Shammi Nanda

16/05/2026

https://youtu.be/x8cWJMcbTEw?si=0QxktQf1BQEx9JeX
Excited to share our new offering for coaching on conflict transformation. Also enjoying how Yamini Gurjar and played these amazing roles here
If you want support in working on your conflicts you can book a free clarity call here https://calendly.com/shamminanda/life-coaching-with-shammi
Anyone wanting us to support making such productions(films) is also welcome. Working on conflicts for the last 15 years has given me a deeper understanding on how we can engage with them in more meaningful ways.
It is for interpersonal, within families and realtionships, within a community, workspace and larger groups or even political parties who need guidance on it.

Ahimsagram is launching an online ‘Conflict Helpline’ to support pe...

15/05/2026

Creating a learning opportunity like this BMLY Summit is not just about offering a program where people come to learn a few tools or techniques. It is about cultivating the curiosity to truly meet people where they are, to understand their lives, and to move toward building a community rooted in shared values.

Our experience with the first BMLY Summit was deeply touching. I continue to feel amazed by the depth, openness, and intentionality with which people showed up. Because of that collective willingness, we were able to move very quickly into a space of flow, authenticity, and connection, which felt truly magical.

And in the same spirit, we are looking forward to this second summit. Many of our friends and participants have shared that they want to be part of this experience and get a taste of the depth that this space offers. Just like when we experience something beautiful, nourishing, or meaningful, a natural longing arises to go deeper into it and experience more of it. This “Taste of the Summit” is designed exactly for that.

This summit is for people who are wanting to live more consciously and create conscious relationships and not simply following the default settings we inherited from society, family, or culture. Along with that, many of us also long to create the same world of connection and collaboration with our children and within our communities.

We often find ourselves stuck. There are inner bottlenecks- old conditioning, inherited beliefs, patterns learned from society that come in the way of living their deeper purpose.

This summit is an invitation to work with those bottlenecks consciously.

When- 28th to 31st May
Where- Online

Registration link https://www.shamminanda.com/courses/bmly-summit-29th-to-31st-may-26

02/05/2026

It’s incredible to witness the synergy that emerges when a team is truly aligned, and actually practicing what it intends to offer to the community.
Every day at 11 a.m., we come together for our BMLY organising team huddles. These spaces feel deeply nourishing and effective. I’m really grateful to Ananya, Yamini, Priyanshi, Kausalya, and Urmila for showing up with presence and commitment consistently.
This tactical meeting format is very effective and based on Holacracy, grounded in principles of Teal self-management. Much like ecosystems, each of us holds our roles,, while also staying connected to the other roles and the whole, asking for what we need, offering support where it’s needed, and working interdependently.

What I deeply appreciate is the maturity and effectiveness of this space.

If you’re curious to experience how such meetings unfold, you’re welcome to reach out, we may be able to invite you as an observer for it.

And while I initiated BMLY, what feels truly special is that the leadership is shared. Ananya and Yamini are holding this space with such depth, along with a committed team and Urmila has been consistently with us.

Once again, we’ve come together as organisers of BMLY 3, and I’m really looking forward to that magic that we will unfold and offer our gifts to the community.

Also, if you haven’t signed up yet—our 3-day summit (8th–10th May) is coming up soon. We’d love to have you there. Please go to https://www.shamminanda.com/courses/bmly-summit-8th-to-10th-may-26 and sign up for it.

02/05/2026

It’s incredible to witness the synergy that emerges when a team is truly aligned, and actually practicing what it intends to offer to the community.

Every day at 11 a.m., we come together for our BMLY organising team huddles. These spaces feel deeply nourishing and effective. I’m really grateful to Ananya, Yamini Gurjar, Priyanshi, Kausalya, and Urmila Samson for showing up with presence and commitment consistently.

This tactical meeting format is very effective and based on Holacracy, grounded in principles of Teal self-management. Much like ecosystems, each of us holds our roles,, while also staying connected to the other roles and the whole, asking for what we need, offering support where it’s needed, and working interdependently.

What I deeply appreciate is the maturity and effectiveness of this space.

If you’re curious to experience how such meetings unfold, you’re welcome to reach out, we may be able to invite you as an observer for it.

And while I initiated BMLY, what feels truly special is that the leadership is shared. Ananya and Yamini Gurjar are holding this space with such depth, along with a committed team and Urmila has been consistently with us.

Once again, we’ve come together as organisers of BMLY 3, and I’m really looking forward to that magic that we will unfold and offer our gifts to the community.

Also, if you haven’t signed up yet—our 3-day summit (8th–10th May) is coming up soon. We’d love to have you there. Please go to https://www.shamminanda.com/courses/bmly-summit-8th-to-10th-may-26 and sign up for it.

01/05/2026

Each time I sit with a one-on-one client, it feels like an unfolding into their world.

The first feeling that arises in me is deep gratitude - for their trust, for allowing me to walk alongside them, and for letting me witness their journey. Every conversation leaves me more energized. Even when there are challenges, there are also moments of celebration, insight, and connection.

It could be a conversation about an intimate relationship or a choice for their career, it could be someone coming together or someone wanting to choose to move on, there is space to be conscious of wherever you are and to make decisions aligned to their values.

