Mona Sharma

The beautiful thing about my dad's background is he had an insight on Ayurveda, which is an ancient Indian healing, you know, way for healing the body. And my mom with her arthritis, you know, he saw a solution to, um, by taking us to live at an ashram every single summer. So this ashram was in Val Moran in Quebec, in Canada, where I'm from.

The beautiful thing about my dad's background is he had an insight on Ayurveda, which is an ancient Indian healing, you know, way for healing the body. And my mom with her arthritis, you know, he saw a solution to, um, by taking us to live at an ashram every single summer. So this ashram was in Val Moran in Quebec, in Canada, where I'm from.

And we spent time every summer living in the mountains, waking up, meditating, doing breath work, two hours of yoga, living in nature, living in communities, spending time in prayer, chanting, singing. Like it's the ultimate wellness retreat, but As a kid, I don't know if you went to like fun summer camp. I didn't go to fun summer camp. I got to go to yoga camp.

And we spent time every summer living in the mountains, waking up, meditating, doing breath work, two hours of yoga, living in nature, living in communities, spending time in prayer, chanting, singing. Like it's the ultimate wellness retreat, but As a kid, I don't know if you went to like fun summer camp. I didn't go to fun summer camp. I got to go to yoga camp.

So what my parents didn't know that they were doing was imprinting these rituals to my life. So in that moment in the heart surgery, I knew that I had to go back to my roots. That's exactly what I did. I quit the corporate job, went back to my roots, became a yoga teacher, a meditation teacher, a holistic nutritionist just for the sake of my own healing journey.

So what my parents didn't know that they were doing was imprinting these rituals to my life. So in that moment in the heart surgery, I knew that I had to go back to my roots. That's exactly what I did. I quit the corporate job, went back to my roots, became a yoga teacher, a meditation teacher, a holistic nutritionist just for the sake of my own healing journey.

I ended going back into the cosmetic world for a little bit of time, but I became a nutritionist while I was there as like an exit strategy. When I went back to the ashram, the weight melted off my body. I was finally dealing with all of the open running tabs that were in my mind, the chaos that was in my body. I started eating like a really clean plant focused diet.

I ended going back into the cosmetic world for a little bit of time, but I became a nutritionist while I was there as like an exit strategy. When I went back to the ashram, the weight melted off my body. I was finally dealing with all of the open running tabs that were in my mind, the chaos that was in my body. I started eating like a really clean plant focused diet.

I was finding stillness every single day and my palpitations stopped. Wow. So I knew that this was a message that I had to share with the world because the diet industry is insane. People, I'm sure some of your listeners are still looking for the next red pill, the diet, the protocol, the guru to follow.

I was finding stillness every single day and my palpitations stopped. Wow. So I knew that this was a message that I had to share with the world because the diet industry is insane. People, I'm sure some of your listeners are still looking for the next red pill, the diet, the protocol, the guru to follow.

And we're on the cycle of looking for, and it's like, it's time that we end that cycle and just heal.

And we're on the cycle of looking for, and it's like, it's time that we end that cycle and just heal.

There's a couple of things I would say if I had to put them in order. First and foremost, it was a level of stress, sadness, and anxiety that I had in my life that I'd never really learned how to process. Although I knew about meditation and breath work and all of these beautiful modalities and I did practice yoga. For me, because I grew up with it, it was kind of like a checklist.

There's a couple of things I would say if I had to put them in order. First and foremost, it was a level of stress, sadness, and anxiety that I had in my life that I'd never really learned how to process. Although I knew about meditation and breath work and all of these beautiful modalities and I did practice yoga. For me, because I grew up with it, it was kind of like a checklist.

Like, okay, I'm going to be mindful today and I'm going to tap into a mindfulness practice. Okay, check, did that. Instead of actually dropping into it.

Like, okay, I'm going to be mindful today and I'm going to tap into a mindfulness practice. Okay, check, did that. Instead of actually dropping into it.

and the reason why i say that's first is because when i went to do my yoga teacher training have you ever done a yoga teacher training i haven't no so what happens often when you go away to these retreats you're living with community for about four weeks in the second or third week of practicing yoga for god knows how many hours a day the yoga teachers start to drop like flies from their yoga mats

and the reason why i say that's first is because when i went to do my yoga teacher training have you ever done a yoga teacher training i haven't no so what happens often when you go away to these retreats you're living with community for about four weeks in the second or third week of practicing yoga for god knows how many hours a day the yoga teachers start to drop like flies from their yoga mats

They're having these emotional releases, sometimes physical releases. And I remember looking around, it's like, wow, out of the 20 people, there's like four people left in class today. And that was me as well. I just would go and cry and recognize all of the things that I was bearing down.

They're having these emotional releases, sometimes physical releases. And I remember looking around, it's like, wow, out of the 20 people, there's like four people left in class today. And that was me as well. I just would go and cry and recognize all of the things that I was bearing down.