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Raksha Bharadia joined me to talk about Love, Sex, Affairs and everything in between! Tune in to find out about:
Komal is an artist, a coach, an entrepreneur and the founder of Nimitta life. We invited her to talk about things like midlife crises, breaking habits and improving the quality of one's life in general!
Nidhi Chawla is a life coach who helps people deal with their mental health/emotional issues.
Use code ALLISON at https://himalaya.com/revolution to get your FREE month of the Personal Revolution with Allison Task! In today's episode we interview Allison Task who talks about many wonderful things.
Meet Gaurisha, a Yoga expert who teaches people like you and me how to transform our daily lives with the help of yoga! Watch till the end- there is some sage advice as well as some spectacular feats of physical prowess to see!
Dr Anita of Shathayu Ayurveda joins us today for the next podcast! She has many wonderful things to tell us about, including Panchakarma treatments and many more! Visit Shathayu Ayurveda here: https://shathayu.com/
Krista Fee is an international instructor, performer, choreographer and student of performing arts with over twenty years experience. She is the owner/operator of Sahara Storm Productions (a circus and belly dance studio) and Sahara Rising, (health and wellness institute). Krista holds 23 dance, fitness, nutrition, and natural wellness related certifications.
Ananth Padmanabha is an expert in Traditional Hindu Puja, a teacher of the Bhagavad Gita and a practitioner of Vedic Astrology.
Given the name Satyabhama by Sadguru Sant Keshavadas, she completed the arduous Narvarna Sadhana and Shiva Sadhana as taught by Sant Keshavadas. Thereafter she learned to perform the ancient pujas and fire ceremonies. Satyabhama met Satguru Sant Keshavadas in December 1980 at his Temple of Cosmic Religion in Washington, DC. She also met Namadeva (Thomas Ashley-Farrand) the same evening, and a year and a week later they were married by Satgurus Sant Keshavadas and Rama Mata. Satyabhama studied with Sant Keshavadas and Rama Mata and with Namadeva Acharya for the next 3 decades. She became a Vedic priest in her own right in the mid-1980s and worked with Namadeva Acharya in performing and teaching ancient mantra techniques and spiritual practices. She is committed to making the world a better place in which Divine Law becomes the law of life.
Claybotik started its journey in 2016. Launched by Deeksha.S. Gupta, they have come a long way in establishing a fully functional studio in Jaipur where they manufacture high quality handmade ceramic products which are food and microwave safe. In the past few years, they have mastered the art of handmade imperfection, creating masterpieces which are an expression of love and tradition.
Pugmarks is a brand synonymous with the best in adventure, wildlife and leisure camping for children. ‘Fun and Learn’ is the underlying motto of all Pugmarks camps. The camps are so well designed and conducted that nervous first time campers get invariably converted into lifetime camping enthusiasts. You can learn more about them at: https://www.pugmarks123.com/
DIVEIndia is the oldest dive centre in the Andamans, founded in 2003. They boast a wide variety of diving services while keeping in mind the environmental responsibilities they have towards the lush ecosystem of the islands. You can find out more at their website: https://diveindia.com/
Ramu Ramdev was born in Jaipur on 7th May, 1966. He learnt Art from his elder brother Shri Govind Ramdev as also from Shri Bannu ji, and specialised with perfection in Traditional Style Painting. Shri Ramu Ramdev has been jointly awarded the National Award 2010, presented by President of India on 9th November 1, 2012. Ramu Ramdev has also received the State Award in 1998-99, for excellence in Miniature Painting.
Jabbar Khatri is a Rogan artist. He has won a State Award in 2014, and the International Craft Designer Award in 2019. Rogan Art: Rogan is an ancient textile art, with its origins in Persia, came to Nirona Village Kutch Gujarat around 400 years ago. Rogan art is produced by boiling castor oil for about two days and then adding Pigments Mineral Color and a binding agent; the resulting paint is thick and shiny.
Vikas Gautam is the CoFounder of Kabaddi Adda - a website that offers the latest news, information and videos for kabaddi enthusiasts and fans. The Bengaluru based B&C start-up aims to ingrain their multilingual product cross the kabaddi ecosystem. Their main objectives include — delivering value to fans, helping current players better connect with fans, helping upcoming players to build and evolve skills, aggregating and access key tournament data.
Gp Capt Jai kishan has two World Records and Six National Records in the field of adventure sports. In recognition of his world records, he was awarded the prestigious “Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award by the President of India. He is an avid Parachute Jump Instructor. Before joining the Institute he was deployed with Special Ops Squadrons to impart Parachuting training to SF personnel of Indian Armed Forces. In last two decades, he had under taken more than 1500 Skydiving jumps. On October 28th, 2009 his passion made a unique tryst with the Mt. Everest in which he not only participated in the expedition to Everest but he created history by undertaking skydive jump over Everest Base Camp and established a World Record by landing at the highest landing zone of the world.
