I Am... With Jonny Wilkinson

Welcome to a special bonus episode of “I Am”! Our guest this week is the remarkable Mooji, and we had the privilege of an extended conversation beyond our main guest episode. In this additional hour, Mooji graciously shares a captivating story of his spiritual journey, including his experiences with religion, significant moments in Brixton and Rishikesh, and the profound insights gained along the way. This condensed 20-minute version offers a glimpse into the depth and richness of Mooji’s life and his profound connection to a higher dimension of existence. Join us as we explore the transformative path that led him to his current wisdom and understanding. Get ready to be inspired!To keep up with Mooji, access his talks, Satsangs, or just to keep up with what he is up to, please visit mooji.orgJonny would love to hear from you! If you have any questions that you’d like answered, please email hello@Iampodcast.co.uk or comment in the reviews section.Twitter: @JonnyWilkinsonInstagram: @jonnywilkinsonofficial

Today on I Am, drawing series 4 to a close, is very special guest, Mooji. Mooji is a spiritual teacher who has dedicated his life in service to all who desire to awaken into their natural Self. In this captivating conversation, we delve into the true nature of our being, the quest for freedom, and the power of letting go. Mooji shares his profound insights and guides us through an enlightening exercise called “An Invitation to Freedom.” Uncover the universal presence within yourself and explore the boundless possibilities of your true potential. This thought-provoking episode will challenge your beliefs and open your eyes to a new understanding of existence. Don’t miss out on this transformative experience with Mooji, a beacon of wisdom and inspiration. Tune in now and embark on a journey towards self-discovery and genuine liberation.To keep up with Mooji, access his talks, Satsangs, or just to keep up with what he is up to, please visit mooji.orgJonny would love to hear from you! If you have any questions that you’d like answered, please email hello@Iampodcast.co.uk or comment in the reviews section.Twitter: @JonnyWilkinsonInstagram: @jonnywilkinsonofficial

“Underneath the individual I there lies the Universal I.”Throughout the podcast over the last few series, we have heard many beautiful voices talking about the power of getting out of our own way so that we may remember what is already here, what we already are. In our Thursday main episode Jonny meets Mooji, a spiritual guru who shows him what this really means. In today’s little episode Jonny reflects on this intense experience and his realisation that accepting and letting go are not just clever little strategies or a nice ideas to help us get what we want. It’s all or nothing.Big questions in today’s episodes:- What is the difference between the person we are and the being we are?- How do we disentangle ourselves from living in the mind?- How do we come to be aware and experience our being?Jonny would love to hear from you! If you have any questions that you’d like answered, please email hello@Iampodcast.co.ukor comment in the reviews section.Twitter: @JonnyWilkinsonInstagram: @jonnywilkinsonofficialInstagram: @jonnywilkinsonofficialTwitter: @JonnyWilkinsonInstagram: @jonnywilkinsonofficial

In this week's episode of the I Am Podcast, host Jonny speaks with Rachael Hall, an elite ballet dancer from the Royal Ballet School who left the stage to pursue her own path of self-discovery. Rachael shares her journey of exploring Buddhism, Pilates, and the Franklin method, which she now specialises in and uses to help others.Through her deep connection with her body, Rachael has found greater sensitivity, connection, beauty, grace and power in her life, leading to better relationships, growth, and overall well-being. Jonny and Rachael discuss the importance of following one's passions and allowing higher intelligence to guide our lives.Join Jonny and Rachael for a fascinating conversation on Thursday's episode, and be inspired to connect with your own body and follow your own heart. Don't miss it!Keep up with Rachael:Instagram: @rachaelhall.alignedWebsite: www.aligned.rachhall.comRachael has created 2 free embodied workouts for the I Am listeners which you can check out here: https://www.aligned.rachhall.com/pages/2freeworkoutsJonny would love to hear from you! If you have any questions that you’d like answered, please email hello@Iampodcast.co.uk or comment in the reviews section.Twitter: @JonnyWilkinsonInstagram: @jonnywilkinsonofficial

