November 30, 2024 • 20 mins
Curious about how ancient wisdom and modern wellness intersect? Join us in a transformative conversation with Chahna Gupta from Life Market, as she shares her journey from occupational therapy to becoming an advocate for Ayurveda and holistic wellness practices. Through Life Market, Chahna introduces a novel concept of wellness markets where communities can experience free activities like yoga, meditation, and sound healing, akin to a farmer's market but centered on well-being. We explore how these markets create a vibrant community space that encourages natural healing methods, tapping into the body's innate ability to heal through meditation, breathwork, and plant medicine.
In our conversation, we also dive into the entrepreneurial spirit driving the wellness industry, where resilience and adaptability become crucial. Chahna and I discuss our personal connections to Eastern practices, finding a path back to our cultural roots, and the journey of growth in a Western society often focused on quick fixes. As the episode unfolds, we express gratitude for community bonds and the chance to support local businesses. We invite you to engage with this thriving community at the upcoming wellness market on January 11 and celebrate the power of connection, individuality, and the promise of personal wellness journeys.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is the Good Neighbor Podcast, the place
where local businesses andneighbors come together.
Here's your host, Jeremy Wolf.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Hello, hello, friends , family, wonderful universe.
We are back for another episodeof the Good Neighbor Podcast,
and this seems to be a commontheme happening lately.
I've been having a lot ofguests in the personal growth
and development space and thespirituality space and just
these things that have been onmy mind since I turned 40.
(00:35):
For the last four years, I'vebeen on this journey and I've
been interacting with so manygreat people that are all about
improving their life throughholistic means, and our guest
today is one of those.
I'm here with Chana Gupta andChana joins us from Life Market.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
Chana, thanks, hi thank you for having me.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Of course, it's our pleasure and thanks as always to
our wonderful listeners fortuning in to learn more about
our great community and thebusinesses that serve us.
So, without further ado, chana,why don't you tell our
listeners a little bit aboutwhat you guys do at Life Market?
Speaker 3 (01:08):
Sure.
So Life Market is a wellnessmarket and we focus on offering
a free program and a freeexperience for people.
So you can come, you can take afree yoga class, you can do
free meditations, free soundhealing, and then there are a
lot of vendors so you can shop,you can get food, you can find
(01:31):
services Maybe you need a newdoctor or a chiropractor, so
there's just something foreverybody at the market.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Well, you know what they say.
If it's free, it's for me.
If you're buying, I'm trying.
If there's no fair, I'm there.
This is cool.
I've never heard of a wellnessmarket.
Walk me through.
What do I expect?
When I come to a wellness, I'mthinking in my mind, I think, of
a farmer's market.
Right, you go in, there's anoutdoor space, there's different
vendors set up Is thatbasically what it is?
(02:00):
But it's centered around thewellness space, correct?
Speaker 3 (02:04):
Yeah, so it's just like that.
It's outdoors, there'ssomething for everybody, there's
going to be lawn games forchildren, there'll be children's
activities, and there'ssomething for you to do.
So if you want to take a class,you can take a class.
If you want to walk around andhave a picnic, you can do that
too.
It's just about just chillingout and enjoying and relaxing.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
That's so cool.
I had no idea that somethinglike that even existed, and this
is like right up my alley.
Where is this event held andhow often?
Speaker 3 (02:32):
What's the so we are monthly, but our next one is in
January, so it will be at theSouth Florida Hindu Temple off
of Griffin Road and 75.
And it's on January 11, 2025,from 10am to 3pm, and there's
just there's a live concert toofor an hour.
(02:53):
You know there's.
There's just there's alwaysgoing to be something different
at each market, but for Januarythat's kind of some stuff that
we have planned.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
Well, you're gonna send, you're gonna send me over
all that info.
I'm definitely going to goingto hit that up when it comes.
How did you get into like, isthis your thing?
Is this your idea?
Is this your event?
What's the background behindthe life market?
Speaker 3 (03:13):
You know, of course there are other markets out
there that have definitelyinspired us, but um out we.
We focus on this ancient Indiansystem of medicine called
Ayurveda, and it means thescience of life.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
What is it?
Speaker 3 (03:28):
Ayurveda.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Ayurveda.
Okay, the science of life, allright, continue.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
And so it's an ancient Indian system of
medicine that finds holistic andindividualized treatment plans
for you to bring a person backto their balanced state.
