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  • Unlock Serene Sleep: Embrace Yoga for Restorative Nights

    Unlock Serene Sleep: Embrace Yoga for Restorative Nights

    Are you one of those weary souls, tossing and turning in search of the elusive ZZZs night after night?

    We understand the frustration of sleepless nights all too well. But fret not, for we’ve got the key to unlock restful nights and mornings filled with rejuvenation. 🌙

    In our relentless pursuit of well-being, we invite you to join us on a transformative journey towards peaceful sleep. Guiding you on this voyage is none other than Umang, our distinguished Yoga instructor and sleep sorcerer. She’s here to lead you through a soothing Yoga sequence tailored specifically to enhance your sleep.

    Get ready to witness the magic of Yoga as Umang demonstrates gentle postures, deep breathing exercises, and calming stretches, all designed to help you unwind and embrace tranquility.

    🌙 So, why is Yoga the secret potion to sweet slumber?

    Reduce Stress Levels 🌬️

    Stress is the number one saboteur of quality sleep. The Yoga mat becomes your sanctuary, a place where you release the weight of the day. As you flow through the poses, your mind gradually lets go of the day’s worries. Stress levels drop, making space for serenity.

    Relax Your Body 🧘‍♂️

    Your body craves relaxation, and Yoga provides the key. The gentle stretches and postures soothe tense muscles and ease the physical strains of the day. Your body feels lighter, more at ease, and ready to embrace rest.

    Quiet the Mind 🧠

    The mind, the perpetual wanderer, often leads us away from the shores of sleep. Through Yoga, you learn to quiet the mind’s chatter. Deep breathing exercises and mindfulness practiced on the mat extend into the night, creating the silence needed for deep, restorative sleep.

    With Umang’s guidance, you can finally bid adieu to those restless nights that have plagued you for far too long. The path to tranquil sleep begins with a simple click. Watch the video now, and that’s just the beginning.  Wellness Haven Video

    But wait, there’s more! Dive even deeper into the art of enhancing your sleep with our comprehensive article, where you’ll uncover additional sleep-enhancing tips and secrets. 📜

    Don’t just dream of better sleep; make it your nightly reality! Your journey to peaceful slumber is only a video away, with a treasure trove of knowledge awaiting you in our article. Say goodbye to sleepless nights and hello to a well-rested, revitalized you. 🛌💤 🖥️

    NEW! Join Our Online Zoom Yoga Classes!

    Experience personalized yoga and wellness sessions right from your home. Get in touch to explore our virtual class options.

    📞 Contact Us Today for a Free Consultation and Assessment: (925) 819-6327.

    #YogaForBetterSleep #UnlockRestfulNights #SweetDreams

  • Health: Your Ultimate Priority

    Health: Your Ultimate Priority

    Introduction

    In our fast-paced lives, health often takes a backseat. We become engrossed in our work, social lives, and personal commitments, rarely pausing to think about the most crucial aspect of our existence: our well-being. Health should not just be a checkbox; it should be our ultimate priority. This blog post will delve deep into the multifaceted concept of health and explain why and how to place it at the top of your life’s agenda.

    Defining Health

    The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. But what does this mean in practical terms? It means that health is an all-encompassing term that includes emotional stability, mental clarity, physical strength, and social harmony.

    Why Make Health a Priority?

    With the increased risk of lifestyle diseases, the benefits of making health your priority are innumerable:

    • Increased Longevity: Healthy living can add years to your life.
    • Improved Quality of Life: From physical abilities to mental peace, everything improves.
    • Economic Benefits: Lower healthcare costs and higher productivity.

    The Domino Effect of Health Neglect

    Ignoring health can have severe repercussions. Poor health is linked to:

    • Lower life expectancy
    • Reduced quality of life
    • Increased medical expenses
    • Emotional and psychological strain

    Physical Health: More Than Just Exercise

    Physical health encompasses various factors like exercise, diet, and regular medical check-ups. While exercise is crucial, it’s just one part of the puzzle. Regular health screenings and a balanced diet are equally important.

    Mental Health: The Forgotten Dimension

    Mental health plays a pivotal role in overall well-being. Chronic stress, anxiety, and depression can lead to a host of physical problems. Yet, mental health often goes unaddressed due to stigma or ignorance. Mindfulness, therapy, and stress management should be a part of your health strategy.

