Unravel your heartsong : Heartistry

Key Insight:

If you and I can bring song, dance, nature or any art that brings us alive into our everyday living and work, our life purpose will come alive and animate our Work, Home & Relationships. This can be a key aspect of learning @ the heart of Coaching, Leadership & Living.

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25 years back, in 1996 I left the corporate world out of one simple question:

Why do we live only a small a small fraction of the life we are given?

I started coaching an x-CEO last month to help him discover his next orbit. What was his calling? What is the work that would bring him deep joy and fulfilment. I had previously coached a few years back when he was a CEO of a large organisation. He was asking me to help him find what would make his heart sing and yet give him a sense of Purpose and meaning.

I had come to be known for conducting Tao programs inspired by the Tao Te Ching. Last year, a dear friend who was coaching me, asked, "Who would Kiran be without the Tao?" It had become an identity. As I looked deep within, I found I am essentially an artist of the heart.. and hence the word Heartistry arrived. Clearly its not just a word.. it is opening up a world for me and us. I have been learning to sing from Radhika Sood- Nayak and learnt the Story Craft from Siddharth Maskeri. And somehow enjoy dancing.

I realised that if we could bring 3 aspects into our life, our lifework (heartsong), Ikigai would flower.

1. Any Art that brings us alive - Song, Dance, Theatre, Gardening, Cooking, a Sport etc.
2. A connection with Nature - The earth and the elements - the sun/ fire, the air, water, sky.
3. Body & Health - Its obvious and yet oblivious. Taking care of physical health can deeply enliven our life purpose.

If any of you friends, fellow travellers who read this feel like knowing more, do send me a Whatsapp message at 9823969473. ;-)

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This journey started close to 25 years back after IIT (1982-86) and did my Aeronautical Engineering but ended up discovering how my heart was more with people, not engineering. By a strange twist of life, I became the GS (Student Affairs) and then chose a Sales Job with HCL. Followed by XLRI (1988-90) and ITC Packaging in Sales & Marketing. In 1996 I quit & joined Pragati Learning following my heart - being a facilitator - enabling human potential, developing leaders & facilitators. I started Eternale Learning in 2000 & CoEvolve in 2009.