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The old adage ‘health is wealth’ still holds golden in this tech-savvy world and right from Bollywood celebrities to corporate honchos to politicos, they all seem to have cracked it. 
 
The internet went berserk after images of a lean Anant Ambani, son of Mukesh Ambani, surfaced and everyone wanted to know the secret potion. 
 
Days after, we saw a slimmer looking Devendra Fadnavis, Maharashtra Chief Minister, and now these two men have given us some real fitness goals. 
 
But let’s face it, we all give ourselves excuses of being stuck in the vicious circle of home-work-work after office. If Fadnavis, who works 18 hours every day throughout the week, can do it, we can also nail it. 
 Of course, one of the main reason why Fadnavis managed to pull off this feat was that he was being personally guided and coached by holistic, global health guru <keyword id="144538" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mickey-Mehta">Mickey Mehta</keyword>, to reduce 18 kilos in just 3 months. 
 
“I life coach people who are willing to add meaning to their lives, are true to their purpose and objective and yes, Mr Fadnavis fit the bill. The journey was extremely good. So, my primary objective is well-being, wellness, healing, holistic health and not weight loss,” said Mehta. 
 
A doughty looking Fadnavis did not look obese in his recent public engagements and it was refreshing to see him in a new avatar. 
 
When asked how Mehta, who has trained many Bollywood celebs like Aamir Khan, Preity Zinta, managed with Fadnavis’ schedule, he said two hours every day were enough. 
 
“It was difficult and I literally had to message him, everyday reminding and motivating him and it truly makes a difference. He sacrificed his sleep and gave time. In two hours a week also, there is lots of dynamic breathing, yogic breathing, there is lots of stretching, contracting , there is lots of walking also and I addressed his muscular skeletal system bit by bit,” revealed Mehta. 
 
Mehta, who has a PhD for Philosophy in well-being, said Fadnavis is also spiritually very inclined and they did a lot of chanting. 
 
“We do a lot of chanting, we make him lie down on grass, take lot of sunshine on his face, chant lot of mantras and that’s perfectly enough to transform anybody physically, physiologically, psychologically, emotionally and spiritually. End of the day, activation of brain, endocrine system, the nervous system influences the state of body,” he said. 
 
So, what does it take for an obese person to lose weight? Determination and right combination of eating and exercises. 
 
Here are his best kept secrets for obese people to lose weight: 
 
1) Lie down and don’t do things standing up at all or very little, because a lot of body weight falls on the knees. 
2) Make sure you take baby steps while walking and going from one exercise to the other. 
3) Do lot of yogic, dynamic breathing, administer a lot of stretching and open up. 
4) Progressive resistance training really needs to be scaled up but once again in small baby steps. 
5) Be very careful that you don’t hurt the back, the joints, ligaments. Hurting these could end in spasms and injuries.

Health guru Mickey Mehta reveals how he made busy Maharashtra CM knock off 18 kilos in 3 months

I read somewhere “Once on the lips, forever on the hips”. People who are struggling to <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=losing+weight&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">lose weight</a>, finding motivation to hit the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=gym&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">gym</a>, or even putting that morning alarm on snooze before going for a run can understand this statement very well. 
 
We all have sinfully indulged in food and people who have a tendency to gain weight have always felt guilty about it. So much so, that they’ve gone on crash <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=dieting&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">diets</a> for days only to compensate for two scoops of ice-cream. 
 
But who are we fooling? We all know that losing weight is not an overnight miracle and it takes determination and a lot of perseverance. 
 
“Losing weight should not be a punishment at all. It should be like a celebration as you have to treat your body with compassion and not violence,” said health guru Mickey Mehta, who has trained who’s who in film and corporate industry. 
 
The core objective should not be only weight-loss but overall well-being as in today’s day and age, there is nothing like a healthy life. 
 
So, in order to set your goals in the right direction, Mehta suggests following mantras to lose weight. 
 
1. A good combination of diet, nutrition, breathing workout, rest massage, helps a lot. A person who is obese will have to cut down his/her meal portions. They will have to eat extreme amounts of fibre and natural and wholesome food to promote pro-biotic action in the body and also to keep the BMI up. 
 
2. An obese person should avoid refined sugar, grease, refined carbohydrate, processed food, coloured food, etc and will have to eat very healthy, drink a lot of hot water, green teas, vegetable juices, etc. 
 