    Nutrition: The Fuel for Your Body

    Nutrition plays a significant role in health. Your body needs the right amount of nutrients to function correctly. A diet rich in vegetables, fruits, lean meat, and whole grains can make a massive difference in your health profile.

    Rest: The Underestimated Element

    In our quest for more, we often compromise on sleep and rest, not realizing that they are crucial for health. Adequate sleep not only rejuvenates your body but also prepares your mind for challenges ahead.

    Yoga: A Holistic Approach to Health

    Yoga offers a balanced approach to both physical and mental health. Through different postures, breathing techniques, and meditation, yoga provides a comprehensive workout for your body and mind.

    Taking the First Step

    Acknowledging the need for better health is the first step toward improvement. Start with simple changes like incorporating more fruits and vegetables into your diet or dedicating 20 minutes to exercise.

    Conclusion

    Health is an invaluable asset that we often take for granted. Making health your ultimate priority is not just an investment in your future, but also a commitment to improving your present. From diet and exercise to sleep and emotional well-being, each aspect contributes to your overall health profile. So let’s pledge to make health our ultimate priority, not just for us but for the people who depend on us.

    Take Control of Your Health with Wellness Haven

    After reading this comprehensive guide on why and how to make health your ultimate priority, you might be wondering where to start. Why not consider practicing yoga as your first step toward a healthier lifestyle? Wellness Haven offers online yoga classes that cater to all levels of practitioners and focus on promoting good health. Not only will you be introduced to various yoga poses and breathing techniques, but you’ll also become part of a supportive community that encourages and fosters healthy living.

    Why Choose Wellness Haven?

    • Learn from an Expert: Umang Goel, Renowned for Excellence in the Field
    • Flexible Timing: Pick a schedule that suits you.
    • Holistic Approach: It’s not just about physical health; we care about your mental well-being too.

    So why wait? Make health your ultimate priority today and start your journey with Wellness Haven.

    🖥️ NOW OFFERING: Online Zoom Lessons!

    Experience our specialized yoga and wellness classes right from the comfort of your living room. Want to know more? Feel free to reach out to us about our virtual offerings.

    📞 Complimentary Consultation For a personalized consultation and evaluation, don’t hesitate to call us today at (925) 819-6327.

  • Conscious Living

    Conscious Living

    From where you are to where you want to be is a journey of conscious steps that anyone can accomplish provided there is clarity about what one wants and clarity about the action steps. As you consciously take these action steps to improve the quality of your life, you also come closer to achieving what you desire. This is conscious living.

    A. Acknowledge where you are.

    This is the first step in your journey towards where you want to be. If there is no acknowledgement of where you are, how can you possibly know which action steps you need to start with? Write down everything that you know about you that keep you unsatisfied and wanting and everything about you that prevents you from achieving your desires and goals.

    B. Boldly state where you want to be, your desires and goals.

    The second step is to know your destination, the point you want to be at, for unless there is clarity about where you want to be how will you plan the action steps that need to be taken to get you there?

    C. Start making small consistent changes in your lifestyle.

    It is very important to know that if you do not ‘clean’ your life first, the ability to achieve your dreams will remain hidden to you! See below a list of actions that help you ‘clean’ your life.

    1. Nourish yourself with ‘me’ time everyday.
      Wake up early, before the rest of the family members wake up, giving you the much needed extra hour without any distraction and to put energy and excitement in you for the day ahead. This is when you might go through some simple stretching, breathing and meditation exercises. You would have sufficient time to go through your list of things needed for the day, that you created the evening before, so that it goes smoothly. This will help you plan head and prepare before the rest of the house awakes.
    1. Plan and pack your meals for the day.
      Packing healthy, wholesome and nutritious meals, that you planned the evening before, for the day ahead will keep you energized as you stay away from fatty, sugary, starchy foods that are depleted of nutritional value and packed with toxins.
    1. Exercise to keep your body and mind limber.
      Yogic stretching, strengthening and balancing exercises, or whichever kind your body likes are very much needed to keep you limber and strong in both the mind and the body so that you can make clear decisions and physical aches and pains do not distract you from achieving what you have set out for.
    1. De-clutter your space for a clutter free mind.
      Make it a habit to throw away the not-needed papers that come into your mailbox as soon as you go through them. Pen the mail and go through them right away throwing what is not of any use and filing what is needed in the right space. Give away clothes and books and anything that you do not need keeping your space congestion free. Make your space free of dust and grime. Keeping your space free of everything that you do not need and clean will enable you to think with clarity.
    1. Clean out your To Do List Daily.
      Make sure that your To Do list is kept updated with all that you need and want to do. Whether it is paying bills, or going to the grocery store, the bank, the dentist, or the dry cleaners or a visit to your friend, take action daily and cross off your list. Keep yourself free of disappointments, frustrations, guilt and regrets by being disciplined about your daily tasks.
    1. Eradicate negativity and negative people from your life.
      Some people never want to upgrade their life and stay deep into negative behavior and actions. Clean your life of such people if you do not want to drown yourself into it as well.  Your life will not change if you do not change the circumstances and events around your life that are in your control.

