Following The Spark

The Conscious Consultant Hour

This week, on The Conscious Consultant Hour, Sam is joined by International Meditation Teacher, Nandar Matari.

Nandar is a mediation coach with 28 years of proven mediation experience. She was born and raised in Myanmar (Burma), where she learned Vipassana mindfulness meditation. Later in her career, as a consultant and sales manager in financial services, she was trained in Neuro Linguistic Programming techniques to improve her own personality for better performance. Over time, she began to train her fellow team members, leading to her being named Best Team Leader in the company in 2011.

Nandar was born and raised in Myanmar (Burma), where she started learning and practicing the precious ancient methods of mindfulness and meditations from many Buddhist monks and masters. She worked in different careers as English Teacher in Myanmar, Financial Consultant and later as a Sales Manager and Recruiting Specialist in Germany.

In spite of her great professional successes, she did not feel fulfilled and she decided to follow her passion of teaching meditations since 2014.

After further study in mind, body and spirit correlations and energy healing, Nandar began to understand the healing, spontaneous change and quantum shifts that occur when people get in touch with their own souls and begin seeing their feelings and emotions from a higher perspective. Out of her background, experience and studies, she has developed a series of powerful meditations which can transform your life in a short period of time.

She has created different forms of guided meditations and taught to a couple of thousand people in groups and individual settings in Frankfurt, New York City, Myanmar, Singapore and Zurich in the past 8 years. She is currently living in Zurich, Switzerland.

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Show Notes

Segment 1

Sam begins the podcast reading an excerpt from his book “Everyday Awakening: You Are More Powerful Than You Know.” The passage focuses on our tendencies that focus too much on doing, and how we must rather focus on being. Sam finds that when we take the time to focus on what we want to BE, what we want to DO becomes increasingly more obvious. He warns that a persistent focus on doing can become a trap, hooking us on pursuing the next goal, the next thing to do, But if all we focus on is what to be, then are we actually DOING anything? Harmony is the key, and Sam reiterates that it takes time to master this flow, but the reward is very worth it

Segment 2

Returning from the break Sam asks Nandar more about her life after studying meditation at the monastery. Nadar’s first meditation experience was in 1993, after this experience instead of following in her parents wishes for her to attend medical school, instead she decided to follow her pursuits in meditation globally, for a short time visiting the Taiwan border region in order to see and experience the tragedies going on there their firsthand. After this she pursued a career as an English teacher, frequently returning to the Buddhist monastery she studied at in her years post high school. After some time Nandar found it imperative to leave Myanmar and the surrounding region due to the increasingly hostile political climate. After some trials in finding where to go and how she would get there, ultimately Nandar left for Germany in 2005. Upon arriving in the country she started the process of establishing herself professionally all over again, now having to learn German and financial consulting at a new company. Nandar cites her time, training, and consistency in meditation as the driving force behind her journey, often finding herself listening to her heart to make decisions regarding the directionality of her career/life path, urging listeners to follow in her steps to achieve the proper balance and understanding of our driving forces that we all need in our lives.

Segment 3

Returning from the break, Sam asks Nandar about her motivations and inspiration behind the efforts of spreading the knowledge of daily meditation and self awareness. Nandar remarks that the process was less associated with any individual incident but rather was the culmination of many realizations and experiences throughout her life, having reached various positions in a field she was less than enthusiastic about and finding that the accomplishments were not fulfilling her need for self awareness. After this process of realizing her unhappiness in her career, Nandar says it was guidance from God that finally gave her the vision of spreading her awareness and skills in meditation to others, it was after following in this goal that she began to feel her own depression and unfulfillment shed away. Sam segues into asking what differences and what benefits can come from various forms of meditation, such as group meditation or solo, and for what kind of people these are ideal for. Nandar explains that each individual person will respond to different forms of meditation with varying levels of success and interaction, and that it is most important for them to find what works for their needs. She does however stress that oftentimes group meditation can better facilitate learning and opening up better than personal pursuits in meditation.

Segment 4

Nandar is currently working on a Book “Following the Spark '' focusing on following each individual person’s inner path and desire, letting it guide them in their lives to where they need to be emotionally, spiritually, professionally, and physically. Her other book “Beyond Limits' 'is about the universal principles that guide our universe, and how we can live our lives in line with these basic principles of life and spirituality. She hopes readers can use these concepts to overcome their limiting thoughts and belief systems, and instead lead a life based on our personal desires. Sam and Nandar go on to talk about how they have found the pandemic has changed the number of people who seek out spiritual guidance, finding that the pandemic has led many people to focus on their own mental state and seek spiritual help. Nandar finds that people oftentimes seek out inner control and stability during difficult times, leading to the influx of people interested in Meditation. Before leaving Nandar urges that anyone interested in learning more about Meditation and her pursuits and methodologies should seek her out on her website; as well as Facebook and Linkedin where listeners can find recordings of her guided meditation as well as other services and resources for meditation and related pursuits.

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