So, basically, what may balanceyou may not balance me, and
vice versa.
So the markets kind of visionis that there's something for
everybody to find balance from.
So it's just there's going tobe something different and there
(03:57):
in you might like it and itmight be good for you, and then
for me it's something else.
So it's about just catering toeverybody and creating, like,
still an individualized place ofwellness for you.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Is this something that you have deep roots in
going back?
How long have you personallybeen involved in this kind of
wellness space?
Talk a little bit about yourjourney.
Speaker 3 (04:23):
Sure, I actually started in occupational therapy.
I was working in skillednursing facilities and a lot of
those people were strugglingwith their health and fitness
and it was kind of stressful tosee.
So then I went to India and Istarted training in yoga and
then I started offeringcorporate wellness programs and
then I started studying Ayurveda.
(04:45):
Because of their sistersciences One is like a more
mental science and one is likeof the body so they kind of go
hand in hand and then I've beentrying to bridge them together
and I think through this marketit's a good way where you can
take a yoga class and you can,you know, work on your mind and
your body and you can also findsomething of health for your
(05:06):
physical body.
You know so, like your yourdigestive system and you know
your muscles.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
Yeah, yeah, I think we have it in many ways
backwards in Western society,all these Eastern traditions,
all these natural modalities.
The human body has anunbelievable propensity to heal
itself and we've come so faraway from that because we live
in this instant gratification,quick fix society where if you
(05:35):
have a problem, nobody reallywants to dive in and do the work
.
Everybody just wants a quicksolution.
So they'll go to a doctor andthey just give you a pill and
it's really just a bandaid andit's not addressing the
underlying issue.
And one of the things that I'velearned in my journey is that
there are so many thingsavailable to increase your
wellness, whether it'smeditation For me, I love doing
(05:56):
ice baths, I love doing breathwork, I love sound healing.
I also enjoy psychedelics aswell.
Sometimes I do my journeysthere.
But this whole plant medicinespace it's so useful, yet so
stigmatized in our society andthere's so many people out there
that this topic is taboo.
You start talking about it andpeople roll their eyes back of
their head like, oh, you'regoing to go do yoga or you're
(06:17):
going to go do this or go dothat.
What would you say to somebodythat feels that way about this
whole space?
Speaker 3 (06:25):
I think you just have to give it a try and open your
mind.
You just never know what youwill find.
And I think it's reallydifficult because, you're right,
like we have been kind oftrained in the society yeah,
absolutely, conditions that wejust want to take a pill for
everything, and sometimes we'renot, well, not sometimes, you
know, many times we're notaddressing the root cause, and
(06:48):
sometimes it's something mental,sometimes it's something
physical that's not manifestingin the way that you think it's
manifesting.
You know, so it's.
It's really just beautiful thatI think there is a shift where
more people are opening up andtrying new things.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
So it definitely.
It definitely feels that waythat there's just something I
don't know, it's just there's apalpable feeling that this is
becoming more mainstream.
It's almost like, with all thistalk, you've got this new
administration coming in and notto really talk about politics,
but you've got somebody like RFKcoming in I don't know if
you've been following this atall.
He's talking about rattling upbig pharma and FDA and the food
(07:29):
and everything, and it's openingup these conversations and it's
really uncovering the fact that, yeah, we have been conditioned
by a system that's kind ofleaning in favor towards these
things we've been talking about.
So it's just exciting, it feelsand I've been following it so
deeply over the last, you know,really over the last couple of
years, but even more so now andI'm just constantly taking in
(07:50):
new information about this spaceand it never ceases to amaze me
.
And I'm just constantly takingin new information about this
space and it never ceases toamaze me and I'm always, always
happy to engage somebody likeyourself that's in that space,
because I get to learn newthings, I get to meet new people
and share ideas and further themission, if you will.
Right, yeah, for sure, yeah, sonow you do the life market.
It's just a monthly thing.
What do you do currentlyoutside the life market?
(08:12):
Do you work?
Do you still work?
You mentioned you didoccupational therapy.
Do you work in this type ofspace?
So like, what do you do forwork?
Speaker 3 (08:19):
So I offer Ayurvedic health counseling one-on-one.
I still am offering likeprivate, corporate and community
services so, and that's morelike yoga, pranayama, which is
breath work and meditation.