    D. Formulate the action steps towards your dreams/desires and goals.
    Once your life is de-cluttered in every possible way, ideas start taking shape and life starts coming on the right track. Your path to your dreams becomes clear and you now start your steps towards achieving your dream.

    1. Plan your life keeping yourself flexible about impending changes.
      Create a master plan/action steps for your life goals, knowing that there will be changes and detours due to unknown factors.  Have all those things in the master plan that you dream of no matter how impossible they seem.
      Then each evening, sit down to plan your next day. Keeping in mind your master plan, and with the intention of checking off list items in the upcoming day ahead. This will keep you creative and productive and energetic and help you steer consistently in the right direction.
    1. Plan your free time, fun time, goofy time, getting out of your comfort time.
      It is imperative to have fun as you continue living with discipline and consistency.
      Plan to get out of your comfort zone by doing something that does not come to you easily or seems impossible.  If something does not work, change the direction of your thinking and do it in a different way.
    1. Plan a no-action, silent time.
      Never forget to take time out to do nothing, to simply be in silence for these are the times when new ideas come to fruition taking you closer to your dreams and goals.
    1. Re-look and re-plan your master plan.
      Your life master plan is but a plan. It can change. Keep an eye on it and steer it in the right direction for you are the captain of your own ship. Take your ship where your planned destination is.

    Just following the above clear and conscious action steps will take you closer towards tour dreams. If you don’t do it who will?

  • Fast Healing With Healthy Practices

    Fast Healing With Healthy Practices

    My personal health journey from not taking care of myself to becoming a health practitioner has given me tremendous life benefits that I will be forever grateful for. Learning healthy habits over the course of years has not only helped me and my family but it has enabled me to become a role model to many. I feel blessed to have started on this healing journey quite a few years ago. One of the biggest benefits of practicing healthy habits is my fast recovery from accidental body injuries. Over the years I have proven to myself time and again how quickly I heal myself withing 3-7 days where others may have spent weeks and months.

    A recent accident when my wet feet slipped on laminated floor had me in pain in various parts of the body – My left upper arm could not be lifted with so much pain, my right elbow bone was in pain, my right toes were injured, and I realized on day 2 that my left side of the head must have also felt the impact of the fall. I did the right things – nursed myself with cold pack, took pain and inflammation prevention medicine, applied muscle relaxant, upped my water and protein intake, but kept moving gently as I taught my yoga classes with just the right amount of movement. I also went in for chiropractic adjustment. All of this had me healed in 3 days and by the 4th day, the pain had eased completely, and my arm movements were back to normal. My healthy life practices always come to the rescue.

    Unhealthy life practices leads to frequent suffering and longer recovery

    Many people become home bound very easily as they:

    • fall sick frequently with symptoms of cold and flu
    • develop headaches and migraines
    • become over stressed
    • hurt or injure themselves

    They invariably lag behind in work or some other important aspect of their life as they now take a long time to recover from the health issue. This is a direct result of the body not being in an optimal state.

    The optimal body state is where blood circulation is normal, nutrients are readily available for proper body functioning, the lungs are healthy and the mind is calm and relaxed.

    Healing is very fast with healthy life practices

    When the body is functioning at its optimal state, illness, and diseases stay away. Immune system is strong and able to resist any illness in the surroundings. Such people don’t need to call in sick or miss important matters as a result.

    A healthy functioning body also recovers very fast from accidental injuries.

    Which healthy life practices prevent illnesses and aid fast recovery from injuries?

    Healthy life practices act like magic when it comes to prevention of illness or fast recovery from injuries.

