Tesa Silvestre holds a degree in Law and Economics from the University of Pantheon-Assas, in Paris (1989), a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia College (1991), and a MA and M.Phil. in Political Science from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University, (1997).
After leaving Academia in 2001, she co-founded a small consulting company that worked for several years with visionary leaders, organizations and networks like the Fetzer Foundation, the Solar Circle, and the Tipping Point Network. In 2006, she co-founded a community organization in Cape Ann (New England) that focused on supporting collaboration amongst local leaders, innovators, and residents working on sustainability-related initiatives. Since 2009, she has been living a nomadic life between Bali, Europe, the Middle East, and the United states, writing and reciting poetry, experimenting with flow funding and grassroots philanthropy, connecting inspiring change-makers, and teaching whole body meditation.
Tesa speaks with Joanna about whole body meditation; paying attention to where the aliveness is; a larger kind of intelligence; the process of befriending ourselves; remembering the way of giving/receiving; life force, money and vulnerability; the flame of awareness; tender spaciousness; receiving together the Life Force.
”I Can’t Sit Still”, original music by Evarusnik
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Thank you. I am crying. I am thawing. I am expanding. I am saying yes to this journey. Blessings and deep gratitude.
Wonderful Interview Joanna…thanks Tesa for including us in your circle of gifting. Blessings ~jkl
Enriched and inspired by this touching and heart felt conversation.
Vulnerability and authenticity broadcasted directly from the heart reach out far and deep..
In gratitude, Isa
Good Day. I do indeed thank you both. For “Where The Aliveness Is” interview And the Marion Institute I Thank You All. Hilario
Thankyou Joanna, deeply, for introducing me to Tesa Silvestre in this powerfully interesting conversation. First it was so arresting, inspiring, informing and energetically liberating to witness Tesa articulate her illuminating somatic experience of your questioning. Moving from a brief description of ‘Whole Body Meditation’ to actualising it in conversation, allowing herself to be informed sensationally and enegetically from within.
And your generously offering this warm spaciousness that allowed the time for this unfolding. Then your own beautiful and courageous sharing of vulnerability on the topic of money. The synergy just went on building and my heart opened with you two gorgeously human beings. Blessings xxx
What a demonstration of the power of presence prsented here. Tesa has clearly shown in this interview a way of a deeper communication that is transformational and freeing on so many levels. A verbal dance of healing coming through the both of you.
Dear Joanna, I have just listened to your conversation with Tesa Silvestre ” Where the Aliveness is” and I want to thank you so much for this beautiful, intimate experience. I sense such a deep and gentle wisdom in both of you and I feel myself opening on many levels in response. What a gift you are giving to all of us.
With warm regards, Sophia Reinders
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