3. Nothing works like a slow burn. “You cook food on a slow fire and it will cook very well. You cook food on a big fire and it will burn. So, slow, relaxed with proper regulated breathing, and incorporating hands and shoulders and back and chest while walking will really help,” said Mehta. 
 
4. Chest expansions, hands up and down, circling your hands back and forward and lots of breathing should be incorporated. Also, at intervals, one should stand, do twisting, do side bench, forward, backward bending and do these combinations. One needs to be very persistent if one is to work out for 7 days a week. For people who are obese, Mehta suggests alternate times of the day. One can swim, one can cycle and even repeat the whole process again. Obese people can also work out thrice a day in intervals of at least four hours on empty stomach and it will truly help the cause better. 
 5. If the objective is only weight loss, one can <keyword id="6358589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="exercise">exercise</keyword> morning and evening both. But by the rule of the thumb, morning workouts are ideal for healing, health, wellness and well-being. 
 
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Health guru Mickey Mehta’s 5 golden rules to lose weight the correct way

It is a well-known fact that Bollywood actors and actresses go to any extent to justify their roles in the movies. From make-up, clothes, language, weight, looks, etc, they transform themselves entirely to look exactly like the person the role is written for. 
 
Talking about <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=health+and+fitness&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">weight</a>, there are numerous examples of actors and actresses in Indian film industry who have gained and lost oodles of weight, without thinking about consequent <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=health&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">health</a> issues. 
 Bollywood stars such as Aamir Khan, Randeep Hooda, Abhishek Bachchan, Rani Mukherji, Kareena Kapoor, <keyword id="2069863" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bhumi-Pednekar">Bhumi Pednekar</keyword>, etc have lost weight and gained back and vice-versa for their respective roles. 
 “The glamour industry is strife with competition, need for good roles, perfection and even insecurities. The quick <keyword id="6358794" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Weight-loss">weight loss</keyword> regimes, weight gain and immediate reduction for the roles that demand such drastic measures can cause a host of health problems like low energy, poor stamina, endurance, lack of focus and concentration, metabolic disorders, nutritional deficiencies, etc. It also means you are not holistically well,” said global leading holistic health guru and celebrity trainer <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=mickey+mehta&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Mickey Mehta</a>. 
 
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If a celebrity gains 10-15 kilos suddenly, the pressure comes directly on joints and bones. 
 
“Within a month, you can only gain fat not muscle because to gain three kilo muscle, it takes around one year and a dedicated diet plan. To gain 10 kilos fat is easy and this sudden gain can cause swollen feet, you can feel heaviness while moving around and efficiency also goes down because of fatigue,” said celebrity trainer <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=vinod+channa&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Vinod Channa</a>. 
 
READ ALSO: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Start-your-weight-loss-regimen-with-these-7-easy-tips/articleshow/52362035.cms">Start your weight loss regimen with these 7 easy tips</a> 
 
Our actors essay roles effortlessly on-screen, but in real life, there are many consequences. 
 
As per reports, Aamir Khan, who gained around 90 kilos for his upcoming Bollywood movie Dangal, had some respiratory issues. 
 
“These are all temporary effects and you can control that with exercises and nutrition plan. Puffiness of face and any other body part that are storage areas of fat comes are common and they go. But, one should be careful. Celebrities should slowly and steadily progress for better shape as per the requirements of the role. In case of less time in hand, they should hire well experienced fitness expert who can guide them without any harm and take them to the next level,” said Channa. 
 
So, what precautions should they take? 
 
“Though most of our actors are dedicated to health and are perfecting their bodies for their varied roles through mind and body wellness routines, I have seen some very fit people destroy themselves while pursuing such goals. The keys to healthy weight loss and for looking good include incorporating healthy eating plans and regular physical activity,” said Mehta. 
 
Such rapid changes in the body weight sometimes damage bodies for life. 
 
“Extreme diets can wreck your skin’s elasticity, skin tone, hair lustre, making you look anorexic and pale. It can lead to early aging, poor concentration, confusion, low energy levels, depression and irritability. The low fibre content of such diets causes digestive disorders with lowered haemoglobin levels and development of anaemia and vitamin B-12 deficiency. Long term use of such diets, injudicious use of supplements, steroids etc and over exercises can lead to suppression of fertility hormones, lowered sex drive, poor bone density and vital organ damage,” said Mehta.

