Sohum Sutras

Today I was on Zee tv live in the afternoon, talking about how stress can lead to weight gain . I have a long term association with Zee and I quite enjoy shooting with them. See some of the pics from behind the scenes during the shot. At the end of this post, I have also posted the video of the coverage how the questions of the viewers were being answered live. What I wore: Tunic: Pankaj and Nidhi.   On air, I kept the accessorising basic and minimalistic. Do see the video

Squats and its variations. Squats help to tone the muscles of legs and thighs. These are one of the most effective exercises for the hip and thighs. They work with your own body weight. The technique for the squats is very important and has to be kept in mind. If done incorrectly, it places a lot of stress on the knee joints. When you go down, imagine you are sitting on a chair or a pot behind you. So the angle of knee flexion should not be more than 90 degrees. Which means you should be able to see your toes when you bend down. The only exception here is the Hindu squats where the knees go beyond the toes but it is compensated by lifting the heels up and being on your toes. There are many variations of squats and many equipments can be used to assist the squats to make them more effective and more challenging. Lets evaluate the squats. 1.            Squats with swiss ball or gym ball: In women, the pelvis is broader t...

Remember the scene from the movie Dil dhadakne do, where stressed Shefali Talwar is shown to binge on cakes and sweets? It is called depressive eating. Stress has an impact on the body. It escalates the weight and fat gain specially around the waistline. It also causes loss of muscle, which is a live tissue and responsible for good metabolism. Stress plays a havoc on thyroid and makes weight loss a battle. Losing weight is not as simple as plain exercise and controlling your diet. Sometimes you do not achieve the desired results despite exercising and watching your diet. There are many other factors attached like adequate rest, stress, hormones, water retention, eating at right time, sleeping at right time, constipation, etc. If you are constantly tired and constantly craving for food, how can you achieve weight loss? Do you know that the underlying factor of all this is STRESS. In modern, fast paced, competitive world, stress comes as part and parcel of every one's life....

This pose requires balance. Balance- whether it is in life, in your emotions or at a physical level, is necessary and comes with practice. There has to be a balance and an equilibrium in whatever you do. Yoga helps you achieve that. Hatha Yoga places lot of emphasis on balancing postures. These bring inner peace and inner balance. These postures also help to improve strength and coordination. Your posture improves and the nervous system becomes calm. Kakasana is very helpful not only to strengthen the arms and shoulders but also to calm down the mind and smooth the creases. It helps us to ease our breathing. In Crow pose, we place our folded knees and thighs on top of our arms. Crows are light and they can fly. Gravity does not restrict them. This posture helps to improve our flexibility and strength. The arms and shoulders are energised. It helps to build confidence in our arms to support the body weight. The pelvis and abdomen are lifted up. It helps in our Pranayam prac...

Going to gym and leading a disciplined life seems too difficult? Now we are telling you simple and easy solutions that will keep even the laziest girls on track. 1. Opt for HIIT . High intensity interval training. Instead of spending long hours in the gym, do a short and intense workout and get over with it. 2.   Finish your workout first thing in the morning so that if you want to be lazy for the rest of the day, you are not guilty. 3.   Get enough rest and sleep . You do need 7-8 hours of sleep. So keep sleeping. At least for those many hours you will not be attacking the fridge. 4.   Take a dose of coffee . It will give you instant energy that will help you in the gym. 5. Do compound training . This means working on two or more muscles simultaneously instead of simple training that targets only one muscle. For example instead of only bicep curls, combine these with lunges. It is killing two birds with one stone. 6.   Socialise in your gym ...

Whether you are wanting to buy sunglasses or frames for your lenses, there is one website, that I can highly recommend. It is called  Lenskart.com . Check out some of their amazing sunglasses here . One might feel that you need to try a particular frame to see if it suits you or not. What is nice, is that they even have a 3D virtual try on app. They do not stock just 10-15 pairs but they have 3815 models to choose from. You may select your style, amongst your brands, or amongst your price range. Something that lenskart has exclusive is swimming goggles with power. So you get clear vision even under water. Their quality of lenses is much better than the others and there is assurance of service. All their lenses are shaped by laser precision machines. They also come with 1 year warranty. In sunglasses, they stock wayfarers, aviators, oversized glasses, rimless and even with full rims.  You can choose from a wide range of styles, shapes, colours, patterns and sizes and even enj...

Sometimes back, I had written a post- Lonely vs alone . Do read it. I have lots of friends and I am equally happy, contended, comfortable and confidant in my own company. It fact, it baffles me why people are not confident all by themselves and have to have a partner/friend for doing anything and everything. There are lots of things I do alone very happily and gladly. I go and watch movie alone. I can go and sit in a restaurant/coffee shop alone, all by myself (actually with my kindle). Recently, when I took a Segway tour alone , early in the morning, the instructor was surprised and asked me, "You have come alone?" I said, "Yes". Then I asked him, "Do we ride this alone or two people together ride this?" Obviously, he said, it was to be done alone. Then I said, Oh! I thought maybe two people together were supposed to make a Titanic pose on it. He understood what I meant and said nothing further. My point is, many people I know, find it surprising when ...

There are many reasons why sisters are the best travel partners and you must travel together at least once in your lifetime. Whether you are an elder sister, who has always ruled her younger sister or you are younger sister who has always agreed to whatever her elder sister said, traveling with your sister can be the most exhilarating experience. Here are some of the reasons: 1. You both will be inclined to do the same activities- try yoga, biking, same food, even the choice of destination to travel. 2.  There will be no arguments about what to do or where to go. You will want to do it all together or none at all. T he adventures with her will be silly, laughable and extremely cherish able - memories lasting for lifetimes. She may get you off-board a number of times, but she will row wit you tirelessly to fulfil the adventure!   3.   A sister is hardwired to support you, be on your side, defend you. The world may oppose you, resent your unity bu...

Today we had lunch at Dusit Devarana restaurant named Kiyan. Review for Dusit. While the place is very beautiful, the ambience is breathtaking, their hospitality absolutely sucks. In fact, go at your own risk. I made the booking and was confirmed twice, a table for 12. Then at the very last minute they backed out and said, "sorry for the inconvenience" "we apologise" but we will give you two separate tables of 6 each. Our big group had to split and sit and we did not like their attitude. They could have joined the tables and the restaurant had space but they were unnecessarily rigid and spoilt our fun. Anywhere, we went, they came behind us with their do's and don'ts.  When we entered they offered us to show the place around, show us the rooms but conveniently forgot. They were not hospitable at all.  The food is expensive. We did not have anything much. Yet it costed us Rs.2000/- per person. The food is average. Nothing great to talk about.  An ...