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Interview of Mr. Nachiketas Bhatkar, CEO, Multiversity

Why fitness?

For me, fitness is as essential as the food we eat. It’s the ‘my time’ of the day where I can be in silence / spend time in nature / listen to some guru’s talks. In today’s day and age of distractions, noise, information overload and convenience, it has become very important to remain fit.

What is your fitness mantra?

My mantra is to be active. It’s this habit that has helped me be fit.  I try and follow this routine – mornings I run on the treadmill followed by Suryanamaskars and some asanas. After that a guided meditation. Evenings, I do a yog kriya. I practice this routine on most days of the year.

What in fitness do you enjoy the most?

For me, it is the feeling after my routine that I enjoy the most – freshness, relaxed, and an improved state of emotional, physical and mental being.

What is your Wellness advice for busy professionals?

The first thing I tell all my teammates and staff is that they must spend time daily for some form of fitness – Stretches / Yog / Meditation / Pranayama / running / any other wellness activity they wish to follow. Additionally, drink enough water, try and have a healthy diet most of the week, be active as best feasible – walk around while on calls, take 10-15 min breaks during the day where your team knows you’re not available, team wellness activities also help a lot.

How do you manage your fitness schedule along with your work schedule?

I have blocked time daily for my routines. In the morning, I try and do all of my routines before checking emails, chat groups, etc. Evenings, I’ve blocked my calendar for 15 mins daily for this too. I try and stick to this unless there are urgent matters. This has worked for me for the last 3 years, barring a few exceptions.

According to you, how important is it for Employees to be Healthy?

Very very important. Managers and Leaders must give the same importance to their own and their team’s wellness as the business results. To be at our best, it is very important to be healthy – emotionally, mentally and physically. After implementing a daily routine for all staff, I have seen a significant change in behavior, reduction in complaints like acidity and back pain. At Multiversity, we have wellness champs who conduct a morning meditation / breathing / exercise routine (different daily) before we start our workday. In the evening, we conduct physical activities to reduce lethargy, feel fresher and get home in a better state of mind. All this is done daily whether we’re at the office or working from home.

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Wellness solutions in Corporates – Do they really work? - HPS wellness

Wellness solutions in corporates – Do they really work? It is quite natural for this question...

Wellness solutions in corporates – Do they really work? It is quite natural for this question to arise in the minds of corporate leaders. All over the world, leaders do recognize the essentiality and criticality of employee wellness focus.

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Habits - HPS Wellness

In his discourse on Vipasyana Guruji Goenkaji gives a very nice example to explain how habits are formed. An action performed once is like a line drawn in air it. https://hpswellness.com/habits/

In his discourse on Vipasyana Guruji Goenkaji gives a very nice example to explain how habits are formed. An action performed once is like a line drawn in air it can’t even be seen. If the action is done a few times it shows like a line drawn on water; it comes and goes. Repeated a few more times the action is like a line drawn on sand it stays for some time and then becomes lighter or is wiped off with the next tide. Finally an action repeated over and over again becomes a line etched on stone (pathhar ki lakir). It leaves a deep mark and is very difficult to erase.

Research shows that an action repeated 27-30 times becomes a trait, 30-50 times makes it a tendency, 50-70 times makes it a habit and 70-100 times makes it a part of our character. This is the logic behind urging people to repeat shlokas or prayers 21 or 108 times or the concept of parayan (repeated reading or discourses). Of course it is effective only if it is done with sincerity and understanding. In Indian philosophy the process of cultivating good habits is known as Sanskar.

The same logic applies to practicing martial art moves, cricket and tennis strokes over and over again. These actions when repeated hundreds of times become our conditioned reflex like balancing on a two wheeler, skating or swimming. They get etched on our muscle memory. This memory is stored deep down in the core of the brain known as the Hippocampus also known as the reptilian brain. They are very important for survival and for the skills that we have cultivated in the form of conditioned reflexes and muscle memory.

Most players and artists spend hours practicing their skills. Eventually it becomes a part of their character, their second nature. That is why their moves seem so natural. Remember Sachin’s straight drive or Federer’s back hand. They seem natural but are actually a result of 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration.

When we say habits we are not talking only about physical habits or addictions; it also includes mental habits. In fact emotional patterns and thought patterns contribute more to our character than our physical habits. Our coping skills, learning styles and defense mechanisms, the way we perceive the world and people around us, our fears, anxiety, worry, guilt, envy, jealousy, irritation, complaints and our anger and judgement form the foundation of our character. They are stored in the second layer of the brain known as the Limbic System. These responses have been cumulating right since birth, the more often we use them the more re-enforced they are. Eventually they become our default behavior.

Our behavior patterns are like streams, valleys and riverbeds marked on the topography of our mind. They are known as Neuro Linguistic Pathways (NLPs).When a stimulus in the form of sensory inputs, words, thoughts or ideas falls in the catchment area of one of these streams it triggers off the oft used response and the NLPs become deeper. Many such habits, good and bad have become a part of our character. In fact the person I refer to as ‘I’ is this bundle of habits that I have cultivated knowingly or unknowingly over years.

If we allow our being to respond to every situation through our Reptilian brain or the Limbic system, it means that we are living by default, by rote, repeating one day many times over. We are not living, Life is happening to us. There is no learning, no growth, no evolution only deeper and deeper NLPs; more like animal living. The brain has a third layer known as the Neo-cortex, it is highly developed in human beings. It is the part of the brain that distinguishes human beings from animals. The more we process our actions through this part of the brain, the more human is our life. It is this part of the brain that we are going to use to get rid of unhealthy physical and mental habits. This is the part of the brain that will help us cultivate new habits, build a new character and justify our life as a human being.

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