Somajna
The Wisdom of The Body
Your Learning Partner
Being human is to live in constant awe and intrigue of our potential. Our work is with individuals and organisations navigating the most significant transitions of their life.
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We are curious learners with rich experience of working in global, multi-cultural organisations, as well as budding new enterprises.
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Our expertise covers interventional disciplines in organisation development including team and executive coaching, appreciative inquiry, mindfulness, culture and inclusion, leadership development & performance consulting. We thoughtfully integrate poetry, music, art, yoga and other traditions into our work.
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Meet the People
Vinayak Jakati
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Vinayak is a keen student of life and lives the 'who we can be' question with all its wonder and uncertainty.
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​He is an accomplished Leadership & Team Coach with over 10000 hours of coaching, training and mentoring experience globally.
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​He specializes in interventions that align strategy, leadership & culture. He holds certifications with the Neuroleadership Institute (Brain based Coaching), International Coaching Federation (ICF), Leiden University (Mindfulness) and Case Western University (Appreciative Inquiry).
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With poetry, Vinayak explores the hidden invitations in everyday experiences and how we uniquely express our human nature. His first book, ‘The 3 a.m. Call’ is about the necessary, but uncomfortable interruptions that shape our lives.
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Yoga, Music and Poetry are his reset buttons.
Nick Abel
Partner
Nick has spent much of his life observing and listening [some would say talking and they’d also be right] across cultures, across contexts, and in the quiet spaces between words. He’s an experienced coach, a mentor, and a psychotherapist. A published author, poet and playwright, he also lends his voice to recording audio for meditation and wellbeing, along with our own programs.
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A storyteller at heart and curious about what helps us stay connected to ourselves and to each other.
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Having lived with questions he couldn’t easily answer, and no formulas to rely on, what he offers is shaped by a mix of lived experience, neurodiversity, creative expression, and an ongoing practice of showing up honestly, imperfectly, and with care.
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Working with individuals and teams going through transitions, grappling with identity, seeking clarity, or just needing space to breathe and reflect, he walks with people through change, the kind that doesn’t always have a name. Sometimes with words. Sometimes with silence. Always with intention.
Jayasree Ramani
Jayasree is driven by a passion for helping people maximize their potential.
Over her 20-year career in Learning & Development, she has held managerial positions in large organisations, as well as engaging as a consultant facilitator/coach with multinational organizations in the IT/ITES, Manufacturing, Automobile, Pharma and Media sectors.
She specializes in Development Centers for Senior Leaders and is a certified Instructional Designer. She holds a Master’s degree in Psychology and has trained as an ICF accredited coach.
When she's not coaching, she loves engaging with kids as a storyteller.
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