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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh PalManish Srivastava is a poet, life coach and facilitator of societal transformation. He is currently a Senior Faculty and Co-Director of Social Presencing Theatre with the Presencing Institute, USA. Manish works with leaders across business, government, UN and civil society sectors to co-design social innovation labs. He integrates poetry, contemplative art and systems thinking to help leaders collectively sense, own and transform the societal divides. Manish believes that poetry and art can uncover humanity's deepest longings, heal collective wounds, and offer pathways to new possibilities. Read More...
Manish Srivastava is a poet, life coach and facilitator of societal transformation. He is currently a Senior Faculty and Co-Director of Social Presencing Theatre with the Presencing Institute, USA.
Manish works with leaders across business, government, UN and civil society sectors to co-design social innovation labs. He integrates poetry, contemplative art and systems thinking to help leaders collectively sense, own and transform the societal divides.
Manish believes that poetry and art can uncover humanity's deepest longings, heal collective wounds, and offer pathways to new possibilities. His work on transforming gender conflicts, human trafficking, pandemic and the migrant crisis has featured at the Presencing Institute Global Forum and Conflict Transformation Summit in 2020. His poems and writings reflect further on his experiences and invite readers from all over the world to collectively heal and celebrate humanity.
His recent book, Midnight Journey of a Seed, brings to light the deeper story of human resilience in the face of a pandemic. By integrating poetry, anecdotes, art and contemplative practices, the book takes readers on a healing journey and offers pathways to co-create a resilient future.
His first book, Trading Armour for a Flower, provides a poetic pathway to heal gender trauma by integrating the inner masculine and feminine. Poems from this book have been translated into Hebrew and Spanish for reading in over twenty poetry dialogue circles by leading institutions and civil society movements worldwide. The title poem was featured in a short film that has premiered at THE BODY LANGUAGE exhibition (Venice 2020).
Manish lives in Pune, India, with his wife and son.
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What is a crisis worth if it has not transformed you!
Midnight Journey of a Seed brings to light the deeper story of human resilience in the face of a pandemic. By integrating poetry, anecdotes, art and contemplative practices, the book takes readers on a healing journey and offers pathways to co-create a resilient future.
“We are living in a moment of profound disruption, a moment when one civilisation is ending and a
What is a crisis worth if it has not transformed you!
Midnight Journey of a Seed brings to light the deeper story of human resilience in the face of a pandemic. By integrating poetry, anecdotes, art and contemplative practices, the book takes readers on a healing journey and offers pathways to co-create a resilient future.
“We are living in a moment of profound disruption, a moment when one civilisation is ending and another is about to be born. To truly understand the deeper essence of this moment, we must extend our inquiry from the outside world to the one that emerges from within. In this book, Manish Srivastava guides us through this journey of extending systems thinking with the means of social poetry. He takes us on a creative pathway towards what matters most today - our inner development. Highly personal, highly recommended!”
— Otto Scharmer, Senior Lecturer at MIT, USA and Author of the bestselling books, Theory U and Presence
“This book is like a cup of fresh ginger tea in the face of the pandemic. Manish has set a new benchmark in writing by brewing love, wisdom and faith into poetry that gives us hope to bravely face our obstacles and inspires us to find new, creative solutions.
— Ajay Chopra, Chef, Youtuber, TV Host of Masterchef India
“A sensitive work. Reading this book makes you relive the pandemic but ends on a note of hope, renewal and love.”
— Chetan Mahajan, Penguin published Author and Founder of the Himalayan Writing Retreat
Trading Amour for a Flower is a bold poetic inquiry into deeper longings and struggles of a 21st-century man. It offers a pathway for both men and women to transform systemic oppression by discovering the true purpose and power of our inner masculinity.
Blending poetry and inner-reflections, Manish Srivastava, invites us on a three-part inner journey. Each part explores a threshold that we need to cross to rise beyond gender
Trading Amour for a Flower is a bold poetic inquiry into deeper longings and struggles of a 21st-century man. It offers a pathway for both men and women to transform systemic oppression by discovering the true purpose and power of our inner masculinity.
Blending poetry and inner-reflections, Manish Srivastava, invites us on a three-part inner journey. Each part explores a threshold that we need to cross to rise beyond gender stereotypes, heal old wounds and reclaim the power to co-create a world that honours each individual.
Reviews
As we move from men versus women to man and woman as archetypes contained within us all, journeys such as Manish's can provide guidance in a time of uncertainty and strife.
— Peter Senge, MIT USA, Author of bestselling classic The Fifth Discipline
This heartfelt book offers an invitation to reflect deeply on the fullness of being human by integrating our masculine and feminine. Manish's words of tenderness and bravery inspire compassionate strength— so needed in our world today.
— Acharya Arawana Hayashi, Shambhala Buddhist Teacher, and Co-founder of Social Presencing Theatre
I am blown away by the anguish and love in Manish's poetry. I find it both haunting and liberating to examine patriarchy as a pathway to healing. His exploration of the male psyche is a heart-opening experience. He takes a deep dive into his own pain, and each discovery moves him and his readers into wholeness and resilience.
— Martha Lasley, Author of Coaching For Transformation and Courageous Visions
I see Manish Srivastava standing in the legacy of the mythopoetic men's movement and firmly rooted in India and its culture. It is the need of these times that this book goes totally viral!
— Abhishek Thakore, International Youth Activist and Co-founder of Gender Lab and Blue Ribbon Movement
I am convinced that both men and women of today will benefit from his heartfelt realisations of painstaking self-exploration that is rendered so well in a poetic language.
— Manisha Roy, PhD Analytical Psychologist, USA and author of Bengali Women and Women, Stereotypes and Archetypes
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