Threads of Connection Webinar – Asia

May 17, 2025 – Beginning as an initiative from the Social Justice Committee of the WTR Network, Threads of Connection is a confluence of facilitators from around the world, each gathering spotlighting a different continent. The Work That Reconnects isn’t tied to any one place or people. It speaks to something we all carry—the longing to belong, to act with courage, and to find meaning in uncertain times. No matter where we come from, we all know grief, we all know love, and we all have the capacity to reconnect. That’s what makes this work feel like home, wherever it lands.

This conversation is moderated by Shayontoni Ghosh from India and includes Helen Sui from China, Om Sunisa Jamwiset from Thailand, and Thao Kin from Vietnam. The panelists explore topics such as the presence and growth of The Work That Reconnects in these Asian regions, the role and process of translating and adapting its core texts, the facilitators’ personal journeys, and the points of resonance between these distinct cultures.

Panelists respond to the following questions:

• What wounds or disconnections in your country do you think WTR can truly touch?
• What part of your cultural heritage already ‘knew’ the Work That Reconnects before you officially found it?
• What strengths does Asia bring to the global WTR community that are not yet fully seen?
• What does resilience look like in your country — and how is it different from Western ideas of it?
• How do you navigate nationalism, taboos or censorship in your country?
• What pain or contradiction do you carry as a facilitator — personally or culturally?
• What does decolonizing WTR actually look like for you?

Participants were invited to reflect on what resonated and what in their own cultures or context is asking for reconnection.

This webinar is a rich and meaningful dialogue, designed to kick off a series of live panels spotlighting WTR facilitators from across the globe.

Helen Sui is a full time coach, trainer and facilitator, focused on areas of individual growth, self-knowledge & inner transformation, and life wellbeing  & sustainability. Her life purpose is to live life in a full and holistic manner along with all beings on the earth and in the universe. Helen is a Weaver for the WTR Network.

Thao Kin is an ecology and environment trainer with an academic background in Sustainable Development in Ecology and a heart for compassionate space holding. She holds a strong passion for Deep Ecology and has been facilitating the Work-that-Reconnects since 2019. Her calling is to bring the awe and enchantment of nature back to human consciousness through education and living experience. She is the co-founder of an intentional community called Project Awe in Vietnam with this vision. Kin is the network weaver at Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) Oceania and Asia and part of the Kincentric Leadership Initiative, an experimental field that places direct collaboration with the more than human world at the heart of all interventions, strategy, culture and ways of working.

Om Sunisa Jamwiset is a seasoned educator and co-founder of Gaia Ashram & Gaia School Asia. With over a decade of experience in ecovillage communities, including Wongsanit Ashram and the Panya project, she is a dedicated advocate for sustainable living. As a facilitator of Ecovillage Design Education, Socially Engaged Spirituality, and Training of Trainers, Om empowers diverse groups through participatory learning focused on deep ecology and nature connection. Her work has spanned NGOs, youth, and international communities.

Shayontoni Ghosh is a writer, theatre-maker and facilitator, living and working out of Hyderabad, India. She serves as a staff Weaver on the WTR Network and offers Inner Resourcing: an Introduction to the Work that Reconnects workshops.