And yeah, I also work on kindof different events as well.
So I do like individualizedevent planning and hosting other
(08:42):
types of large scale eventsthat are not really wellness
related but culturally related.
So, yeah, I'm just, I'm more inthe event space now, so that's
kind of where I've been dabblingwith.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
So like event planning, but for any.
So I'm just thinking in termsof our listeners that are
hearing this, that want to reachout, that want to maybe hire
you to help them with something.
What types of thingsspecifically speak to that?
Because I want to make surethat people know exactly what
you do and how they couldbenefit from what you're doing,
aside from just the life market.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
Yeah, absolutely so.
Like, for example, if you havea weekend like a girl's trip or
a guy's trip and you want tolike you're down here, obviously
, and you want to schedule a fewdays, you want to do a bunch of
events.
I can help coordinate that,since I have access to a lot of
vendors through our life market.
A lot of them are able to do alot of private sessions, so I
(09:39):
kind of been mixing andutilizing them that way they get
more business too, they're ableto find more clientele and book
these smaller gigs on weekendsand stuff.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
Okay, very cool, I'm actually doing I do.
I have a good friend of mine,actually my best friend.
He's in Orlando and we do every, probably twice a year, but
we're trying to do it morefrequently we do these men's
retreats where we'll either gowe'll rent a cabin out in the
mountains somewhere we'reactually doing one outside
Orlando in a couple of weeks andwe go and we do one night, we
do a plant medicine ceremony onenight and then it's all about
(10:17):
connecting and brotherhood andjust kind of really sharpened in
those skills that we've beentalking about.
And it's kind of a mission ofmine to do that on a more
full-time type basis.
And really because the two Ithink I've been on two of the
retreats with them They've trulybeen some of the most
transformational experiencesthat I've had in my life.
Wow, it's been really reallypowerful to go in and go through
(10:40):
that process and it's had aprofound impact on the months
after the retreat.
It all comes down to theintegration after you do these
things and it's difficultsometimes to go on a journey
like that and have an experiencelike that and then plug
yourself right back into the ratrace, the society.
There's a big divide there.
So my mission is to bridge thatgap and figure that thing out.
Speaker 3 (11:01):
I love that.
That is probably the mostdifficult part you have that
retreat and you just feel sogood and you come back to real
life and you're like whoa oh man, what am I doing here?
Speaker 2 (11:11):
But the fact of the matter is like if you want to
survive in society, you got tofigure out a way to make income
and earn and whatever.
And the trick is to find a wayto do something that you truly a
passion, something that youtruly love, that you can spread
to people.
And then, if you do that, youknow good things should come to
you.
Yeah.
Very true, I appreciate that.
(11:31):
Yeah, so tell us a little bitabout Chana.
You said you've traveled toIndia.
You're not from thereoriginally, are you?
Speaker 3 (11:43):
I am actually.
Yeah, I mean, I wasn't bornthere, I was born here.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
I'm Floridian born and raised your roots.
Go back from there.
Yeah, my roots are from there.
Speaker 3 (11:52):
And yeah, you know, I never actually cared for
Eastern medicine or wellness atgrowing up because I grew up
here, you know.
So it was just very random andvery different actually that I
kind of got back into it, Iguess, if I think of like from a
cultural perspective.
And yeah, I wanted to learnmore yoga and like the real
(12:12):
meaning and how to really likepractice it.
So I went to learn yoga inIndia and then, while I was
there, I learned about Ayurvedaand then I went back for
clinicals.
I'm in a school, I went toschool here locally for that and
then I went there to see likepatients and stuff and see the
medicine actually in practice,which was cool.
(12:33):
But yeah, I mean, I mean I'mdefinitely more than that.
I do like to like.
I don't know.
My husband and I we always loveto think about new business
ideas and find new ways toimplement unique things and I
enjoy spending time with people.
So I don't, I don't, I'm notlike somebody that talks about
yoga and I read all day long.
(12:53):
You know I have other aspectsto me too.
Speaker 2 (12:57):
Now you still have family back in India that you
visit from time to time.
Speaker 3 (13:01):
Yeah, actually funny thing I'm going in about a week
and a half I'm going to be thereagain, so that'll be fun.
I'm going to see everybodyno-transcript it's going to be a
(13:21):
long one.
