Sohum Sutras

Learn to be detached. Detachment brings stability. It is important. For every step ahead in life, one has to be detached with the one left behind. If the baby did not want to detach from its mother, it would not be born. If you do not detach from your everyday life, you would not be able to sleep and would have insomnia. After finishing one work, you have to detach yourself from it to be able to do the next work. If you are washing hands, you cannot continue to do that. You will have obsessive compulsive disorder then. You have to detach yourself from that job. Detaching does not mean lack of emotion or love for a person or activity. As a parent, you have to detach yourself even from children. This does not make you less attached to them. But to keep your own sanity, learn to detach. God chose to cut that umbilical cord from the very first moment. That was the first act of detachment while still being attached. Body gets attached and brings us expectation and frustration. Soul get...

Try to understand that whatever has contributed to you gaining weight in the past will contribute to you gaining weight today and again in the future.  That is, if you don't change it.  You must identify where your weakness are.  For instance, you could be a "stress eater" that munches or gorges on food when life gets difficult are you a "reward eater", rewarding yourself for having a good day or accomplishing something great?  Are you a boredom eater that just eats because there is nothing else to do right then?  Perhaps you feel like you always must be chewing something because of nervousness.  Are you a "social eater" who goes out to a rib restaurant with your friends and gorges on the main entrée but then forces down a dessert (even though you're not hungry) just because it looks good or your friends are having some?      Your first step to overcoming weight loss is to identify what the problem is.  You need to ident...

A little black dress, specially the one that accentuates the waist is chic option to wear in the evening. Every woman must have at least 1 LBD in her wardrobe if not more.

Today is Navjot's Birthday. Ever since I have closed the comments, he has emailed his beautiful, precious comments everyday on every post of mine. Thanks Navjot for sticking on. Read his wonderful blog here.  And wish him. Happy Birthday Navjot.

All pictures are shot by Kalpana. The pictures above (except the last three) are taken from Kalpana's blog here. Thanks Kalpana for taking such lovely shots and posting them.

Kalpana is a great person/friend/blogger/writer/mother/dancer, etc etc. She has written a great post here.  And shared some of my pics too. Do check them out.

Sit in Dandasana (Staff Pose) with your hands several inches behind your hips and your fingers pointing forward. Bend your knees and place your feet on the floor, big toes turned inward, heels at least a foot away from your buttocks. Exhale, press your inner feet and hands down against the floor, and lift your hips until you come into a reverse tabletop position, torso and thighs approximately parallel to the floor, shins and arms approximately perpendicular. Without losing the height of your hips, straighten your legs one at a time. Lift your hips still higher without hardening your buttocks. Press your shoulder blades against your back torso to support the lift of your chest. Without compressing the back of your neck, slowly drop your head back.  Hold for 30 seconds, then sit back down in Dandasana with an exhale. Benefits Strengthens the arms, wrists and legs Stretches the shoulders, chest, and front ankles Watchpoints Make sure your hands are directly under yo...

We have family, friends, relatives, work, career, colleagues, pets, hobbies, etc. Do you have a passion in your life? Find your passion in life that keeps you going. It could be workout and fitness, cooking, gardening, blogging, photography, painting, fashion, dancing, caring for environment, skiing, sports, golf, tennis, etc. If you do not have any passion or pursuit, your life becomes boring and meaningless.  Give meaning to your life. 

These are my pictures from recent Milonga (Tango party) that I attended. In Tango, heels are very important. This is one thing I noticed in Buenos Aires. If a woman is not wearing good/pretty shoes, she would not be asked for dance. People judge your dancing skills based on how nice shoes you are wearing. You are considered a better dancer, if your shoes are pretty. There is a lot of role and play of heels in adornos/embellishments by the follower (woman).

If you try to meet up/match up expectations of others, you waste so much of your positive energies. Be yourself. Do not try to please anyone. Do not change anything in yourself for others. Do not try to live with the so called norms of the society. Love yourself the way you are.  Do not have any expectations from others too. Accept people and situations the way they are. Expectations kill joy. It is easy not to be bothered by the opinions of people whom you are not close to. But sometimes it may be someone who is very close to you, who is pulling you down. Your parents, your children, spouse, in laws, siblings. These are the people who really matter in your life. You may have probably done everything in your life to please them. Yet, if they turn around and be judgemental, tell you that they find you wrong (when in your heart and mind, you know that you are right). That is the time to be strong. Do not get hurt. Do not get upset. Do not give them that power. Draw power ...

