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Meet the Tribe

Get to Know

Muktananda

Muktananda (pronounced muk-ta-nan-da) is seasoned professional with more than 35 years of international experience as a consultant, executive coach, writer, speaker, anti-war activist, and the co-founder and CEO of an award-winning conscious business.

He is a disciple of Sai Maa, an enlightened spiritual master and humanitarian. She gave him the name Muktananda when he was re-structuring her organization to position it for global expansion. He continues to serve Sai Maa in various capacities including overseeing Her operations in India.

Muktananda is also a co-founder and the Managing Member of The PaVima Institute (www.pavimainstitute.com), whose mission prepares leaders for global transformation. He has consulted with companies in the USA, Canada, UK, France, Italy, Portugal, Brazil and India. He earned a BA in Finance and Economics at Concordia University, and his Executive MBA at Kennedy-Western University.

Leadership Coach and Consultant to Conscious Businesses

Muktananda’s career as a transformation leadership coach and as a consultant to entrepreneurs striving to create more conscious businesses has been shaped by his studies and work with several masters in the domains of personal and organizational transformation. These include Tim Gallwey, Fernando Flores, Richard Strozzi Heckler and, of course, his spiritual master Sai Maa.

His approach is premised on the contention that we cannot solve the global challenges we face from within the same paradigm that created them.

from within the same paradigm that created them. Therefore, we need to become rigorous observes of the paradigm in which we are immersed so we can step out of it. His article entitled “Self-Transcendence” in this issue of Medicine for the Soul encapsulates one aspect of his methodology. His approach also includes practices he refers to as energetic alignment, somatic integration and ontological design. His writings about these and other related topics are available at www.pavimainstitute.com/resources.

Muktananda is grateful and honored to be a member and one of the co-founders of Mannabliss. He travels the world, but calls Highland Beach, Florida his home. If you would like to contact Muktananda, he can be reached at [email protected] or at 561-613-1725.

On the following pages, Muktananda explains the immense power we hold within when we learn to operate from our highest potential...

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