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In this episode you’ll learn:
- How mindfulness can help you to connect with your deeper purpose
- Techniques to help you reduce stress, anxiety and overwhelm
- How a young boy who wanted to be a racing driver became a Buddhist
- How Shakya helps others to find their own happiness
I was introduced to Shakya by a mutual friend and listener, Ollie Brown.
Shakya Kumara, is a specialist who helps people to improve their quality of life through the reduction of anxiety, overwhelm and stress.
He’s also a Buddhist who enjoys nature and discovering everyday ordinary beauty through photography.
As a leadership and management coach who specialises in mindfulness, Shakya has a rich and diverse background.
His background includes having working with charities and multi-national companies across the globe. He has a fascinating story to tell.
In this special episode, Shakya offers exercises that you can actively engage in as you listen, as well as live demonstrations of mindfulness in practice.
Hear how mindfulness can help you to create a more fulfilling life.
Items mentioned in this episode (quick access):
Discovering mindfulness
[00:40] Introducing Shakya Kumara.
[01:21] How Shakya found mindfulness through his experiences with the illness M.E.
[04:00] When Shakya’s doctor wrote of three months off his life. Meeting the cliche.
[04:44] Loneliness and not sleeping.
[05:38] Shakya takes Rob through a live mindfulness exercise involving the mind.
“It’s a gateway into awareness of the whole of human experience” – Shakya Kumara
Overwhelm, photography and curiosity
[07:40] Overcoming overwhelm.
[08:55] Shakya takes Rob through a live mindfulness exercise involving the body.
[12:12] How Shakya cultivates his own curiosity.
[12:50] Shakya shares how he finds ordinary beauty through photography.
Finding breathing interesting
[15:25] Shakya demonstrates how he finds breathing interesting.
[17:00] Describing the Quick-start Mindfulness training in January 2016.
[21:50] How Shakya helps people to maintain mindfulness after the workshops.
[23:11] Where you can join Shakya for a workshop.
[24:40] Brief mindfulness.
[26:30] Connecting with purpose.
[29:02] Shakya shares a story about how a PhD student overcame his own anxiety.
“Trying not to rush a big change – that’s often a mistake” – Shakya Kumara
Personal transformation and purpose
[32:07] How a young boy who wanted to be a racing driver became a Buddhist.
[33:25] Working with computers for Hewlett Packard and becoming more interested in people.
[34:40] Connecting technology to the life he lives now.
[36:25] Shakya describes how he found people that resonated with him and his new purpose.
[37:36] Radical change and discomfort and why you don’t need to be become a Buddhist.
“Is that really the thing that’s going to make the biggest difference today?” – Shakya Kumara
Taking life step-by-step
[39:05] Having supportive people around him.
[40:15] Finding Buddhism.
[42:16] How Shakya helps others to find their own happiness.
[44:00] What he loves about his work today.
Gratitude and inspiration
[46:12] What has inspired Shakya most recently.
[46:53] Learning new angles on mindfulness.
[47:40] What Shakya is grateful for today.
[48:39] Who has inspired Shakya.
[49:27] How you can connect with Shakya.
Links and Resources:
- Shakya’s website
- Quickstart training
(Use code: CREATIVES for 60% discount before 4th January 2016)
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