Miki Agrawal

So you're sort of forced to sit in a circle and see each other, look each other in the eye. And so we're putting these benches all over America right now.

So you're sort of forced to sit in a circle and see each other, look each other in the eye. And so we're putting these benches all over America right now.

So you're sort of forced to sit in a circle and see each other, look each other in the eye. And so we're putting these benches all over America right now.

And then the last thing we're doing, just in our first year kind of temple projects, is a study with UC Berkeley and the Greater Good Science Center on the science of collective dance, collective awe, so that doctors can begin prescribing social dance experiences that are sober to their patients as an antidote for loneliness, depression, isolation, and anxiety.

And then the last thing we're doing, just in our first year kind of temple projects, is a study with UC Berkeley and the Greater Good Science Center on the science of collective dance, collective awe, so that doctors can begin prescribing social dance experiences that are sober to their patients as an antidote for loneliness, depression, isolation, and anxiety.

And then the last thing we're doing, just in our first year kind of temple projects, is a study with UC Berkeley and the Greater Good Science Center on the science of collective dance, collective awe, so that doctors can begin prescribing social dance experiences that are sober to their patients as an antidote for loneliness, depression, isolation, and anxiety.

And I don't know if you know this, but like 75% of depression cases are from, you can guess, loneliness. Right? But, you know, we medicate depression and anxiety, but really the way to actually support or solve it is solving loneliness.

And I don't know if you know this, but like 75% of depression cases are from, you can guess, loneliness. Right? But, you know, we medicate depression and anxiety, but really the way to actually support or solve it is solving loneliness.

And I don't know if you know this, but like 75% of depression cases are from, you can guess, loneliness. Right? But, you know, we medicate depression and anxiety, but really the way to actually support or solve it is solving loneliness.

And you have to belong to yourself first. And so I have this whole compass of belonging, which is sort of a directional map that you can sort of like do for yourself. So whenever you're feeling lonely, you can just sort of ground in and you can say, okay, Alyssa, you know, in this moment, I'm feeling out of belonging. Let me just get into my compass. The north is the spiritual realm.

And you have to belong to yourself first. And so I have this whole compass of belonging, which is sort of a directional map that you can sort of like do for yourself. So whenever you're feeling lonely, you can just sort of ground in and you can say, okay, Alyssa, you know, in this moment, I'm feeling out of belonging. Let me just get into my compass. The north is the spiritual realm.

And you have to belong to yourself first. And so I have this whole compass of belonging, which is sort of a directional map that you can sort of like do for yourself. So whenever you're feeling lonely, you can just sort of ground in and you can say, okay, Alyssa, you know, in this moment, I'm feeling out of belonging. Let me just get into my compass. The north is the spiritual realm.

The south is the planetary realm. The west is your lineage, where you came from. And the east is your service. And as soon as you actually sit in those maps and you're like, you're touching another realm, which is sort of greater than you. And so you feel that relaxed, you're the, you're, you're, you're actually, your brain begins to relax when you're like, ah, there's something greater than you.

The south is the planetary realm. The west is your lineage, where you came from. And the east is your service. And as soon as you actually sit in those maps and you're like, you're touching another realm, which is sort of greater than you. And so you feel that relaxed, you're the, you're, you're, you're actually, your brain begins to relax when you're like, ah, there's something greater than you.

The south is the planetary realm. The west is your lineage, where you came from. And the east is your service. And as soon as you actually sit in those maps and you're like, you're touching another realm, which is sort of greater than you. And so you feel that relaxed, you're the, you're, you're, you're actually, your brain begins to relax when you're like, ah, there's something greater than you.

than me. And then you recognize when you go down in the South and you realize, oh, I'm part of a node of the planet. There isn't a word for separate in indigenous cultures. There isn't a word for lonely in indigenous cultures because we are all one with the planet. So as soon as you ground into this the energetics of the planet, you don't feel lonely.

than me. And then you recognize when you go down in the South and you realize, oh, I'm part of a node of the planet. There isn't a word for separate in indigenous cultures. There isn't a word for lonely in indigenous cultures because we are all one with the planet. So as soon as you ground into this the energetics of the planet, you don't feel lonely.

than me. And then you recognize when you go down in the South and you realize, oh, I'm part of a node of the planet. There isn't a word for separate in indigenous cultures. There isn't a word for lonely in indigenous cultures because we are all one with the planet. So as soon as you ground into this the energetics of the planet, you don't feel lonely.

And then when you look behind you and you realize, oh my gosh, I am the product of all this lineage, you know, behind you, your parents and your four grandparents, your eight great-grandparents, your 16 great-great-grand... You know, within 10 generations, it's 2,064 people that it took to get to you. And so you all of a sudden realize, like, you get to carry the legacy of,

And then when you look behind you and you realize, oh my gosh, I am the product of all this lineage, you know, behind you, your parents and your four grandparents, your eight great-grandparents, your 16 great-great-grand... You know, within 10 generations, it's 2,064 people that it took to get to you. And so you all of a sudden realize, like, you get to carry the legacy of,