    • Yoga Stretching, Strengthening, Balancing and Body Building Exercises.
    • Breathing/Pranayama Practices for healthy lungs and a strong immune system
    • Meditation Practices for a healthy, calm, joyful and peaceful mind
    • Clean eating with body cleansing foods and foods that do not inflame the system
    • Hydrating the body optimally
    • Getting restful sleep
    • Staying emotionally, mentally and spiritually balanced

    Why don’t people practice healthy habits?

    Healthy habits are formed over a period of time and requires effort until health becomes a habit. Many have never truly paid attention to their body or mind and have let themselves get derailed from the health track for many years as a result of lack of knowledge, lack of awareness and procrastination. They have formed a habit of making excuses for their lack of healthy habits. They do not know where to start after they become overwhelmed with stress, excess weight and fatigue.

    How can such people get back on track with healthy habits?

    • By first becoming aware of their unhealthy state
    • Reaching out to compassionate experts for guidance, support and motivation.

    What helps such people to get out of their vicious cycle of unhealthy practices?

    • Someone who will listen to them patiently and with compassion and caring.
    • Someone who will hold their hands virtually and take them on the right health path step by step.
    • Someone who will continue to motivate and inspire irrespective of what may be going on.
    • Someone who will become a friend showering tough love without emotional baggage.
    • Someone who will hold them accountable for staying on the health track.

    We at Wellness Haven have the right skills, experience and tools to take such a person from chaos to health. We have helped hundreds cross the bridge from pain to health. 

  • I Am Stuck!

    I Am Stuck!

    How many times in your life have you felt “I am STUCK!”?
    It is our mission at Wellness Haven Yoga in San Ramon to enable you to become “unstuck” and to take charge of your life back into your own hands through our various programs that suit your need. We discover your need through a complimentary consultation session.

    Each one of us feels this way at one point or another in our lives especially with feelings like:

    • I am stuck in my weight.
    • I am stuck in my relationship.
    • I am stuck in my job.
    • I am stuck in my life!

    We feel stuck in various aspects of our lives: health, money, relationship, work. We get frustrated for we think we are doing everything to get unstuck but nothing comes of it.

    WHY do we stay stuck?

    This is because old habits die hard. We keep repeating old patterns of behavior. We are stuck in our belief system preventing us from changing in-spite of wanting to change. And after trying really hard, we feel overwhelmed. trapped, unworthy, dis-empowered, desperate, frustrated, disappointed and doubtful of everything. We start thinking and accepting that we do not deserve what we want! And if we do get what we want we will not be able to keep it! We stay stuck in fear. This is where self-sabotaging behavior begins and we sabotage ourselves again and again in spite of out best foot forward. We remain STUCK!

    How do we become unstuck?

    We need to look deeper into ourselves and discover what behavior and patterns we have had. We need to discover the limiting beliefs that have become barriers in our growth. And then we need to take actions steps to change those limiting beliefs and behavior patterns. But it is not easy. If it was simple, the whole world would be in a better place.

    We all need help!

    Change is painful But staying stuck is even more painful
    Change is painful But staying stuck is even more painful

    Yes each one of us needs help and support to become empowered again, because this empowerment will take us over the hump of barriers standing in our way of attaining our goals to become unstuck. Each one of us needs proper and correct guidance, someone to hold our hands virtually and inspire us and motivate us every step of the way to the next level in the path of attaining freedom from barriers standing tall in our path . It is a fact that even though our loved ones, whether family or friends, are ready to help us, we may not be ready for their guidance due to our emotional connection. They also may not have the proper tools at their disposal to help us.

    Help comes from an experienced coach

    Well known and successful personalities have expert coaches behind their back for everybody needs help to get over barriers in their path and to go to the next level. The best coaches have experience, and have helped hundreds get over their mental barriers through tools and techniques, compassion and understanding and more than anything holding hands every step of the way until success is achieved. These coaches have also lived the experience.

    The right coaches understand the basic emotional needs for every human are love, safety and belonging. They also understand that each one of us remain stuck simply because of our own mental resistance and objections to what we want, that we all unknowingly  create struggling circumstances around us. We remain in the struggle for we are still able to somehow survive! We do not like “risks” or anything “unfamiliar”. So even when there is a opportunity for growth, to become unstuck, we become nervous about change, fear arises to the forefront and we choose to say “No” to the very needed experiences. Money issues come to the forefront for we are unable to evaluate the worthiness of spending for our own good. We fail to understand the long term benefits of investment into ourselves for we have become a society of instant gratification. We may not think twice about spending on things we do not need or the thousands spent on temporary pleasures, but our minds become stuck when it is about investment into our own health: mental, emotional and spiritual growth or non invasive physical health. We then justify ourselves for our indecision. We remain stuck for years to come!