It's like a 21 hour flight orsomething like that Only 21
hours.
Speaker 2 (13:26):
Only you know not even a full day.
I've heard it's beautiful.
Speaker 3 (13:31):
It is, it is, yeah, it is.
There's so much culture andarchitecture that's so ancient.
It's really beautiful and, youknow, it's nice to see family.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
Indeed, indeed.
So one of the things I foundthroughout my journey is that
we're often defined by some ofour biggest challenges, our
biggest struggles, the thingsthat, when we're experiencing it
, it seems like the end of theworld.
There's no escape.
Sure, it's great to have winsand all those things, but the
(14:04):
really really nitty gritty stuff, the really uncomfortable stuff
, are like the big growthmoments often, where you look
back with hindsight and you'regrateful for having experienced
that.
Looking through your journey,is there something that comes to
mind, an experience that youhad, something that fits that
bill, that you could share withus?
Speaker 3 (14:22):
Yeah, absolutely.
You know, we're also, I feellike, conditioned to think of
like a 40 hour work week, and togo out of that and become an
entrepreneur is actually verydifficult.
You know you, you really haveto stand on your feet.
Yeah, you have to keep hustling,you have to keep fighting, you
have to be okay with no's andyou have to keep going.
(14:44):
And I think that really buildstough skin.
And I remember initiallythinking like I can't do this.
And that was seven years agowhen I opened the business.
I was like what am I thinking?
I left my job in occupationaltherapy, I went to India to
learn yoga and I'm like what?
Speaker 1 (15:00):
have I done like.
Speaker 3 (15:02):
I just completely changed my entire path.
But you know, I'm here sevenyears later and I'm just like
thank God.
You know, I'm glad I took thestep, I'm glad I tried and I'm
having fun and I really thinkI'm helping people, but in a
different way than I thought Iwas helping.
So I'm enjoying it.
I think it's you just got tokeep going.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
Absolutely.
I appreciate you sharing thatLike one of the one of the big
shifts for me mentally has beenin the past I'd always look back
at things and wished, oh, Ishould have done this
differently or I should havedone that differently.
If I did this this way, thenI'd be here and, like lately, I
don't look at it like thatanymore.
I kind of I stay to the presentand I look at it like I am
(15:47):
right where I'm supposed to beand everything that has happened
to me in the past has led me towhere I'm at today and I
wouldn't change it for the world.
And I think that's so importantto frame things like that
because from a mentalperspective, just to have that
clarity, it helps you staypresent and it helps you keep a
positive attitude moving forwardand it helps you to put a great
energy out into the universe.
(16:08):
And when you shine a light onthe positive, good things come
your way.
And when you start shining thelight on the negative, well,
murphy's law kicks in andeverything starts going wrong.
Speaker 3 (16:17):
Yeah, I absolutely agree.
It's about what you're tryingto manifest.
You have to stay positive.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
Yeah, so what would be?
Before we wrap up here, whatwould be one thing that you'd
like to leave our listeners with?
It could be about your business.
It could be just a nugget ofwisdom about your life.
What would you like to leaveour listeners with?
Speaker 3 (16:38):
I think wellness is individual and unique and you
should always be searching forwhat makes you feel balanced.
And I think, in addition tothat, come to our market on
January 11.
And see, see if you enjoy it.
You know, you never know.
And it's a Saturday, you know.
(17:00):
Come join us.
It's going to be beautifulweather.
Since it's January, it's notgoing to be like overly hot.
There's free yoga classes,meditation, sound healing.
We've got a concert for an hour.
Food vendors, you know you canbuy gifts for people or for
yourself.
I mean, you need retail therapytoo.
It's a thing.
So you know, come come over andyou can find us at Namaste life
(17:35):
events on instagram or ourwebsite, lifemarketflcom.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
So I'm going to instagram now.
Yeah, it's a namaste lifeevents.
Namaste life events.
There you are.
Speaker 3 (17:45):
There we are.
Speaker 2 (17:48):
Yeah, I go every month I go to.
There's a full moon gatheringhere in the neighborhood in
Cooper City.
It's right behind FloridaNursery Mart on Griffin.
I don't know if you're familiarwith the big plant nursery on
Griffin Road.
Right behind there in theneighborhood there's a place
called Botanica Organica and agroup called Soul Fire.