Bollywood stars gain and shed oodles of weight for roles and it is really not healthy. Here’s what health experts have to say

<ul><li>The <keyword id="12257603" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="whole-truth" source="Orion">Whole Truth</keyword>, a health food brand, has dedicated its marketing efforts to telling the world the truth about its food and busting common food marketing myths to help consumers lead healthier lifestyles.</li><li>The Whole Truth’s latest campaign addresses the issue of misleading influencer marketing.</li><li>Its campaign ‘The Whole Truth Sayers’ is a clarion call to all Honest Influencers who only endorse what they actually use and love. And whose opinions can’t be bought with money.</li><li>As consumers moved to influencers, so did marketing dollars. And for the right price, experts started selling their influence, rather than telling the truth.</li><li>To fix this broken system, TWT has launched The Whole Truth Academy Project where they want ‘real’ influencers to tell the truth about their products. 25 honest influencers will be shortlisted by a jury who will narrate The Whole Truth later in their own ways.</li></ul>Over the last two decades, social media has become a huge part of our lives. After the recent Facebook outage, the world realised how dependent we are on social media platforms. While the six-hour outage only highlighted the tip of the iceberg, it is becoming more and more clear now that social media platforms have become an extended part of our body and existence. Due to this heavy reliance of consumers on digital media, influencer marketing has seen a huge boost and has become an integral marketing tool for advertisers to connect with their audiences on a daily basis. According to GroupM INCA, the <keyword id="11333696" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="influencer-marketing-industry" source="Orion">influencer marketing industry</keyword> will be a Rs 900 crore market in India by the end of 2021. So, there’s no doubt that influencers are heavily embedded in consumers’ day-to-day lives and gaining more attention from advertisers by the hour. However, influencer marketing started out with a revolutionary idea. It aimed to alter the celebrity-dominated advertising and marketing industry, create more space for honesty and do away with false, exaggerated claims made in traditional ads. The digital stars wanted to fade out fake reviews, connect with consumers on a personal level and eradicate the ‘holier-than-thou’ attitude in the industry. It was more about a few creative consumers talking to other consumers about brands they love and make marketing a tad accessible. In a short span of time, influencers forgot their mission statement and capitalism took over. The most earnest, honest reviews on the internet can be bought today and only brands with bigger money bags can afford to be portrayed as the most honest brand in the ad world. To debunk this system that has gotten a ‘bit corrupt,’ The Whole Truth’s Co-founder and CEO <keyword id="274057" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="shashank-mehta" source="Orion">Shashank Mehta</keyword> has launched a new campaign titled ‘The Whole Truth Sayers.’ He is on the lookout for an honest batch of influencers who could represent his brand, help change the influencer marketing and revert it to its original form. <div type="Youtube" id="4Y_bXd03gpM" title="The Whole Truth of Influencer Marketing" thumbUrl="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4Y_bXd03gpM/mqdefault.jpg"></div> In a 5-minute long film, Mehta and The Whole Truth team audition a bunch of influencers. Mehta asks, “Will these people promote our brand? Who are these people and why are they famous” And then, sitting across the table, Mehta watches influencers showcase their talent and pitch their ideas. They put more effort into their content for more marketing dollars. In a monologue, he later goes on to talk about how influencer marketing came into play as the answer to inauthentic celebrity marketing but has turned into a marketing gimmick in recent times. For the right price, experts started selling their influence, rather than telling the truth and influencer marketing thus became the problem it was meant to solve. The video is conceptualised by The Whole Truth and Gursimran Khamba’s Lights@27. It is being launched in collaboration with Big Bang Social, an influencer marketing agency, who also resonated with campaign’s problem statement. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Behind The Whole Truth and its latest campaign" text="Behind The Whole Truth and its latest campaign">Behind The Whole Truth and its latest campaign</cmsannotation> <div type="Video" msid="86830239" hostid="261" title="Behind The Whole Truth’s latest campaign that aims to reveal the truth behind misleading influencer marketing" dataSource="BUSINESSINSIDER" thumbUrl="https://denmark.timesinternet.in/cmslite/api/app/images.jpg?msid=86830239"></div> It all started when The Whole Truth raised $6 million in a series A round led by Sequoio Capital. After acquiring enough capital to take their marketing to the next level, Mehta realised that there’s a problem with how influencer marketing functions today. “The honest truth behind this campaign is that we wanted to do influencer marketing. We recently raised a round of funding, we had some money in the bank now and we thought we'll do influencer marketing but the more we dived into it, we realised there doesn't seem to be an honest way of doing it. And the current way it was being done, in most places not all, didn't sit well with the brand. So we were caught in a dilemma of either we just walk away from it saying that hey, this is not for us, or we do something about it. And we realised that usually whenever we've taken people behind the scene and shown them the whole truth of anything, they resonate with what we are saying. So, we thought that hey, maybe the way to do influencer marketing for us is first bring out what's going on which it seems like a lot of people resonate with and then mount our own attempt at doing this in an honest, truthful manner on top of this video,” shared Mehta. So, the video is a clarion call to all Honest Influencers who only endorse what they actually use and love. And whose opinions can’t be bought with money or as Mehta calls them, ‘TWT’s Truthsayers.’ With this, The Whole Truth aims to not only highlight the problem, but it is giving out a solution. It has launched a contest, wherein it is inviting influencers to make a fun reel, giving the jury an insider view of the problem. 