Philosopher · Writer · Teacher

Faith Gathoni

To investigate life's great questions.
To create while living them fully.
To offer what is found — in service.

Faith Gathoni

On the work

Philosopher, writer,
teacher.

My work is an inquiry into life's great questions — into meaning and embodied surrender, into questions of individual consciousness and its role in nonduality. It lives at the meeting point of thought and feeling, of intellect and experience, of science and spirituality, of embodied and reasoned knowing.

What I care about most — what I am most surrendered to as an artist — is the pursuit of knowledge and the awe it inspires. The embodied experience of meeting a truth and recognising it, at whatever level.

I count my work as my service to society; a debt for my talents. Through writing, conversation, and teaching, I offer what I am learning — in the hope that it may move, meet, or accompany others on their own path of inquiry.

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What I create

Work in many forms

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Writing

Essays on consciousness, culture, and matters of societal importance. Short fiction that holds the mythic. Poetry that breathes and expands — making space for what language alone cannot hold.

Essays Fiction Poetry
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Podcast

Intimate conversations about wellbeing, philosophy, art, culture, and the Pan-African spirit. Made for the deeply hearted — and offered freely to all who are listening.

Philosophy Wellbeing Pan-Africanism
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Speaking

Readings, keynotes, and conversations for communities, institutions, and gatherings — wherever people come together to think and feel more deeply.

Readings Keynotes Conversations
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Words on the page

The writing

Essay
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Essays on consciousness, culture, and the questions that matter most

Coming soon. Writing that lives at the meeting point of thought and feeling, intellect and experience, science and spirituality.

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Fiction
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Short fiction — mythic, intimate, and searching

Stories that move between the ancient and the urgent. Coming soon.

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Poetry
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Poetry that breathes and expands

Space for what language alone cannot hold. Coming soon.

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New work coming soon. Follow along on Substack.

"The reader and the listener are just as important as the explorer. What I find, I bring back — offered in service to our shared experience."

— Faith Gathoni

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The podcast

Conversations at the intersection of wellbeing, philosophy, art, culture, spirituality, and Pan-Africanism. For the deeply hearted.

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Episodes are on their way

Conversations at the intersection of wellbeing, philosophy, art, culture, and the Pan-African spirit.

The podcast is coming. For the deeply hearted — and offered to all who are listening.

Follow on Substack to be notified when episodes drop.

Published work

In print and beyond

Published work coming soon. In the meantime, read current writing on Substack.

Speaking & Readings

Words in shared space

Available for engagements worldwide — literary readings, keynote conversations, panel discussions, and institutional events. I can be invited to read my work live, in intimate settings or to larger gatherings.

The themes I speak to live at the intersection of consciousness and culture, of embodied knowing and intellectual inquiry, of spirituality and science, of African thought and its universal reach.

Consciousness & Nonduality
African Philosophy & Cosmology
Embodied Knowing & the Body
Spirituality & Science
Surrender, Awe & Creative Practice
Pan-Africanism & Belonging
Live Readings from My Work
Writing as Inquiry & Service
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Faith Gathoni
WANJIRU'S APOTHECARY

A space apart

Wanjiru's Apothecary —
yoga & contemplative practice

Where the body is teacher and breath is the only text that matters

This is the quieter world. The inward one. Where the body is teacher and breath is the only text that matters.

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Private Yoga Sessions

One-to-one yoga practice tailored to your body, your breath, and your present moment. Available in-person in Nairobi or online, wherever you are in the world.

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Group Yoga Practice

Small, intimate yoga classes that create space for collective breath. Hatha and restorative-focused. For those who wish to move and be still in community.

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Retreats & Workshops

Immersive yoga and contemplative experiences combining asana, philosophy, writing, and deep inquiry. Held internationally — wherever the invitation calls.

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About

On the work and the life

I investigate and explore life's great questions so that I — and those who journey alongside me — can deepen our communal connection, harmony, and compassion.

The reader and the listener are just as important as the explorer. I have always understood my role as service: to humanity, to life, to the conversations that make us more fully ourselves.

My writing spans essays on consciousness, culture, and societal life; short fiction that moves between the mythic and the intimate; and poetry that breathes and expands. I am drawn to the places where spirituality meets intellect, where Pan-Africanism meets personal interiority, where the ancient and the urgent speak to each other across time.

I am rooted in Africa — and I travel widely, especially across the Global South, gathering, listening, bringing stories back. I am a yoga teacher, a meditator, a contemplative in practice, and a student of the deeper sciences of the mind and heart.

Philosopher Writer Yoga Teacher Meditator Pan-Africanist Contemplative Traveller

Get in touch

Let's connect

I am open to conversation, collaboration, and connection from wherever you are in the world.

Speaking & Readings

For literary events, keynotes, panels, and institutional engagements — worldwide.

faith88.wanjau@gmail.com

Wanjiru's Apothecary

For private sessions, group practice, retreats, and workshops.

faith88.wanjau@gmail.com