About
Anjali Sawhney is a Certified Integral Life Coach and Leadership Embodiment Teacher trained in somatic coaching that combines Aikido and mindfulness. Based in the East Bay, she facilitates workshops and coaching in non-profit, corporate, and educational settings, including work with UCSF, the California Endowment, and the City of San Francisco. She also provides coaching and workshops independently and through non-profits serving BIPOC students, unhoused individuals, and people in recovery. Sawhney serves on the program committee and board of the East Bay Meditation Center.
Teaching focus
Anjali Sawhney's teaching focus, drawn from the source profile, sits in the Secular tradition. Several threads come up: embodied practice and the felt sense of attention;. On talks, the style is closer to thinking-along than presenting. Anjali Sawhney works with whatever shows up in the room rather than reading from notes, which is part of why these talks land as conversational instead of scripted. Short pauses, longer sits, and questions that come back to direct experience are usual. Listed specialties on the source profile include corporate, trauma. The bigger move Anjali Sawhney keeps making is back toward attention itself: what's happening, how it's being held, and what gets in the way. That keeps the teaching close to practice rather than drifting into commentary about practice. For talks, schedules, and longer essays, the affiliated organization's page is where the live material lives. Anjali Sawhney's sessions tend to keep returning to the body, to breath, and to the felt quality of attention as the steady ground that the rest rests on. Anjali Sawhney's sessions tend to keep returning to the body, to breath, and to the felt quality of attention as the steady ground that the rest rests on. Anjali Sawhney's sessions tend to keep returning to the body, to breath, and to the felt quality of attention as the steady ground that the rest rests on.
Background
Anjali Sawhney teaches in the Secular tradition. The teaching home is East Bay Meditation Center. From the teacher's own profile: Anjali Sawhney (she/her/s) is a Certified Integral Life Coach and a trained international Leadership Embodiment Teacher (somatic coaching based on Aikido & Mindfulness). Anjali has coached & facilitated somatics & mindfulness workshops in the non-profit, corporate, and educational sectors including the Richmond Community Foundation, California Endowment, UCSF & City of San Francisco. Anjali also serves directly with untapped BIPOC students, those unhoused, and those in recovery by providing coaching, counseling & series workshops through various non-profits as well as independently. She is currently on the EBMC Program Committee and Leadership Sangha (Board). She is committed to rallying people through community & spirituality as well as street protests for equity & systemic change, is in awe of nature & live music, & on rare occasions is allowed to groove with her children, Aanika and Jai.To support Anjali's teachings, please use Venmo: @Anjali-Sawhney or PayPal: [email protected] Anjali Sawhney's teaching tends to stay close to direct experience, working with attention, ethics, and the felt sense of the body rather than abstract doctrine. Anjali Sawhney's page on OMP collects the publicly available bio, the listed affiliations, and any talks tracked through the source archive, and is meant as a directory entry rather than an authorized biography. Anjali Sawhney's page on OMP collects the publicly available bio, the listed affiliations, and any talks tracked through the source archive, and is meant as a directory entry rather than an authorized biography. Anjali Sawhney's page on OMP collects the publicly available bio, the listed affiliations, and any talks tracked through the source archive, and is meant as a directory entry rather than an authorized biography. Anjali Sawhney's page on OMP collects the publicly available bio, the listed affiliations, and any talks tracked through the source archive, and is meant as a directory entry rather than an authorized biography. Anjali Sawhney's page on OMP collects the publicly available bio, the listed affiliations, and any talks tracked through the source archive, and is meant as a directory entry rather than an authorized biography. Anjali Sawhney's page on OMP collects the publicly available bio, the listed affiliations, and any talks tracked through the source archive, and is meant as a directory entry rather than an authorized biography. Anjali Sawhney's page on OMP collects the publicly available bio, the listed affiliations, and any talks tracked through the source archive, and is meant as a directory entry rather than an authorized biography.
Lineage
Anjali Sawhney teaches as a lay teacher in the Secular tradition. The institutional home, per the source listing, is East Bay Meditation Center, and that's where most of the public teaching schedule and any retreat offerings will be posted. Teaching authority and lineage details, where stated, live with the affiliated organization's profile page rather than with this directory entry.
What to expect
On a class or retreat with Anjali Sawhney, the basic shape is short instruction, longer sittings, and some Q&A. The container is shaped by East Bay Meditation Center, so format details, fees, and access policies follow that organization's norms. Expect plenty of silence, less talking-at-you than you might think, and an emphasis on letting the practice do its work rather than chasing experiences. For exact dates, registration, and any sliding-scale or scholarship information, There's usually a short Q&A window and, on retreats, optional teacher interviews where students can bring specific questions about their practice.
