PECHAKUCHA GOA VOL.7_EAT PRAY LOVE
Event Information
EAT PRAY LOVE! Is the theme for Vol. 7 of our enormously successful PechaKucha Goa Event. We will explore the various meanings, feelings and reactions to Food, Spiritually and Love or Sex. You are in for a crazy night as our amazing speakers unfold their magical stories.
After the launch of our super successful 'SPEED NETWORKING' event at the last PechaKucha Goa, we decided to make it a regular feature of all PechaKucha Nights Goa events. So we are back with bigger and more exciting 'SPEED NETWORKING' this time.
The 'SPEED NETWORKING' event will start at 6.30pm till 7.30pm followed by PechaKucha Goa Vol. 7_EAT PRAY LOVE'. Free welcome drink on arrival for Speed Networkers.
When you register for PechaKucha Goa-Speed Networking, It gives you access to PechaKucha Goa Vol. 7_EAT PRAY LOVE' as well. We've limited tickets for speed networking so PRE-REGISTRATION is a MUST
EARLY BIRD Rs.299
GENERAL ADMISSION Rs.399
WALK INS Rs.500
SPEED NETWORKING + EVENT Rs.499 ( No walk ins for speed networking, pre registration a must, free welcome drink on arrival for Speed Networkers)
FOOD & DRINKS
There will be food and drinks available at the venue for you to purchase. For Health & safety reasons, no outside food or drinks allowed at the event.
Here is a list of our amazing speakers:
Pooja Bedi is a prominent TV, Film, Media and entertainment personality. A School topper, efficacious professional, supermom, healer, therapist, adventurer and a Happy Soul. Her journey into healing sciences includes certifications in Karuna & Usui Reiki, heal your life, Magnified healing, NLP, clinical hypnosis, shamanism amongst others. She is the founder of Happy Soul & is set to launch an entrepreneurial wellness website this year.
Shagun Mehra was educated in hospitality at Switzerland’s Ecole Les Roches, and fine-tuned her culinary skills at Paris’ Le Cordon Bleu. She recently completed a training at the Basque Culinary Center in San Sebastián and while in Spain, cooked a 4-Hands dinner with top Barcelonian chef Xavier Pellicer. Shagun co-founded the first accredited Wine School in India and with her passion and enthusiasm about wildlife conservation, she co-found the Ear to the Wild Foundation.
Author of Untold Lies, a book of storyoems - stories that become poems
With extensive experience in the creative field in both NZ and India, Raga is a seasoned entrepreneur and is currently the director of Speaking Minds. Now a sought-after speaker and social influencer herself on the subject of diversity and LGBT as well as being the South Asian Ambassador for Diabetes UK. Raga has appeared on the BBC, Sky TV, Channel 4, ITV and TVNZ to share her personal story and views.
Valerie D’Silva is a Singer/Songwriter from Mumbai who has now found home in Goa. For her, listening to music is just not enough. Writing is the story of her life. Composing and playing instruments is the metaphysical essence of her soul through sound and all that remains is to share that experience with the world. She plays the guitar as she sings her self- composed songs but the keyboard is what she considers her soul instrument as she loves to compose soundtracks in order to use sounds to create depth in her compositions.
Rochelle is a spoken word poet based in Goa. She writes about her travels, cultural influences and personal experiences. Her poems give voice to feelings of displacement, love and loss. She curates storytelling experiences and workshops. She has been a part of numerous literary fests and has performed on stages across India, Australia, Malaysia and Nepal. Both her spoken word albums (A Thin Veneer of Coping and Best Apology Face) are available on Bandcamp/iTunes/Spotify. Her poetry book, When Home Is An Idea, has been widely appreciated as a conduit to talk about identity and belonging. She endorses hugs.
About the poet - Priyal Woodpecker is a Goa-based poet & artist who identifies herself as a multiverse gypsy clown. She explores and interprets Anthropological Storytelling through writing, visual arts, handicrafts & film-making.Priyal has performed poetry in Vietnam, Cambodia, Egypt, Nepal, Uganda & India. Her poetry is a provocative vomit of existential truths; exploring the nature of identity, gender, violence, sexuality, dissent, love, feminism & freedom. Wildly queer, her poetry is futility's purpose & equality's dream. While in the backyard, Anger is busy seducing Sorrow.
Dr. Priyanka Sahasrabhojanee is a Consulting Psychiatrist based in Porvorim, Goa. She did MBBS and MD from Goa Medical College.
Apart from her consultation in clinics and multi-speciality hospitals, she also does community awareness workshops on mental health.
She has recently launched a YouTube channel called 'The Goa Therapy' where she shares interesting facts about the human mind while showing some of the most scenic places in Goa. Apart from mental health, she takes keen interest in weight training and exercise physiology.
Mohini Srishati is a Versatile woman and surfing in real life through different roles of being a Mother, Tantrica, Business woman, Evolution expert and a Traveller. She transcends norms and stereotypes and is a gentle reminder and inspiration to those of us who wish to do the same.She aims to make spiritual teachings more accessible and easier digestible for people looking to expand deeper physically, mentally and emotionally. She likes to inspire people to make change and live life consciously and in celebration. Being a Tantrica she likes to spread message of living a sexually empowered and embodied life.
Her existential explorations through art led her to a few ever expanding self-realisations, one that she is a dirtbag, not quite literally, but she surrenders to the natural forces, in a way ‘windblown’, that makes her crave for truth and greater understanding of her being. She is busy unlearning and relearning invisible essentials most times.She is an “EXOTICDIRTBAG” , she feels in this dimension, an honest discomforting,challenging and courageous,reflective bundle of dirt filled in a bag made of wonder, kindness and love
Running away from home with a politician at the age of 16 is only the start of the adventures of this rebel woman. Influenced deeply by her maternal grandfather (an Oriya Artist and art historian who worked closely with Intach in Odisha) the indigenous and the fringe (in art and spirituality) always held her curiosity. Having lived in and experienced the freak & fringe worlds of Puri in Orissa, Kodaikanal in Tamil Nadu, Pulga and Old Manali in Himachal, she choose to settle down in Goa, to set up base camp and raise her children. Finding in Goa, a healthy balance of community and personal space afforded, to be able to live in an ethos of cultural and spiritual freedom - a place that truly felt secular.
In one, Zoey Priyanka Soans has lived many lives. She has been a Telugu actor, playback singer, former Indian idol contestant, teacher, social worker, IT professional, counsellor, motivational speaker, wanderer...She is currently a part of a band named Hard Attack. When she's not working on her book, she is seen working in and around the valleys of Kashmir, or the city of gardens—Bangalore.
Ash Chandler is a multitalented performer. His journey as a performer is truly remarkable. A journey that has taken him across four continents and thousands of performances. He is not only India’s first English language standup comedian but also a singer, actor and a composer - in short a complete entertainer. An accomplished singer Ash has released a top selling Hindi Pop Album, titled Husn, with Magnasound. He performs in a variety of styles including Jazz, Pop, R&B and Rock. He has put together a talented ensemble of Musicians to form, The Ash Trays, a truly versatile Band. In India, Ash is seen in movies like Guzaarish, Shikhar, Mixed Doubles and My Bollywood Bride.
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