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LOVE AND FAITH

Mother’s bhakti,
son’s shakti

Ganesh Pai narrates how a glass of sweet sugar cane juice led him to experience his
mother’s love, which was infinitely sweeter

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W henever I see someone sipping seemed an eternity. With just two days to go,
sugar cane juice, an old incident I had lost hopes of appearing for my exams.
comes alive, like waves rushing Unable to handle the pain anymore, I told
my mother with moist eyes and a feeble voice
ashore. I was in my first year B.Com, and my barely audible even to me, “Aayee (Mother), I
won’t be able to write my exams.” 
exams were around the corner. It was a warm
When my mother heard this, it completely
summer in my hometown in Gadag, located shook her. The only thing my mother expected
from us siblings was academic excellence. I had
in the northern part of Karnataka. With the an excellent academic track record. Plus, I had
prepared well for my exams; I was aiming to be
temperature soaring north of 40 degrees a topper. This sudden turn of events had torn
apart all my aspirations. I could not imagine
Celsius, the city felt like a furnace. My brother seeing the marks card without any marks on
it. At that moment, my mother made all her
and I had gone out to run some errands, and on expectations subservient to my health. She was
all empathetic. With love in her voice, while
our way back, we decided to have a sugar cane keeping her emotions in check, she said, “It’s
OK, Beta (Son).” It was hard not to notice the
juice as we were thirsty. pain that was palpable in her voice. 

Life turns topsy-turvy Rock of Gibraltar
The next day, I suffered excruciating body pain. Despite this setback, she strengthened her
I thought it might be because of the heatwaves, faith and relentlessly kept praying for my
and that night, I developed a fever. When I met speedy recovery. In all this, my mother stood
our family doctor the day after, he prescribed beside me like a rock. Despite typhoid being
some medicine, and I continued with it for contagious, she would sleep next to me every
the next couple of days. Still, the fever did not night when I had a fever. Unable to see my
subside. My situation was getting worse with plight, she had arranged for all the amenities
each passing day. Then the doctor advised me in my room so that I didn’t have to step out for
to go for a blood and urine test. When I got the anything. It was not my fight alone; my mother
report, much to my dismay, I was diagnosed fought it with me. 
with typhoid. With barely a week to go for my
exams, my world had suddenly turned upside The night before the first exam was the most
down.  painful of all: it was the first time I was skipping
an exam in my life. Tossing and turning, I went
This news completely shattered my morale and to sleep. The next morning, I suddenly found a
left my family members speechless. My mother surge of energy in my body. I heard something
was visibly perturbed the most. I still vividly within me whisper, Go and write your exams.
remember seeing the pain in my mother’s eyes When I told my mother, “Aayee, I will go for
while trying hard to hold her poise to keep my my exams,” she was overjoyed beyond words.
sagging spirits alive. In a matter of days, my God had answered my mother’s prayers. She
study room resembled more like a private ward
in a hospital with medical equipment and
multicoloured tablets all around. 

Crushed by fever and excruciating body pain,
I had become too weak and was completely
bedridden. Even a single step felt like running
a marathon, and uttering a word felt like
having delivered a sermon for two hours. Time

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The night before the first exam was the most
painful of all: it was the first time I was
skipping an exam in my life. Tossing and

turning, I went to sleep. The next morning,
I suddenly found a surge of energy in my
body. I heard something within me whisper,

Go and write your exams.

worked like a machine and quickly made all back home after writing my last exam, it felt
the arrangements for me to go for my exam. like having won a battle.

