In this special Live recorded episode of the Live for Vitality Podcast we dive into Jeff Clear water’s work on shifting from individualism to collective action. He shares how teamwork and collective intelligence are key to creating a more connected world, touching on his work with the VillageLab and the Meta Currency Project. He also emphasizes the importance of tuning the collective soma, cultivating the social DNA, offering practical tools for building strong, co-creative communities.

Nikki and Alice chat with fellow TIFA graduate, athlete and coach Adam Thompson on what lessons he has learned in the field of sport and sports coaching. Exploring flow state, the power of shaping our reality and embodiment, the conversation touches on universal themes through Adam's journey. If curious to learn more, you can find Adam on https://www.instagram.com/a_line_adam/

Maya and Elisa, proud TIFA graduates speak with Nikki as they unveil the new coaching programs at The Institute for Aliveness. Dive into their journey transformational space holding, all viewed through an evolutionary lens! To find out more about the coaching offering go to: https://sites.google.com/view/tifa2024/home/coaching...

As the energies of this Sagittarius full moon converge we bring you a very special episode of our Live for Vitality Podcast, an interview with Turiyosho, a beautiful soul who has been looking into trauma and threshold experiences as essential for human development.. We deeply explore the question of leaving comfort zones, voluntarily or involuntarily. For those curious about rites of passage, psychedelics and other positive disintegration experiences, this episode is for you!

Alice Chen, a TIFA graduate, is one of those special beings on the planet today courageously doing the shedding work in order for a deeper intelligence to shine quietly and brightly in how she shows up in the world. Her approach to doing this has been through the exploration of play.

In this conversation Nikethana and Alice delve deeply into both her personal experience and academic research on the themes of neuroscience, creativity altered states and the evolutionary journey of humanity through play. IF this is a topic you are curious to explore, whether you are new to it or want to deepen in it, this is a conversation for you.. Enjoy!

To understand your play personality take this quiz: https://www.nifplay.org/what-is-play/play-personalities/

To connect with Alice you acn reach out to her at alicerocks@gmail.com

To read Alice's thesis go: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18bHZ2d3z5tzkNg-CJcq9B4YTJDV0Dtb_EBFmHzLGPFE/edit#heading=h.pruwe3mxdsrv

Jennifer Pipolo, TIFA Faculty, comes to talk with Nikethana about pleasure, life and death force mastery and what it means to attune to each other in this evolutionary journey. She offers practical advice on how we can attune to each other and fall into pleasure.. Jenni is a Spiritual coach, performer and consciousness booster. Is a free spirit and multilingual creative. Blessed by a diverse background, Jenni lived in various countries, traveling the world since she was an infant. This steeped her in the beauty of existence and an openness to embrace the “all”. Jenni was blessed with scintillating teachers and life-changing encounters worldwide - from deep in the Amazon Jungle to pristine islands in the Atlantic. Enjoy!

The conversation continues about the continued training needed post-spiritual awakening and what it means to go beyond the personal into serving the transpersonal and to constantly dance with the Hall of Mirrors that is this life. Dr.Andrea Paige and Nikki Venkatesan speak about the the unfolding future of The Institute for Aliveness as it moves into a Decentralised Autonomous space and how ethical AI could play a crucial role moving forward. Hope you enjoy this episode!

Have you been curious about this podcast's long running host Dr.Andrea's Paige's journey?

In this first part, one of the Vitality Podcast's new hosts Nikethana and Andi discuss her very personal story of birthing the The institute for Alivness and this Podcast, we talk about the importance of full spectrum embodiment in health and the journey of self-realization through multiple death processes.

Andi reflects deeply on the challenges and lessons learned from running TIFA and this ongoing hero's journey of self-discovery. I share my personal experience of going through the TIFA Masters program and also a 40-day silence retreat and the lessons that came from it. The conversation delves into the deeper aspects of personal growth, spiritual awakening and what it means to be truly alive today.

My name is Amnesia By Dr. Andrea Paige

My name is…

Where am I?

How long have I been here?

My name is Amnesia.

Where am I again?

Mr. Peanut reaches across the infinite abyss.

His smooth, matte black arm knocks up upon ribs.

These MC Escher stairs make a nice obstacle to climb, as he yells: “Get me out of here!”

The sound reverberates back and echoes to him:

“There’s nowhere else but heeeeere!” as it knocks off his inflatable top hat.

“My name is amnesia,” Mr Peanut says… tries to spell it out through oversized glove - hands beneath, reaching up between ribs…

As he misses a step and falls down Escher’s maze into another round of eternity.

“Get me out of here” becomes the echo of: “There’s nowhere else but here,” someone shouted at him before.

He finds himself upright. Sitting on a stair.

Sore bum, he starts racing up the stairs, tailcoat trailing behind him in the windless vacuum of eternity.

“My name is Amnesia! Didn’t you hear me?”

The echo comes around as he leaps,

Touching - barely grazing a rib - “There’s nowhere else heeeereeee.”

The matte black arm falls off into the abyss.

Escher architected for just this very happening.

Mr. Peanut forgets he ever had one and keeps scaling the stairs.

Eventually, his inflatable hat finds a life of its own, floating upward, toward the light.

“My name is Amnesia,” someone taps him on the shoulder.

He’s on his bum once again.

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• To know more of Andi's work please go ⁠here⁠ .
• Link to New Host Nikethana’s Master’s thesis on TIFA referenced in the episode