ABOUT ME-US
Bhavana Nissima (Founder)
Speaker
Author
Trainer
Hello you.
I welcome you to us in the name of all my ancestors and the many beings that constitute the all-of-us. In absence of real physical welcome to my home, I invite you respectfully with a smile and love in my heart.
To talk about me, is to talk about places I lived in, people I met, what I read, who I trained with and the many life experiences that moulded me.
…Current bioregion is Southern Deccan Plateau and I like to believe my gut environment is very Telugu. I have been nourished by the waters of River Hooghly, Cauvery and Godavari in South Asia and Rio Grande in New Mexico. I derive my ancestry through my Tamilian heritage – they were not confined to their villages, rather they travelled widely and lived in different places like Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Assam and West Bengal. The many stories that have passed intergenerationally have shaped me for worse and for better.
…Studied in a variety of learning environments – zoology honours at the college level, followed by communication and journalism at masters level, and a doctorate in gender and intercultural communication, with multiple diplomas in marketing management, public relations, software coding programs, trained in different Indian and Western classical art forms.
…taught Communication, Media, Women’s Studies, Religious Studies, and Peace Studies departments across the world. I have worked with neighbourhood community groups, health councils, media startups, community space projects in multiple cities across the world. I have supported research projects with departments in Public Administration department, English Literature, History department (Navajo focus), Religious Studies, and Education.
…trained in various neurolinguistic approaches to language, perception and behaviour and in spatial therapeutics. I have trained with a wide variety of renowned international trainers and founded Mental Space Academy India.
…earth-centred and initiated into cybernetic thinking through the works of Gregory Bateson, his daughter Nora Bateson and key Bateson ideas keepers like Phillip Guddemi and Stephen Nachmanovitch. Trained to be a warm data host with Nora Bateson. Also Buckminister Fuller Institute’s Trimtab Space Camp fellow as well as completed Fritjof Capra’s Capra Course on Systems View of Life. And familiar with Nigerian Philosopher Bayo Akomolafe and Australian Aboriginal thinker Tyson Yukapurta’s philosophies of earth and our future.
…co-author/chapter contributor for five books and supported at least dozen other books as editor or writing coach. These include–Civil War in the 20th Century: Lessons to Learn and Unlearn, with Devendra Oza; “Empowering Crisis Response led Communities: Lessons learned from JKFloodRelief.org Initiative.” In Sanjay Misra & Ricardo Colomo-Palacios (Eds) Strategic Management and Leadership for Systems Development in Virtual Spaces; “My matrilineage” In Abhirami Girija Sriram & Babitha Marina Justin (Eds) Salt & Pepper & Silver Linings.
…Speaker at two UXIndia design-thinking conferences and in its inaugural Women in Design Fest. I have presented 16 peer-reviewed conference papers in International Communication Conferences, served as division chair for Spiritual Communication Conference, and reviewer for both National Communication Association (NCA) as well as International Communication Association (ICA). I have also been a speaker at multiple Global NLP summit conference and Mental Space Psychology Conference organized by SOMSP, Netherlands.
My life journey has been very rich and vibrant. And in the last decade, I have been increasingly sharing the wisdom and resources gained from this journey with others, independent of the usual social structures. In my work in the world, I am a Lightweaver, in my being, an Earthwoman, and in my purpose in life, a Nissima — the one without boundaries.
I hope my about-me-us interests you to explore further into what I offer/lead and maybe your spirit will join a burgeoning community of lightweavers and earth people in Global South.
Eagle of The Lightweaver House
Sridevi Datta
I reside in a bustling town by the sea. I am an explorer who inquires into the wisdom that all the beings on earth bring– be they big, small or tiny. I am an NLP Master Practitioner and Systems thinker.
I help people and communities integrate change in myriad earth-embracing ways. My workshops help people create thriving businesses for themselves.
My signature offerings include, “Welcome Money”, “Content Marketing through NLP Lens” and “Intentional Journaling”.
I am also the founder of “IFlow Transformations” and wear my badge of “Lightweaver” with pride and honour.
I have studied NLP with Dr Bhavana Nissima and MSP with Dr Lucas Derks. I am a parent to two boys and one cat.