As she applied sacred tilak on my forehead Aayee without equal
for my divine protection, I made a pact with The whole sequence was nothing short of
my mother. I told her, “Aayee, I will write only a phenomenon. It was as if my mother had
for one hour just so that I get passing marks.” negotiated hard with God for showering his
She replied, “Beta, write as much as your body energy when I needed it the most. In that
permits.” My brother dropped me at the exam one month or so, she did not care even for a
hall and waited outside, expecting me to leave moment for her well-being. Not even once was
in an hour. Somehow, after I got the question there any pain in her voice while attending
paper, I felt unstoppable and was glued to it to my sporadic health needs. The only thing
for three hours.  that mattered to her was my recovery. It was
her pure love that helped me conquer the
This sudden turnaround in my prospects was notorious typhoid virus. Will I ever be able to
a miracle unfolding right in front of my eyes. measure the depth of my mother’s love for me?
This routine persisted for all the papers. Given No. Because it is bottomless.
the prolonged fever and exhaustion, I would
tell my mother the night before that I may not A couple of months down the line, the university
write my next exam, only to bounce back from announced the results. I was delighted to know
my bed (much to my surprise!) and then go that I was one of the top three students. It was
and write my exams. Having done so, I would the triumph of love and faith over adversity.
return to be bedridden again. Under the weight My mother’s love, woven with devotion, had
of fatigue, there was no way I could prepare for manifested as my success. The success tasted
any of the papers. I would trust my memory as sweet as the sugar cane juice!
and flow while answering them. When I came

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SPIRIT Valuing our elders is one of the best things we can
do for ourselves, says Suma Varughese
Cherish your elders

I ndia has always been a from an active empathy and we can never repay that debt, but
nation that has respected understanding that we too may we can try. For our own sake, we
and venerated elders. need another’s support tomorrow. need to. In the Indian tradition,
Unfortunately, with the we have another concept: karma.
increasing influence of the West 2. Let us value our seniors: We Any movement towards spiritual
and the busy pace of life today, live in a culture that idolises youth evolution entails voiding our
we have become more and more and, in consequence, disparages karma to the greatest extent
indifferent to their welfare. Can old age. The loss is entirely ours. possible. And since the karma we
we sensitise ourselves to one of As someone who is a senior myself, owe to our parents is probably one
the most vulnerable sections of I can testify that I find myself of the biggest we will incur, we
society? The benefit, I hasten to infinitely more wise, capable, must get cracking at it. Moreover,
say, will be ours! I have written deep, kind, and loving than I was the same law of karma tells us that
down three points to get there: as a youngster. Youth went in a as we sow, so we reap. If we want
fog of confusion and ignorance. to be looked after and cherished
1. Remember, we are going to I understood nothing about life in our old age, let us earn the good
be old ourselves someday: We and, consequently, was very poor karma to do so.
forget some of the most important at living it. It was only when I hit
things in life. That we are going to the mid-30s that life began to yield My mother lived with me for the
get old; that one day, we are going some of its mysteries. If youth has last 20 years of her life, and they
to die. When the yakshi (nature energy, old age has perspective. were some of the happiest days
spirit) asked Yudhishthira (in We know what is important— of my life. About two-and-a-half
the Mahabharata) what the most relationships, integrity, health, years before her death, she had a
surprising thing on earth was, he and happiness. Moreover, seniors stroke and was paralysed. It was
replied that it was the fact that have the advantage of experience. a difficult time, but my sister and
death exists all around us and yet They truly have been there, done I tended to her devotedly. And
none of us thinks we are going that, whether it is buying a house, honestly, despite the difficulties
to die. And that’s true! When we getting married, having a baby, of the situation, I look back at that
remember that we too will one day or running a business. We need time as a happy one. Best of all,
have difficulty walking, seeing, to respect this deeply for it is not I have since felt released in many
hearing, and chewing, or be available in any school or college. ways to live my life, and I feel
weakened by illness and in need sure it is because I have voided
of help, or become financially 3. Let us take care of them: In the my karma with my mother to the
vulnerable, I think we will more Indian tradition, we are told that extent possible.
readily empathise with the no matter how much we do for
problems of the old. our parents, we cannot possibly Suma Varughese is a thinker,
equalise the debt we owe them. writer, and former Editor-in-
When we admit that our human It is only as we grow into being Chief of Life Positive. She also
trajectory will eventually lead us parents that we realise just how holds writer’s workshops. Write
to the shadowlands of old age, much we invest in our children. to her at sumavarughese@
then whatever we do for seniors How much love, how much hotmail.com.
will not arise out of patronage time, how much care, how much
or condescension but rather thought, how much pain. Perhaps We welcome your comments and suggestions on
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Swabhava andSHARING
Swadharma

Being true to yourself is how you discover your life
purpose, says Ajay Kalra

K now thyself ” is an ancient Greek turned and looked towards my grandfather. He
maxim. There is nothing more was looking at me sternly with big eyes, which
powerful than self-knowledge, and seemed to communicate that what I had said
was wrong. It made me fearful and uncertain
yet, there is nothing more lacking in the world. of myself.