Today Jonny digs deeper into the concept of embodiment proposed and practised by Rachael Hall, an elite ballet dancer who left the stage to explore Buddhism, Pilates and the Franklin method. Rachel guests on the main episode this Thursday. This episode though is all about balance and the power of releasing ourselves from the mind and rooting back in the body. Jonny investigates the impending conflict to come from letting the mind lead us when going after our goals. As well as this, Jonny draws on his own experiences in rugby and the importance of vulnerability and intuition in personal growth and fulfillment exploring the immensity of the heart and its role along the way.Big topics explored today:- The importance of embodiment and being present in the moment, especially in achieving goals.- The balance between mind and body, and the dangers of leaning too much towards thinking and reasoning.- The tendency to prioritise safety and comfort over vulnerability and intuition, and the need to welcome and explore fear and doubt.- The conflict between the head and the heart when seeking fulfilment, the importance of being authentic and true to oneself and how we might shift in this direction of beauty and grace.Keep up with Rachael:Instagram: @rachaelhall.alignedWebsite: www.aligned.rachhall.comRachael has created 2 free embodied workouts for the I Am listeners which you can check out here: https://www.aligned.rachhall.com/pages/2freeworkoutsJonny would love to hear from you! If you have any questions that you’d like answered, please email hello@Iampodcast.co.uk or comment in the reviews section.Twitter: @JonnyWilkinsonInstagram: @jonnywilkinsonofficial

The adventure continues this week with Chris Dorje Walker, a mentor, a qualified western psychology practitioner, eastern chi gong, buddhist and meditation specialist and spiritual guide too. Joining Jonny today, Chris shares vital skills for surviving modern living and anecdotes from his personal 5 year journey living in a Buddhist monastery as well as his deep travels into remote parts of India and Bhutan.  He has had his own challenges and I am sure that this along with his humility and his gift really helps him connect. Chris has that student of life mentality, he has had remarkable teachers and gurus, and has devoted himself to learning all that he can and passing on. Together they cover loads of interesting subject areas in this one (from mediation, to chi-gong, to sports cars and watches)  that it will inspire curiosity, encourage growth and help with resolving inner conflict.Jonny would love to hear from you! If you have any questions that you’d like answered, please email hello@Iampodcast.co.uk or comment in the reviews section.Twitter: @JonnyWilkinsonInstagram: @jonnywilkinsonofficial

When we are fully present we will never experience consequence, only opportunity and adventure. Today Jonny explores and expands on some of the core ideas raised by qualified western psychology practitioner, eastern chi gong mast, buddhist and meditation specialist and guest this Thursday Chris Dorje Walker. Big questions explored in today's episode:- What is the concept of presence, and how does it relate to living in the present moment?- What are the benefits of being present, and how does it relate to inner work and personal growth?- Why do we sometimes struggle to make positive changes, even when we know what we need to do?- How do our beliefs and understandings from the past impact our ability to be present in the now?- How can our memory be the source of new possibilities?Jonny would love to hear from you! If you have any questions that you’d like answered, please email hello@Iampodcast.co.uk or comment in the reviews section.Twitter: @JonnyWilkinsonInstagram: @jonnywilkinsonofficial

Website - https://www.ananta-kranti.comYoutube channel - https://youtube.com/@AnantaKranti5 Day Summer Retreat in Englandhttps://ananta-kranti.corsizio.com/c/643b94262493a42c1b85ee82Soundcloudhttps://m.soundcloud.com/anantakrantiFacebookhttps://m.facebook.com/KrantiAnantaJoin Ananta's free comunity: Born to be freehttps://ananta-kranti.mn.coEternal LoveSat'AnantaAnanta-kranti.comJonny would love to hear from you! If you have any questions that you’d like answered, please email hello@Iampodcast.co.uk or comment in the reviews section.Twitter: @JonnyWilkinsonInstagram: @jonnywilkinsonofficial