    Here are some of the sentences that spill out of us when we are at the verge of making a much needed decision that our inner gut tells us to make:
    “I will get back to you!”
    “I need to think about it!”
    “I need to talk to my spouse about this.”
    “I have started on many things before, but I have never stuck to them!”

    instead of acknowledging the real reason behind the indecision:
    “I am scared of…!”
    and then taking actions steps to actually make it happen, for antidote to fear is action!

    We end up experiencing the very thing we did not want or need!

    The 2 sides of our brain are always telling us 2 opposite things and it continues to sway and our dominant side of the brain wins!:
    “I am too fearful to change!” or “I love learning and I want to change”

    Acknowledge the need for change and accept help

    • The first step towards change is acknowledging that there is a need for change.
    • Research your resources that will bring about the desired change
    • Take the initiative and get help from the expert change agent
    • Take the expert advice, take the prescribed action steps and make the change!

    Know that all you need is already there for you!

    • You simply need to make your way through your fears to make the change
    • You need to be ready for the receiving without fear and you will then change successfully

    We as human beings are constantly evolving every moment and when this process comes with awareness, change is inevitable.

    You want to lose fat? You can do it!
    You want to be healthier in your body? You can do it!
    You want better relationships? You can do it!

    Trust your instincts. Have a little more faith in yourself. You will become unstuck.

  • I Hurt All Over!

    I Hurt All Over!

    “Every bone in my body hurts! I am hardly sleeping at night. Please take me to the doctor!”  This used to be my thought every night in 2006 until I actually took action to do something about it. Wellness Haven Yoga in San Ramon has been created with love and compassion in the heart for women who have been in similar shoes as mine, and especially women around 35 and above who need to be nurtured. It was created as a result of my own experience with chaos in my life.

    These were the very words I had said to my mom, when I visited her in India in June of 2006. I had gone through very stressful life events, and I was in chaos both mentally and physically. My mother had been waiting for me to say these words to her so that she could take me to the family physician. One look at me and he diagnosed the mental stress I was under and prescribed medication for full 1 year at least! I vowed to get better as quickly as I possibly could. I was completely aware that unless I changed my mental state, the physical state would not change.

    I was surrounded by chaos in my life that had started manifesting itself in many physical ailments: …and all because I was under so much stress that the internal system had become overloaded and had no other choice but to start showing up as physical conditions!

    Physical symptoms I faced

    • blood pressure had been on the rise
    • sugar level had become border line
    • arthritic conditions had limited my right side
    • my lower right back was permanently painful
    • my shoulders and neck were knotted in stress
    • cholesterol and triglycerides were on the rise
    • I was facing allergies

    Intense desire to change

    Circumstances enveloping me at the time were chaotic, but determination to extricate myself from this chaos was stronger. I had been religiously taking medication for about 6 months, by the end of which time the root of the chaos in my life had come to an end due to major action steps. On January 1st 2007, I had an epiphany and I decided with a laser focused intention to start taking many important action steps to become mentally stronger.

    The road to recovery was intense

    The moment this decision to get better was made, the Universe started embracing me with its magical hands and door after door started opening. It was neither easy nor quick. Tremendous patience was required, and I had made a conscious decision to be patient. It took me from summer of 2006 to start of 2007 to come to decisions and become self empowered. In October 2008, I published my book – A Journey of Self Revelation under my pen name, Joy. It took me another year, to the end of 2009 to get to the state I had been craving for – to be mentally and physically fit. It took me yet another year, to the end of 2010, to become free of allergies.
    In 2011, I reformed my eating habits! I was a woman on a mission for mental and physical health.