Humans have conquered the moon, deciphered When our natural spontaneity and innocence
as children is invalidated by well-meaning
the speed of light, and connected the globe adults, we disconnect from our naturalness.
When people around us want us to behave
with the internet. But ask any person who they in a certain manner for social decorum,
appropriateness, and looking good in the eyes
are and they will most likely share their name, of others, we relinquish our natural feelings for
the sake of being liked by others. It is a process
gender, nationality, religion, social roles, and a of socialisation that everyone goes through to
some degree or the other.
few personality traits.
Swabhava: our inner guide
In the absence of self-knowledge, we mostly If, due to the need to fit in, we lose touch with
believe our self to be what we are told by our swabhava, our naturalness, then we have
others. We feel what is appropriate to feel. We lost the most precious thing in the world. For
think what the majority thinks. We do what it is only our natural essence that can help us
authority tells us to do. We constantly seek make choices that are beneficial to us. It is our
permission and validation from others for our inner compass. What is good for me may not
thoughts, feelings, and actions. be good for others and vice versa. But how will
I know? Only by having an inner faculty that I
Society deters can trust to guide me.
As a five-year-old, I was travelling by train
with my grandfather. It was an overnight
journey, and I had changed into a night suit. As
is typical of adults wanting to play with a child,
a man came up to me and said in a dramatic
voice, “At night, a rat will come and enter your
pyjama.” I spontaneously responded, “No, the
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In the absence of the inner compass, we are When our natural
left to the whims and fancies of the world. We spontaneity and innocence as
may end up spending a lifetime pleasing and children is invalidated by well-
looking good in the eyes of others. And hide meaning adults, we disconnect
the hollow emptiness within. We may seem from our naturalness. When
to serve the institutions of family, marriage,
corporation, and nation, but in the absence of people around us want
self-knowledge, it is not service. We are just us to behave in a certain
doing what we have been trained to do. manner for social decorum,
appropriateness, and looking
Our swabhava, made up of our values, good in the eyes of others, we
inclinations, and temperament, makes us who relinquish our natural feelings
we are. It creates the unique character of our for the sake of being liked by
being. It indicates what it is to be authentic to
our self. It tells us what we want and what is not others.
suitable for us. It tells us in which direction we
must take our life. comes naturally to me. It has always been there
for as long as I can remember. When I am
Swadharma: Our function in life teaching, even though I am playing the role of a
Knowing our swabhava is a prerequisite to teacher, I am just being me. There is no effort in
knowing our swadharma, our duty. Everything what I do. For me, to find my swadharma based
in the Universe has a natural function. It is on my swabhava, I had to undertake a journey of
part of the Universal Law. The function of trying different roles, before finding what came
the sun is to shine bright; the plants, to give naturally to me.
oxygen; and the birds, to fly. If we interfere
with the natural role of things, we upset the In harmony with the Universe
natural order of life. Swadharma is the honest expression of who
we are. And the reward for doing our natural
Swadharma is our unique contribution to the duty lies in the act itself. We feel joyful, strong,
world. Let me elaborate: The skills required and integrated. Because we are residing in our
for accountancy are not in my swabhava. naturalness. When we try to be like someone
No matter how hard I try, I can never be an else and adopt their path as ours, we deviate
authentic accountant. I can do a job as an from the natural order. We become a misfit in
accountant, earn a decent livelihood, and even the cosmic order of the Universe.
get promoted if I follow my boss’s instructions
and the company policies. But no power Swabhava and swadharma align our energy to
in the world can change my swabhava, my the Universal energy. We take our rightful place
natural self. On the other hand, an interest in in the natural scheme of things. We fit in with
philosophy, psychology, and personal growth Existence.

