radar" is much more sensitive and easily triggered.

At its core, the reason HSPs struggle to unwind or show up authentically is often because their nervous system simply feels unsafe. To cope with their surroundings and avoid conflict, which their mind registers as a threat, HSPs may over-accommodate, burying their own needs. Over time, this can bring deep frustration and exhaustion.

What Is This About?

In this workshop, we will look through the lens of nervous system care. Through shared reflections, neural exercises, and creative art-making, we will cultivate a deep sense of inner safety that empowers us to live more authentically every day.

🌟 We are thrilled to invite Khyati from Singapore to share her experiences and reflections on nurturing sensitivity, and to introduce Thinking Pairs (Cantonese translation can be offered). From her experience, Thinking Pairs are an emotionally and cognitively grounding practice in regulating our nervous system to sufficiently release feelings and unlock quality independent thinking.

What Could I Walk Away With?

• A new depth of clarity, insight, and self-connection

• A renewed ability to think independently, without mental noise or external interference

• Practical takeaways for nurturing sensitivity in your life and relationships including:

• The somatic experience of using creative expression to soothe and celebrate your sensitive nervous system.
• A profound sense of relational validation, sharing your artistic creations and being safely witnessed by a supportive community

Join Us

Antara Li

https://hsperson.com/therapists/seeking-an-hsp-knowledgeable-therapist/hong-kong/

Antara Li is a Hong Kong-based Expressive Arts Therapist and a listed HSP-knowledgeable Therapist on Dr Elaine Aron’s official platform.

Her journey into high sensitivity began during her clinical studies, where discovering the scientific research surrounding the Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) trait sparked a profound personal self-rediscovery. Driven by this connection, she dedicated her Master’s thesis to researching how Expressive Arts can support HSP mental health. Antara integrates multiple healing modalities into her practice, having begun her mindfulness meditation journey in 2010 as a certified facilitator in India, and later training in singing bowl soundscapes in 2019 under contemporary artist Man-tung Tsang. Locally, she blends mindfulness and Expressive Arts Therapy within Hong Kong schools and social welfare organizations to help neurodivergent students regulate emotions, while providing dedicated online and in-person sessions for highly sensitive individuals.

As an HSP herself, Antara deeply understands the challenges of navigating an overwhelming world. She is passionately dedicated to helping clients reframe their sensitivity into a source of strength, specializing in the Highly Sensitive Personality trait, neurodivergence, social difficulties, emotional distress, stress management, and bereavement care.

Khyati Kapai

https://www.linkedin.com/in/khyatikapaiyzer

Khyati has been teaching, training and coaching since 2001. She founded Yzer, a learning and development consultancy in 2009. She has worked internationally supporting clients from diverse cultural and professional backgrounds including investment bankers in Shanghai, engineers in Singapore, ministry officials in Cambodia, and luxury retailers in Europe in their Leadership Development and Professional Communication skills.

She's a Faculty Member for Time to Think Ltd founded by Nancy Kline. She offer courses about the Thinking Environment®, an ongoing discovery for over 40 years dedicated to creating the conditions for quality independent thinking. She is also an ICF PCC Level Certified Coach as well as a Coach Trainer, Mentor and qualified Supervisor. She is committed to an ongoing discovery of Sensory-Processing Sensitivity and supporting others to live and thrive with sensitivity. She facilitates workshops on Nurturing Sensitivity supporting participants in connecting with their sensitivity and becoming more sensitivity-informed in their interactions with others. She also integrates the Thinking Environment®, a neuro-affirming practice into her offerings and way of living. She enjoys supporting others in self-discovery as well as peaceful and purposeful living. Khyati is a listed HSP-knowledgeable coach on Dr Elaine Aron's official platform.

Executive Coaches – The Highly Sensitive Person

She is based in Singapore and grew up in Hong Kong.
Gentle note:

Registration is limited to eight participants so please only register if you can attend the whole event. If the date/timing does not work for you, please email: [email protected] to indicate your interest for the waitlist or our next session. Thank you.