What does conscious breathing have to do with a corporate boardroom? How does recognizing the nature of thought and how it arises, spontaneously out of a spacious and empty arena of consciousness, effect the way that an executive makes a decision in a moment of crisis? Even ten years ago talking about spirituality and awakening was a total taboo in the business world. Then the advancement of technology caused everything to happen quicker and quicker, increasing stress in the workplace so much that there began to be an opening. Yoga and stretching before work, short periods of meditation before the meeting, and on-site massage therapists have become more and more prevalent in the last years. But all of that is just a band-aid relative to what is possible. Stephen Josephs has been a business consultant working with corporate executives for more than thirty years and is the co-author of Leadership Agility. He is also an accomplished and long time practitioner of yoga and meditation. Stephen has guided many senior executives into deep and abiding realization for their true nature. He has documented the way that this realization, previously thought of in the realm of mysticism, impacts their capacity to lead. Join Stephen and Arjuna for this fascinating dialog about how awakening is entering the workplace.

Arjuna Ardagh is an Awakening Coach and also trains others to become Awakening Coaches. He is author of the 2005 National Best Seller “The Translucent Revolution,” as well as seven other books, and many audio and video products. He has appeared on television, radio and in print in more than 20 countries. Arjuna teaches the “Deeper Love” seminar with his wife Chameli. Together they live in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, along with their two teenage sons.

Stephen Josephs' 30-year executive coaching practice has grown through decades of training and research. In the 1970s he began “modeling” exemplary leaders, identifying the unconscious thought processes that allowed them to outperform others by significant margins. Currently, with his knowledge of business performance, psychology, and mind/body disciplines, he helps leaders attain new levels of agility. His clients include: Adobe Systems, Autodesk, Cerulian Technology, Corning, Dell Computer Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, Natural MicroSystems, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, A.T. Gregorian & Sons, Ipswich Shellfish Co, Meritage, Red Lion Inn, and Westin Hotels.