Ananta Kranti, our guest this week, has dedicated her life to deepening her connection to her true self and transmitting her wisdom to thousands of students and seekers. She does this in the form of personalised “pointing out” instructions that directly reveal the nature of the mind, its illusions, karmic entanglements and the path to ultimate freedom. Ananta speaks a lot about awakening and how it's possible for everyone, but also about how it requires a willingness to break free from our current perception of life. When we realise how little we actually know we can start asking bigger questions and ignite the desire and intensity required to open up the possibility of transformation. Ananta works in a powerful way, fully integrating with others helping them to process and release trauma that may be held in bodymind memory. She reveals practical ways to overcome, transform and live more fully in every moment. It’s got something for everyone.Website - https://www.ananta-kranti.comYoutube channel - https://youtube.com/@AnantaKranti5 Day Summer Retreat in Englandhttps://ananta-kranti.corsizio.com/c/643b94262493a42c1b85ee82Soundcloudhttps://m.soundcloud.com/anantakrantiFacebookhttps://m.facebook.com/KrantiAnantaJoin Ananta's free comunity: Born to be freehttps://ananta-kranti.mn.coEternal LoveSat'AnantaAnanta-kranti.comJonny would love to hear from you! If you have any questions that you’d like answered, please email hello@Iampodcast.co.uk or comment in the reviews section.Twitter: @JonnyWilkinsonInstagram: @jonnywilkinsonofficial

Today on I Am… Jonny explores how sustainability starts from within and how we must first be sustainable before we can create a sustainable world. If we want to do more and better than we are now we may need to upgrade ourselves first. Otherwise all we create will be more stress, fatigue and suffering.Big questions in todays episode:- How can transformation be possible for everyone and what is required for it to occur?- What is the importance of sustainability and how can we achieve it on a personal level?- How does the law of attraction relate to sustainability and personal growth?- What is the relationship between stress and burnout, and how does it affect our ability to create a better future?- What is the connection between our energy and our presence?Website - https://www.ananta-kranti.comYoutube channel - https://youtube.com/@AnantaKranti5 Day Summer Retreat in Englandhttps://ananta-kranti.corsizio.com/c/643b94262493a42c1b85ee82Soundcloudhttps://m.soundcloud.com/anantakrantiFacebookhttps://m.facebook.com/KrantiAnantaJoin Ananta's free comunity: Born to be freehttps://ananta-kranti.mn.coEternal LoveSat'AnantaAnanta-kranti.comJonny would love to hear from you! If you have any questions that you’d like answered, please email hello@Iampodcast.co.uk or comment in the reviews section.Twitter: @JonnyWilkinsonInstagram: @jonnywilkinsonofficial

Today on I Am Jonny is chatting to the amazing Dr Shefali Tsabary, New York Times best-selling author and a clinical psychologist specialising in the integration of Western psychology and Eastern philosophy. She is an expert in family dynamics and personal development, teaching courses all around the globe. She emphasises the importance of recognising that children are not possessions and are separate individuals with their own expressions of life and intelligence. She encourages parents to focus on their own internal environment to create a safe and nurturing environment for their children. The conversation also delves into the concept of the inner child, which refers to the childhood needs that are not met and the effects of traumatic events that become embedded in us and skew our experience of the world. Reparenting our inner child allows us to heal and let go of old wounds and patterns of reactivity, creating space for greater involvement in life and greater clarity. The conversation also explores the disconnect between our idea of self and our true self and the belief systems that we construct to mend this rift but which end up perpetuating more and more fear and insecurity.Jonny would love to hear from you!If you have any questions that you’d like answered, please email hello@Iampodcast.co.uk or comment in the reviews section.Twitter: @JonnyWilkinsonInstagram: @jonnywilkinsonofficialFor quick access to all of Dr. Shefali’s Social Media platforms, please utilize the URL’s listed below:Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/doctorshefaliInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/doctorshefaliTikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/@doctorshefali YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/DrShefali