25 influencers will be shortlisted later by a marketing expert jury consisting of Gursimran Khamba, Varun Duggirala of The Glitch, Vani Gupta Dandia of CherryPeachPlum, to name a few. Later, The Whole Truth will pay for the influencer’s art, hard work and talent - not their opinion. Any equipment fees, production fees, location costs etc, (within a pre-agreed budget) will be taken care of. TWT will not influence the influencer’s opinion or interfere with their art. Neither will they give a brief or push pre-set scripts. Whether the Truth-Sayers choose to make a video or write a blog or make a podcast to introduce The Whole Truth to their followers - the brand will offer complete support. And zero intervention. The process of finding TWT Truthsayers is quite simple. “So we have a two step process, one is we're asking them to apply. The application is a fun thing where we're asking them to make a story or a reel and show us the whole truth of influencer marketing as they see it. And that becomes their participation. Which gets shortlisted to the top 50 people by our panel of judges and we have a very, very respected panel of judges. They will shortlist it down from 50 people to 20-25 eventually we're just going to send them our products and ask them to write us a note about what they liked, what they didn't like right and and whoever falls in love and says that you know I love this brand and these are the 10 reasons why I loved what you did or the only people you work with,” explained Mehta. However, the film is 5-minute long and we all know how infamous millennials and GenZ are for their short attention span, who are all the target group for this campaign. Marketing gurus advise brands to place their product in the first 30 seconds of the advertisement and The Whole Truth’s latest campaign doesn’t follow that thumbrule either. Mehta said that it was a conscious decision to make a long ad. Sharing the reason why, Mehta said, “When we wrote the script, we didn't write it as an ad. That's why you will see that there is very little of the brand. But yeah, it's a it's a long video, given attention spans nowadays. We took that conscious call because we didn't want to make a superficial half-hearted point. We wanted to be do justice to both the problem and at the end, our take on the solution and why we believe things are not the way they should be, etc. And again, the hope is that, when a AIB or TVF come out with a 10-20 minute videos, because the content is so good people do watch through it. So let's see, whether we are thinking too much of our content and people will drop off or will it be engaging and relevant enough for them to watch through -- that's the punt we've taken, but we were very clear that we don't want to do a half-hearted superficial ad-ey job of it was for us, it's not an ad, we're not like promoting a product in this.” Considering that The Whole Truth is calling out an industry for its divergence from an ethical path, there’s a good chance that this campaign will cause a controversy. In today’s time, it doesn’t take much to boycott a brand. Influencers also have a cult following now and there are always some fans who wouldn't watch 'The Whole Truth' and just jump to conclusions by reading a video’s caption or watching an ad for a few seconds with context. Mehta candidly told us that he is worried about this. He said, “It's something that worries us, but we don't know what to do about it. If someone doesn't listen to our whole point of view, and reacts to half baked information, then it does become difficult.” <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="The Whole Truth in the making" text="The Whole Truth in the making">The Whole Truth in the making</cmsannotation> Before launching The Whole Truth, Mehta was working with FMCG giant HUL. He told us that he wanted to launch his own food brand because he has fallen for the lies told by foodbev brands and his body has suffered through enough ups and downs due to the false claims made on food packaging and dishonest FMCG advertisements. So, in The Whole Truth’s maiden campaign, it started by dropping a giant truth bomb about the FMCG industry and its marketing techniques. Titled ‘Our Food is Screwed’ was inspired from The Dollar Shave Club ad and aimed to bust food myths and inconvenient food labelings. <div type="Youtube" id="cT-rTkvhLNo" title="Our Food is Screwed | What Food Companies Don't Want You to Know | #TheWholeTruth" thumbUrl="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cT-rTkvhLNo/mqdefault.jpg"></div> The Whole Truth was only 9-months-old and everyone was talking about its campaign. It takes a start-up at least a few years of investment rounds to use the right marketing tools to gain popularity and some media coverage. The Whole Truth was quick to rise to fame, thanks to Mehta’s marketing background. So, we asked Mehta, if he were to give a TedTalk on what helped the start-up gain media attention and become a popular consumer brand in a short time, he said, “TedTalk, I’m not sure of, but the one big learning is do something which is purpose driven. I think it speaks to people, when you're doing something for a fundamental reason, which is beyond just money, profit and fame. Like for us, the mission is to bring honesty back to foods. And that mission comes from a very personal plce because I've suffered at the hands of incorrect and dishonest food marketing, I had to go through multiple weight gain and loss cycles when I used to think that switch from that unhealthy cola to this healthy juice or switch from that unhealthy paratha or that my mom makes in the morning to breakfast cereals. And then I realized that actually, the breakfast cereal is much worse than my mom's parathas and, and the juice has the same amount of sugar as that coke does. So, that's betrayal, that feeling of being lied to, no one likes. Hence, the mission comes from deeply personal space. And I think consumers resonate with that -- they can see that these guys are out not to make a quick buck that they're out to change the world in small but meaningful ways. So that would be my big learning. When you do that, consumer love, fame and revenues -- all of that starts falling in place.” Going forward, The Whole Truth will be on the lookout for expansion opportunities. It started as a protein bar and aims to expand into different food and health sub-categories. Mehta has an interesting approach to decide company’s next foray. “Our focus areas are very clear. We intend to go on getting into different food categories where we see that consumers today are being lied to and create a product that lives up to the whole truth philosophy, so for example, till eight, nine months ago, we were only making protein bars, then we launched a range of muesli, peanut butters in another two, three months. We're gonna launch another food category in five months from then we launch another food category. So our mission is simple. We just take different food categories, we check whether currently, most of the brands there are offering 100% clean label food, or are they lying to consumers? And unfortunately, the answer in most turns out to be the latter. And then we start trying to formulate a product that lives up to The Whole Truth philosophy because we don't have any option, we have to declare each and every ingredient on the front of it, so that takes a little while. So that remains the focus not just the next half, but the foreseeable future, too,” told he. Mehta told us that the brand will keep on unearthing the 100% honest truth of anything that touches food or food marketing in the future as well.

