CONSCIOUS CANDOUR | FIRESIDE CONVERSATION SERIES

Conscious Candour is an intimate, mindful monthly conversation series that brings incredible luminaries from all walks of life, within various industries, from Art, Fashion, Music, Film, Tech, Publishing, Wellness and more. Trailblazing humans who are thought leaders, changemakers and wisdom keepers in their space.

Each month Conscious Candour will host one guest to share their story, journey and impart their knowledge and wisdom. Helping to plant powerful seeds and support in the ideology that sharing our stories can be a powerful healing tool for growth and transformation.

Each fireside will take place at Mortimer House members club to a cool and discerning live audience, teamed with being live-streamed across various social platforms with global reach.

Conscious Candour brings the true art of conversation and community to life, while having people and planet at its core. With each event creating an opportunity for Consciously Connected Travel to pour back into its varied and rich global projects, causes and communities.

In a world that encourages us to endlessly move fast, we are choosing to slow it all the way down. Returning back to an essence of self and an immersion of the senses through sound and sight.

IN CONVERSATION WITH

SAM KANKANAMGE

24th july 2023

There has been a significant resurgence of interest in mindfulness and meditation, which has even evolved into a billion-dollar industry with apps and technologies aimed at supporting meditation practices. Naturally, this has led to some confusion about how meditation should be practiced.

Recognising that the right approach is one that resonates with the individual on their personal journey, Sam will lead a session sharing a variety of meditation techniques, providing participants with the tools to develop their own meditation practice.

The session will begin with a sharing circle, providing space for participants to share their current mindfulness practices. Sam will also delve into the science behind mindfulness meditation and then guide participants through different modalities of meditation, including one that offers a more experiential journey. The session will close with a sharing circle, providing an opportunity for participants to offer feedback and share how they feel after engaging in the various meditation practices.

Sam Kankanamge BSc (Hons) Osteo, DPO, Dip.Acu is an exceptional, world renowned healthcare professional, with over 25 years-experience transforming patients’ health, and has been called ‘the best back specialist in the country’ by The Times (2014).

Sam believes that helping people change their way of life is his skill and passion. His healing philosophy was strongly influenced by his earliest mentor and teacher, Anton Jayasuriya, the legendary Sri Lankan who introduced Acupuncture from China to the West, and ploughed back earnings from his best-selling ‘Bible of Acupuncture’ into treating a reputed million people free of charge.

In 2005, Sam founded the Sen Wellness Clinic in London’s medical district, a holistic healthcare centre offering osteopathy, acupuncture, yoga, meditation, community events and retreats in the UK, Europe, and beyond.

The same year he also set up the Sen Wellness Foundation, a registered UK charity which has funded free treatments for hundreds of children and their families in the UK and Sri Lanka. In recent years, the Foundation’s work has expanded to include environmental sustainability, launching an exciting reforestation initiative contributing to the fight against climate change, and promoting biodiversity and livelihoods in Sri Lanka.

Sen Wellness Sanctuary is the result of Sam’s dream to support people in an even deeper way, and realising his vision of combining his experience working in the West with his Sri Lankan heritage, rooted in Ayurvedic traditions. His sensitive understanding of these different cultures, mindsets, challenges and needs is reflected in the authentic retreat centre he has created.

Sam is deeply committed to shifting his own level of consciousness and to bringing about positive consciousness changes on both individual and collective levels. He is a founding partner of SARSEN®, a global leadership movement to expand consciousness and spark profound personal and systemic transformation for the greatest impact.