Weekend was spent with friends. Lots of dancing and chatting.  Few pointers that came out from our chit chat 1. Love of own self is the greatest romance on earth. 2. One is answerable only to one's own moral conscience and nobody else. 3. Kuch to log kahenge. Logon ka kaam hai kehna. (People/society will say something or the other. It is their job to say. Do not be bothered by other's opinion. Do not be a football of other's opinion). 4. Kabhi kissi ko mukammil jahaan nahin milta. Kabhi zameen to kabhi aasman nahin milta. (Nobody gets a perfect world of happiness. Life is not a bed of roses). 5. When you bump into your X, let your X remain X. Do not make him/her your XYZ. 6. Does a single compliment make you happy and a bad comment make you unhappy. Do not let this happen. Be in control of your own happiness. If your happiness or sadness is controlled by external factors/people, it will be short lived. No one should have the power to upset you or make you happy. N...

Eagle/Garuda, is supposed to be the king of all the birds. Lord Vishnu rides on it. According to Hindu mythology, Garuda could consume all the rays of the sun (Kiran). Benefits Strengthens and stretches the ankles and calves Stretches the thighs, hips, shoulders, and upper back Improves concentration Improves sense of balance People with knee injuries should avoid doing it. In Yoga it is generally sequenced towards the end of the standing asanas.

This is my second year of putting my Birthday pictures on this blog.  Below is the picture of my yummy Birthday Cake. My Birthday could not have been complete without dancing. My Birthday dress was decided and chosen by my sister. She might be far but very close to my heart. Here is gifts galore. Yeah!! Thanks to all the wonderful people around me. Thanks Kalpana for taking these pictures for me.

I had worn this Vero Moda dress earlier here in this post. Wearing it bit differently in this post. It is Birthday of Yours Truly today. The post and pictures were shot earlier. Not today. What I did on my Birthday? Stay tuned in to know.

My sister has a very fashionable wardrobe too. Check her in red shirt worn with golden tights. Similar worn by Aroon Shivdasani. My sister below wearing a desigual dress. Similar one being worn by Koel Purie. She is passionate about dancing. Is trained Indian classical dancer and runs her very own very successful Bollywood fitness classes, which are very popular in US. She is a qualified engineer. And has a high profile job. Dancing is her hobby/passion/love.

 Corporate Fitness training, that Fitnesolution does, has been published in The Telegraph here. This is what it says- The new corporate mantra More and more offices are introducing fitness programmes to help keep their employees fit.  The television commercial for the Hutch Delhi Marathon announces that all of Delhi, including Pinki, Bunty and Malhotra uncle, are going to run this month. Literally. Hutch — the main sponsor of the marathon — has signed up a city-based fitness trainer to give professional fitness and long-distance running training to its employees. “About 300 Hutch employees have signed up for the training programme,” says Kiran Sawhney, proprietor, Fitnesolution, and fitness trainer for the Hutch employees. Sawhney explains that the Hutch marathon initiative is one of the many ways in which companies in India are introducing fitness in the employee’s work life. “Companies are recognising the importance of having a physically healthy workforce,” ...

Check my interview here on yahoo home page. It says- The best in the business reveal what you should know about losing weight... What's the difference between a healthy diet and a dangerous one, a workable one and one that sees you secretly stuffing your face with chocolate cake just two days after you promised not to. Tried and tested expert advice, that's what. So, in honour of that little black dress you've been dying to fit into, we asked 6 diet and nutrition experts for their top tips on getting rid of those extra kilos. And no, there's no carb-hating or mealmissing involved... Kiran Sawhney, nutritionist 1. Consistence, dedication and strong willpower in following a fitness regime is what works. We are disciplined for a bit, and then tend to binge, which ruins the entire rhythm. Build your willpower by achieving small missions every day. 2. Adopt a variety of fitness regimes, on different days. If you do kickboxing one day, try pilates, walking, sw...

A mention of the blogs, I love the best, these days. It is a delight to read them. Vivaluxury Fashezine These blogs have the best pictures, best content, best template and I must say, both these bloggers are very pretty.

In my previous post, here , I had shown one way of wearing your glittery dress. Here is a second way of wearing it. Here is where the inspiration came from.