In todays prelude to the upcoming episode with Dr Shefali, Jonny explores self-discovery and health and wellbeing and how our devotion to them funds our performance, enriches our relationships and deepens our engagement and experience of life.Big questions in todays episode:- How can we recognize that our children are not ours, and why is it important to cultivate our internal environment to provide a safe and blossoming environment for our children?- What is the concept of the inner child, and how can we reparent our own inner child to let go of past traumas and wounds to open the door to greater clarity and the power to respond to life’s events according to the life we wish to live?- Why is it unrealistic and, in many ways, unhealthy to try to create the perfect child and deliver on a perfect upbringing?- What does developing a greater connection with our true selves mean?- How can we dissolve the fear and beliefs we hold that stand in our way of engaging in and experiencing more of life?Jonny would love to hear from you! If you have any questions that you’d like answered, please email hello@Iampodcast.co.uk or comment in the reviews section.Twitter: @JonnyWilkinsonInstagram: @jonnywilkinsonofficial

Steve Black, known as Blackie, was the larger than life coach at Newcastle Falcons and had roles with The Welsh National rugby team and the British and Irish Lions as well as being a very long-time mentor for Jonny. Blackie was kind enough to guest for the Pilot episode of the I Am podcast and this is what you will hear today. In the episode, Blackie talks to Jonny about his feel-based coaching style, applied across all the teams he worked with ( he also coached football at Newcastle United, and Sunderland as well as many other teams). His message is one of presence, and dedication, and always underpinned by his incredible joyful outlook on life.   Jonny would love to hear from you! If you have any questions that you’d like answered, please email hello@Iampodcast.co.uk or comment in the reviews section.Twitter: @JonnyWilkinsonInstagram: @jonnywilkinsonofficial

Life is to be found in the unknown and so is the now. A willingness to engage with it and be present in it offers us a greater influence over the future.Today on I Am, Jonny shares the story of his late friend Steve Black, also known as Blackie. Blackie was a born and bred Geordie who had a relentless pursuit of greatness. He was honest, transparent, and completely motivated in all that he did. He was a successful coach in almost every professional sport with pretty much every team you could imagine, coaching individual athletes and succeeding everywhere he went. Jonny speaks to how Blackie always knew how to get his players out of their comfort zones. Blackie was an off-field captain and a motivational genius, bringing everyone to that space of why not? And to the realization that anything is possible. In this episode, Jonny shares the lessons he learned from Blackie and how he has been such an influence and guiding force in his journey.Big questions in today episode: What are the key ingredients for great performance and constant improvement?What if that voice in our minds supported us unconditionally, trusted in us absolutely and guided us to seek uncomfortable new space and to stand tall, embrace and explore it?Jonny would love to hear from you! If you have any questions that you’d like answered, please email hello@Iampodcast.co.uk or comment in the reviews section.Twitter: @JonnyWilkinsonInstagram: @jonnywilkinsonofficial

Learning to manage your mind is crucial to happiness and success - in sport and in life. All of us face challenges, rough patches and struggles in life and challenge is a core pillar of this podcast. Todays guest, bestselling author of the Chimp Paradox,  Professor Steve Peters discusses how we can look at challenge differently and reconstruct ourselves to find the opportunity, growth and engagement in it. He says, the one thing that has stood out to him in his years of supporting people as a Consultant Psychiatrist is that no matter what you may be facing in life, if you have the skills to be in a good place emotionally then you can cope, thrive and present the real you to the world.Steve has created a structured, practical self-development programme to help you attain psychological health and wellbeing. He talks us through it at length today, using Jonnys experience as examples, and draws from his exciting new book - The Path through the Jungle which transforms complex neuroscience into language and stories you can get your head around.Jonny would love to hear from you! If you have any questions that you’d like answered, please email hello@Iampodcast.co.uk or comment in the reviews section.Twitter: @JonnyWilkinsonInstagram: @jonnywilkinsonofficialTo keep up with Steve:Instagram: chimpmanagement_ltdLinkedin: Chimp ManagementTwitter: @chimpmanagementFacebook: Chimp Management LtdOther links if you could share would be Steve’s book ‘A Path through the Jungle’: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Path-through-Jungle-Psychological-bestselling/

