Executive Bliss, 27 Endell Street, London (2026)

06/01/2026

Why Focus on Happiness in 2026

As another year begins, many of us are focused on doing more, earning more, or becoming more.

But there is a quieter question worth asking.

What if happiness came first?

Not the kind that depends on circumstances. Not the kind that arrives only when life looks a certain way.

But a deeper form of happiness.

One that is present whether we are travelling the world or staying at home on a Saturday night.
Whether we live in a large house, a city flat, or a shared room in an old house.
Whether we are surrounded by friends or all alone.

A happiness that is not dictated by our role at work or our role in life.
A happiness that can still be found, and often discovered, even in the most chaotic of times.

This kind of happiness does not come from comparison or achievement.
It is the steady ground beneath experience.

When people connect with this steadiness, something practical shifts.
Decisions become clearer.
Pressure softens.
Energy returns.

Happiness, in this sense, is not a reward for success.
It is the foundation everything else can be built on.

Perhaps 2026 is not about pushing harder.
Perhaps it is about strengthening the inner ground we stand on.

30/12/2025

I’ve been reflecting on the year recently. Not so much on what I achieved, but on how I actually moved through it.

How happy I felt overall. How much genuine joy there was day to day. What my energy was like, whether things felt clear and flowing or heavy and forced.

There were plenty of good moments where things felt easy and aligned, and there were also some genuinely challenging times.

Most challenges don’t really change year to year. There will always be things to deal with. What matters is how we respond to them, and how we treat ourselves while we’re doing that.

As I look towards the year ahead, that’s what I want to carry with me. More clarity, steadier energy, and being kinder to myself (and others around me) when things feel difficult.

If all of those are in place, the achievements will naturally follow.

11/12/2025

Why I Meditate Every Day

People are often surprised when I say I meditate every day, including Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. But for me it is not even about keeping up the routine. It is about how it makes life feel.

Why I, along with so many others who meditate regularly, keep practising every day, including Christmas, is simple. Meditation makes everything better.

Yes, it releases pressure. Yes, it helps us handle stress more effectively. Those are good reasons, but they are not my main reasons. I meditate because of the feeling. The clarity. The ease. The way it subtly lifts the quality of everything I do.

If meditation helps me enjoy my work more, why would I not want that same feeling when I am with friends, with family, on weekends, or during Christmas. Why would I limit something that helps me experience life more fully to just the workplace.

Meditation helps me feel more satisfied, more connected, and more present in all areas of life. Work, rest, and play. It turns ordinary moments into richer ones.

I have meditated twice a day, every day, for the last 17 years. As many of you know I have only ever skipped one session, and that was because I thought I might be getting addicted to it. But you cannot get addicted to the development of the mind. You cannot get addicted to becoming more aware. You cannot get addicted to growing.

That is why I keep showing up.
Because life feels better when I do.

09/12/2025

Good Stress, Bad Stress, and Why the Difference Matters

I keep hearing people say that some stress is good for us. And it is. A little pressure can sharpen the mind, bring out our creativity, and help us rise to a challenge. It can also inspire. It can remind us that we are capable of more than we think.

But most of the stress we experience isn’t that kind. Most stress doesn’t move us forward. It pulls us into tension, overthinking, and exhaustion.

Good stress feels like stretching. There is effort, but there is also clarity and direction.
Bad stress feels like tightening. The mind becomes reactive, the body contracts, and even simple tasks feel heavier than they should.

The difficulty is that in the middle of it, the two feel almost identical. Stress is stress. Until it isn’t.

This is where meditation and well-being practices make a real difference.
Good stress doesn’t need much help because it already carries momentum.
Bad stress needs space. It needs the nervous system to settle enough for the mind to come back into balance.

Meditation works on the part of stress we cannot think our way out of. It releases the pressure the body holds. It softens the mental noise that makes everything feel urgent. It gives us the ability to respond rather than react.

And once we are calmer inside, recognising the difference becomes easier.
We can see which stress is helping us grow and which is slowly draining us.
We can save our energy for the right things instead of fighting through everything.

Because stress itself isn’t the issue.
Not knowing which kind we are dealing with is.
And meditation is what helps us see that clearly.

04/12/2025

I’ve had a real mental block today.
Nothing dramatic, just that feeling of sitting down to write… and nothing comes out. A post that should’ve been simple suddenly felt like climbing a hill in flip-flops.

It wasn’t that I didn’t have ideas. I actually had too many. And the pressure to get it “right” just tightened everything up. The more I tried to push through it, the worse it got.

What eventually helped was just admitting it — to myself.
Noticing the pressure. Noticing the noise.
Taking a moment, stepping back, and letting the mind settle instead of wrestling with it.

And funnily enough, once I stopped trying so hard, the block eased on its own.

Sometimes the most productive thing we can do is to stop forcing productivity.
And sometimes clarity only shows up once we stop minding that the block is there at all.

