The Paradigm Shift is about engaging in deep inner work.
The Paradigm Shift was birthed out of necessity. All of the approaches, both ancient and modern could not get to the root of my suffering and persistent existential crisis.
I studied, I practiced, I cried, I struggled, I prayed until I was initiated into a path from within.
Leading The Paradigm Shift in spirituality and psychology
The Paradigm Shift is bigger than you or I; it is a part of a larger, seismic change happening in our world. My role as a visionary leader is creating a new interdisciplinary field of psychology and spirituality through integrating non-ordinary states of consciousness into our understanding of self, our interconnectedness and collective history.
Inner Authority as Guru
The Paradigm Shift in spirituality requires moving away from an external authority figure, a gate keeper and outsourcing of guidance to the development of an Inner Authority rooted in embodied wisdom. This is achieved by teaching practices that support direct realization.
Creating a Cultural Bridge
We need to build a bridge that can connect ancient wisdom with the complexity of modern trauma. Cultural impacts of colonization must be accounted for when accessing Indigenous practices and medicine. I alchemize my Indian ancestry and American nationality through this work.
Integrating Psychology & Shamanism
The rise of altered states of consciousness through plant medicines, psychedelic therapies and spiritual practices calls for the integration of psychology and shamanism to safely engage in trauma healing and expansion in consciousness.
My Story
Journeying through multiple lives in one lifetime
1984
The Inner Child
From a very young age, I experienced life in a way that felt at odds with the world around me. I sensed when people were being truthful and dishonest without knowing why. I felt other people's emotions that they unaware of. I felt confused and lost, left with deep existential depression that said " I don't want to be here"
I experienced mental, emotional, physical and sexual trauma as child through young adulthood. I became disconnected and disassociated through the process of surviving complex, developmental trauma. While being classified as a "gifted" student, I battled with depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts and an unstable sense of self.
My existence became fragmented as a teenager where I suppressed and buried all of the unprocessed trauma by developing a personality focused on fitting in, being liked and being “good”
2002
The Overachiever
Every aspect of my life became an outlet for me to develop my personality outwardly while hiding the deeply embedded shame, unworthiness and pain I felt inside of me. I excelled in academics and athletics while suffering with deep loneliness. Self medicating through alcohol and drugs felt like a socially acceptable option to cope with my trauma.
There was an underlying pattern of dysfunction that would arise in the form of burn out, depression, and abusive relationship dynamics but I was not ready to look inside to address what was going on mentally, emotionally and energetically.
Choosing high pressure careers and dating people who reflected my childhood trauma dynamics allowed me to remain in this traumatized state for most of my adulthood. My lifestyle ensured that I remained in a fight or flight state and stuck in a pattern of survival.
2018
The Matrix dropout
After years of survival, I reached a point of no return where I became physically disabled, emotionally exhausted and completely mentally shut down. Seemingly overnight, career, family and personal relationships collapsed. All of the illusions of safety were ripped from my hands. There was nothing to hold onto and that’s when I finally let go. I had been engaging in therapy, alternative medicine and other treatments, nothing seem to get to the root of my multilayered suffering.
Even my spiritual practices fell apart during this time. I realized how much re-traumatization and harm was happening in “healing spaces” that lacked care and compassion. I became deeply disillusioned and found myself in a very dark place. No one was coming to heal me or save me. The answers were not on the outside. I knew that quitting my job would not be enough to solve the problem. This was a bigger change than my mind could imagine.
2022
The Underworld
I began my initiation into the underworld, the path of Kali and the journey of passing through the bardo. In a spiritual sense, the underworld or the void is the unseen realm, the dimension which is beyond time and space and transcends the limited perception of the mind. The space the psychological mind fears because it undergoes death. I started engaging in ancestral healing, connecting to both the pain and the wisdom of my lineage.
I became trained in breathwork, shamanism, and received mentorship in developing my psychic abilities. With each layer of awareness came with a deeper layer of darkness, unprocessed trauma and pain that taught me the key skills of facilitating transformation: presence, alchemy and integration. With each cycle of death and rebirth, I unraveled and shed everything that was not who I was.
The initiation was complete after a trip to my ancestral home of India and Shakti Peethas pilgrimage. It was in the city of Varanasi where I received the energetic medicine directly from the ghats, creamation grounds, the Durgakund temple and the ashram of the Aghori.
Now
The CREATIVE ENERGY OFFICER
My path of mysticism is unique to my own soul’s design. I’ve integrated the ancient and esoteric into my life in a way that is authentic to me. I discovered my spiritual gift of alchemy by blending Tantra, psychology and Indigenous wisdom seamlessly together. The core of my practices are designed with the Pancha Bhuta in the yogic tradition and the Four Directions from the Medicine Wheel as the source of wisdom. I didn’t just study the elements and primordial energies, I became them.
I became water, the energy of creativity and emotion by submerging into the Ocean and cosmic womb through free diving. I became air, the energy of the movement and the mind through the extreme sport of kite surfing. I became fire through the devotional practices of Tantra by burning away illusion and duality through the energy of transformation. I became the Earth and Hiranyagarbha, the source of creation through dance and embodiment of my Shakti. My energy is the medicine.
Where are you now?
The Paradigm shift requires a willingness to be messy, vulnerable and to let go of everything you’ve been conditioned to believe so you can connect to your own self-knowing. It’s about being comfortable with uncertainty, moving through discomfort and developing an intimate relationship with yourself.
The shift comes through a fully embodied process of psychological death, regeneration and rebirth.
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