#229 In this episode, I had the immense privilege of chatting with Ishita Sharma. It’s difficult to put into words what she does for people. She is a modern mystic, holding space for life in all of its abundant complexity, from the highest joys and miracles to the deepest suffering and sorrows. She was born in Haridwar, India, and grew up in the Garhwal Himalayas. Eventually, she came to the US to study as a physicist, but turned to architecture and design practice, evolving into a multidisciplinary artist working with paint and sculpture. Through it all, she felt that she was looking for an even deeper framework to explain what felt obvious to her: that we are all connected.

Today, Ishita works with contemporary visionaries and spiritual seekers to create futures that are free of past limitations. After coming into a profound shift in her consciousness, Ishita recognized that the answer she was seeking wasn't out there, waiting to be discovered in some corner of the world. It lies inside each and every one of us. We are all already whole. Tune in as we explore the mechanics of anchoring into presence and noticing our habits of attention to become more skilled at navigating our relationship with ourselves, others, and nature.

About Ishita Sharma: Ishita Sharma serves as a mentor, mirror and activator to those who wish to better our world, starting within. She helps them embody their truest purpose while rising beyond ego-centric paradigms. Ishita’s work is the expression of her deepest realizations, and an invitation into your own. Fueled by her wish to realize a world that lives from enlightened awareness, she started Come to Center to facilitate holistic transformation in individuals and organizations. Ishita has guided leaders from Google, Harvard, MIT, Silicon Valley startups and global multinationals. Clients come to her to grow and heal through their deepest challenges and longings while held in their perfect wholeness. 

Her students and clients include spiritual seekers and teachers, CEOs and scientists, therapists and coaches, visionaries and artists, parents and children, spouses and colleagues…She points every one of them back to their center. Drawing on a unique ability to attune to her clients’ nervous systems, Ishita guides confusion into clarity and felt-sense safety. Her incisive approach is grounded in spacious loving connection. It integrates non-dual awareness with embodiment, subtle energetics and relational dynamics to free the core of personal and systemic hindrances.

Contending that the future of humanity hinges upon healing division within and between us, she supports individuals and groups alike to wake up, step up and show up together in service of a world that truly nourishes us all. Born in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas, now living in North Carolina with her American husband, Ishita draws on the confluence of cultures, paradigms and dimensions- marrying western intellect and eastern spirituality through the wisdom of the human heart and body.

Giving back lies at the heart of Come to Center. Ishita serves on the Board of Directors of the Bridgeway Group, focused on peace-building in conflict zones worldwide, and as a member of Nurse Groups, providing resilience support for nurses on the front lines. 1-3% of Come to Center’s yearly profits support humanitarian efforts including Free the Slaves, dedicated to freeing the world’s 27 million captives out of bonded slavery, and directly to homeless and forgotten people in the places she calls home.

Key Points Discussed: 

• Embody Your Deepest Purpose By Healing Your Deepest Wounds (00:00)
• Why what she does for a living can only be experienced and not explained (00:29)
• Ending up in North Carolina after growing up on the foothills of the Indian Himalayas (02:56)
• Shifting from a career in architecture to dedicate her life to elevating human consciousness from the inside out (07:01)
• Going on an inside journey to reconnect to herself, others, and nature (18:00)
• How she stepped out of her “spiritual closet” (27:23)
• Choosing to live no matter the challenges you face (32:09)
• Helping people be more in alignment with themselves (35:01)
• The books that helped her recognize herself (45:29)
• Life changing programs she offers at Come to Center (50:40)

Mentioned in this episode:

• Autobiography of a Yogi By Paramahansa Yogananda - https://www.amazon.com/Autobiography-Yogi-Yogananda-Paramahamsa/dp/818953551X
• The 5 Personality Patterns By Steven Kessler - https://www.amazon.com/Personality-Patterns-Understanding-Developing-Emotional/dp/0996343903
  
  

How to Contact Ishita Sharma:

• LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/ishitasharma
• Instagram - www.instagram.com/cometocenter
• Website - cometocenter.com

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