    How following the 8 limbs of yoga changed my life

    • As a first step, I got rid of the medicine I had been on. (I never looked back; never needed it again.)
    • I started listening to and reading books on self empowerment and self growth. (This became a habit never to be broken.)
    • I discovered my personal development coach and started eradicating my mental barriers. (He is still my coach and in time with experience, I became a coach myself.)
    • I enrolled in breathing and meditation program – a very important limb of yoga (I still follow these exercises religiously and became a teacher in time.)
    • I started yoga asanas to build my muscles, flexibility and balance. (I became an instructor of yoga, opened up my own yoga studio and continue to impact lives.)
    • I started eating right – yet another aspect of yoga. (I learned life impacting concepts, experienced the difference in myself and my family and started Wellness Haven Nutrition Program.)

    The more I took care of myself, the more joyful I became, and slowly but surely the ailments that had surrounded me started leaving me for good. Those who meet me cannot tell that I have suffered from so many physical conditions once. I manage my arthritic side very well with daily yoga and stay physically fit. Mentally I stay calm and in the moment feeling joy within and spilling it in the world around me with a daily meditation practice. I stay nutritionally fit through aware eating.

    I have come a long way. My experiences have taught me so much that I could not possibly have gained through books. My coach encouraged me to teach it to others – how to thrive physically and mentally. I overcame my own mental barriers and in time created my own Wellness Haven in San Ramon as “Wellness Haven Yoga” and am forever grateful for this opportunity.

    Yoga changes lives of women for the better

    If you are a woman who can relate to what I have experienced in any small way and would like to change your own health, please reach out to us at Wellness Haven. Know that everything starts with a powerful desire, an intention to make things happen. We all need help and support in making changes in our lives. I could not have done it without the guidance of my coach. We are here for you.

     

  • I Am Not Losing Weight!

    I Am Not Losing Weight!

    “I think I am eating healthy. I also walk 2 times a week. I go to the gym and use the treadmill. I attend one zumba class per week. Then why am I not losing weight?!”

    Are you someone who relates to the above? Then it is time to find out what may be going wrong with your lifestyle and re-invent the very way you think about food, exercise and stress management. The following mistakes are very costly:

    1. You are used to eating without attention to nutrition requirements and giving in to temptations when it comes to sweet and salty food, fatty food, and food that should not be consumed on a daily basis.
      – frequent eating out
      – unaware eating at work place
      – not packing food from home for lunch
      – not having enough time to cook wholesome meals
      – grocery shopping on an empty stomach
      – the fridge devoid of ready-to-eat-food when you need it the most; when you are HUNGRY!
      – not meeting protein requirements for the body
      – believing that “if I eat right, I do not need to exercise!”
    2. You are exercising sporadically, when you feel you have time!
      – exercising 1-2 days a week
      – simply working on the external big muscle groups and forgetting that the internal organs and glands that need nurturing with yoga
      – thinking that just treadmill, hiking, biking and jogging will do what is needed for the body
      – believing that “if I exercise I can eat whatever I want!”
    3. You are always stressed, overwhelmed, and impatient!
      – You are stressed with duties and responsibilities around home and work place.
      – You have succeeded in demoralizing yourself and quit on health even before taking any action about it.
      – You have forgotten how many years it took you to get to the state you are in currently and are impatient to lose all the extra weight immediately.

    It is time you started really taking care of yourself. It is time to understand that it will not happen overnight, but success is inevitable if you follow expert guidance from someone who believes in you and your success, someone who has done it herself, someone who has helped hundreds of others in a similar situation.

    All it takes is:

    • Desire to become healthy
    • A powerful intention of making it happen for yourself
    • Commitment and Discipline in yourself
    • Faith in the self
    • Trust in your Coach

    At Wellness Haven we are ready for you and to ensure that you learn and experience a healthy lifestyle. We help women who want to be helped.

     

  • Simple Formula For Manifestation

    Simple Formula For Manifestation

    Simple Formula For Manifestation

    You are here because something about the subject matter heightened your curiosity.
    Before you dive in though ask yourself the following question and write down your response:

    1. What is it that I have been wanting sincerely and with all my heart to happen in my life and yet I am unable to manifest it?
    2. Have I done everything for to make my dream come to fruition?
    3. Have I used all possible resources to manifest my dream?
    4. Have given “enough time” for the manifestation of my dream?

    Did you write down your responses to the above questions? If yes, then read further.

    Imagine a cup of delicious tea you made for yourself and when you sat down to drink it, something came in your way, so that you had to put your cup down and take care of the matter at hand. An hour goes by and you come back to your tea. It is cold. You simply sigh!

    If you still want to drink the tea, guess what you need to do? 
    Empty the cup of the cold tea, rinse it out and make yourself a fresh cup of tea, or take another fresh cup instead.

