Samatva - Finding The Balance

Trust is built in small moments, and broken in them too.
If broken promises have made you guarded, your body is protecting you, not failing you.
Mindfulness gives you room to tell caution from old pain.
Save this for the next time you feel braced. Share it with someone who keeps their word.

[trust, mindfulness, nervous system, betrayal, somatic healing, emotional wellbeing, Samatva]

Manifestation gets dismissed as wishful thinking, and sometimes it deserves to be.

Doctor James Doty, a Stanford neurosurgeon, offers a sharper view. His book Mind Magic opens with a blunt statement that the universe does not care about you.

That is the point. Nothing arrives because we wish for it. When our attention is intentionally focused on what we want and why, change becomes possible.

He treats manifestation not as a way of gaining wealth and possessions, but as a daily practice, built on attention, meditation, visualization, and compassion, the practices that change brain structures.

Years earlier, in Into the Magic Shop, he told of the lost boy he once was, taught by a woman named Ruth to relax the body, steady the mind, open the heart and clarify the intention.

Notice the order. The heart comes before the goal.

Manifestation without compassion is only wanting, louder. With it, a goal becomes something that also serves the people around us.

So begin gently. Settle the body, quiet the mind, and get honest about what you want, and why, and who else it might serve.

[manifestation, mindfulness, neuroscience, neuroplasticity, compassion, intention, attention, visualization, meditation, selfawareness, mindfulliving, wellbeing, samatva]

Selfishness is not a flaw in a few people. It is the default setting of a brain built for survival, and fear makes it louder.

When we are on the receiving end, the real wound is the story we build around it. Mindfulness helps us tell the fact from the story, and stay generous with open eyes.

Kindness can be trained, and a society grows kinder one nervous system at a time.

Save this for the day you feel disillusioned, and share it with someone who needs a discerning heart. [mindfulness, selfishness, psychology, emotionalintelligence, compassion, selfawareness, humanbehaviour, somaticawareness, neuroplasticity, mindfulliving, wellbeing, samatva]

Planning this retreat has been a test in resilience, trust, faith… location changed, venue changed, dates changed… a part of me felt perhaps it is a sign to let be but then another part said “ Change is the only Constant”… so with a heart full of hope, trusting the path to open up with the right sangha, to arrive…holding my intention to let my offering be simple, pure, sacred, and healing… it will be alright ☘️do message me for details and to confirm your presence at the Mindful Retreat, November, 2026, with love and Gratitude 🙏🏽 [Mindful Retreat, Mindfulness, Trust the process, Nature, Healing, Corbett, Slow down, Rest]

This November, when the festivities are over, but the air is thick with pollution, the heart longs for rest… take a moment… join us in Jaagar, Corbett… fresh air, trees, stars, deep conversations at the bonfire, rituals and practices to soothe the soul…and if you wish to stay back… all safaris will be open…including Aampokhra, Bijrani, Dhikala, Dhela, Jhirna, Garjiya, Phanto…if you wish to work…stay back post the retreat…Jaagar will have a creative package for you. Take a leap of faith, Trust the process… I am looking forward to your presence…just 7 cottages with acres of land, surrounded by forest… connect with me for saving a place for you or any other information…with gratitude & love ☘️🩷[ Mindful retreat, Mindfulness, Meditation, Gratitude, Self awareness, Inner-work, Rest, Reset, Clean air, Peace, Universe has my back]

“Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.”
Pema Chödrön

Perhaps that is what this year has been quietly teaching me.

Every year, around this time, I begin planning my retreat. This year, there were unforeseen uncertainties, and somewhere along the way, my energy became depleted. I found myself in a quiet void, not quite knowing what the next step was.

That is where the knowing that the Universe has my back stepped in… it knew what I needed before I did…Serendipitously, the very first space where I held my retreat reached out, something opened up…as if I was looking for signs.

One of my favourite teacher’s gatha echoed in my mind “ Present Moment, Wonderful Moment”Thich Nhat Hanh a reminder that whatever I was feeling would pass, simply to stay present to what is arriving…

When Jaagar called…I simply visualised the forest, the trees, birdsong, open skies, stillness. Nature healing me, healing us…I now understand that there was a need for the comfort of the known. A place that already holds memories, where it feels familiar, where I can arrive without having to create everything anew.

Pico Iyer writes so beautifully about stillness and coming home to ourselves… this is my little coming home too.

The other space still has my heart… it will happen in its own time. I am learning that not every beautiful possibility needs to happen now.

Mindfulness is also this, noticing. Trusting, making space for uncertainty, allowing life to unfold…

So this year, I am trusting that some journeys are planned…Others reveal themselves along the way…

[Retreat, Mindful Retreat, Meditation, Rest, Peace, Stillness, Quiet, Forest, Trees, Universe has my back, Inner work, Self coaching, Gratitude, Corbett, Mindfulness]

I know I know, the attention span is negligible, most do not read, yet I hold a “relentless hope” that my stories, my experiences will be noticed… we may have meaningful conversations around our lives, our world today… [mindfulness, meditation, life experiences, sharing, meaningful conversations, writings ]

This is for everyone carrying the weight of a difficult workplace in silence.
You are not alone. Your body already knows what your mind is still debating.
Healing for all involved…is always possible.

Save this if it speaks to you. Share it if someone needs to hear it.
[MindfulLeadership, WorkplaceWellness Samatva, SomaticHealing, ToxicWorkplace YouAreNotAlone MindfulnessInAction NervousSystemHealing Workplaceculture Resilience]

April felt like a month of learning, awareness, and insights…

Completing a year of the Beginners Module in Somatic Experiencing® and sitting with the soma long enough to notice what shifts after years of autopilot. Grateful for a cohort of 50+ people, many from the younger generation stepping into mental health work with sincerity and courage. There was something deeply hopeful about that…

From experiencing somatic therapy with SEPs from different parts of the world, to the serendipity of being part of a demo with Berns Galloway, April kept asking me to slow down and listen differently…

And then came the existential workshop with Aruna Gopakumar and School of You. Sitting with questions instead of rushing toward answers. Listening to the echoes of Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, Irvin Yalom, and Friedrich Nietzsche.

Somewhere in all of it felt like an invitation to reconnect with the fool in me. To ask, when I feel stuck, can I still meet life with a little lightness, innocence, and curiosity?…thanks to Meghna for these Journaling journeys…

May may be of spaciousness, slowness and magic ☺️

[SomaticExperiencing, MentalHealth, Existentialism, Mindfulness, TherapyJourney ,SelfAwareness, LearningAndUnlearning]