22 Questions With Nadia Aqila Shafika: At 22, The Visionary Behind the Crown Chakra & Throat Transmission Models
We asked her 22 questions — the kind that go beyond the résumé and into the moments that made her.
1. If your Crown Chakra Model had a playlist, what would the opening track be?
Dark Paradise by Lana Del Rey.
2. Which award ceremony made you feel like you were living in an alternate reality — in the best way possible?
The one where I won six awards in total. It felt surreal.
3. You've done 7 joint research projects with your boyfriend — if those were a Netflix series, what would the title be?
This Is Only the Beginning. Or, if I'm feeling playful, The Adventure of the Handsome Tiger and the Shapeshifting Horse.
4. What's the wildest 'aha moment' you've ever had during research at 3 AM?
Changing my bedsheet at 1 AM and suddenly crafting my boyfriend's pseudonym.
5. If your younger self could walk into your life today, which part of your work would she not even believe is real?
That everything which gave me this future is the exact thing I feared most — and the exact thing I wanted — and the thing people shamed me for.
6. You've turned Yapping Some Insight from a podcast into Instagram posts — what's the most rebellious thing you've ever said on it?
That I'm done polishing my words. People need to hear them exactly as they are.
7. What's one question nobody's ever asked you about the Throat Transmission Model that you wish they would?
I wish people would realize this is the one thing I've been struggling with most of my life because I lacked clarity. It's deeply personal.
8. Which moment in your life felt like the universe grabbed your shoulders and said, 'This way'?
COVID-19.
9. When did you first realize people were scared or shaming you for wanting to explore spirituality?
Back in school, when I wanted to talk about zodiac signs in astronomy class.
10. If you could put one sentence on a billboard for every hopeless 17-year-old to see, what would it be?
Hold your vision, lose your eyes and jump.
11. Which project you've done felt like the biggest leap of faith — and how did you land?
My podcast. Because people often twisted my words — but I still did it.
12. What's something you know now about 'success' that you couldn't have understood before winning your first award?
That my suspicion isn't 80% correct — it's 100%. The more people see you as successful, the more they try to leech into you.
13. If you could invite three historical or fictional characters to study your systems, who would they be and why?
Queen Elizabeth I, Peter Pan, and Hurrem Sultan (Roxelana) — each of them mastered transformation in their own way.
14. When you're researching, do you feel more like a scientist, an artist, or a rebel?
A rebel with a scientist's mind.
15. Which award win made you think, 'Maybe the world is finally catching up to me'?
My first one: the Ultimate Compatibility Research Award.
16. What's the most unusual place you've ever worked on your spiritual models?
The bathroom. Or during advanced reverse planks in Pilates.
17. If spirituality hadn't saved your life, where do you imagine you'd be now?
Speaking at a UNESCO conference or studying international relations.
18. Which Instagram post of yours carries the deepest personal story — but most people missed it?
A cover song of Peace by Taylor Swift.
19. What's a single sentence you've heard in your life that you still carry with you?
'It doesn't matter what you do as long as you're the best at doing it.'
20. Which part of the Crown Chakra Model do you secretly think could change the whole world if people just got it?
The connection between the Physics Crown and the Result Crown — because divine knowledge without execution will make you repeat the lesson until you master it.
21. What's the most unexpected skill your entrepreneurial journey has given you?
Realizing my perception and overthinking skills are actually my greatest tools.
22. If this interview was sealed in a time capsule, what's the one thing you'd want the 2125 version of you to know?
You're doing all right. Keep going.
Why She's One to Watch
Nadia's work refuses to fit into a single box. It's equal parts ancient knowledge, scientific rigor, and fearless expression. Whether she's winning international awards, dismantling misconceptions about spirituality, or building research models that merge the esoteric with the executable, she's shaping conversations the world hasn't even started having yet.
And if her Netflix series ever does get made — we'll be watching.
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