Travancore Ayurveda – is an organization established and managed by professionals with more than 100 years of combined corporate executive experience from various Sr. Management levels. They are an Authentic Traditional Kerala Ayurveda Panchakarma Wellness centre Chain and are the most sought after place for Authentic Kerala Ayurvedic therapies. A very reputed and ancient Ayurvedic group from Kerala is providing the MEDICINE support to Travancore Ayurveda, which is rated among the pioneers of Kerala Ayurveda with its decades of experience and tradition.
It all started as a small canteen keeping in mind to cater needs of the students of the nearby National High School and Acharya Patashala. Venkataramana Ural, from a place called Saligrama near Udupi, set this up in the early 1943-44. Passed on to the hands of his brother Parameshwara Ural, the restaurant bloomed to its demand. Arun Kumar Adiga, joined his father Ramakrishna Adiga in 2005 by quitting his Engineering job and currently, the father-son duo have been continuing this legacy with an able support from its staff, who are an integral part of Vidyarthi Bhavan family.
Nand Kishore Chaudhary, a globally acclaimed social entrepreneur, is the founder of Jaipur Rugs, one of India's largest manufacturers of hand-knotted rugs and is often referred to as ‘Gandhi of the Carpet Industry’. With just two looms and nine artisans in 1978, his journey four decades later stands at Jaipur Rugs becoming a global social enterprise exporting to over 60 countries while providing sustainable livelihood to 40,000 artisans in 600 remote villages across five states in India, out of which 80% of them are women.
Sandeep Gupta is the only Coach to produce 2 Olympians in the History of Indian Table Tennis. With 24 years of experience and counting in coaching Table Tennis sportspersons, he is the Director & Head coach of 13 privately owned academies in Delhi NCR. He has trained 30 International, 275 National and 715 States level players, and currently trains 250 players in Delhi NCR , 75 players across other states of India and 18 foreign players
A veteran of the oceans- Anees Adenwala is one of India’s first few Scuba Diving instructors who was tasked with setting up a dive centre in the uncharted waters of the Lakshadweep Islands in 1996. He is the founder of the Orca Dive Club.
Padma Subrahmanyam is an Indian classical Bharata Natyam dancer. She is also a research scholar, choreographer, music composer, musician, teacher, Indologist and author. She is well known as the developer and founder of the dance form Bharata Nrithyam.
Shital Mahajan Rane, is an Indian extreme sportsperson, skydiver and the holder of eight world records in the sport. She is known as the first woman to perform an accelerated freefall jump over Antarctica from 10,000 feet, the youngest woman to jump over both the North and South Poles, and the first woman jumper to perform it without trials. The Government of India honoured Mahajan in 2011, with the fourth highest civilian award of Padma Shri.
Sushma is the founder of Yours Truly India. She started this venture in the year 2015 to show travellers the authentic flavours and hidden nooks of Bengaluru. She’s a travel enthusiast and likes to take people on Bangalore walks- where people can explore the rich people, history, culture, customs and places that this metropolitan city has to offer!
