Sight: Life Force in Focus – A Collective Digital Tapestry

• Wisdom Tradition: Community crowdsourcing photos of AANHPI Wellness Week experiences
• Spotlight Cultures: Open to all – honoring diverse expressions of healing
• Date & Time: Monday, April 28 – Friday, May 9 (Submission Period)
• Location: Online (Box upload)
• Takeaway: A collective digital tapestry featured in the APASA newsletter and a color-changing temperature biofeedback card from APASA leaders.

What does life force energy mean to you? Led by the APASA Steering Committee, this collective art experience invites the UCSF community to reflect on the concept of life force—Qi, Ki, Gi, Prana, Mana, Lung—as understood across AANHPI traditions. These expressions of energy point to our shared vitality. Submit photos, words, or artwork symbolizing life force—drawn from 2025 AANHPI Health & Wellness Week events, personal healing practices, or everyday moments of restoration. Submissions will be woven into a digital tapestry and shared in the APASA newsletter. All contributors will also receive a color-changing biofeedback card—a simple, interactive tool to observe the mind-body connection.

Rooted in 8 Senses: Connecting to AANHPI Wisdom Traditions. This event is part of Rooted in 8 Senses, an experiential series co-created by clinicians, faculty, and trainees from the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Health. The series explores time-honored healing traditions rooted in whole-person, collective, and relational well-being. Beyond the individual experience of sight, smell, sound, taste, and touch, many Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) healing traditions recognize three additional senses—balance, resourcefulness, and wholeness. These senses expand how we engage with the world: through community, in connection with nature, and within ecosystems of interdependence and care.

View the full April 28–May 9, schedule: apasa.ucsf.edu/aanhpi-wellness-week. The inaugural 2025 UCSF AANHPI Health & Wellness Weeks is a multi-organization collaboration co-led by the Asian Pacific American Systemwide Alliance (APASA). All events are free and supported by the UCSF Human Resources Community Wellbeing Grant. Everyone is welcome. To request a reasonable accommodation, please email apasa@ucsf.edu.