all that we are

How do we thrive in every layer of fabric of our consciousness?  In this episode entitled Stepping into Flow as Meditation in Action, Amisha spends time with yogi, teacher and founder of the School of Embodied Flow, Tara Judelle. Tara shares her journey from being a ‘brain dominant human’ to her current work teaching and practising Embodied Flow yoga. She talks us through the multi-layered process of discovering and connecting with the bodymind on the deepest levels - finding balance, synergy and sensitivity within our system. Tara speaks about her evolution of understanding from studying tantric texts and yoga asanas for 30 years, to finally coming into an embodied experience of what she has learned. She explains how we can achieve a balance between integrity and permeability, structure and flow, intake and output, moment by moment. Together Amisha and Tara discuss the nature of self, the relationship between effort and surrender, and the art of yielding through airports. Finally, Tara leads us through a meditation for embodiment, where you will get to enjoy the experience of your brain melting like lava.   Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2020/01/16/e82-tara-judelle-on-embodied-flow-transformational-yoga-and-the-bodymind-stepping-into-flow-as-meditation-in-action/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link,  https://love.allthatweare.org/membership To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/

How can we restore the feminine within ourselves and society in order to lead from our hearts? “One of the systems errors that we as humans tend to make, is to think that people who think like us are smart and people who don't think like us are not - and actually nature shows us over and over again that the most resilient ecosystems are the ones with the greatest diversity of species.” ~ Nina Simons In this episode entitled Nature, Culture and the Sacred: Listening for Leadership, Amisha connects with award-winning social entrepreneur and visionary thinker Nina Simons. Nina is Co-Founder and Chief Relationship Strategist of Bioneers, a nonprofit organisation that highlights breakthrough solutions for restoring people and planet. Nina speaks about what she has witnessed, experienced and learned over 30 years working with change-makers and activists. Nina speaks about learning to lead from the heart rather than the mind by decolonising our inner world, learning to value difference, feeling our communal challenges and prioritising the love that can carry us through them.  Together Nina and Amisha discuss the importance of ritual, how to build, sustain and grow with relationship, and reclaiming the feminine in ourselves and in our cultures. They enquire into the nature of activism - how we can each find our individual assignment and role in these times, and what - if anything - is truly worth dying for.  Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2020/01/09/e81-nina-simons-on-leadership-diversity-and-restoring-the-feminine-nature-culture-and-the-sacred-listening-for-leadership/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link,  https://love.allthatweare.org/membership To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/

How can we open to more of our unique human potential?  In this special episode entitled Freeing the Shackles to Create a Beautiful Future, to start a new decade, host Amisha Ghadiali shares some of her own journey and her interest in our untapped human potential and the importance of balance of both our inner and outer worlds.  "The Future Is ours for the creating. It is made up of how we spend our time, money and energy, now with our presence. The most precious resources we have are our creativity, intuition and the untapped human potential that lives in all of us. Let’s be both bold and sensitive and use this to create the most beautiful future.” Amisha Ghadiali  We were made for these times, and each one of us can dig a little deeper into our excellence, our resourcefulness, our humanity and our hearts. What a gift to be alive at this moment in time when our lives and our global future is so interconnected. What is your one wild and precious life asking from you?      Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2020/01/03/e80-living-life-from-our-truest-potential-freeing-the-shackles-to-create-a-beautiful-future/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link,  https://love.allthatweare.org/membership To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/

How can we cultivate the courage and presence needed for these times?  In this episode entitled We Were Made For These Times, we mark the end of this decade, and the end of the year with reflections from our host Amisha Ghadiali. She offers an exploration into the courage that we need for the next decade, and shares a myth which speaks to the power courage, as well as a meditation practice which supports the cultivation of presence.  “I feel that this is the way we get towards creating a more beautiful future. Having the courage to recognise that we are more than what we were told, that our place is bigger than where we were put, and then using that to challenge the system. Then we change the system, and create whole new worlds that make the system fade.” Amisha Ghadiali   Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2019/12/20/e79-cultivating-courage-and-presence-we-were-made-for-these-times/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link,  https://love.allthatweare.org/membership To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/

How can we reconnect with natural cycles of rest and healing? “We talk about sustainable energy use in buildings, but what about having respect for human energy systems - the energy of life itself - and working out sustainable ways to manage our resources?” ~ Uma Dinsmore-Tuli In this episode entitled Rest As A Radical Act, Amisha spends time with writer, radical yogini and eco-feminist activist Uma Dinsmore-Tuli. Uma introduces us to her practise of Total Yoga Nidra, and shares what she has discovered about the natural cycles of rest in our human biology, psyche and the world around us. She explains why we must remember to value rest, the importance of dream time and natural awakening for our emotional processing and receiving soul wisdom, why napping has become a radical act, and what might happen if politicians took a nap before every major decision.  Together Uma and Amisha reflect on the importance for women of getting to know their bodies through their menstrual cycle and the cultural shift towards honouring and respecting the wisdom of our bodies. Finally they discuss post-lineage freedom from the disempowering constraints of old hierarchies of yoga teaching - bringing the precious teachings of the yoga traditions into the present moment, and seeking out the common threads of wisdom that underlie delineated structures of yoga practise.   Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2019/12/12/e78-uma-dinsmore-tuli-on-deep-rest-sacred-activism-and-total-yoga-nidra-rest-as-a-radical-act/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link,  https://love.allthatweare.org/membership To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/

