品牌故事｜Brand Story

多多老師出生於一個相當傳統的香港家庭。父母望女成鳳，我亦循規蹈矩，就讀傳統女校，人生路線彷彿早已寫好——讀書、升學、找穩定工作，如此而已。

偏偏在中六那一年，我開始對這個「標準答案」感到不太對勁。一邊想跳出既定框架，考慮過廚藝學校、護士學校；一邊又被現實拉扯，在夾縫中掙扎。那時的我，只知道自己「唔太開心」，卻又說不清為甚麼。

父母對精神與情緒藥物的認識不深，於是找來家庭醫生。醫生在沒有跟我對談的情況下診斷為「情緒病」，語氣輕描淡寫，說得就像感冒一樣普通，又像戴眼鏡——只是輔助而已。
於是，我開始服用那一粒小小的情緒病藥丸。

大學畢業後，我在大學及社福機構從事行政及研究工作，生活看似逐步上軌道。
那正是事業起飛、亦準備結婚備孕的花樣年華。
然而，這粒小小的藥丸，也正悄悄在我身體裡，起了變化。

幾年後，在家庭醫生協助減藥時，卻沒有作出合適安排，我出現了嚴重的戒斷反應。
在減藥的過程中，我遇過不少西醫，做過詳細檢查，也聽過無數句「無辦法」、「醫唔到」。
最後，不得不辭去工作，歸園田居。

沒有工作，沒有方向，人生跌入低谷。
幸好，遇到一位中醫朋友。
那段沒有上班的日子，我索性到她的中醫診所當起小助理。

時間一天天過去，日子慢慢流動，不知不覺，已是好多年。
後來，我幾乎用盡積蓄，報讀了一個「貴森森」的專業芳療課程。
也就是在那時，我正式成為了一名專業芳療師。

再後來，我遇上了第一位真正的身心靈朋友。
她陪我一起，踏上那條「一知半解、未知更多」的旅程—— 能量治療、冥想、各式各樣細小卻溫柔的身心靈工具，慢慢為我打開一條自癒之路。

回望過去，我在大學、社福機構，以及後來的私人工作室，累積了多年與人同行的經驗。
陪伴過不同階段、不同狀態的人，慢慢協助他們找回屬於自己的節奏與自癒方式。

這間小店，並不是要取代醫療，而是想提供一個空間—— 讓人暫時放慢、呼吸一下，或許，就從一口氣、一縷香氣、一個被理解的瞬間開始。而那一粒小小的情緒病藥丸， 最終沒有定義我，卻帶我走到這裡。

Doris, the founder of Hindora Living, was born into a very traditional Hong Kong family.
With parents who hoped their daughter would succeed, she followed the expected path—attending a traditional girls’ school, studying hard, progressing through the education system, and eventually finding a stable job. Her life trajectory seemed to have been written long before she could question it.

Yet, at the end of her high school career, something began to feel off about this so-called “standard answer.”
Part of her longed to step outside the predefined framework, considering paths such as culinary school or nursing school. At the same time, reality pulled her back, leaving her caught in between. All she knew then was that she felt unhappy—but she could not explain why.

Her parents, unfamiliar with emotional and psychiatric medication, brought her to a family doctor. Without a meaningful conversation, the doctor diagnosed her with a “mood disorder,” speaking of it lightly, as if it were as ordinary as a cold—or like wearing glasses, merely an aid.
And so, she began taking that small pill for emotional imbalance.

After graduating from university, she worked in administrative and research roles at universities and social service organizations. Life appeared to be moving steadily forward. It was a time when her career was rising, and she was also preparing for marriage and pregnancy—the prime years of life.
Yet quietly, that small pill was also bringing changes within her body.

Several years later, when her family doctor attempted to taper the medication without proper planning, she experienced severe withdrawal symptoms. During the tapering process, she consulted many Western doctors, underwent thorough examinations, and repeatedly heard the same words: “There’s nothing we can do,” “It can’t be treated.”
In the end, she had no choice but to resign from her job and retreat into a quieter, rural life.

Without work or direction, she fell into a deep low point in life.
Fortunately, she met a practitioner of Chinese medicine who became a friend. During the period when she was not working, she began helping out as an assistant at the Chinese medicine clinic. Days passed slowly, time flowed gently, and before she realized it, many years had gone by.

Later on, she nearly exhausted her savings to enroll in an expensive professional aromatherapy program. It was during this time that she officially became a certified aromatherapist.

Sometime after that, she met her first true spiritual companion. Together, they embarked on a journey that was “partly understood, yet full of the unknown”—exploring energy healing, meditation, and many small but gentle mind-body-spirit tools. These experiences gradually opened the door to her path of self-healing.

Looking back, through her years working in universities, social service organizations, and later in private practice, she accumulated extensive experience walking alongside others. She has accompanied people through different stages of life, helping them rediscover their own rhythm and their own way back to healing.

This little shop is not meant to replace medical care.
Rather, it hopes to offer a space—
a place to slow down, to breathe,
perhaps beginning with a single breath, a trace of aroma, or a moment of being truly understood.

And that small pill for emotional imbalance—
in the end, it did not define her.
Instead, it led her here.