That’s what shifted it for me today.

25/11/2025

The mind is not one thing. It is a whole system at work.

Understanding this system helps us make sense of why we react the way we do.

Manas is the reactive mind. It is the part that jumps at a sharp email or feels pressure when messages pile up. It reacts before we have time to think.

Ahamkara is the ego mind. It takes things personally. A neutral comment becomes a story about us. Feedback becomes a threat to who we think we are.

Chitta holds our past impressions.
Old experiences leave traces.
Samskaras are the charge behind those traces. This is why a small moment can feel heavier than expected. The present touches something stored.

Buddhi is our deeper intelligence.
It is the part that sees clearly. For example, someone sends a blunt message and instead of reacting you pause, breathe, and read it again with calm.

Buddhi reminds you that the person might be busy or stressed. It helps you respond with clarity instead of emotion. It is the shift from immediate reaction to steady awareness.

Beneath all of this is Pure Consciousness.
The natural stillness at the foundation of the mind.

Stillness is not something we create. Stillness is what remains when the mind settles. It does not react. It does not defend. It is not shaped by old patterns.

When we meditate we rest in this deeper layer. The noise softens because we are touching something unaffected by it.

Understanding this system does not make life perfect. It simply helps us move through the day with more awareness, more ease and a steadier sense of ourselves.

We have an afternoon of Meditation and Talks this coming Saturday in Shepherds Bush all are welcome. for more info do drop me a line.

20/11/2025

Why we repeat the same patterns

Most of us know when a pattern is repeating.
We can see it at work.
We can see it in relationships.
We can see it at home.

We can see ourselves doing the same thing again and again, even when we know it does not help us.

The reason is rarely a lack of intelligence or effort. It is that our mind holds impressions from past experiences.

In the Vedic tradition these impressions are called Samskaras. In modern language they are emotional imprints.

They shape how we react before we even think. They create familiar loops that feel automatic.

A Samskara is not the memory of the event.
It is the emotional charge left behind.
If the charge remains active, the pattern returns.

This is why we can know better yet still fall into the same behaviour.

The mind reaches for what it knows because it once believed that response kept us safe. The good news is that patterns soften when awareness grows.

When we notice the moment the old loop switches on, something new becomes possible.

We pause.
We breathe.
We choose rather than react.

Even a small shift changes the direction of the whole moment.

Real change happens through these small interruptions. Each one weakens the old imprint. Each one gives the mind a new route.

Over time the pattern loses its power because you no longer feed it with automatic reactions.

Awareness creates space.
And in that space, a new way of living begins.

If you would like to explore this more deeply, we are hosting a Meditation and Talk day on the 29th of November.

We will be exploring nighttime techniques, meditation techniques, and topics like this one.

You will also have the chance to learn a simple meditation technique and a few clear steps to help you build a regular meditation practice.

13/11/2025

When you feel overwhelmed, your nervous system goes into survival mode.

It floods with stress hormones that tell you to keep going, fix it, do something.

Stopping feels unsafe... almost like failure or collapse.

So you push. Not consciously, but instinctively. Because somewhere inside, it still doesn’t feel safe to stop.

Take little pauses through the day...to breathe, stretch, or simply be. And meditate regularly.

Meditation teaches the body that stillness is safe again.

It reconnects you to calm, reminding the nervous system that rest isn’t danger... it’s recovery.

Stopping isn’t failure.
It’s where healing begins.

28/07/2025

I was watching the Marvel series What If…
I know - kid at heart. But it got me thinking.

Every episode explores a single choice made differently— and how it changes everything.

It made me wonder about everyday life.
What if we applied that here?
What if we made one conscious, positive decision today?
What if we slowed down instead of rushing?
What if we spoke kindly to ourselves for once?
What if we chose rest, truth, or joy?

It might not feel cinematic. But small shifts can shape whole timelines.

So…

What if this is the moment everything changes?
Just because we chose differently.

16/07/2025

Grievance at work..in life: what’s the point?

Grievance might feel justified.
But more often, it’s us who carry the weight.
Moody. Closed.
Still replaying something that’s already over.

It doesn’t help.
Not really.

And it doesn’t just affect us.
It affects how we show up.
It affects the team, the people around us, and even the company we work with.
Everyone becomes part of that atmosphere.

That’s why the pause matters.
The moment we stop and ask:
Is this really helping?
Is this how I want to feel?
Is this how I want to contribute?

That honest question shifts everything.
Because once we see it clearly,
we can choose differently.

15/07/2025

We often think kindness is something we give to others. But most of the time, it’s what returns us to ourselves.

A random act of kindness doesn’t have to be big. A compliment. A pause. Letting someone go ahead.

No need for applause. No expectation.
Just the feeling it gives you.

It softens something. Shifts your state.
And for a moment, the world feels a little warmer. Starting from the inside out.

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