Episode 3: Transforming Reaction to Response
Can interruptions be a positive force in transforming violence to peace? We can use specific breathing patterns to pause, bring our mind and bodies into the present moment, and “turn question marks into exclamation points”.
Join our conversation with Mandar Apte, a petroleum engineer whose career and purpose evolved into social innovation. We talk about how daily inner recalibration through breathing techniques can connect our emotions, feelings and actions and help us manage conflict by peaceful means.
Mandar’s current work on interrupting violence draws upon his time at Shell creating and managing their GameChanger program to foster clean energy startups – one of the early corporate social responsibility efforts. A recognized practice leader, Mandar brings nearly two decades of studying, practicing, and teaching meditation to thousands of leaders across four continents (including over 2000 colleagues while an engineer at Shell).
Links
To learn more about We Interrupt this Podcast and to suggest people we should talk to and topics you think we should explore, please see our webpage at: https://www.weinterrupthis.com or contact us on twitter at @HaakYak. Learn more about Mandar on his LinkedIn page, and his work interrupting violence at Cities for Peace at https://cities4peace.org/.
Credits
The intro and extro music is Bartok’s "Melody with Interruptions", Mikrokosmos, Volume 6, played by Dr. Alan Huckleberry, for The University of Iowa Piano Pedagogy Video Recording Project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt3CimYcisU
The segue music is “Silky” by Musicwithsoul, under license from Tribe of Noise BV.
The Podcast image is “Earth - lava- clouds” Attribution: Derek Zabrocki, National Geographic https://zabrocki.artstation.com/projects/E66D0
