At Aavya, our three-day pottery retreats are designed as a gentle immersion into creativity, healing, and stillness. Each day unfolds like a rhythm — balancing movement, art, meditation, and free time — all held in the quiet embrace of the Tapovan hills. Begin the Day with Movement Your mornings start early, with a choice
By Ashish Khandelwal I don’t know how to begin this without sounding like a hypocrite. Maybe I am one. Maybe we all are. Running Aavya, I’ve had a front-row seat to the contradictions of the yoga world, and I’ll admit — some days it makes me laugh, and some days it makes me want to
“I Sell Peace for a Living. Some Days I Can’t Find It for Myself.” I thought I had found freedom. I walked away from corporate life — left the security, the salary, the predictable ladder.My marriage ended.Most of the money I’d made over a lifetime was gone.Some through bad choices, some through risks that didn’t
Want to Reverse Your Age by 20 Years? Forget Fitness — Fix Your Spine. Everyone’s chasing anti-ageing.Creams, supplements, gym memberships, keto, intermittent fasting, ice baths, vegan, gluten-free, cold-pressed juices… you name it. But if you really want to rewind the clock, here’s the truth no one puts on Instagram:It starts with your spine. Spinal 101
Yes, you read that right.I’m asking you to be undisciplined. For most of my life, I believed discipline was the key to every change I wanted to make.Twenty times I tried to lose weight.Thirty times I tried to quit smoking.Hundreds of promises to myself that this time I’d stick to it. None of them lasted.
A few days ago, I wrote a blog titled “Gambling Since Age 9.” It was raw.It was personal.And it wasn’t what most people expect from the founder of a wellness retreat. I knew that when I hit publish.And yet, I wasn’t prepared for how much it would stir — in others, and in me. People
I started gambling at the ripe old age of nine. It began with three-card poker with childhood friends. A few coins on the line. The thrill of winning — or losing — didn’t matter much. What mattered was the rush. That strange, heady cocktail of hope and fear. Adrenaline in the veins. And that feeling
I didn’t need to understand the magic of Rishikesh. I just needed to feel it. I’d been in Rishikesh for about a year. The mornings had started to slow me down, the forest trails had begun to feel like old friends, and the Gangaji—well, she had a way of showing up whether or not you
What does it mean to truly have space? At Aavya, space isn’t just square footage. It’s a feeling. A rhythm.It’s the comfort of knowing you can do a little—or a lot.Be around people—or be with yourself.Work in silence—or dance under the stars. It’s not luxury in the conventional sense.But it’s comfort—real, earthy, grounding comfort.From the