This work is not about convincing people to stay together or “fix” relationships. For me, what matters most is that each person connects deeply with themselves, honoring their authenticity while holding compassion for themselves and others.

Every session becomes a space of learning, not just about the other person, but also about life, about humanity, and sometimes even about myself. It allows me to hold a vision for a more conscious, compassionate world.

If you, too, feel a longing for something different…
If you have a vision and are looking for the tools or language to bring it into your life… I would be happy to support you.

Alongside this, I also integrate my work with food and wellness, because I deeply see the connection between mind, body, heart, and soul.

If this speaks to you, you’re welcome to reach out for a free clarity call here - https://calendly.com/shamminanda/life-coaching-with-shammi

30/04/2026

I used to be a person who would not express his discomfort, with all good intentions, because I didn't want to hurt people or get into fights. So I would delay things and not share my discomfort. But when things would go really overboard, then I would express my discomfort, and it would come with a charge and really trigger people and bring out a very strong response from from them. In the end, this would lead to disconnection and pushback from them, which was also painful.

As a result of these tensions, my health would suffer. I often noticed that my breathing would become heavy and my asthma would come back—something I had healed with my food, movement, and yoga. But I could not deal with the emotional aspect, which largely came from how I had learned to not be authentic, to not disturb others, and to be nice.

And I paid for it. Sometimes I paid the cost of losing relationships. Sometimes I paid the cost of losing my health while trying to keep relationships.

Then I came across other ways of communicating, especially some of which was inspired by Nonviolent Communication. I picked up some practices that encouraged me to be more authentic. One of the big challenges I noticed was that during conflict, I would express judgments. But when I started with observations, it made a difference, as it felt more neutral.

Similarly, when I wanted something, I would make demands and push people, and again, I wouldn’t get what I wanted. So I began learning how to express myself without demanding was a great shift in my communication.

Besides, I also learned how to listen to others.
When I started doing all this, I realized it was transforming my relationships. After practicing these ways for some year I began sharing these processes, which I had learned from different modalities, and started bringing them into different areas of my life-in my personal relationships, my workspaces, and in communities.

And I see such a big difference now. I can be authentic while also holding space for others.

That’s where the idea of ‘Being Me Loving You’ Program was born. We have been working on it for the last three years and have had many cohorts where about 100 people have really enjoyed the experience. Each time people come into the program as participants, they leave as a community. And the deepening continues.

In the same way, I’m so glad to be offering a summit where we are bringing together a diverse group of trainers, with whom I have long-standing relationships. I’ve known Urmila Samson for the last 15 years, and Catherine Brunelle Durain for almost a decade and she has also been a support for AhimsaGram. Ramanusha Poopalaratnam Poopalaratnam is someone I have collaborated with in Sri Lanka as well as in India, and I have traveled and shared NVC work with her in Sri Lanka.

We will be offering a six session Summit at a price of Rs. 499. It’s a great opportunity for you to come, meet us, and get a taste of what this 12-week program that is also being offered in the future.
To sign up for the summit, go to thehttps://www.shamminanda.com/courses/bmly-summit-8th-to-10th-may-26. So do sign up and be part of this journey with us.

26/04/2026

What started 3 years ago as a small learning space for Nonviolent Communication(NVC)… has now become a living, breathing community Being Me Loving You (BMLY) began with just the two of us, Pranshi and me, hosting small 6-session circles. Over time, with many beautiful people joining, it grew into spaces of deep sharing, trust, and connection.

We moved from short cohorts to a 7-month membership, to in-person gatherings… and that’s how the Teal Family Retreat was born From 30 people in our first retreat… to 38 people (including children!) in a 9-day immersive experience—where we didn’t just talk about empathy, but lived it.

Through conflicts, circles, laughter, and real conversations… a community was formed.

Somewhere along the way, something shifted.
People didn’t just attend sessions anymore… They started holding each other.

“Empathy Angels” emerged. Support became organic.
What started as a program, became a space of belonging.
And now, it has grown beyond me.

With Yamini Gurjar, , and our wider team stepping in, BMLY is evolving as a self-managed, co-created space.
We are now opening registrations for the 3rd Cohort of Being Me Loving You.

If you’re someone who:
– Wants deeper, more conscious relationships
– Values empathy, honesty, and connection
– Is looking for a space to grow with others
– Is looking for a space to grow with others
You’re warmly invited
🔗 Know more & join:
https://www.shamminanda.com/bmly-course

We’re also hosting a BMLY Taster Summit (8–10 May)
Experience 6 beautiful sessions by our facilitators and get a glimpse of the journey
Join the Summit:
Being Me, Loving You, Taster Summit - https://www.shamminanda.com/courses/bmly-summit-8th-to-10th-june-26
Looking forward to having you with us

20/04/2026

Nature is the most powerful example of collaboration.

Every part has autonomy.
Every part knows its role.

And everything stays connected through constant feedback.

The whole system works interdependently.
So the real question is:
Can we build organizations that work like nature?
For the past 12 years, I’ve been exploring exactly this…
Through Nonviolent Communication(NVC), Sociocracy and the most valuable system for organsation governance, Holacracy, and evolving them into our own Teal, collaborative systems.