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MIRACLE

Awed by a bundle of joy

The experience of witnessing the miraculous birth of her grandchild sends
Jyoti Marianne Bahri into a poetic rapture

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S ince my daughter-in-law Andrea’s baby had not turned and was stuck
with the umbilical cord around its neck, it was mandatory to have a
caesarian. But a day before the scheduled procedure, Andrea felt uneasy,
and the labour pains started. My son rushed her to the hospital, where they got
everything ready for an emergency intervention.

Invoking divine blessings
It was an exhilarating cool summer day in Germany. We all sat waiting in our
respective homes. I lit up a candle and burned incense in front of a statue of
Mother Mary. Deeply engrossed in prayers, Monika, Andrea’s mother, and I
evoked divine blessings to ward off all negative influences as they do occur at
crucial transition points in life. We asked for grace to be present. Situations like
this make me feel very humble. Often, we take for granted that things will go
well, and I realise that nothing is predictable, nothing is certain.

Birth, the transition into life, is a crucial part of the life cycle. It is an essential
rite of passage. I deeply connected and held my breath. I made space for the
new phase to take place in our lives in gratitude and surrender. I had already
sat in the early morning hours and cleared the energies. I took Andrea and the
baby one by one into my inner heart space, prayed for their well-being, and
healed that part in me. I requested my ancestors’ lineage to help release the
old patterns and attachments, and bless the mother and the unborn child. I
visualised the shields coming in to protect them from unnecessary negativity
and evil interferences. Now, finally, the time had come to welcome the child.

Connecting with the baby, I could feel the intensity of the moment and the
medical procedure of bringing the child safely into this world. I could feel
the trust that everything was going well. I sat quietly and watched the circle
of related people and beings widening around the mother and the child, all
waiting patiently to welcome him with open arms—delighted about his arrival.

Beholding the baby
The atmosphere in the room grew more intense moment by moment. Suddenly,
as if the sky had opened, an incredible influx of light appeared and filled the

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entire space with sparkling light. The light of time and space. There it was, a tiny baby
compacted into a column of light with no holding us in awe, in an illuminating way. It
beginning and no end. There it was, a powerful finally arrived for eyes to see and hearts to
being manifested in a tiny body, giving a perceive. Spellbound, these words poured out
glimpse of its indescribable energy form and of me:
shape, an extension beyond the boundaries

In awe, we bow our heads With open arms, we receive you
struck by the spark of infinity pouring our love onto you.

You are the blissful self Receiving you in all this light
coming into this world and with all our love
with unimaginable beauty becoming one with you.

You gift everyone The world is holding its breath
with their own splendour creating the space to let you in.
you are reflecting on them.
Bells are ringing,
It is you who shines like a the chirping of the birds seizes.
thousand suns, illuminating
A moment frozen in time
the space all around you. holds you,

It is you that opens up To receive you in all your greatness
the hearts of everyone around you. in its most splendid form

You are flooding us with your love Swagatam, welcome my sweet baby boy
Overwhelmed, we open our hearts. with all your greatness, all your splendour

We are standing in a circle around you You come to us from a different world to shine
with tears in our eyes, we welcome you. To bring the essence of love.

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MUDRAS

Come alive with mudras

Abhay Kumar Shah shows us some mudras to help us enhance our beauty

Soorya Mudra Jnana Mudra Prana Mudra

Samana Mudra Varun Mudra Apan Mudra Prithvi Mudra

W inter has arrived, and everyone is concerned about skin dryness, hair
fall, etc. Today, I am going to share some beauty tips from Mudra
Vijnana, which maintains that beauty is more than skin-deep. A person

who is healthy and bubbling with energy is always considered a beautiful person

regardless of skin tone and body proportions. I have included this perspective too in

today’s article.

For cracked skin

Prithvi Mudra (16 minutes)
Touch the tip of the thumb to the tip of the ring finger, keeping the remaining three
fingers comfortably straight. Do it with both hands. Place the back of the palms on
the thighs or knees.

Varun Mudra (16 minutes)
Touch the tip of the little finger to the tip of the thumb. Keep the remaining three
fingers comfortably straight. Do it with both hands. Place the back of the palms on
the thighs or knees.

