EXPERTISE
Flavio A. Geisshuesler
The Change Guru
Why Choose 3PARADOXES For Your Transformative Journey?
Our founder, Flavio A. Geisshuesler, has accurately been described as a “Paradox” himself - his background is remarkably eclectic, his education uniquely interdisciplinary, and his personality formidably complex. Through a lengthy process of trial and error, he applied his diverse experiences to transform and improve his own life, gradually developing the Paradox-Approach to help others do the same. The result is more than just a methodology; it's the distillation of a life lived at the crossroads of paradoxes, designed to empower leaders just like you.
THE 3PRADOXES APPROACH
BUSINESS
CHANGE
COACHING
RESEARCH
MOBILITY
PSYCHOLOGY
MEDITATION
ACADEMIA
FLAVIO'S EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Flavio’s training is much more diverse than that of other leadership consultants. While educated in three of the world’s top business schools, his career also includes cutting-edge scientific publications subjects ranging from philosophy to psychology, linguistic mastery of a hyperpolyglot, prestigious academic appointments on four continents, and extensive experience in monasteries and retreat centers across the Himalayan mountains.
BUSINESS
Flavio received his Executive MBA from one of the top-ranked program of its kind at HEC Paris.
CHANGE
With a specialized certificate in Change and Leadership from the London School of Economics, Flavio brings cutting-edge leadership insights.
COACHING
Certified by INSEAD, Flavio's coaching is grounded in elite educational principles and rigorous practice.
RESEARCH
Armed with dual PhDs and a prolific publication record, Flavio integrates scientific precision into his approach to leadership.
PSYCHOLOGY
Leveraging his expertise in cognitive science and psychology, Flavio tailors strategies to your mental framework.
MOBILITY
Having lived in nine countries and mastering over a dozen languages, Flavio embodies cultural intelligence in his work with clients.
ACADEMIA
As a Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney with teaching experience on four continents, Flavio is recognized as a leader in the field of academia.
MEDITATION
Flavio's extensive training in secret Himalayan meditation techniques offers unparalleled introspective depth.
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FLAVIO'S JOURNEY AND GLOBAL FOOTPRINT
Ancient Languages:
Ancient Languages:
Biblical Hebrew: Advanced
Chinese: Basic
Mongolian: Basic
Pali: Intermediate
Sanskrit: Advanced
Modern Languages:
Arabic: Intermediate
Chinese: Basic
French: Advanced
German: Native
Hebrew: Advanced
Hindi: Advanced
Italian: Fluent
Nepali: Advanced
Persian: Intermediate
Russian: Intermediate
Spanish: Advanced
Swiss-German: Native
Tibetan: Advanced
Urdu: Advanced
Yiddish: Intermediate
Dive into the Vast Ocean of
Indo-Tibetan Meditation Practices
Flavio is one of the world’s foremost experts of Indo-Tibetan, also known as Tantric or Vajrayāna Buddhism. His research shows that meditation is not just about stress relief; it’s about leveraging change to boost your creativity, enhance your resilience, and stimulate a profound personal transformation. At 3paradoxes, he pioneers a unique approach, that blends his understanding of science, business, coaching, and leadership with his deep knowledge of some of the world’s most esoteric meditation practices.
LATEST BOOK RELEASE
Tibetan Sky-Gazing Meditation and the Pre-History of Great Perfection Buddhism
The Skullward Leap Technique and the Quest for Vitality
Description
Through a rigorous analysis of original scriptures and later commentaries, this open access book unearths a cornucopia of idiosyncratic motifs pervading the famous Tibetan sky-gazing meditation known as “Skullward Leap” (thod rgal). Flavio Geisshuesler argues that these motifs suggest that the practice did not originate in the context of Buddhism, but rather within indigenous Tibetan culture and in close contact with the early Bön tradition. The book argues that Dzogchen once belonged to a cult centered on the quest for vitality, which involved the worship of the sky as primordial source of life and endorsed the hunting of animals, as they were believed to be endowed with the ability to move in between the divine realm of the heavens and the world of humans.
The book also traces the historical development of the Great Perfection, delineating a complex process of buddhicization that started with the introduction of Buddhism in the 7th century, intensified with the rise of new schools in the 11th century, and reached its climax in the systematization of the teachings by the great scholar-yogi Longchenpa in the 14th century. The study advances an innovative model of meditation as an open-ended practice that animates practitioners to face the most challenging moments of their lives with courage and curiosity, imagination and creativity, and playfulness and excitement; qualities that are oftentimes overlooked in contemporary descriptions of contemplation.
REVIEWS
A bold work of scholarship, this book yields new perspectives on Dzogchen meditation. By tracing mythical, cultural, ritual, and psychological dimensions of the famed Skullward Leap technique through a quest for vitality and a hidden narrative of the sky-deer cult, scholars and practitioners are invited to reevaluate resonances and repercussions of the Heart Essence contemplative system in Tibetan Buddhism.
- Michael Sheehy, University of Virginia, USA
This striking book places Dzogchen firmly within Tibet's own early medieval culture and religious concerns, opening up new views of Tibetan Buddhist meditation as a whole.
- Geoffrey Samuel, Emeritus Professor of History, Archaeology and Religion, Cardiff University, UK