And the results?
We are dynamic, evolutionary, alive and also human.
If you're curious about building a business that doesn’t rely on control and command and can be self organised without anyone micro managing it, join my upcoming webinar this Saturday.
Bring your questions.

Let’s explore what’s truly possible.
To Join the webinar Go to https://www.shamminanda.com/building-self-managed-business

09/04/2026

I started my first “business” when I was 12, a small book lending library with a friend outside an Flour Gridning Shop. It was a partnership with a friend, Titu, and we had named it a children’s library.

I’ve always been drawn to building projects with people: creating offerings, community spaces, and something meaningful together.

But as I grew older and stepped into social change work, NGOs, movements, union-style organizing but I kept hitting some wall:

- Either we were effective by being 'aggressive' or 'manipulative' but not inclusive
- Or inclusive but not at all effective.

And often, without realizing it, we would slip back into the same old patterns of domination.

I explored Nonviolent Communication, which deeply transformed how I relate to people. But I was still searching for something that could work at a system level, for organizations.

I then discovered sociocracy, and later co-created a living experiment at AhimsaGram, where we were a 6-7 people trying to do a business collaboratively. Yet even there, I saw how hard it is to sustain both collaboration and effectiveness over time. Also the typical behaviours of domination systems crept in easily very often for some time.

Until I found Holacracy, it was a challenge, but now I am more at ease, and that too after working with Holacracy. It was like some hard work and finally we are able to integrate holacracy in its true spirit.

It has been the closest system to what I was always searching for—

a way to build organizations that are:

- Effective

- Truly collaborative, like how nature works.

-A hierarchy that is wholesome and integrated, to serve the purpose of the organisation.

- Helping the organisation grow and repair itself, truly evolutionary.

It hasn’t been easy, it has taken years of practice, learning, and adaptation to bring it alive in our context in India. But it has been worth it.

I’m deeply grateful to Brian Robertson for the learning and guidance along the way.

Today, as a Licensed Holacracy Provider, working with HolacracyOne, I’m excited to support organizations in India (and beyond) to explore this way of working.

If this resonates with you, whether you're building a business, organization, or community, you're welcome to reach out to us.

Also sharing a link below to join our upcoming webinar if you want to experience this approach firsthand, please go to https://www.shamminanda.com/building-self-managed-business and sign up.


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In this episode, I sit down with Brian J Robertson, the founder of Holacracy, to explore the deeper journey behind self-managed organizations.Having practice...

08/04/2026

I remember Masanobu Fukuoka, the natural farmer from Japan, saying that “the farm just needs the footsteps of the farmer”, which means that it doesn't need too much intervention because over time a farm working with the culture of natural farming would have developed like an interdependent eco system.

Same way in an eco system based holistic organisation, there is very little management needed, and especially ‘micromanagement’ can hurt the system and stop its growth and evolution.

While each part works with autonomy, there's also a feedback system where somebody who's doing something and which is going against the purpose of the organization also would be having a space to receive feedback from other roles and is expected to integrate it in future strategy, while being aligned to the purpose of the organisation.

And if you build an organizations which is self managed and works with Holacracy, i find it to be a very effective way of organizing things, and it also helps the team with with a sense of connection for a shared purpose.

For me working or leading a self managed teal organisation is like driving a car gently using a power steering.

If you want to transform your your organization into a self managed one or begin an organisation using a self managed system inspired by Holacracy, you're welcome to join me on my upcoming Webinar on self management this Saturday from 7 pm to 9 pm on zoom. To sign up go to https://www.shamminanda.com/building-self-managed-business



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I remember Masanobu Fukuoka, the natural farmer from Japan, saying that “the farm just needs the footsteps of the farmer,” which means it doesn't need much i...

07/04/2026

About 20 years ago, while living in Mumbai, I developed asthma-like symptoms. I was told it would be a lifelong condition, that I would need to learn to live with it.

But something in me didn’t want to accept that.
So I began allowing my body to heal itself, giving it the right space, time, and energy.

And in that journey, I was deeply inspired by how our body functions as a whole system. Each part is connected, yet autonomous. It does its own function while contributing to the whole, without any central authority controlling it.

The feedback loops are so intelligent that imbalances are noticed and new balances are created. In the spirit of homeostasis, a complex system works with incredible simplicity, without us needing to fix everything.

The body, in its own way, is self-managed. And over the years, I’ve come to see how this applies so beautifully to organizations.
When organizations are given the right space, time, energy, along with the right structure and system, they too can function dynamically. People can respond to real-time tensions, decisions can be distributed, and the organization can stay aligned with its purpose, even in complexity.

Having spent the last 15 years experimenting, across farms and organizational spaces, and over 10+ years with Holacracy, I now see this connection more clearly than ever.

As a licensed Holacracy provider, I’m now opening up this work through workshops on building self-managed teams and businesses.

If this resonates, I’m hosting a webinar this Saturday where I’ll take you deeper into this way of working.
Join us by going to https://www.shamminanda.com/building-self-managed-business