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Ramston Rodrigues represented India in the IMMAF (International Mixed Martial Arts Federation) World Championship held from January 24-29 this year in Abu Dhabi. He beat international medalist from Czech Republic, Lucas Piffko by knockout.

He was a national level swimmer and water polo player. In 2016, he moved to Dubai and started his MMA journey. During the time he has had the opportunity to train with some of the best in the world. Notably, Conor McGregor has referred to him as 'India's next heavyweight champion'.

On this episode we learnt about the art of MMA and about a man hell-bent on achieving his dream.

On this episode we had Sahiba Singh on to talk about the Wild Woman Archetype. The conversation was based on the book Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by author and poet Clarissa Pinkola. Sahiba elaborated on the archetype and also gave us a perspective on why we need to awake the Wild Woman within us. The conversation was largely about the role of masculine and feminine energies that we embody.

Based on the archetype of the Wild Woman, Sahiba has created a dance theatre production at her studio (Flux, Bangalore) titled 'Wild Woman Witchcraft' that shows the wild woman archetype in intuitive and visceral ways. 9 witches meet each other after a long time to cook soup together, using a secret recipe that goes beyond the realm of our mundane lives. The production explores what it means to be a wild woman in a world which is designed to make the wild spirit of the feminine forever apologetic. This is a story of courage and grace. Resilience and strength. Intuition and wisdom. This is a story of the ageless knowing. A story of those who ‘know’ and those who can see the unseen, bringing forth wisdom, freedom and sovereignty for themselves. This they do with utmost kindness and softness of character. This is truly the story of the feminine in its glory.

This episode was a look at the thought process behind this production.

Javier Rendon aka '1ofthe11' is a circus artist specialized in object manipulation hailing from Columbia. After completing his five year circus school, Javier Rendon believed in the power of art which drove him to specialize in other art forms; such as, music rap, dance, capoeira, theatre, show direction, and more. 

He founded the La Gota Circo Project in 2013 with the mission 'spread art to elevate mental and physical health'. La Gota means “The DROP” in Spanish; A drop of art can positively ripple beyond imagination. The crew has toured and preformed over 5000+ shows in 30+ countries.

On this episode, Javier explains his idea of art and the possibilities it has opened for him. He goes on to explain how he has made it his purpose to share art to the world. He is a simple man with the conviction to move mountains. It was a fun conversation and we felt renewed after.

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Sara G is an international DJ and an Emcee based out of Dubai. She has performed at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Azimuth festival, the launch of W Abu Dhabi and across multiple countries.

Sara is one of the most popular DJ's in Dubai and it seemed apt to release her episode on Women's day. On the episode we talk about how it feels to be behind the turntables, the scary leap to doing something that you don't know and the sense of community that comes with creative pursuits.

Abraham kept mixing up Dubai and Saudi but learnt the difference between the two. 

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Sahiba Singh is a Bangalore based contemporary dancer and founder of FLUX dance studio. Personally, she advocates the psychosomatic dance therapy as a way to integrate the emotional, cognitive and physical aspects of the individual. Her studio, FLUX, aims to bring about 'Change through Art' by bringing art into the focus of our day to day reality. The space serves as a space to create a lifestyle of free expression by bringing people together. Reach out to her or her studio for more details.
On this episode, we talk to Sahiba about her reasons to dance, the journey that lead to the creation of FLUX and dive into the reason that movement can serve as a form of therapy.

Varun Thakkar is an Indian professional sailor that represents India at international sailing events in the 49er class of the boat category. He has won a bronze medal in the 2018 Asian Games which was held in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Varun qualified for his debut in sailing at the Olympic Games 2020 after achieving first place in the 2021 Mussanah Open. He represented Team India at the Skiff – 49er Event in Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Listen to us sail through a conversation with Varun where we talk about his journey from competing with his friends to competing at the Olympics. We discuss how he left his piers behind and the lega-sea he's creating for himself. We got the opportunity to understand more about sailing, to see the ocean as his playground, and how important it is to save our oceans.