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  • Cardiac Coherence Breathing

    Cardiac Coherence Breathing

    Scientific American tweeted very recently about “Cardiac Coherence Breathing.”
     It is a bit unfortunate that Scientific American gave Pranayama an American name. They did they did refer to alternate nostril breathing having been practiced and having its origins in India. They mention that Pranayama (“breath retention”) yoga was the first doctrine to build a theory around respiratory control, holding that controlled breathing was a way to increase longevity.

    Pranayama or what in the US scientific circles now calls Cardiac Coherence Breathing has its roots going back 2,500 years in India. Nadi Shodhana or alternate nostril breathing has been around for about 5,000 years!

    The most important thing is to know that Yoga practice carries with it many things for healthy, proper and happy living. Whether or not the name has been changed or watered down in Western societies is not critical. Having it become a daily practice, or something you use to either help with insomnia, stressful days, or when you are feeling a bit scared or anxious is helpful.

    When you start practicing the different forms of Pranayama, you will experience the benefits that others have been for thousands of years.

    Wellness Haven Yoga is San Ramon’s best spot where you can learn and practice authentic Yoga. You can sign up for classes for a few months or a year, or even arrange a time to drop in if you are traveling and passing through!

  • 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 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.

     

  • Lose Pounds, Tighten Muscles, Eradicate Health Issues

    Lose Pounds, Tighten Muscles, Eradicate Health Issues

    Lose Pounds, Tighten Muscles, Eradicate Health Issues For Good!

    We are getting ready for August and renewed energy to help even more people suffering from “over-weight” issues.

    With each group of people who go through our 12 Week Nutrition – Lower Your Fat, we make it even more robust than ever before simply because our goal has always been learning through education and experience.

    There are so many who have many chronic conditions like the following:

    • weight gain and obesity
    •  inflammation and joint pain
    • fluid retention
    • fatigue
    • sinus and nasal congestion
    • brain fog, mood swings, depression, anxiety
    • skin conditions like acne and eczema\
    • irritable bowel syndrome
    • food allergies and other digestive issues
    • arthritis
    • autoimmune diseases
    • hormonal disorders
    • high blood pressure
    • cholesterol problems
    • fibromyalgia

    We take you through a 12 Week Program – Jump-Start Your Life, find out about your food habits and food sensitivities, about the physical symptoms you are facing that keep you struggling and miserable, and the lifestyle you are living, and work through the process of “cleansing/elimination, and re-introduction, and introduction of healthy habits” to live a life free of food related health issues resulting in automatic elimination of food you are sensitive to, excess fat and weight loss.

    Food culprits could be any of the following:

    • sugar
    • oil and fat
    • gluten
    • dairy
    • corn
    • eggs
    • soy
    • nuts
    • citrus
    • yeast
    • nightshades  (for those highly sensitive)
      (Bell peppers, Hot peppers, Tomatoes, Wonderberries, Eggplant, Huckleberries, Goji berries, Kutjera, Naranjillas, Paprika, Pepinos, Pimentos, Morelle de Balbis, Potatoes, Tomatillos, Gooseberries)

    Other culprits:
    – lack of good sleep
    – lack of enough hydration
    – lack of exercise
    – chronic stress
    Our program is very simple and those who dive into it with determination see massive results safely! Stop the suffering and get your life back on track through our 12 Week Program – Jump-Start Your Life

    You do not need to wait.
    Call today: (925)819-6327

    So many have lost 20 pounds and more.
    So many have their sugar level in control.
    So many have dropped their cholesterol levels and blood pressure.
    So many are free of pain and bloated tummy.
    So many have got rid of the bulging tires around their belly.

    SO CAN YOU!
    Call today: (925)819-6327

     

    Reach out to us for a Free Consultation, where we will discuss your needs, and tailor the program to suit your needs for we believe that one size does not fit all!
    Phone: (925)819-6327
    email: umang@wellnesshaven.com
    Location: 110 Ryan Industrial Ct., San Ramon, CA 94583
    We serve both Local and Remote.
    Local California residents we serve are from San Ramon, Danville, Dublin, Livermore, Pleasanton, Walnut Creek, Concord, Hayward, Castro Valley and more.
    We serve remotely as well no matter which part of the world you are in!