(18:08):
Alchemy comes and we do breathwork, we do sound healing,
meditation, ice bath always afun time, wonderful space.
Speaker 3 (18:17):
What was it called?
Speaker 2 (18:19):
Botanica Organica.
They actually did this lastmonth.
I missed it, but they didn't doit there this month.
They changed the location.
I don't know if they're goingto continue it at Botanic
Organic, but they have awonderful natural fruit market
there Fruits and Cahoots.
They do smoothies, they havelike exotic fruits and things
like that.
But it's such a wonderful space, oh I love that.
Love the people Love the space.
I'll send you information nexttime we have an event there, but
(18:51):
I will, of course.
You're going to send me overall of the information for the
next life market, all yourinformation, obviously, your
contact information, yourwebsite.
We're going to put that on ourwebsite.
We're going to share it outthere.
We need to spread the word,chana, because we are doing good
work here in the community andpeople need to know about it.
Really do.
Speaker 3 (19:01):
Thank you, I appreciate that.
I just want people to know andcome and experience.
That's it.
Speaker 2 (19:07):
Yep, all right, very cool.
Well, shana, pleasure meetingyou.
Great having you on the show.
Looking forward to connectingwith you again in the near
future.
Speaker 3 (19:16):
Yes, thank you so much for having me, thank you
for this opportunity, and I justreally appreciate it.
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (19:22):
Our pleasure and have a wonderful Thanksgiving you
too.
Take care.
Everyone, thanks so much fortuning in and we will catch you
all next time on the nextepisode of the Good Neighbor
Podcast.
Everyone, take care and have ablessed day.
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Speaker 2 (00:12):
Hello, hello, friends , family, wonderful universe.
We are back for another episodeof the Good Neighbor Podcast,
and this seems to be a commontheme happening lately.
I've been having a lot ofguests in the personal growth
and development space and thespirituality space and just
these things that have been onmy mind since I turned 40.
(00:35):
For the last four years, I'vebeen on this journey and I've
been interacting with so manygreat people that are all about
improving their life throughholistic means, and our guest
today is one of those.
I'm here with Chana Gupta andChana joins us from Life Market.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
Chana, thanks, hi thank you for having me.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Of course, it's our pleasure and thanks as always to
our wonderful listeners fortuning in to learn more about
our great community and thebusinesses that serve us.
So, without further ado, chana,why don't you tell our
listeners a little bit aboutwhat you guys do at Life Market?
Speaker 3 (01:08):
Sure.
So Life Market is a wellnessmarket and we focus on offering
a free program and a freeexperience for people.
So you can come, you can take afree yoga class, you can do
free meditations, free soundhealing, and then there are a
lot of vendors so you can shop,you can get food, you can find
(01:31):
services Maybe you need a newdoctor or a chiropractor, so
there's just something foreverybody at the market.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Well, you know what they say.
If it's free, it's for me.
If you're buying, I'm trying.
If there's no fair, I'm there.
This is cool.
I've never heard of a wellnessmarket.
Walk me through.
What do I expect?
When I come to a wellness, I'mthinking in my mind, I think, of
a farmer's market.
Right, you go in, there's anoutdoor space, there's different
vendors set up Is thatbasically what it is?
(02:00):
But it's centered around thewellness space, correct?
Speaker 3 (02:04):
Yeah, so it's just like that.
It's outdoors, there'ssomething for everybody, there's
going to be lawn games forchildren, there'll be children's
activities, and there'ssomething for you to do.
So if you want to take a class,you can take a class.
If you want to walk around andhave a picnic, you can do that
too.
It's just about just chillingout and enjoying and relaxing.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
That's so cool.
I had no idea that somethinglike that even existed, and this
is like right up my alley.
Where is this event held andhow often?
Speaker 3 (02:32):
What's the so we are monthly, but our next one is in
January, so it will be at theSouth Florida Hindu Temple off
of Griffin Road and 75.
And it's on January 11, 2025,from 10am to 3pm, and there's
just there's a live concert toofor an hour.
(02:53):
You know there's.
There's just there's alwaysgoing to be something different
at each market, but for Januarythat's kind of some stuff that
we have planned.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
Well, you're gonna send, you're gonna send me over
all that info.
I'm definitely going to goingto hit that up when it comes.
How did you get into like, isthis your thing?
Is this your idea?
