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
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
Or why we created something called “Battle & Bond.” Who even does this? In a town overflowing with yoga retreats, trauma releases, cacao circles, breathwork breakthroughs, tantra this and somatic that — someone decided to throw a family dance battle in the middle of the jungle? Yes. That someone is us. It began, as the
Let’s be honest: pain isn’t fixed with a single pill and a two-line diagnosis. [Blog 6: Healing Isn’t Just Relief – Why We’re Doing the Pain Retreat] Let’s be honest: pain isn’t fixed with a single pill and a two-line diagnosis. And yet, most of us have been trained to treat it that way. The
I still remember that morning clearly. It was cold—one of those crisp February mornings in Tapovan, Rishikesh, when the air is sharp but the sun, if you catch it right, feels like a warm blanket. That moment would quietly mark the beginning of Aavya, our wellness center in Rishikesh—though we didn’t know it yet. I
At Aavya, the boutique experience isn’t a concept—it’s a way of being. Since the start, one thing has stayed at the heart of every decision: to build something with feeling, not formula. To create with love, not metrics. To stay human in a world that’s constantly templated. Aavya isn’t a hotel. It’s not a retreat
