Shammi Nanda

16/10/2026

Urmila Samson appreciating how we deal with systemic issues in our upcoming Retreat. Join us at the International Teal family retreat that is going to happen from 15th Jan to 21st Jan, 2027, at the The Hidden Oasis Pune

It would be a gathering of families with parents and children and look at creating spaces for dialogue and build a culture that encourages everybody to have their voice, so we can build collaborative families.

We are seeing so many challenges where systems do not have spaces to hear everybody’s voice and which creates conflicts and those conflicts can be painful. It can be at the level of families are at the level of institutions.

But if we learn and practice these things at a microcasmic level in our homes where we are not scared of critical feedback, difficult conversations, and also know how to turn conflicts into more evolutionary spaces.

These learnings can happen only when we live together and experiment and explore as a laboratory and this is what the international teal family retreat offers where we are there in the lap of nature, having healthy food and conversations. Where children are also there and learn to have agency and work collaboratively.

If you want to know more about this amazing unique Retreat Space, you can DM us or go to the link in bio and sign up for the 6 day Retreat.

Remember we have some scholarships and discounts too.

12/10/2026

Why does a person talking on the street become dangerous for the state, because words can be more powerful than bullets.

Dialogue process can change us and those who get attached to status quo find it difficult to deal with that change they resist it.

Let’s create more spaces for sharing,
Listening and dialogue.

10/10/2026

Would you like to support an initiative for making RCF?

10/10/2026

We have seen the cost of control and command systems and they don’t work and force says never worked even at the level of civil Society and government, and we have time against in history that when forces used people find ways to respond to it just as children who are forced to do things often, neither find ways to resist and protest, or they going into depression, stress or lead very challenging lives. So it all depends on us. What do we want our society to be like, do we want a place where there is connection enjoy and well-being for everybody, or we want unhappy people resentful people who are fighting with each other and are not able to live and thrive to their best in our society choices. Our what kind of culture want to create and that culture is not created at the level of government is to be created at level of every system, whether its family, organisations, relationships or parenting, and yeah, we need to be conscious and mindful about how we are creating spaces for listening, dialogue, difficult conversations and finding ways where everybody’s needs matter and yes, there are ways to make systems also for that and so that every time you don’t have to start from the scratch and for the system, you need to have ways to go and make policies and create roles and accountability also, and I’m happy to support anybody who wants to create such Collaborator systems in their community or organisation or even in the governments

10/10/2026

Protest is not a four letter word. It’s a way that a system can give a feedback and feedback need not just flow from top to bottom but also bottom to top, or infact it can be a circular loop. For any resilient living system needs to find ways to receive feedback and address the tensions.

When feedback is not heard children or citizens go for protests. Spend more on listening than on forcing your ideas.

09/10/2026

09/10/2026

Seems like govt is doing a ‘Chakka jaam’ and it’s a win win for the protestors!

09/10/2026

Does your child know how to file an FIR? Or file a Right to Information(RTI) application?

Are they learning to have and reclaim their agency as citizens of the country guaranteed by the Indian constitution?

Protests are places for learning and growth, life education.

08/10/2026

Are you addicted to being ‘nice’ and suffering because of that and wish to find ways to show up with greater power and authenticity?

This three hour season with can give you a pathway.

07/10/2026

Having known Farah for the last 15 years, I really appreciate the way she encourages you to reclaim your power by expressing yourself openly and firmly, while also remaining open to the story of the person in front of you.
She invites us to step out of the paradigm of submission and domination. And I think this is especially important today. Especially for young people in particular, there is such a strong desire to live a purposeful life with autonomy, creativity and agency. And for that, we need a language that allows us to express ourselves fully and powerfully, without attacking or putting down another person.
Sometimes, being authentic and firm can trigger other people. And that can make things difficult.What I really value about Farah’s work is that she also talks about how to navigate those difficult moments and shows us ways to stay connected with yourself, grounded and clear about what matters to you, even when the other person is triggered.
So you can be authentic.
You can be firm.
You can be clear about what is important to you.
And you don’t have to fall back into either submission or domination.
Farah is joining us once again in our 12 week online program Being Me Loving You(BMLY) cohort 4, for a three hours session on Authenticity.
It’s a 12-week online program exploring how we can navigate relationships, conflict and difficult conversations while staying connected to ourselves and each other.
If you’d like to experience the program, you can join a session as a free trial and see if it resonates with you, you can sign up for a free discovery call with our team members to know about the program by going to the link in Bio or by sending us a DM.