Anjali Sawhney, Life & Leadership Coach

09/11/2025

If you or some one you know is a frontline worker in any form of violence prevention, please join us this Thursday, September 18 in San Leandro, CA or on-line for somatic healing & renewal. With Anjali Sawhney

02/29/2024

A favorite poem by Kahlil Gibran to live into if it resonates...
"Do not love half lovers
Do not entertain half friends
Do not indulge in works of the half talented
Do not live half a life
and do not die a half death
If you choose silence, then be silent
When you speak, do so until you are finished
Do not silence yourself to say something
And do not speak to be silent
If you accept, then express it bluntly
Do not mask it
If you refuse then be clear about it
for an ambiguous refusal is but a weak acceptance
Do not accept half a solution
Do not believe half truths
Do not dream half a dream
Do not fantasize about half hopes
Half a drink will not quench your thirst
Half a meal will not satiate your hunger
Half the way will get you no where
Half an idea will bear you no results
Your other half is not the one you love
It is you in another time yet in the same space
It is you when you are not
Half a life is a life you didn't live,
A word you have not said
A smile you postponed
A love you have not had
A friendship you did not know
To reach and not arrive
Work and not work
Attend only to be absent
What makes you a stranger to them closest to you
and they strangers to you
The half is a mere moment of inability
but you are able for you are not half a being
You are a whole that exists to live a life
not half a life”
with Anjali Sawhney

12/20/2023

Dear Ones,

For the winter solstice, may you be renewed, may peace prevail, & an ask…
As you may know, I’m currently a proud member of the Leadership Sangha (the board)] at the East Bay Meditation Center .I’ve witnessed firsthand how EBMC serves as a beacon of hope and resilience, especially in challenging times. The deep commitment to radical inclusivity, supporting diverse communities like BIPOC and LGBTQIA folks, those living with disabilities, and people with limited financial resources, makes it a truly unique sanctuary.

One of the many powerful things about EBMC is our Gift Economics model, which ensures that programs are accessible to all, regardless of financial means. This model relies on the generosity of the community, and this year, we have set an ambitious goal to raise $30,000 to deepen and expand EBMC's vital impact.

I’m personally making a gift and invite you to join me in supporting our shared vision. Every donation, no matter the size, is crucial for sustaining our inclusive and compassionate community. You can make a meaningful difference by donating here:
https://funraise.org/give/East-Bay-Meditation-Center/c835bc73-e799- .

Your support will empower EBMC to continue to cultivate resilience, nurture community, and spread compassion in a world greatly in need of it.

With gratitude,
Anjali

05/19/2023

I am leading the Person of Color Sangha meditation and talk tonight 7:30-9p at East Bay Meditation Center EBMC POC Sangha. If you self identify as a person of color and are interested, click the POC link above and join us (Zoom and password given). With Anjali Sawhney

09/01/2022

This live on-line course on Sanctuary in Times of Chaos with Strozzi Institute founder Richard Strozzi-Heckler & a powerful team over two weekends mid September 2022 is less than $500 (scholarship available for those who qualify). To embody peace & feel the mystery more…worth so much more. Please join us:

Sanctuary in Times of Chaos Somatics, Wisdom and Practice An Embodying the Mystery Online Retreat with Richard Strozzi-Heckler, PhD, MCC With special live sessions for leaders, changemakers, coaches, and therapists led by Staci Haines, Anjali Sawhney, Maura Bairley and Wendy Haines September 16-25,....

07/20/2022

Last week, I was fortunate to participate in Richmond Community Foundation ’s RCFConnect new Podcast: Unpack the Real Stuff - Voices of Contra Costa feature on life coaching & mental health. My colleague AnDrea Neal led the way & I supported for sustainable, scalable access & purpose of embodied leadership coaching & more for the county. With Anjali Sawhney

07/12/2022

“You wanna fly, you got to give up the s**t that weighs you down.” Toni Morrison
Captured a flying rose through four days with participants opening & deepening in somatics & embodiment of their values & longings. Grounding & expansive for me. 🌺 with Anjali Sawhney

06/06/2022

What feels like new growth within you? I’m landing in new ground. After a challenging east coast gig during systemic white supremacy violence, finished team teaching Embodied Transformation yesterday with clarity & power. I feel proud of how we held the room with the methodology rigor & spacious love… Room for all folx to be who & where they are & for them to imagine new possibilities for their longings. So much can be moved with my sister (s)… and brother (s) with me. With Anjali Sawhney Strozzi Institute

04/25/2022

Bringing together several lineages of somatics to create alternative practice for embodiment with JoyLabs: Train the Resistance & Beloved Communities Network is about opening, growing, learning…to liberation. Let’s get it! with Anjali Sawhney

Anjali Sawhney is a Certified Integral Life Coach, New Ventures West (2005) & a trained international Leadership Embodiment Teacher (based on Aikido and Mindfulness, 2010) & Certified Somatic Coach. She has been studying & working with the leaders in embodied transformation, Strozzi Institute, since 2018, including participating in numerous in person and online teaching & coaching teams.

Anjali has coached & led workshops for hundreds of individuals & teams in the non-profit, corporate, activist/movement, & educational sectors including those locally at the UCSF’s School of Dentistry, East Bay Meditation Center (where she recently joined the Board), & Richmond Community Foundation. She also worked with Van Jones & The Dream Corps’ Social Justice initiatives. As Director of Product Development at Charles Schwab & Company, Anjali led a cross-functional team of hundreds for new products & services including marketing & sales training.

Anjali received her BS degree in Engineering from UCLA & an MBA from the University of San Francisco. She was born in India, raised in Los Angeles, and has lived on the east coast of the United States as well as in South & East Asia. Anjali loves the ocean, body surfing as well as beach sunsets & sunrises, live music, dancing & working with untapped populations; sometimes she is allowed to groove with her teenagers, Aanika & Jai.



Movement Strategy Center

04/11/2022

Long wavy, fulfilling week coaching, teaching, opening, growing. Embodying new possibilities from sunrise to sunset (and letting the mystery work the Rest). I am a commitment to relaxing into my lineage, leading from my dignity for sustainable equity now. Let’s rise as the sun within without. ☀️ 🙏🏽With Anjali Sawhney