The Whole Truth’s latest campaign aims to reveal the truth behind misleading influencer marketing

When it comes to our <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=health&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">health</a> and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=fitness&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">fitness</a>, we mostly rely on tips and tricks given online. We blindly believe all exercising and dieting tips and suggestions in various online portals, without even thinking about the consequences. 
 
However, we should not forget that it is our body in question and one step in the wrong direction can lead to injuries and misbalanced diet. 
 
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Health and fitness guru Mickey Mehta said, “One needs to be very persistent and perseverance with endeavour of wellness. It is our body, treat it with compassion, not with violence.” 
 
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People who wish to <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=losing+weight&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">lose weight</a> and stay fit should concentrate on overall well-being and adopt a more holistic approach. They should seek advice from a dietician or a trainer as they will suggest us diets and exercises as per our body type. 
 
Here are the myths you need to shun right away: 
 
1. People think eating non-vegetarian will give them strength. NO. “Energy is weightless. So, vegetarian food, fruits, nuts, sprouts, dry fruits, seeds, herbs, etc, will give you a lot of energy and lot of health,” said Mehta. Keep yourself integrated, balanced, clean, purified, regulated and fortified. 
 2. Over exercising means getting results faster. NO. “One has to <keyword id="6358589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="exercise">exercise</keyword> sub-maximal. Just push the limits gradually, don’t get into injuries, don’t get into the push culture, we don’t have any train to catch or plane to board. It is our body, treat it with compassion,” said Mehta. 
 
