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This is one person's experience, shared with their consent. Every body is different. It is not medical advice, so please keep working with your doctor, and never change or stop medication without them.
Avinash’s story is an inspiring one. He lived with hypothyroidism and bronchitis, and felt low for a long time because of his weight. He could have accepted his fate and lived with medicines and inhalers on his bedside, but he took the road not taken and found much more than good health. Let’s see how a man can take his fate in his own hands.
*“This way of life gave me a new relationship with my own health, and I am grateful for every step of it.”*
Can the cure be so simple?
***Last year in July – I was still desperately looking for a way to reverse my Thyroid, bronchitis and obesity. Because of this unusual trio, my life was running on medicines and inhalers. I had to take them to even have a good night’s sleep. I was looked down upon in my office because of my excess weight (I stood at 105 kg before any of this). All of this broke my spirit every day. YouTube was an odd place to look for answers but I was ready to grab whatever was thrown my way. After searching for days, I came across a video called ‘3 ways to detoxify your body’ by Satvic movement. Subah shared how wet packs, enemas and fasting are part of the Satvic way of caring for the body. I remember asking myself, can it really be this simple? The video made so much sense that I was tempted to try it for a week. The week turned into a month and a month turned into a lifestyle that I have today.
Tools to create a beautiful life
Fasting was a new concept for me. My initial motivation was to lose weight with fasting. During the first week, I remember feeling hungry while in bed and resisting the temptation to eat past 7 PM. It required determination to keep going on but my will power was wearing thin. On top of it, I had only lost ½ a KG after 3 weeks of fasting. I started doubting myself and was completely unmotivated to continue. I remember needing to find a solution urgently. I wanted to stay on this path. I went back and saw the same video again and another video about eating the right way. I incorporated wet packs and the food laws of the Satvic lifestyle into my routine. I also gradually removed dairy from my diet. Ever since that day, I haven’t looked back.
Tools to create a beautiful life
I started with 16-hour fasting and gradually added wet packs, the Satvic diet and sunbathing to my life. (The Satvic team's note: fasting and wet packs are not for pregnant or breastfeeding women, children under 14 or anyone severely underweight.) Each step felt like I was unlocking a new level of living life. Of Course, there were some challenges when I started out with the Satvic diet. It took me almost 10 days to develop a taste for the satvic sabzi and salt-free rotis. Now it is a staple in my family, everyone eats a satvic roti. The practice of sunbathing took me by surprise. It is not only a physical activity for me anymore. I have an emotional connect with the Sun. I feel like the sun has helped me to stay on this path.I left out just one step from the entire lifestyle - Enema. I could never come to terms with it. I did not feel the need to use it.
धीरे-धीरे रे मना, धीरे सब कुछ होय
माली सींचे सौ घड़ा, ॠतु आए फल होय
I don’t know what got into me, I just didn’t face any challenges after the first month. My motivation was fueled by constant weight loss and after following this lifestyle for almost 6 months, I stood tall at 87 Kgs (yes! I lost 18 Kgs just by improving my way of living). Very soon, I saw my patience bear another fruit. My quarterly thyroid test was due, I was secretly hoping to see a drop in my TSH levels. Generally in such a situation, I would keep my hopes low but within 6 months, I had such trust over what I was doing that I was not expecting anything less than what I saw next. My TSH had dropped from 15 to 4.5. That was one of the sweetest moments of my life, it felt like I had won an impossible battle.
My breathing has improved a lot and I sleep much better at night.
When I share this knowledge with others, I usually tell them that following this lifestyle is like riding a bike. It is challenging and confusing at first, you don’t know how to balance all of it together but a point comes after which it becomes effortless, you feel so confident that you even leave the support of the handles. All it requires to go through the rough patches is patience and faith in the knowledge. The same colleagues who made fun of my weight now ask me what I changed. A year ago, I could not have imagined feeling this well. For me, what it took was patience and trust in this lifestyle.
Every journey is different. If you are on medication or have a medical condition, make any changes together with your doctor. If this story speaks to you, our workshops are a good place to start learning the Satvic lifestyle.