    Our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UmangsWellnessHavenYoga?pnref=lhc

     

  • I Want To Lose Weight!

    I Want To Lose Weight!

    Are you someone who starts each year saying, “I want to lose weight?” and yet remain unsuccessful?

    You have come to the right place. At Wellness Haven, we are very successful at transforming the very way you think about health, nutrition, what you should eat and when and how!

    Read below to see what Catherine had to say after she had already gone through 4 different weight loss programs! She joined ours because she trusted us and had faith seeing how we educate our students in everything we do at Wellness Haven, and joined our unlimited package with all our programs: Nutrition, Yoga, Breathing and Meditation.

    “Dear Umang,
    This is my journey. I am a diabetic who had high cholesterol.
    I started Umang’s Wellness Haven Yoga middle of September, 2014. I had mentioned to my husband that I wanted to join a yoga studio because I disliked going to the gym; it was so impersonal – I was one of seventy students in the yoga class. People lined up, attended and then left!
    My husband found Umang’s Wellness Haven. I came for 2 weeks. I felt I found my place. Umang makes us feel like home. It is most welcoming and nurturing haven.
    After a month of Umang’s Yoga, I wanted to try her Nutrition program and Meditation and Breathing. Even though I paid for everything because I had bought her 3 months unlimited package with all her programs (yoga, Breathing, Meditation and Nutrition), I kept putting off the nutrition. Umang had said it was alright, I will start when I was ready. I finally started January 12, 2015.
    After completing the 12 week plan, my diabetic hemoglobin A1C was 5.8, it was 11 before. My cholesterol used to be 210 and had dropped 102 points to 108. My endocrinologist was shocked and I told her how I did it with Umang’s help.
    I have lost over 25 pounds since I joined Umang’s Wellness Haven. I haven’t weighed this in over 32 years since my youngest was born! My body fat went down 5% (41 to 36). I have lost 1.4″ in my upper arms (13.5 to 12.1), 3″ in my waist (38.5 to 35.5), 2.2″ in my hips (43.4 to 41.2), 2.8″ in my thighs (22 to 19.2), .5″ in my calves (14.5 to 14). In September I was a size 14. Now I am size 8. This has surpassed all my expectations! I feel wonderful and happy. That is all I can ask for.
    I enjoy coming to yoga. I love the feeling after attending Umang’s class. It is euphoria! Thank you Umang for helping me in my journey. I appreciate your coaching and friendship.Thank you. Sincerely, Catherine Hickman.”

    June 1 is right around the corner and Wellness Haven is ready to begin yet another group in our thriving “12 Week Wellness Haven Nutrition Program – Lower Your Fat!”
    Join us and start your summer off in the best possible manner and then continue even after summer at no extra charge, for once in our program you continue to detox with us every quarter!

    Many of us at Wellness Haven are in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th weeks of the Wellness Haven Nutrition Program – Lower Your Fat and all of us are doing very well.
    “My husband told me I have lost the 2nd tire around my belly”
    “My son told me I have lost my 2nd chin!”
    “I have learned a new way of living and I do not miss my old one!”
    “I cant believe this is so practical”
    We get to hear such exciting results on a daily basis.
    We all have goals for health and we all are well on our way for we have made a pact with ourselves that when it comes to health we will let NOTHING stand in our way!
    Always ask yourself, “Why am I letting external things come in the way of my desire to be healthier, slimmer and more confident about myself?”
    You will find that these external barriers are simply excuses – a result of some form of fear – and nothing else. You deserve to be healthy. You deserve to look radiant. You deserve to lose the unnecessary extra fat that got stored due to neglect over the years. You deserve to get your body back in shape. You deserve to eradicate the health issues that have infested your body due to unaware eating habits. You deserve to treat your body like the temple it is meant to be.
    Reach out today and become a part of our ever growing community of health conscious people who are shedding the extra weight, who are smiling for they never thought it was possible.
    There is no other program out there that gives you the amount of quality time we give you one on one and in a group and whichever way suits your needs like we do. Yes we care like no one else does! Your success means even more to us than you yourself, for in your success lies our success!
    There is plenty of information on the internet. There are unlimited programs all over! Then why isn’t everyone in good shape? Because of lack of commitment, time, energy that goes into making dreams come true! We make it happen for you – whether it is health, your realization of your passions and dreams or eradication of stress!
    Call us for a free consultation: (925)819-6327
    Local Residents: Come on over to Wellness Haven Yoga in San Ramon.
    People in other parts of the world, reach to us through:
    Facebook message
    email: umang@wellnesshaven.com
    There is no better time than before this summer begins. Don’t let yet another year go by! Remember, once a part of our program, you are always in it at no extra charge
    email: umang@wellnesshaven.com
    Link to Nutrition Page: https://btb.poy.temporary.site/lower-your-fat-percentage/
    website: www.wellnesshaven.com
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UmangsWellnessHavenYoga?pnref=lhc
    Non-Locals: can join through Facebook video, Skype or phone call
    Locals come in:
    110 Ryan Industrial Ct., #14
    San Ramon CA 94583