About the guest: अपने बारे में कहने के लिए विशेष कुछ नहीं है मेरे पास ! बचपन माता पिता की स्नेहिल छत्र छाया में बहुत सुखपूर्वक बीता ! पिताजी, श्री ब्रृज भूषण लाल जी सक्सेना, मध्य प्रदेश में न्यायाधीश के गरिमामय पद पर कार्यरत रहे ! माँ, श्रीमती ज्ञानवती सक्सेना ‘किरण’, एक विदुषी महिला थीं एवं अपने समय की प्रख्यात कवियित्री थीं ! विरासत में साहित्य के प्रति अनन्य अनुराग मुझे अपनी माँ से ही मिला ! कभी-कभी थोड़ा बहुत स्वांत: सुखाय अपनी भावनाओं को डायरी में उकेरने का मेरा उपक्रम चलता रहा किन्तु कभी उन रचनाओं को सहेज कर नहीं रखा ! ग्रेजुएशन करने के बाद मात्र उन्नीस वर्ष की आयु में विवाह बंधन में बँध कर मैंने ससुराल में अपना पहला कदम रखा जो कि एक संयुक्त परिवार था ! गृहस्थी के दायित्व और बच्चों की शिक्षा दीक्षा की जिम्मेदारियाँ निभाते हुए साहित्य सृजन का शौक तनिक धूमिल पड़ गया लेकिन जब बच्चे भी अपने-अपने जीवन में स्थापित हो गये और कुछ समय अपने लिये भी मिला तो इस शौक को पुन: कुछ उर्वरक मिले और यह लहलहा उठा ! सितम्बर २००८ से अपने ब्लॉग ‘सुधिनामा’ पर सक्रिय हूँ ! सामाजिक सरोकारों के प्रति मेरा हृदय सदैव प्रतिबद्ध रहा है और जब भी मेरे मन को कुछ विचलित करता है मैं उस पर अपने विचार अवश्य व्यक्त करती हूँ ! स्वभाव से मैं एक भावुक, संवेदनशील एवं न्यायप्रिय महिला हूँ ! झूठ, बनावट एवं सतही आचरण सदैव मुझे आहत करते हैं ! अपने स्तर पर अपने आस पास के लोगों के जीवन में यथासंभव खुशियाँ जोड़ने की कोशिश में जुटे रहना मुझे अच्छा लगता है ! शिक्षा---- स्नातक- जीवाजी विश्व विद्यालय,सन् १९६७ सृजनात्मक लेखन हिन्दीमें डिप्लोमा (डी सी एच ) - इंदिरा गाँधी राष्ट्रीय मुक्त विश्वविद्यालय अनुवाद में स्नातकोत्तर डिप्लोमा( पी जी डी टी) – इंदिरा गाँधी राष्ट्रीय मुक्त विश्व विद्यालय एड्स एवं परिवार शिक्षा में प्रमाण पत्र ( सीएएफ़ ई ) – इंदिरा गाँधी राष्ट्रीय मुक्त विश्व विद्यालय आकाशवाणी आगरा से १९८८ से १९९५ तक कविताएँ, कहानियाँ व अन्य रचनाओं का प्रसारण प्रकाशित पुस्तकें - संवेदना की नम धरा पर – काव्य संग्रह,सन् २०१६ एक फुट के मजनूमियाँ – बाल कथा संग्रह, सन् २०१८ तीन अध्याय – कहानी संग्रह सन् २०१९ मौन का दर्पण – कविता संग्रह सन् २०१९ अनेक साझा काव्य संग्रहों में व साहित्यिक पत्र पत्रिकाओं तथा समाचार पत्रों के विशेषांकों में रचनाएँ प्रकाशित होती रही हैं ! टूटते सितारों की उड़ान – ‘तुम्हें आना ही होगा’, ‘अहसास’, ‘ज़रा ठहरो’, ‘झील के किनारे’, ‘चूक’, ‘उड़ चला मन’, ‘मौन’, ‘माँ’, ‘तुम आओगे ना’, ‘कल रात ख्वाब में’ ! प्रतिभाओं की कमी नहीं – ‘कल रात ख्वाब में’ ! शब्दों के अरण्य में – ‘सुमित्रा का संताप’ ! बालार्क – ‘जागृति’, ‘छलना’, ‘पागल चाँद’, ‘परिधियाँ’ ! नारी विमर्श के अर्थ –‘नारी विमर्श की व्यथा कथा’ ! समकालीन महिला साहित्यकार – लघु कथा ‘सुनती हो शुभ्रा’ ! सीप के मोती – ‘सूखा पेड़’, ‘ज़िंदगी चलती रही’, ‘परास्त रवि’, ‘सपने’, ‘हारती संवेदना’ ! ब्लॉगरों के अधूरे सपनों की कसक – ‘मेरा सपना’ ! स्वप्नागंधा साहित्यिक मंच से आयोजित लघु कथा प्रतियोगिता में मेरी लघु कथा, ‘मोक्ष’ को प्रथम स्थान मिला ! कविता संग्रह, ‘मौन का दर्पण’ पाँखुरी सक्सेना लाम्बा स्मृति सम्मान के लिये पुरस्कृत हुआ है ! केन्द्रीय हिन्दी संस्थान आगरा के तत्वावधान में भारतीय शिक्षाशास्त्री श्रंखला – ४ , महात्मा गाँधी पर प्रकाशित पुस्तक में मेरा आलेख महात्मा गाँधी- रचना संसार इसी वर्ष प्रकाशित हुआ है ! सन् २००८ से अपने ब्लॉग 'सुधिनामा' के माध्यम से अपने पाठकों तक अपनी रचनाएँ पहुँचाने के लिए सतत प्रयत्नशील हूँ ! जो भी कुछ मेरे हृदय को छूता है, मुझे उद्वेलित करता है वही मेरी रचना के रूप में आकार ले लेता है ! नारी हृदय की व्यथा, नारी का संघर्ष एवं नारी अस्मिता पर उठाई गयी उँगलियाँ मेरे प्रिय विषय रहे हैं ! ब्लॉग की लिंक: https://sudhinama.blogspot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:20 About Sudhinama
01:02 More about the author
03:08 Published works
04:42 About "Maun Ka Darpan"
05:34 Finding time to write
06:34 Why women empowerment?
09:12 A few anecdotes
20:46 Which issues to tackle in 2021?
26:19 Message to viewers
About the guest: An expert life coach, Supriya Pujari joins us today for a session on mental health! You can find her website here: https://supriyapujari.com/ and mail her at info@supriyapujari.com! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:17 What inspired you to choose life coaching as a career?
04:47 Considering visiting a psychiatrist before starting life coaching
07:02 Victim Blaming and the stigma around seeking help in India
11:07 Some practical tips for avoiding overthinking
18:11 The art of letting go of toxic people
22:26 Progressive thinking: an interactive example
25:45 How to say "no" the right way
28:07 Why do people resist change? How to become more adaptable?
30:34 Steps to become emotionally stronger
35:20 A message to the viewers