What is the role of creativity in our times? “The arts is a human manifestation of the universe reflecting on and celebrating itself. We are the unspooling of the creative dynamics of galaxies. Creativity is part of our birthright and integral to who we are as beings in this cosmos.” ~ Drew Dellinger In this episode entitled The Confluence of Two Rivers: Alchemy in Creativity, Amisha meets poet, writer and teacher Drew Dellinger. Drew shares his understanding of the role for poetry in our times, and the ways in which poetry - and creativity more broadly - are integral to our human experience. He speaks about the arts as celebration, and a way of deepening our experience of the universe. Drew tells us about his own creative process, and the ways in which we can nurture and facilitate our own creativity to come forth in our lives. He shares his perspective on where the transcendent and the personal intersect in the creative process, and how to find the form that gets feeling across to others.  Together Drew and Amisha discuss the connections between the arts and social justice, sharing stories and personal experiences as well as some of their great inspirations. They talk about what it means to be engaged, conscious, in community, and in responsibility at this time. Drew shares his ideas on the power of dream, story, art and action coming together to create change.   Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2019/12/05/e77-drew-dellinger-on-creativity-social-justice-and-spirituality-the-confluence-of-two-rivers-alchemy-in-creativity/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link,  https://love.allthatweare.org/membership To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/

How does white supremacy show up in our lives and what is our work to do? “I really believe our primary work is to do the work of healing and self-reclamation, because it has taken so much away from us in ways we cannot even fathom. This is why I do this inner work right alongside the outer work. Before we go out and change the world we deserve to get the healing, to reconnect with that source inside of ourselves that feels worthy and is good. That is very revolutionary because it’s remaking the world.” ~ Layla Saad In this episode entitled Being A Good Ancestor, Amisha shares a moment with author, speaker and teacher, Layla Saad. After her open letter “I need to talk to spiritual white women about white supremacy” went viral on the internet, Layla has gone on to write and publish a book called ‘Me and White Supremacy’. In this interview Layla speaks about her own journey of awakening into the full expression of herself as a black woman, and unravelling the ways in which external and internal white supremacy and conditioning has kept her light low until now. She talks about the pivotal moments that catalysed her own awakening, and how she began to change the way that she showed up and reconstruct her internal universe.  Together, Amisha and Layla speak about their experiences as women of colour, of working and living in predominantly white spaces, encountering deeply ingrained white supremacy in spaces that they had expected to be free of it, and of the ways they have had to adapt to survive under these conditions.   Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2019/11/28/e76-layla-saad-on-race-identity-and-self-reclamation-being-a-good-ancestor-me-and-white-supremacy/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link,  https://love.allthatweare.org/membership To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/

How can we be the change that we want to see in the world? In this episode entitled A New Republic of the Heart: Awakening to the Mystery and the Miracle, Amisha sits down with philosopher, author, activist and coach Terry Patten. Terry speaks about how to become present to each other in the moment with kindness, compassion, generosity and community. He shares his perspective on inner work as a form of activism, and a prerequisite for holistic change. Together Amisha and Terry examine the multiple meta-narratives playing out alongside each other - the great global movements of our time such as Extinction Rebellion and the techno-utopians - and speak about how we might usefully show up within and create a bridge between them.   Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2019/11/21/e75-terry-patten-on-sacred-activism-transformation-and-meta-narratives-a-new-republic-of-the-heart-awakening-to-the-mystery-and-the-miracle/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link,  https://love.allthatweare.org/membership To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/

How can we design for a regenerative future? “I like to think of the moment we are in like the Millenium Falcon in Star Wars; we need to go sideways to get through the window of opportunity before it closes.” ~ Amanda Joy Ravenhill In this episode entitled The Awkward Era: Slowing Down to Act Fast, Amisha meets Amanda Joy Ravenhill, Executive Director of the Buckminster Fuller Institute. Amanda shares her approach to navigating what she calls ‘the awkward era’ that we find ourselves in now. She talks about taking the long view towards a regenerative future, and introduces us to a dazzling array of projects - from agroforestry to kelp farming  - that offer win/win solutions to the intertwined issues of climate crisis, biodiversity loss, food security and economic security.  Amanda shares with us the remarkable story of Buckminster Fuller’s early years and his rise to prominence as a whole systems design thinker as early as five years of age. She also shares her personal story -  how growing up as a “third culture kid” and living in many different parts of the world during her childhood has shaped her work at the systems level, and how living in community nurtures and supports her in that work.   Together, Amisha and Amanda speak about the importance of metabolising the anger, grief and anxiety that is provoked by the crises we currently face on a global scale.  Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2019/11/14/e74-amanda-joy-ravenhill-on-systems-thinking-buckminster-fuller-and-regenerative-design-the-awkward-era-slowing-down-to-act-fast/  For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link,  https://love.allthatweare.org/membership To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/  

How can we reconnect deeply to ourselves, our community and our planet? In this episode entitled Weaving Earth: Ecological, Social and Personal Systems Change, Amisha sits down with facilitator and educator Will Scott. At the time of this interview, Will was evacuated from his home and community in Sonoma County, California due to the wildfires that are raging there. He speaks about his personal reactions and responses to the crisis, as well as those of his community and others around them.  Will explains how many of the crises and imbalances we are facing have their roots in a lack of connection or relationship - to ourselves, to others and to the natural world we are a part of - and how marking and honoring life transitions with the support of the natural world can help us to reconnect.  Together Amisha and Will discuss privilege and inclusion, how community can hold, facilitate and help us to integrate transformative experiences into our daily lives, and how to better meet the wildness and vulnerability within ourselves and others.  Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2019/11/07/e73-will-scott-on-wildfires-relational-education-and-nature-connection-weaving-earth-ecological-social-and-personal-systems-change/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link,  https://love.allthatweare.org/membership To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/