    You are now ready to understand what it takes to manifest.

    1. Understand your dream and goal.
    2. Understand the intensity of your desire to manifest, the emotions around it. 
    3. Make space and time for the dream that you want to manifest.
    4. Do not let barriers in the way of your dream pull you away from your dream.
    5. Gather the necessary resources needed to manifest your dream.
    7. Pave the path meticulously for your dream.
    6. Hold yourself accountable and GET the result!

    Know that it takes tremendous amount of time, space, resources, and patience to manifest your dream. If it was not the case, then it everyone would be manifesting all the time…in fact they do!

    Now you are confused and saying, “What?”

    Yes each one of us is manifesting what is on our minds all the time – frustration, anxiety, negative thinking resulting in nothing but STRESS and then you QUIT saying is it all hogwash!

    But hogwash it is not!

    Let us approach it in a very simple day to day life manifestation.
    1. Understand your dream and goal: You decide to buy yourself a pair of comfortable shoes because your feet have been achy lately.
    2. Understand the intensity of your desire to manifest, the emotions around it: You have to get it today or spend another day with achy feet ruining your day!
    3. Make space and time for the dream that you want to manifest: You decide that you have a couple of hours the same evening when you can set aside everything else for buying the comfortable shoes takes priority. You even put the uncomfortable shoes that you have been wearing in a bag to give away to charity for you do not need it anymore even though it was still new!
    4. Do not let barriers in the way of your dream pull you away from your dream: There were things needing your attention in the evening but you decided that buying the shoes this evening was more important than anything else that evening, for your achy feet had started to give you a lot of restlessness.
    5. Gather the necessary resources needed to manifest your dream: You have set aside money to buy your shoes.
    7. Pave the path meticulously for your dream: You make your way with your purse to the store carrying the kind of shoes you need.
    6. Hold yourself accountable and GET the result!: You go through the shoes that you selected for trial, find the one that is suitable for your needs, pay the price of the shoes and walk out in comfort!

    Yes you have manifested your desire to get the shoes the same evening!

    The philosophy towards manifesting anything is is the same. The difference maybe in WHAT you NEED to manifest. Somethings in life are much bigger than buying a pair of shoes, the time and space and resources required are much more and the help you need to make your dream come true maybe expertise of those who understand these principles thoroughly.

    If you are someone who truly wants to realize your dream, something that seemed not quite possible, with as few mental hangups as possible, with the least amount of frustration and enormous amounts of inspiration, motivation, encouragement and support, and someone to stand behind you in the process and journey of manifestation holding you accountable in your action steps without letting you quit when the going gets tough, in the shortest amount of time, you need a COACH.

    The formula for manifestation is simple. To make it smooth, and joyful you need support.

    We would love to read your comments below. Please remember to share your joy with others.

     

     

  • Aging Gracefully

    Aging Gracefully

    Aging Gracefully

    We are human beings. Our bodies degrade as we age, and that is a fact! We cannot deny aging.

    But what we CAN DO and what IS IN OUR HANDS:

    • AGE GRACEFULLY
    • SLOW DOWN THE AGING PROCESS

    HOW can you do this? Take care of yourself through expert help that already exists without reinventing the wheel with trial and error and wasting time!

    • Look at your life priorities. Are they really in order?
    • De-clutter your life – Remove from your life things that do not serve joy, health, peace for you and your family
    • Practice mindfulness and awareness
    • Invite health and abundance

    What can you do? Practice yoga in its full glory through the 8 Limbs of Yoga.

    Included in the 8 limbs are what keeps you healthy in every sense of the word.

    • Practice Gentle Yoga Stretching, Strengthening and Balancing exercises to take your body on a healthy path. This can be done no matter what your age, and whether you have ever exercises before or not.
    • With consistent Gentle Yoga Practice, you will progress towards more Intense Yoga Asanas to build your core, strength and flexibility even further. Intense Yoga will also becomes Aerobic in nature taking care of the need for increasing your heart rate during yoga asanas.
    • As you are healing your body through streching, strengthening, balancing, Heal it Nutritionally as well so that the fuel required for the body’s healthy growth is coming from the right sources.
    • With Physical Healing also pay attention to Emotional, Mental, Spiritual Healing as well through Meditation and Breathing Exercises or Pranayama.
    • When you are emotionally, mentally, spiritually and physically healthy, you are ready to heal every other aspect of your life and including Financial Health by upgrading your Money Concepts. Yes you can Reclaim Your Happiness.