Is this your event?
What's the background behindthe life market?
Speaker 3 (03:13):
You know, of course there are other markets out
there that have definitelyinspired us, but um out we.
We focus on this ancient Indiansystem of medicine called
Ayurveda, and it means thescience of life.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
What is it?
Speaker 3 (03:28):
Ayurveda.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Ayurveda.
Okay, the science of life, allright, continue.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
And so it's an ancient Indian system of
medicine that finds holistic andindividualized treatment plans
for you to bring a person backto their balanced state.
So, basically, what may balanceyou may not balance me, and
vice versa.
So the markets kind of visionis that there's something for
everybody to find balance from.
So it's just there's going tobe something different and there
(03:57):
in you might like it and itmight be good for you, and then
for me it's something else.
So it's about just catering toeverybody and creating, like,
still an individualized place ofwellness for you.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Is this something that you have deep roots in
going back?
How long have you personallybeen involved in this kind of
wellness space?
Talk a little bit about yourjourney.
Speaker 3 (04:23):
Sure, I actually started in occupational therapy.
I was working in skillednursing facilities and a lot of
those people were strugglingwith their health and fitness
and it was kind of stressful tosee.
So then I went to India and Istarted training in yoga and
then I started offeringcorporate wellness programs and
then I started studying Ayurveda.
(04:45):
Because of their sistersciences One is like a more
mental science and one is likeof the body so they kind of go
hand in hand and then I've beentrying to bridge them together
and I think through this marketit's a good way where you can
take a yoga class and you can,you know, work on your mind and
your body and you can also findsomething of health for your
(05:06):
physical body.
You know so, like your yourdigestive system and you know
your muscles.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
Yeah, yeah, I think we have it in many ways
backwards in Western society,all these Eastern traditions,
all these natural modalities.
The human body has anunbelievable propensity to heal
itself and we've come so faraway from that because we live
in this instant gratification,quick fix society where if you
(05:35):
have a problem, nobody reallywants to dive in and do the work
.
Everybody just wants a quicksolution.
So they'll go to a doctor andthey just give you a pill and
it's really just a bandaid andit's not addressing the
underlying issue.
And one of the things that I'velearned in my journey is that
there are so many thingsavailable to increase your
wellness, whether it'smeditation For me, I love doing
(05:56):
ice baths, I love doing breathwork, I love sound healing.
I also enjoy psychedelics aswell.
Sometimes I do my journeysthere.
But this whole plant medicinespace it's so useful, yet so
stigmatized in our society andthere's so many people out there
that this topic is taboo.
You start talking about it andpeople roll their eyes back of
their head like, oh, you'regoing to go do yoga or you're
(06:17):
going to go do this or go dothat.
What would you say to somebodythat feels that way about this
whole space?
Speaker 3 (06:25):
I think you just have to give it a try and open your
mind.
You just never know what youwill find.
And I think it's reallydifficult because, you're right,
like we have been kind oftrained in the society yeah,
absolutely, conditions that wejust want to take a pill for
everything, and sometimes we'renot, well, not sometimes, you
know, many times we're notaddressing the root cause, and
(06:48):
sometimes it's something mental,sometimes it's something
physical that's not manifestingin the way that you think it's
manifesting.
You know, so it's.
It's really just beautiful thatI think there is a shift where
more people are opening up andtrying new things.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
So it definitely.
It definitely feels that waythat there's just something I
don't know, it's just there's apalpable feeling that this is
becoming more mainstream.
It's almost like, with all thistalk, you've got this new
administration coming in and notto really talk about politics,
but you've got somebody like RFKcoming in I don't know if
you've been following this atall.
He's talking about rattling upbig pharma and FDA and the food
(07:29):
and everything, and it's openingup these conversations and it's
really uncovering the fact that, yeah, we have been conditioned
by a system that's kind ofleaning in favor towards these
things we've been talking about.
So it's just exciting, it feelsand I've been following it so
deeply over the last, you know,really over the last couple of
years, but even more so now andI'm just constantly taking in
(07:50):
new information about this spaceand it never ceases to amaze me
.
And I'm just constantly takingin new information about this
space and it never ceases toamaze me and I'm always, always
happy to engage somebody likeyourself that's in that space,
because I get to learn newthings, I get to meet new people
and share ideas and further themission, if you will.