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This same combination can be useful for getting Prana Mudra (16 minutes)
rid of acne and pimples. It works well for anaemia Touch the tips of the ring and the little fingers
too. to the tip of the thumb. Keep the remaining two
fingers comfortably straight. Do it with both
For dry skin: to enhance the glow hands. Place the back of the palms on the thighs
or knees.
Varun Mudra (16 to 30 minutes)
For dull eyes
Apan Mudra (16 minutes)
Touch the tips of the middle and the ring fingers Dry eyes can rob all the beauty from one’s face. To
to the tip of the thumb. Keep the remaining two enhance the shine of the eyes, the following mudras
fingers comfortably straight. Do it with both are very useful:
hands. Place the back of the palms on the thighs
or knees. Prana Mudra (16 minutes)

For unhealthy nails Soorya Mudra (16 minutes)
Touch the tip of the ring finger to the root of
Dry, brittle, and coarse nails are a manifestation of the thumb. Keep the remaining three fingers
poor health. This can be rectified by: comfortably straight. Do it with both hands. Place
Prithvi Mudra (16 minutes) the back of the palms on the thighs or knees.
Varun Mudra (16 minutes)
Jnana Mudra (16 minutes)
For poor hair growth Touch the tip of the index finger to the tip of
the thumb. Keep the remaining three fingers
The growth and health of the hair are dependent comfortably straight. Do it with both hands. Place
on the Prithvi element. Boosting this element can the back of the palms on the thighs or knees.
resolve problems of hair loss, greying, and weak
hair. The best combination for overcoming hair Samana Mudra (10 minutes).
issues is: Touch the tips of all five fingers forming a bud. Do
Prithvi Mudra (48 minutes), immediately it with both hands, and place them gently on your
followed by: eyes. If necessary, give support to your elbows.

Abhay Kumar Shah is a mechanical engineer, who has learnt Mudra Shastra from experts and established his own
method of using this science correctly, and in the modern context. He can be reached at: [email protected]

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REVELATIONS

A life-changing book

Let the Mud Settle of desires, food, body, mind, how shedding them can make
Author: Sri Anish emotions, and breath, and is yet us realise that all there ever is,
Price: Rs 345 beyond all of it. He dedicates a was, and will be, is love.
Pages: 219 full chapter to food and eating
Paperback habits: how we eat, what we eat, In between, Anishji shares a
Publisher: Wisdom tree why we eat, and what time we note on relationships and a
must eat. Every now and then, heartfelt one to all mothers.
By- Navni Chawla he dwells on the importance The latter is extremely vibrant
of connecting deeply and and full of love, inciting a sense
Let the Mud Settle is a very experiencing the presence of of responsibility, sensitivity,
wise and lovely book authored the five elements of nature, for and poetry.
by Sri Anish, in which he has they carry huge intelligence
crystallised the true meaning within them to learn from. The choice of words used by
of life as simplicity, wonder, Anishji is extremely gentle,
beauty, and an expression of Time and again, Sri Anish simple, energetically pacifying,
all-encompassing love. emphasises on the bliss of and evokes a sense of peace. This
the transcendental state one book is like a poignant tale with
The author talks about the experiences through meditation a whiff of truth and an acute
awakenings he had in his and, hence, the importance awareness of oneself. I can say
life through body and mind of practising it regularly. He this with immense confidence
experiments, like yoga, and says that meditation could be that anyone who reads this
mindfulness. He begins by a way of life if one combines book and applies the knowledge
explaining the essence of every action with purity, offered by Sri Anish can have a
one’s being, which lies in mindfulness, and moment-to- life-transforming experience.
the interconnected matrix moment breath awareness. His He very aptly summarises
take on parenting, work, the art the purpose of life—to make
of listening, and happiness is all of us more loving, joyful,
impactful. One can learn to be empathetic, creative, wise, self-
conscious and aware, especially aware, and evolved beings. This
around children. book perfectly lives up to its
title as one can feel a certain
Sri Anish is inspired by the lightness towards the end of the
love that Rumi, Nanak, Kabir, book when one’s mental mud
Jesus, and Krishna spoke of. subsides so naturally while
He mentions all the barriers experiencing profound silence
that we build against love and between the words.

