How is it that I am posting about my experience of hosting A-Fest almost 3 weeks ago in Jamaica?
How is it that my tribe is such an extraordinary group of human beings with such massive hearts, incredible visions, and stellar dance moves?
How is it that I came to be trusted to serve and guide this tribe with my gifts of joy, playfulness, comedy, and connection and to give back to the family of people that I love at Mindvalley and my fellow A-Fest Attendees? The HOW is for another post so instead, I'll just take a second to focus on the WOW!
I am in AWE of the caliber of people who are accepted to and attend A-Fest! This marks my 3rd A-Fest and it never ceases to amaze me just how incredible you all are! There are close to 400 people there so it’s impossible to meet everyone, but I always walk away with a handful of truly meaningful connections and deepened relationships with people who will likely be in my life forever!
I am BLOWN AWAY by the speakers, who not only come and share their world-shifting wisdom and ideas but who stick around and party with everyone for the entire 4 days of the event - never sectioning themselves off and instead really connecting with the other attendees.
***(Thank you Steven Kotler, Devon Harris, Gelong Thubten, Daniel Pinchbeck, Kenny Aronoff, Lisa Nichols, Jim Kwik, Nichol Bradford, Marisa Peer, The Iceman (Wim Hof), Chris Keane, and OF COURSE Vishen Lakhiani)
I am INSPIRED, IMPRESSED and SO GRATEFUL for the entire Mindvalley Team (especially the rockstars on the events team) for what they are able to not just "pull off" but to create something SO memorable that, for many, it is one of THE greatest experiences of their entire lives.
Plus, this being my first time hosting, working behind the scenes with the whole MV team was nothing short of phenomenal. Thank you for your guidance, your support, and for setting me up to win when I went up on stage to do my thang!
***(Sending RIDICULOUS amounts of gratitude to the MV Team members I worked with the closest and who made this experience even more phenomenal than I ever thought it could be: Miriam Gubovic, Kadi Oja, Tanya Lopez, Rebecca Ambler, Jeffrey Perlman, Jason Campbell, Kristina Mänd-Lakhiani, Agata Bas, Dorota Moon, Lolla Abbas, Triffany Linda Leo, Natalia Sloma, Zenas Chin, Alvaro Sanchez Martinez and so many others! I could literally tag 50 people here and still likely miss someone truly special and amazing!)
Thank you my soul sister and co-host Virginia Salas Kastilio for bringing all of her love, caring and spirit to everything we did together!
Thank you to the rockstar ninja photography team of Paulius Staniunas, Kersti Niglas, and Karen Härms who always seem to know exactly where to be and exactly what to do to capture the moments we never want to forget.
Thank you to Skip Kelly for your creativity and giving us the gifts of your video creations that allow us to re-live the greatest moments of A-Fest anytime we choose!
Thank you to DJ Sammy Taggett for being one of the funnest/funniest humans I know, having an enormous heart, for being a TRUE showman and for always having my back when we were rocking the parties together! Big things coming homie!
And last but certainly not least, thank you to a man who I think is actually a genius cyborg from the future who has a vision for humanity that I don't think any of us know just how huge and impactful it is.
A man who, through his creation of Mindvalley, A-Fest and the work that has spun out of those creations has had a direct (and significant) impact on my life and my business. A man I am grateful to have entrusted me with this honor of hosting A-Fest and even more grateful to call a friend - the one and only Vishen Lakhiani!
Thank you for being a stand for what is possible when we turn ME into WE and aim at the collective good of humanity being lifted to a new level of greatness and possibility!
If you have never been to A-Fest, it has the potential to change your life!