the experience
What makes Tounché unique?
The uniqueness of this event is its DIVERSITY and INCLUSIVENESS both in terms of SPEAKERS, ATTENDEES and TOPICS covered. In this polarized world, a time dominated by cancel culture where mass media and algorithms shape our visions of the world, it is important to allow all voices to be heard without shaming and be open to listen to all perspectives, reflect on our triggers and find our truth within.
The agenda contains "hard talks" (panels, talks), spiritual activities (yoga, meditation, healing) and arts (music, dance, visual arts).
In the Ubuntu spirit ("I am because we are"), we aim to have 1/3 of our participants fully sponsored. They are generally people from the community who would benefit from the exposure to such an event but would not have had the means to attend otherwise. In our inaugural event we sponsored abused women, youth gang leaders undergoing values training, aspiring yoga teachers from the townships and university students from disadvantaged backgrounds. They mingled with all including big CEOs and country leaders and we did not put any spotlight on them so they could feel fully part of the whole. No one could actually tell who was who.
“Tounché is an expansive experience of the potential we have as humans. It’s the opportunity to expand your mind, deeply connect with others and yourself and safely let go of what is not serving us anymore. All while surrounded by beauty, creativity and inspiration.”