Malachite from The New Moon

Malachite from The New Moon; check it out here. 

Malachite - for ultimate detoxification, soul cleanser (goodlluck), releases toxic emotions and inhibitions (didn't know I had any!), alleviates shyness (me? shy?) and supports healthy friendships (oh good). Cleansed regularly. 

The cat liked it a lot. Its so pretty... tried to bite a chunk out of it. Nut.

 

The Wellness Industry: Yogi KOL Gianni Melwani of Ikigai

Many in the wellness community are familiar with this soft-spoken, serene Yogi, sportsman, entrepreneur and now, co-Founder of IKIGAI (the wellness, meditation, yoga and movement centre with branches in Central, Causeway Bay) Gianni Melwani.  

Melwani holds other titles too such as Director of BKR Group (an entrepreneurial business and investment firm), co-founder of Hybrid Group, he was part of IRIS: Your Escape (Hong Kong's Largest Health & Wellness Festival) and brought Spartan Race (The World's #1 Obstacle Race) to Hong Kong. His circuitous path to wellness came along with interesting bumps and turns. That exterior calm was formed after a globe well-trotted.   

Read up on my chat with G at The New Moon here.

Original portraits by photographer Edwin Datoc. 

 

The Wellness Industry: Chef Arnaud Hauchon

In Ayurveda, its written in stone that the appropriate food, eaten correctly, nourishes the body, mind, and spirit. It sees food as medicine – the original integrative medicine for holistic healing process from one's core being, for essentially wellness. While reading this synopsis out to the nodding-in-agreement man, it was preaching to the choir as Chef Arnaud Hauchon, native of the Champagne region of France, based his entire food philosophy on 'food as medicine'.

The culinary director at Fivelements Habitat in Hong Kong, his menu is as nourishing as it is textured, colourful, vivid and delicious. He also eschewed the tired notions that healthy food is bland food. We took him out of his element for an exclusive photoshoot with The New Moon on a busy street in On Lan Lane, but spoke with him later, while he was walking barefoot in nature, somewhere in the trails of Sai Kung.

Read up on the good chef at The New Moon here.

All original pictures by Edwin Datoc. 

The Wellness Industry: Malbert Lee

Hong Kong native Malbert Lee is one of many yoga teachers studded around the island with a passion for the meditative workout, but what makes him so uniquely popular in the city brimming with yogis is his practice of sound-healing. 

As a “sound-meditation facilitator,” he’s been covered by the media and has his own following for those who seek to vibe with him. Trained on different singing bowls with gong masters from Nepal, the UK, the US, Germany and Hong Kong, he is part of the calm in the cacophony of Hong Kong.  

Read up on my chat with Lee here at The New Moon. 

Portrait by Edwin Datoc.