    We are ready. How about you?

  • 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.

     

     

  • Manage Your Stress Effectively

    Manage Your Stress Effectively

    Manage Your Stress Effectively – Reclaim Your Happiness

    You are under stress if you are not in your naturally joyful state of being.

    There are many underlying factors causing stress in ones life, but every factor is a result of the 3 critical factors mentioned below:

    • Relationship: You are in an uncomfortable relationship with a significant other or a family member or a friend or with someone related to your work. Yoiu want to be in control of the situation but you are not. This is damaging to your emotional health.
    • Money: Your finances are keeping you worried. You are living from paycheck to paycheck.
    • Health: You are not in a healthy state of being. You have physical health related issues. You are unable to manage your Eating Habits.

    If you are under duress due to any one of the above, you are STRESSED!

    So how do you keep your stress under control?

    I manage mine very effectively. Here is My Story – Utter Chaos To Joyful Health

    In general people think:
    -if they ignore or avoid the stress factor, they will be able to manage their stress – ignoring or avoiding never helps. We need to face our situation boldly and manage the stress factor with result based action steps.
    – if they exercise, they will be able to manage their stress – exercise always helps by producing happy hormones in the body but is temporary for as long as you exercise you are good; you leave it and you are back to square one! So Exercise daily!
    – if they sit and meditate, they will be able to manage their stress – it relaxes and calms the mind but is temporary for it lasts as long as you have calmed your thoughts! So Meditate daily!

    Effective stress management is a skill and an art that is learned through AWARENESS – which comes through education of the mind; through exercises like meditation, breathing techniques and visualization which are simply tools to develop awareness of your authentic Self so that there can be a change in attitude and perceptions, a change in ones belief system, that is transformation in the way you think and act!  With changed perceptions and better habits, every aspect of your life improves: relationships, finances, and health.

    Such education is even more important than the academics through school and college. It comes with learning life skills – proper learning of life changing tools, with practice, with patience, but when learned you are able to manage your stress in such a way that joy surfaces at all times no matter what is going on in your life!

    At Wellness Haven, we are passionate about teaching such tools so that you can better every aspect of your life, so that you can live the life you were meant to live, so that you can feel the joy surging like a fountain from deep within, so that external factors do not keep you bound to struggle and misery. Such powerful tools and techniques that change the very way you think are called Life Coaching Tools and that is what a Life Coach like me teaches you through getting you jump-started on the right track and then holding your hand for a complete one year or as long as you desire to be supported.

    We get you started with an initial 4 hour program, Reclaim Your Happiness, which begins your life impacting journey!

  • Not Losing Weight!

    Not Losing Weight!

    Exercising Regularly And Eating Right But Not Losing Weight!

    “I am exercising regularly, and I am eating right, but I am not losing weight!”

    Some of you will relate to the above statement.

    Here are the top few reasons that you may not be losing weight:

    1. You may not be having all the ingredients needed in your exercise routine to lose the fat weight in your body:
    • Are you getting your internal organs completely massaged though yoga asanas 5-6 days a week, so that internal body is functioning its optimal best?
    • Are you building flexibility in your body through the yoga asanas so that all your muscles and ligaments are stretched to build up an optimal circulatory system, a healthy nervous system, an optimally functioning endocrine system, as well as healthy muscular system, lymphatic system, the digestive system? No other exercise does your body good the way a wholesome yoga asana practice does by working you from head to toe.
    • Are you building strength through yoga asanas that work with your own body’s resistance as well as low weights to build up your muscles?
    • Are you building balance through yoga asanas that provide you the very best support through all sorts of props?
    • Are you able to do a combination of yoga asana practice – from the beginner practice to an intermediate level where even the static poses works up your heart rate (which is very much needed for a wholesome practice)?
    • Remember that if you are not able to work up your heart rate quite yet because you do not have the flexibility, strength or stamina to be in asanas that get your heart rate up, then you need to invest time in brisk walking and hiking as well.
    1. You may not be getting quality sleep or the number of hours your body may need:
    • Sleep deprivation affects your metabolism and appetite.
    • Sleep deprivation affects your mood, contributes to stress and impacts the cortisol/fat impacting hormone.
    1. You are leading a stressful life:
    • Constant stress leads to increase in cortisol that leads to increased appetite and increased abdominal fat as well.
    1. You are not eating right, because you are confused about:
    • What you eat
    • When you eat
    • How you eat
    • Where you eat
    • How do you shop for food
    1. You are not tracking your muscle mass and fat percentage:
    • Women lose approximately 1% muscle mass every year after 25-30 years if they do not exercise, continue to eat what they ate when they were younger and are doing nothing different to burn calories.
    • Stick to a daily exercise routine and a healthy eating routine, change your lifestyle and there is no way you will not only feel healthier from within but also start glowing.
    • You are not tracking your eating
    • You over-indulge on vacation, holidays, parties
    • You have become an emotional eater who feels rewarded through eating
    1. You are impatient:
    • You have not given yourself the time your body needs to feel and look better. After all you have spent all these years not taking care of you; how do you expect to achieve results in a few days?
    • Remember that each person is different for each person has a different metabolism, and a different body type. Kapha body types cannot be thin Barbie dolls and still be healthy! Be patient and honor your own body type. The goal should not be to be thin but to be healthy.
    1. You may have a medical condition like the issues relate with thyroid:
    • Thyroid deficiency can decrease your metabolic activity and lead to weight gain. Besides checking with your doctor for thyroid related issues, indulge in yoga asanas especially for thyroids.
    • Find out from your doctor if you have any medical condition affecting your metabolism and weight gain.
    1. You have reached a plateau:
    • If you are trying to lose pounds and you have not budged for 4 weeks in a row, you have reached a plateau.
    • A healthy and wholesome yoga practice should come with different sequences to keep the body challenged.
    • If you are not eating enough of the right food before you exercise, you will not have enough fuel to burn the fat and will act negatively in your goal to lose weight.
    1. You do not have a daily Pranayama/Breathing practice and Meditation practice to keep you calm, relaxed and at peace:
    • Just like we eat every day, we need to exercise our lungs every day.
    • We need a daily meditation practice to create a peaceful mind that is relaxed even when presented with life events that puts one out of balance temporarily.

    10. You are at optimal weight and fat percentage for your body:

    • Not everyone needs to have a slim figure.
    • Not everyone needs to lose weight.
    • What you do need is to be HEALTHY: Exercise regularly, Eat right for your body type, Sleep well, remain Stress Free. And that is it!

    At Wellness Haven you get to be healthy and wholesome:

    1. A wholesome Yoga Asana practice suitable for your body.
    2. A wholesome Nutrition Program that takes care of your body.
    3. A wholesome Breathing and meditation practice that takes care of your lungs and your mind.

    Spend 3 months with us and see how healthy and wholesome you feel. What are you waiting for?

    We would love to hear from you in the comments below. And please share your joy with others as well.

  • Blessed At Wellness Haven Yoga

    Blessed At Wellness Haven Yoga

    Blessed

    At Wellness Haven Yoga School we are very blessed to have the most positive, joyful, progressive, compassionate and kind people who come to us and become a part of our amazing community, a family of people who care and share and learn and progress together.

    This is only because we encourage and support such holistic behavior, for we truly follow the 8 limbs of yoga.  We are not just any yoga studio where one comes in for exercise and goes. We are a FAMILY. We have similar life philosophies, same wholesome attitudes.

    This is very beautifully expressed in the quote by Will Smith:
    “Don’t chase people. Be yourself, do your own thing, and work hard. The right people -the ones who really belong in your life-will come to you. And stay. ”

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

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