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BANYAN TREE

TEACHING STORY went and stood with a firm resolve for a whole
day in the field, his heart full of love for the birds.
LOVE TURNS THE TABLES The birds came and sat next to him. His intention
was so strong that he actually felt true love for
There used to live a hunter in the same locality the birds. Though now there were plenty of birds
as Saint Francis of Assisi. He would go into the around him, he had no intention to kill them.
wild with his bow and arrows, and wait in stealth
to hunt the birds. By the end of the day, he would THIS I KNOW
manage a few.
NIKOLA TESLA
Once on his way to the forest, he saw St Francis
standing in peace, in the same place where he • I don’t care that they stole my idea. I care that
had to hide for hours to find a bird. There were they don’t have their own.
tens of birds flocking around Saint Francis. They
were sitting around him and listening to him as • Be alone. That is the secret of invention. That is
he spoke to them gently. where ideas are born.

The hunter was puzzled; he thought, If I could • If you want to find the secrets of the universe,
catch birds that easily, I would become rich and think in terms of energy, frequency, and
life would be so easy! He went to St Francis and vibration.
asked, “Dear sir, how is it that birds come and
flock around you while they run away as soon as • T he scientists of today think deeply instead
I come near them?” of clearly. One must be sane enough to think
clearly. One can think deeply and be quite
St Francis smiled and said, “That is because they insane.
know my love for them is true. If you love them
truly, they will like you too.” • T he day science begins to study non-physical
phenomena, it will make more progress in a
The hunter observed St Francis for a couple decade than in all the previous centuries of
of days. He stood in the field with open arms existence.
and acted as if he was harmless. No bird came
anywhere near him. Disappointed, he went to St • A new idea must not be judged by its immediate
Francis and said, “Still no bird comes near me, results.
sir.”
• The gift of mental power comes from God, and
“I think the birds are not convinced that you love if we concentrate our minds on that truth, we
them truly,” said St Francis. come in tune with this great power.

The hunter resolved to give it his everything. He

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INSPIRATION ONE-MINUTE WISDOM

I WILL NOT DIE AN UNLIVED LIFE FATE VS DESTINY

I will not die an unlived life. To a woman who complained about her
I will not live in fear destiny, the Master said, “It is who you make
of falling or catching fire.
I choose to inhabit my days, your destiny.”
to allow my living to open me, “But surely, I am not responsible for being
to make me less afraid,
more accessible; born a woman.”
until it becomes a wing, “Being born a woman isn’t destiny. That’s fate.
a torch, a promise.
I choose to risk my significance, Destiny is how you accept your womanhood
to live so that which comes to me as seed and what you make of it.”
goes to the next as blossom, —Anthony de Mello
and that which came to me as blossom,
goes on as fruit.
—Dawna Markova

QUOTE

 “Life is very interesting. In the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest

strengths.” 

—Drew Barrymore

JUST FOR LAUGHS

CHILD PRODIGY

Mulla Nasruddin married a widow. Five days later she gave birth to a son.
Mulla went out at once and started to buy school equipment.
People asked, “Why are you buying all these things?”

Nasruddin replied, “If my boy has accomplished a nine-month journey in five
days, he will be ready for school any day now.”

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Dr Santosh Gupta, MD (Mitr Sut)
A doctor by profession, Mitr Sut is an author, a student of Vedanta, a spiritual
mentor, and a scientific researcher with many publications, including one on
spiritual transformation.

Charles Shahar
Charles Shahar is a teacher of yoga and meditation for the last 17 years.
A resident of Canada, he is currently based in the Kullu Valley, India.

Naini Setalvad
Naini Setalvad is a nutritionist, specialising in lifestyle and immunity disorders.
Her foundation, Health For You, throws light on healthy food habits.

Ajay Kalra
Ajay Kalra is a life coach, psychologist, yoga teacher and an author. He teaches
principles of mindful living through his monthly online classes, workshops,
writing and YouTube videos.

Ganesh Pai
Ganesh Pai is a senior finance professional, currently working in a deep-tech start-
up. Ganesh believes in leading a holistic life aspiring for materialistic abundance
while being spiritually rooted.

Jyoti Marianne Bahri
Jyoti Marianne Bahri is a teacher, a survivor, and an explorer of the inner world.
After a life-threatening accident, writing had become an essential healing tool as
well as her gift to the world.

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