Samatva - Finding The Balance

Samatva - Finding The Balance Samatva offers a combination of Mindful Coaching, Mindfulness practices, Méditation to create space for your well being…

“Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.”Pema ChödrönPerhaps that is what this year has been...
28/08/2026

“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 ex...
27/05/2026

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 ...
13/05/2026

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 Experi...
02/05/2026

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]

At some point, the questions stop being background noise…What’s the meaning of all this?What is my purpose?Why don’t we ...
01/05/2026

At some point, the questions stop being background noise…

What’s the meaning of all this?
What is my purpose?
Why don’t we talk about death?
Do I truly have freedom or just the illusion of it?
Why does this loneliness feel so particular, so unshared?

The questions get louder. The answers don’t come…there is this quiet, discontent that settles in.

For a while, I thought something was wrong with me. Then I sat with Aruna and The School of You in their Existential workshop…a realisation this is simply what it means to be human… Not a midlife crisis! but a progression.

I came away with much to sit with. However, what stayed with me most was this idea of existential isolation…the knowing that no one can ever fully enter my inner world. Just naming it felt like relief.

Aruna Gopakumar holds space the way the best facilitators do, through story, through presence, through the kind of honesty that makes me feel less alone in my own questions.

I am hoping to start a circle of existential conversations soon, to continue the exploring and being curious about our selves…

[ExistentialInquiry, MindfulLiving, SchoolOfYou, HumanExperience, Samatva SelfInquiry Contemplation MeaningMaking PurposefulLiving]

FOR YOU DAWN (In the first picture Dawn is sitting next to me)At Deer Park Institute, time had a different texture. It d...
20/04/2026

FOR YOU DAWN (In the first picture Dawn is sitting next to me)
At Deer Park Institute, time had a different texture. It didn’t rush or drag, it simply rested… like breath noticing itself.

That’s where I met Dawn.

She had come from Victoria, Canada, carrying with her a quiet sky. Not the loud kind that demands to be seen, but the kind that holds constellations without announcing them. Her place was always at the window in the meditation Hall. If I sat just right, there would be a clear line between us. Not conversation, not even gesture… just that soft recognition. Eyes meeting, a smile passing like a shared secret.

Her posture was always upright, but never rigid. As if her spine remembered something ancient and kind. There was a warmth around her, the kind that doesn’t try to comfort, yet does. Being near her felt like there was no edge between where she ended and the rest of us began.

Somehow, a small group of us gathered… a few older bodies, sitting quietly among the young seekers. There was something unspoken in that circle. A knowing without needing to name it.

And then, like a gentle bell, came the knowing… she had only a few months left in this lifetime.

She wrote to the sangha. Not with heaviness, but with a kind of luminous honesty. Sharing her joy, her presence, her readiness. There was no drama in her words. Only clarity… and a tenderness that stayed.

We wrote back. What does one say to someone standing so gracefully at the threshold? Perhaps nothing new… only what was always true.

Right now, her partner wrote…About her final days. Being driven to the shore. Letting the sun rest on her skin. Turning toward warmth, toward source… as if completing a quiet circle. No resistance. Just a deep, almost sacred yes.

There is a sadness that sits in me. Not loud, not overwhelming… but steady, alongside it, something else… a deep gratitude. For that shared gaze across meditation Hall. For that silent companionship. For the way she showed me that presence can be complete, even in its brevity.

She has left…yet, there is a small, quiet space in me that feels shaped by her.

And somehow, that space feels like light.
[In Remembrance]

A lovely friend recently mentioned to me in our coffee conversations “You are talking about taking care of everyone arou...
19/04/2026

A lovely friend recently mentioned to me in our coffee conversations “You are talking about taking care of everyone around but who takes care of you?” That made me pause, take a deep breath and realise that all I was sharing was for the well being of loved ones, home, clients … where did I fit in myself? So, stop for a moment, take a deep breath and reflect if you find yourself in the same space…this offering of Mindful Coaching is about non judgment, meaningful conversations, moments to rest, practices to find your gravity amidst uncertainty, exhaustion, and doing…[ Coaching Conversations, Mindfulness, Restful, Meditation, Neuroplasticity, Awareness]

A year ago, I did not fully understand why knowing something was not enough to change it.Done the inner work… the reflec...
13/04/2026

A year ago, I did not fully understand why knowing something was not enough to change it.
Done the inner work… the reflection, the conversations, the coaching. And yet, certain patterns kept showing up. The tightness before speaking up. The freeze. The loop.
This past year, I completed a beginner’s training in Somatic Experiencing, Peter Levine’s body-based approach to healing. Between the personal sessions, the demo sessions, and watching practitioners hold space so gently…something shifted. Not in my head. In my body.
That’s the thing about somatic work. It does not ask you to understand your way out. It asks you to feel your way through.
Swipe to see how it is different from talk therapy or coaching and if any of it lands, connect with me…[mindfulness, meditation, somatic awareness, somatic experiencing, coaching, therapy, healing]

Almost after 6 months returning to Thankful Thursdays… this feels like a natural next step to 6 weeks of mindfulness pra...
29/03/2026

Almost after 6 months returning to Thankful Thursdays… this feels like a natural next step to 6 weeks of mindfulness practices…
Slow, Spacious, Steady.
Beginning again, together☘️ [mindfulness, meditation, conscious living, breathwork, self work, workshop, being, quiet, stillness, presence, gratitude]

A small context note 🙂If you have been, recently receiving unexpectedly heartfelt message from me, do not worry… I have ...
15/03/2026

A small context note 🙂

If you have been, recently receiving unexpectedly heartfelt message from me, do not worry… I have not suddenly become dramatically emotional overnight (I guess I always was 😅 the senti one)

I am part of a course…the assignments are to reach out to people who matter to me… to apologise if we may have hurt them and to thank those who have supported us along the way…

I am doing my homework… with sincerity, with care, with authenticity.

There is no obligation to reply… this practice is more about noticing what happens within us when we express gratitude or honesty…perhaps notice how you receive it…

Research from Martin Seligman says it improves well-being… so please consider yourselves part of my wellbeing journey.

Thank you for receiving it with grace… or at least mild amusement. 🙂

I am loving the ability to let go of fears of perception, judgement and share how valuable you all are to me ♥️

[inner work, self awareness, authenticity, grace, forgiveness, gratitude, love, spaciousness, heartfelt, healing ]

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