3. Never let your exercise be a punishment, it should be a celebration. Mehta says it should not be a chore, it should be a recreational, imaginative, fun, and simply enjoyable. It is like romancing yourself. 
 
Instead, follow these commandments for being healthy and well-being: 
 
1. Breathe consciously, in a regulated way, in rhythm 
 
2. Exercise 7 days a week because as you eat every day, you need to exercise everyday 
 
3. Rest adequately. It is quite important 
 
4. Eat very wholesome, natural, nutritious, vitalising, regenerating foods. 
 
5. Never try and eat post sunset. 
 
6. Try to sleep by 9.30-10pm. 
 
7. Have a very optimistic attitude in life 
 
8. Chose your words, choose your thoughts, be creative in your words, be graceful in your words, and creative in your thoughts. 
 
9. Be constructive in your behaviour and 
 
10. Be benevolent, be compassionate, be philanthropic, reach out, help people. 
 
Also, here are some spiritual mantras for you 
 
1. Sleep every night with a wish to heal yourself. Wake up every morning with a promise to heal the world. 
 
2. Wellness: for good biceps: uplift the poor, for good strong shoulders: take care responsibility of the under priviledged, for a good eye sight: have a collective vision for the universe, attain harmony order in balance, be deeper rooted in humility to be better fruited in humanity. Instead of one person walking a 100 miles, make a 100 walking 10 miles. 
 
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DEBUNKED: Ditch these dieting myths and follow the commandments for healthy lifestyle

