Carrying this theme in the year 2021, The Coaching Conclave, hosted the biggest coaching event of the year: The Coaching Conclave 2021 – Journey into Shunya and Expansion across the nation to have heart-to-heart, authentic conversations with individuals who were drawn together to explore what it means to be a human being.

This theme was further divided into three sub-tracks – Expression, Connection, and Contribution. Our mission was to create a space to help masterful coaches, changemakers and leaders explore what it means to live from a space of Shunya and Expansion at the same time on three tracks expression, connection, and contribution.

The 36- hour continuous marathon began with the keynote session by Lakshmi Pratury, followed by a conversation with Nathan Farrugia, Suresh Narayanan- Leadership- From Acorns to Mighty Oaks, and Philippe Rosinski who spoke on 7 ways to be fully present and make a positive difference in the world. Other speakers included Rajesh Ramakrishnan, Jonathan Passmore, Surbhee Singh, Raymond Miranda, Dan Newby, Sylvana Caloni, Lyra Puspa, Steve Foran, Patrick Aylward, Satyanarayanan Kumar, Sri Anish, Saba Hasanie, Shailesh Haribhatkti, Alex Wray, Gina Hayden, Peter Stefayni, Blaine Bartlett, Peggy McAllister, Richard Hyams, Shayamal Vallabhjee, Craig Weber and Robert Clinkenbeard.

Day one saw its uproar when Marilyn Atkinson joined us to share her insights on shunya: the way to handle complexity with power and grace. What struck me the most was when she said, “If something is whole and complete, and we try to put it into something that is not whole and complete, it is no longer whole and complete. Human beings are a mirror of Shunya: The moment we add a “problem” the field of wholeness inside us collapses.”