Right, yeah, for sure, yeah, sonow you do the life market.
It's just a monthly thing.
What do you do currentlyoutside the life market?
(08:12):
Do you work?
Do you still work?
You mentioned you didoccupational therapy.
Do you work in this type ofspace?
So like, what do you do forwork?
Speaker 3 (08:19):
So I offer Ayurvedic health counseling one-on-one.
I still am offering likeprivate, corporate and community
services so, and that's morelike yoga, pranayama, which is
breath work and meditation.
And yeah, I also work on kindof different events as well.
So I do like individualizedevent planning and hosting other
(08:42):
types of large scale eventsthat are not really wellness
related but culturally related.
So, yeah, I'm just, I'm more inthe event space now, so that's
kind of where I've been dabblingwith.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
So like event planning, but for any.
So I'm just thinking in termsof our listeners that are
hearing this, that want to reachout, that want to maybe hire
you to help them with something.
What types of thingsspecifically speak to that?
Because I want to make surethat people know exactly what
you do and how they couldbenefit from what you're doing,
aside from just the life market.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
Yeah, absolutely so.
Like, for example, if you havea weekend like a girl's trip or
a guy's trip and you want tolike you're down here, obviously
, and you want to schedule a fewdays, you want to do a bunch of
events.
I can help coordinate that,since I have access to a lot of
vendors through our life market.
A lot of them are able to do alot of private sessions, so I
(09:39):
kind of been mixing andutilizing them that way they get
more business too, they're ableto find more clientele and book
these smaller gigs on weekendsand stuff.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
Okay, very cool, I'm actually doing I do.
I have a good friend of mine,actually my best friend.
He's in Orlando and we do every, probably twice a year, but
we're trying to do it morefrequently we do these men's
retreats where we'll either gowe'll rent a cabin out in the
mountains somewhere we'reactually doing one outside
Orlando in a couple of weeks andwe go and we do one night, we
do a plant medicine ceremony onenight and then it's all about
(10:17):
connecting and brotherhood andjust kind of really sharpened in
those skills that we've beentalking about.
And it's kind of a mission ofmine to do that on a more
full-time type basis.
And really because the two Ithink I've been on two of the
retreats with them They've trulybeen some of the most
transformational experiencesthat I've had in my life.
Wow, it's been really reallypowerful to go in and go through
(10:40):
that process and it's had aprofound impact on the months
after the retreat.
It all comes down to theintegration after you do these
things and it's difficultsometimes to go on a journey
like that and have an experiencelike that and then plug
yourself right back into the ratrace, the society.
There's a big divide there.
So my mission is to bridge thatgap and figure that thing out.
Speaker 3 (11:01):
I love that.
That is probably the mostdifficult part you have that
retreat and you just feel sogood and you come back to real
life and you're like whoa oh man, what am I doing here?
Speaker 2 (11:11):
But the fact of the matter is like if you want to
survive in society, you got tofigure out a way to make income
and earn and whatever.
And the trick is to find a wayto do something that you truly a
passion, something that youtruly love, that you can spread
to people.
And then, if you do that, youknow good things should come to
you.
Yeah.
Very true, I appreciate that.
(11:31):
Yeah, so tell us a little bitabout Chana.
You said you've traveled toIndia.
You're not from thereoriginally, are you?
Speaker 3 (11:43):
I am actually.
Yeah, I mean, I wasn't bornthere, I was born here.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
I'm Floridian born and raised your roots.
Go back from there.
Yeah, my roots are from there.
Speaker 3 (11:52):
And yeah, you know, I never actually cared for
Eastern medicine or wellness atgrowing up because I grew up
here, you know.
So it was just very random andvery different actually that I
kind of got back into it, Iguess, if I think of like from a
cultural perspective.
And yeah, I wanted to learnmore yoga and like the real
(12:12):
meaning and how to really likepractice it.
So I went to learn yoga inIndia and then, while I was
there, I learned about Ayurvedaand then I went back for
clinicals.
I'm in a school, I went toschool here locally for that and
then I went there to see likepatients and stuff and see the
medicine actually in practice,which was cool.
(12:33):
But yeah, I mean, I mean I'mdefinitely more than that.
I do like to like.
I don't know.
My husband and I we always loveto think about new business
ideas and find new ways toimplement unique things and I
enjoy spending time with people.
