Vision & Direction
Wood
What lets you grow, plan, and move forward. When it runs low you feel stuck — overthinking every decision, holding onto resentment, unable to choose a direction.
Charting Paths
RISE IMMERSIVE RETREAT
Nanning, China · 5–8 Nov 2026
RISE
This November, join us for an exclusive five-elemental immersive experience in Nanning.
2026 is a hectic year. 2027 is a year of opportunities. Get ready for it.
Five elemental experiences to reset and realign, guided by your Chinese Astrology chart. Four days in Nanning, China. Three nights in a 5-star hotel. Local sights, food and culture.
YOU'RE INVITED4 DAYS · 3 NIGHTS · LIMITED SLOTS
Inside these four days
01
Why doing everything right no longer keeps your job safe — and what actually does.
02
Why 2026 and 2027 are not ordinary years, and what that means for your money.
03
The one thing Gwen Ho did that had nothing to do with working harder, and changed everything.
04
What your birth chart already knows about your next 90 days, before you've decided anything.
05
The difference between a retreat that calms you for four days, and one that changes the next twelve months.
Read this first
The real question is no longer about money. It is about balance.
For our parents' generation, money solved almost every problem. You already did that part. You have the income, the financial freedom, the network and the reputation for competence. So the real question is not about money anymore. It is how you keep the security you built even in times of change, and not settle for what you are used to accepting (or tolerating).
That question would matter in any year. But 2026 makes it urgent. War, rising costs, and AI have hit the world economy hard, and even the strongest companies are cutting good, capable people loose. Volkswagen announced a planned layoff of 100,000 jobs; Amazon cut 30,000 jobs in less than 6 months. Citigroup and HSBC each announced cuts of 20,000 roles. These are huge international companies that are still profitable, but have started cost cutting to maintain profit margins. Good performance is no longer the guarantee for financial security or lifelong job satisfaction.
And if we apply Chinese wisdom here, 2026 and 2027 are described as the Crimson Horse Scarlet Goat Calamity years (赤马红羊劫), which have historically seen sudden, drastic changes. Famous examples include the collapse of the Northern Song Dynasty, the rise of Wu Zetian as the only female emperor in China's history), and the launch of the Cultural Revolution.
If your life was to change drastically, what will you regret not doing today?
The solution
Not a business seminar. Not a wellness getaway.
Four days that read your timing, your body, and your direction all at once — so you leave with more than a calm mind. You leave with a plan built for the next 12 months, and a place to return to when the ground shifts again.
01
Your Innate Blueprint
A reading of your BaZi and Qi Men Dun Jia chart, so you know your own timing instead of guessing.
02
5 Elemental Experience
Energy declutter using 5 elemental methods. This resets and realigns your energy, also activating (and sharpening) your intution.
03
Your 90-Day Direction
You leave with a clear, simple plan for what to do first, and the timing that supports it.
04
A Small, Curated Room
No beginners, no seekers. Women who understand the weight without needing it explained.
5 ELEMENTAL EXPERIENCE
Energy declutter using the 5 elements
The five elements form the basis of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water. Each of these correlate to a part of our bodies and more importantly to a particular mental or emotional state. Each element feeds the next. When one runs low, the whole system feels it. We will declutter energy during this immersive experience.
Passion & Connection
Fire
What gives you warmth and real connection. When it runs low you feel disconnected from your work, flat around people, performing an energy you don't feel.
Grounded & Belonging
Earth
What lets you care for yourself and others, and feel settled. When it runs low you take on too much and try to control instead of feeling safe.
Knowing Your Worth
Metal
What helps you know your worth, set boundaries, and let go. When it runs low you stay in situations you've already outgrown, unable to walk away.
Depth & Reserves
Water
What lets you reflect deeply and face the unknown steadily. When it runs low you feel tired, afraid, or tend to drift along with the highs and lows of others.
All five are worked into the four days you spend with us.
YOU'RE INVITED
Your facilitator
Gwen Ho
Founder, Charting Paths
As a kid, Gwen was always sensitive to energy. She has experienced curious events that might give you nightmares for a long time, which has helped her to hone her sensitivity and how she deals with such events.
At our Immersive Experience programmes, she uses her gift to select (and many times deselect) places of clean energy. Energy that does not push or pull you, so you get to be. Distance from your day-to-day routine is the best way to protect your energy and boundaries, to allow a reset and to remove unhelpful energy that your body has been holding on to without you realising.
Energy declutter also sharpens intuition and thinking.
The City Luxe edition is specially curated for a luxurious experience.
The retreat in photos
What this actually gives you
What's included
- ✦Your BaZi and Qi Men Dun Jia chart, read in full
- ✦5 Elemental Experience session
- ✦Group workshops across 4 days
- ✦A written 90-Day Direction
- ✦Access to the ARISE Circle after you leave
What it gives you
- →You stop guessing at your timing, and start using it
- →Energy declutter using 5 elemental methods to reset and realign
- →Real conversations with women who get it, not performance
- →An exact next step to take, not vague inspiration
- →You are not holding the plan alone once you go home
The offer
Four days, fully hosted — plus bonuses worth over USD 1,000
RISE is 4 days and 3 nights in Nanning, fully hosted, with a set of bonus sessions to help you use what you learn long after you leave.
USD 200
Included free
Protect Your Energy Session
For business travel, the 7th lunar month, or anyone sensitive to energy.
USD 200
Included free
Intro to Chinese Metaphysics
A plain-language introduction to what Chinese metaphysics actually is, and how it applies to you.
USD 400
Included free
Health & Healing with BaZi + Biohacking
A session on aligning your body's rhythms with your chart.
USD 200
Included free
ARISE Circle Discount
USD 200 off ARISE Circle: Wealth in 2027, our upcoming program.
The investment
RISE IMMERSIVE RETREAT· NANNING · 5–8 NOV 2026
USD 2,500
Bring a friend: USD 2,250 each
- ✦4 days, 3 nights, 5-star hotel
- ✦All meals and workshop sessions included
- ✦Over USD 1,000 in bonus sessions, free
- ✦Access to the ARISE Circle after the retreat
A deposit of USD 425 secures your place. Pay in full by 31 July 2026 to guarantee your room at Shangri-La Nanning. Applications close 20 September 2026.
What past participants say
Voices from women who have been there
P.S.
2026 is a Fire Horse year and 2027 a Fire Goat year — a pairing that comes once every 60 years. 2026 breaks things open. 2027 is where you build something steady from what is left standing.
The women who wait until they feel "ready" are usually the ones still waiting when 2027 arrives. Reserve your seat, and be ready.