In this issue, we invite Ambika Menon, the co-founder of Sanctum Singapore and an experienced Reiki Master/Teacher, to explain what the popular hands-on healing is all about.

What do you feel are the criteria of a New Age Hub?

For me the question of a “New Age Hub” sounds too much like a fashion statement. There is nothing “New Age” about the philosophies and therapies being offered; just old wine in new skins.

Is Singapore too serious for New Age?

Perhaps conservative would be a better term; Eastern cultures come with their own traditional teachings and however cosmopolitan the average Singaporean may consider himself, when it comes to his spirituality, most tend to go back to their original roots.