New Delhi, June 21 (IANSlife) Yoga is the new old, and it's here to stay. From traditional yogis to the modern ones, yoga practitioners speak highly of its benefits. From physical to mental and even spiritual, the ancient practice has had a deep impact on many celebrity fitness trainers and enthusiasts, including Bollywood actors Malaika Arora and Shilpa Shetty Kundra. On International Yoga Day 2020, IANSlife spoke to many celebrity yoga enthusiasts on the transformational power of yoga. Here's what we learnt. Malaika Arora, actor and co-founder of Diva Yoga "There are a lot of times when life puts you down in a way that you feel it's difficult to hold your head above the water. I turned to yoga in a similar phase like that where I needed that bit of calm and direction in my life. Some people turn to meditation, others to writing or singing. Everybody has a different outlet, for me I found that in yoga. It really helped me at a very precarious stage in my life and I'm extremely grateful. "It has helped me manage my stress and gives me a certain level of spiritual peace. It helps to take a break from the chaos of our lives and more importantly from the chaos in our minds. Several platforms like Disney+Hotstar and the SARVA App have a number of specific asanas specially to uplift depressed moods, fight fatigue, and bring a state of calmness in an entirety, hence I'm a strong advocate for yoga." Sunaina Rekhi, celebrity yoga teacher and global icon in health and lifestyle "I feel a lot have confused Yoga to be just about the physical asanas, but it's more than that. It's about working with the mind which controls our body, our thoughts, and overall our mental health. Handling a lot of things at once or facing major setbacks in life can bog us down, sometimes we don't even realize the point of trigger for a depressed or anxious mood. Meditation and practicing different forms of yoga can be extremely beneficial to keep those thoughts and feelings in check." Mickey Mehta, health, well-being and fitness guru "Next month, I complete 50 years of exercising, 38 years in the profession and in August I will be completely 58. With close to 4 decades of being in the profession I went through the entire spectrum of fitness, health, wellness, wellbeing. Haven't found anything as deep as vast and as high; eternal and infinite as yoga is. Yoga has been the seed of evolution of mankind. "Yoga is probably the only panacea for all ailments man is ailing from - pride, anger, lust, envy, gluttony, avarice and sloth. Yoga can dissolve it all. The disorder of life created by man's ego and the seven sins could be put back in order. The disease of the man who takes birth with the seven sins could be brought to ease with yoga. Neutralising the toxins of the body, mind, spirit, bringing about a great harmony, unity, unification, synchronisation of our circadian rhythm with the rhythm of the electromagnetic field of the universe. Yoga transforms, yoga transcends, yoga can make us Gods, make us climb higher on the ladder of evolution higher than Gods and without yoga one can fall below animals. Yoga brings about the perfect equilibrium in the polarities of Chadra Surya, Ying Yang, Shiv Shakti. Yoga neutralises the conflict and the contradiction of the pull and push of the polarities. Yoga brings you at the shoonyam quotient of bliss. Yoga is that eternal kiss. Let yoga get maximized, mankind get optimized, this Universe get Mickeymized!" Bollywood actress Soha Ali Khan "Yoga is one of my most preferred forms of exercise - as it has a positive impact on the body as well as the mind. To complement my yoga routine, I also follow a healthy diet and ensure eating a handful of almonds every day. Almonds are considered as Sattvic foods, and are a source of 15 key nutrients like protein, Vitamin E, magnesium etc. Additionally, almonds provide energy and according to Ayurveda, they also help in toning all body tissues." Fitness enthusiast and Supermodel Milind Soman "I am a firm believer in the power of Yoga, and make it a part of my activity. But I also believe it's equally important to practice conscious and healthy eating to reap the best benefits of your exercise. I prefer snacking on healthier foods like almonds, instead of unwholesome or fried snacks. Almonds are light and easy to carry, making them a great snack to consume in between meals." Actress Kirti Kulhari "Yoga has been a major part of my life for the last 15 years and like a lot of us , I was introduced to it through Baba Ramdev ji. I absolutely love the nature of it, owing to the fact that's it's holistic in nature. It brings together spiritual, physical, mental and emotional well-being and balance, and this for me is the true essence of " Being healthy ". And we all know how important this original idea of "health" is in today's times. Yoga's calming and balancing effects are immediate and of course it's regular and consistent practice brings about permanent changes of the highest quality..I couldn't recommend it enough..And I feel that this introduction of "International yoga day" is a brilliant initiative and coming from the land where Yoga comes from, we must not only be very proud but truly make it a very important part of our lives. Rest, one who does Yoga knows, that it's benefits are to be experienced and not so easily described in words. Actress Yuvika Chaudhary "I've just started practicing Yoga and it's a new thing for me. I've been hearing a lot from people that Yoga se hi hoga. Its slow but even if I meditate for five minutes, its relaxing and I really want to go ahead and excel and completely pursue Yoga as I've been wanting to do so for the longest time. I started off with meditation and Surya Namaskar and it has really helped me, especially cope with the lockdown and the circumstances around us. With so much negativity happening around us, I have finally accepted Yoga, although not completely but it's a slow and steady process. My father and grandfather have been practicing Yoga for years but I've never gotten into it. Yoga has been catching on a lot recently but it has been practiced for years in my family. My dad has always told me to practice Yoga and I've always took it for granted but now I really value it." Actress Rasika Dugal "One of my yoga teachers said to me that yoga is as much about how the practice makes you feel when you are on the mat as when you are off the mat. Yoga has taught me how to be gentle with myself and that every small effort counts. It's one of those things that you keep doing calmly and persistently without the pressure of achieving anything and your body surprises you. I also love the detail of it - how one tiny change in the way you execute an aasana can transform the experience and effect of that aasana entirely." Actress Sonnalli Seygall "For me yoga tops the list when it comes to any sort of workout, because it's a complete body and mind workout. I have been practising since my childhood in Kolkata and that time yoga was not even so popular as it is now! Infact I feel sad when I see that yoga has become more popular now in India after the west made it famous with likes of Madonna doing it. We as Indians have such a beautiful, beneficial and old discipline passed down to us, I feel we should definitely incorporate it in our lifestyle. For me personally, yoga is my life! It not only keeps me fit physically and in great shape but also makes me emotionally strong and mentally fit. Especially now with this pandemic , I recommend certain pranayamas and asanas to everyone as it helps you make your lungs stronger and boosts your immunity!" Actress Elli Avram "Yoga is extremely important for your health, it helps you find your inner strength and inner peace. Yoga really calms you down and it helps you to stay balanced. According to me, that is what life is all about. It's about balance. Yoga isn't actually about weight loss, it's basically about teaching you to find your inner strength and heal yourself. Every posture in yoga has a reason, it's for a certain organ in your body, or it's for your blood or your cells, yoga heals you from the inside. Yoga is actually medication, that's how powerful it is and this is something that we all need to understand more. I have never practiced yoga in my life for weight loss, I practiced because I was because I was craving that inner strength." (Puja Gupta can be contacted at puja.g@ians.in, Siddhi Jain at siddhi.j@ians.in) --IANS Pg/Sj/tb

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