    Do not procrastinate on your HEALTH & HAPPINESS. Time is NOW, not tomorrow.

    As someone has rightly said: “SOMEDAY is not a day of the week. It is an excuse for the weak!”

    We would love to read your comments below. Please remember to share your joy with others.

     

     

  • Dream To Reality

    Dream To Reality

     Dream To Reality

    Are you always wanting things to change in your life and yet you find that they hardly change year after year…

    Know that if you continue doing what you have been doing so far, things will continue to remain the way it always has been!

    To achieve anything in life, we need to look back and see where we have had success in the past whether it is a very small thing or big. How did you make it happen or why it did not happen!

    You may have desired:

    • to get your health back on track
      • to get rid of physical ailments
      • to lose excess body weight
      • to become stress free
    • to own something that you have never had before
    • to start a business that you have always thought was impossible
    • to be in a better relationship with family members or friends

    or

    • you may not even know what is keeping you unhappy and unfulfilled!
    • you are simply flowing through life year after year with nothing changing for the better

    In order for anything to come to fruition you will invariably need the following:

    • You have a desire and a dream
    • You target the dream with determination
    • You target the resources needed to make the dream a reality
    • You create a rock solid plan of action steps
    • You start working on the action steps
    • You stay motivated, and inspired as you work on the action steps
    • You need momentum that continues to grow
    • You do not let any barrier come in your way
    • You are held ACCOUNTABLE

    The one critical ingredient in the above magical formula is ACCOUNTABILITY. Without accountability nothing comes true. Things may even start to progress and bloom, but fizzles out sooner or later for there are too many distractions that come in your way in spite of heartfelt resolutions!

    If you truly sincerely want something from the core of your being, no one can stop you from achieving it! The only one person that stops you from achieving it is YOU!

    So HOW do you actually make your dream a reality?

    Take a paper and pencil and write down:

    • What is it that you want to happen – What is your goal/dream/desire?
      • What emotions and feelings does just thinking about this dream generate in you?
    • Why do you want this dream to come true?
      • What emotions and feelings does the achievement of  this dream generate in you?
    • If you do not achieve this dream, what consequences will you face  in your life?
      • What emotions and feelings does not achieving this dream generate in you?
        • Do you want to continue to live a life where dreams never come true?
        • Do you want to stay unfulfilled for the rest of your life because you are just not able to do all that it takes for it to come true?
        • Do you resign yourself to the fact that it is simply not doable?
        • Do you continue to live in guilt and regrets of it never coming to fruition?
        • Do you allow others to tell you that it is okay to not be able to reach your goal?
        • Do you want mediocrity instead of magnificent?
        • Do you want to live without this dream for the rest of your life?

    If you are NOT okay to live without excitement and passion of your dreams then it is time to do something different. It is time to take expert help and support, someone to hold your hand and continue to hold your hand, guide you and motivate you and inspire you until you see RESULTS!

    Imagine the emotions you will feel when your heart core desire comes true!

    • Happiness
    • Joy
    • Excitement
    • Confidence
    • High Self Esteem
    • Pride in yourself

    And the same feelings will be generated in those who love you and want to see you succeed!

    As much as our loved ones want to help us, they may not have the skills and the tools or the time to hold your hand in your journey to success. Your emotional connection may not allow you to seek all that you need for success. This is when it becomes urgent to get expert support.

    At Wellness Haven, we provide that support, the time you need, the motivation, the inspiration and someone who will constantly hold you accountable for your success becomes our success!

    If you are someone truly interested in making things happen for you, do not waste precious moments of your life.
    Seek out any one or more of the following:

    • A FREE Consultation to find out how we can help you achieve your dreams and goals
    • Our 4 hour program “Reclaim Your Happiness” to get you started on the right track
    • Our “Annual Hand Holding Program” where we see you through all stages of making your dreams come true and hold your hand through all stages of emotions: desire, dream, fear, anxiety, excitement, confidence, happiness. Through this journey we also hold your hands as other emotions surge: guilt, regrets, heaviness, lack

    Don’t wait to live your life for the only control you have is on the NOW.

    call Umang: (925)819-6327
    email: umang@wellnesshaven.com

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