Who we are does not have a mindset. Who we are is a mindset.Becoming more aware of our experience, our beliefs and opinions and is key because when we go into battle for them we are also fighting to stay as we are, to keep our mindset and preserve all the stress and the fear in us too.Big Questions in todays episode:- What are the conditions to change your mindset- Do we have conscious awareness of the conclusions or beliefs funding this?- Are we willing to unearth them and take back some responsibility for ourselves?- Has our idea of who we are become all we are?- How can we see through this self importance?- Can we define resilience as exploring deeper than we have ever been?What we are before and beyond our beliefs is the beginning of our real potential.  Jonny would love to hear from you! If you have any questions that you’d like answered, please email hello@Iampodcast.co.uk or comment in the reviews section.Twitter: @JonnyWilkinsonInstagram: @jonnywilkinsonofficial

How does the financial system affect social and ecological sustainability as well as our individual potential? Jennifer Hinton is a systems researcher and activist in the field of sustainable economy. In todays episode, Jennifer uses systems thinking to walk Jonny through her work, which focuses on how societies relate to profit and how this relationship affects global challenges. She explains how key aspects of business and markets drive whole plethora of outcomes. Leading into discussions about the present set up that we operate through, and the realities of what a restructuring could look like, this conversation is a real eye opener!To keep up with Jennifer grab her on twitter: @HintojenHow on Earth: Flourishing in a Not For Profit World - https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.01398Jonny would love to hear from you! If you have any questions that you’d like answered, please email hello@Iampodcast.co.uk or comment in the reviews section.Twitter: @JonnyWilkinsonInstagram: @jonnywilkinsonofficial

What power do we, as human beings, posses to completely transform ourselves, and our world around us? In today’s prelude to Thursday’s guest interview with systems researcher and ecological economist Jennifer Hinton, Jonny takes a dive into how our beliefs and values impact us, and our systems at large. What would a different future really cost?Big questions explored today:- What would it be like if society was all about bringing people together?- Can we create a more balanced and healthy, and well environment for ourselves and the planet we rely on? If so, how?  - What would this look like day to day?- What is enough?Jonny would love to hear from you! If you have any questions that you’d like answered, please email hello@Iampodcast.co.uk or comment in the reviews section.Twitter: @JonnyWilkinsonInstagram: @jonnywilkinsonofficial

This week on I Am, Fearne Cotton, author, presenter, and podcaster, opens up about success and happiness; embracing vulnerability, learning from mistakes and finding balance in every aspect of life. She explains the power of working on ourselves has for our health, well-being and fulfilment and explores this through subject like criticism, imposter syndrome, appreciating others, making peace with where we have been and the journey towards uncovering purpose and passion. For Fearne it is important to find moments to indulge fully in the simple things - like going for a walk - and the profound effect this can have on our state of being. As ever, Fearne is open, funny, and unflinchingly honest about her world and herself and everything else too, and it makes for a brilliant episode.You can find more details on the upcoming happy place festival here: https://www.happyplaceofficial.co.uk/events/

We grow up believing that we can achieve and accumulate our way to happiness. The mind then becomes the master and keeps us stressed and separated from it.Today Jonny ponders what it means to follow your heart’s lead. Is it not through our passions that we find ourselves at our most spontaneous, inspired and connected? In order to enhance our sensitivity and express our most creative self, just like sport, dancing and the arts, we have to surrender control and truly trust. And that can be scary.Some big ideas:- How to detangle from our limits?- What happens when our thoughts and unpredictable emotions become our driving force?- Conceding whom we think we should be or need to be in favour of finding out who we are.- The power of patience- The simple joy in opening our minds and devoting ourselves to our highest excitement at any given moment- Getting out of our own way