So I don't, I don't, I'm notlike somebody that talks about
yoga and I read all day long.
(12:53):
You know I have other aspectsto me too.
Speaker 2 (12:57):
Now you still have family back in India that you
visit from time to time.
Speaker 3 (13:01):
Yeah, actually funny thing I'm going in about a week
and a half I'm going to be thereagain, so that'll be fun.
I'm going to see everybodyno-transcript it's going to be a
(13:21):
long one.
It's like a 21 hour flight orsomething like that Only 21
hours.
Speaker 2 (13:26):
Only you know not even a full day.
I've heard it's beautiful.
Speaker 3 (13:31):
It is, it is, yeah, it is.
There's so much culture andarchitecture that's so ancient.
It's really beautiful and, youknow, it's nice to see family.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
Indeed, indeed.
So one of the things I foundthroughout my journey is that
we're often defined by some ofour biggest challenges, our
biggest struggles, the thingsthat, when we're experiencing it
, it seems like the end of theworld.
There's no escape.
Sure, it's great to have winsand all those things, but the
(14:04):
really really nitty gritty stuff, the really uncomfortable stuff
, are like the big growthmoments often, where you look
back with hindsight and you'regrateful for having experienced
that.
Looking through your journey,is there something that comes to
mind, an experience that youhad, something that fits that
bill, that you could share withus?
Speaker 3 (14:22):
Yeah, absolutely.
You know, we're also, I feellike, conditioned to think of
like a 40 hour work week, and togo out of that and become an
entrepreneur is actually verydifficult.
You know you, you really haveto stand on your feet.
Yeah, you have to keep hustling,you have to keep fighting, you
have to be okay with no's andyou have to keep going.
(14:44):
And I think that really buildstough skin.
And I remember initiallythinking like I can't do this.
And that was seven years agowhen I opened the business.
I was like what am I thinking?
I left my job in occupationaltherapy, I went to India to
learn yoga and I'm like what?
Speaker 1 (15:00):
have I done like.
Speaker 3 (15:02):
I just completely changed my entire path.
But you know, I'm here sevenyears later and I'm just like
thank God.
You know, I'm glad I took thestep, I'm glad I tried and I'm
having fun and I really thinkI'm helping people, but in a
different way than I thought Iwas helping.
So I'm enjoying it.
I think it's you just got tokeep going.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
Absolutely.
I appreciate you sharing thatLike one of the one of the big
shifts for me mentally has beenin the past I'd always look back
at things and wished, oh, Ishould have done this
differently or I should havedone that differently.
If I did this this way, thenI'd be here and, like lately, I
don't look at it like thatanymore.
I kind of I stay to the presentand I look at it like I am
(15:47):
right where I'm supposed to beand everything that has happened
to me in the past has led me towhere I'm at today and I
wouldn't change it for the world.
And I think that's so importantto frame things like that
because from a mentalperspective, just to have that
clarity, it helps you staypresent and it helps you keep a
positive attitude moving forwardand it helps you to put a great
energy out into the universe.
(16:08):
And when you shine a light onthe positive, good things come
your way.
And when you start shining thelight on the negative, well,
murphy's law kicks in andeverything starts going wrong.
Speaker 3 (16:17):
Yeah, I absolutely agree.
It's about what you're tryingto manifest.
You have to stay positive.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
Yeah, so what would be?
Before we wrap up here, whatwould be one thing that you'd
like to leave our listeners with?
It could be about your business.
It could be just a nugget ofwisdom about your life.
What would you like to leaveour listeners with?
Speaker 3 (16:38):
I think wellness is individual and unique and you
should always be searching forwhat makes you feel balanced.
And I think, in addition tothat, come to our market on
January 11.
And see, see if you enjoy it.
You know, you never know.
And it's a Saturday, you know.
(17:00):
Come join us.
It's going to be beautifulweather.
Since it's January, it's notgoing to be like overly hot.
There's free yoga classes,meditation, sound healing.
We've got a concert for an hour.
Food vendors, you know you canbuy gifts for people or for
yourself.
I mean, you need retail therapytoo.
It's a thing.
So you know, come come over andyou can find us at Namaste life
(17:35):
events on instagram or ourwebsite, lifemarketflcom.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
So I'm going to instagram now.
Yeah, it's a namaste lifeevents.
Namaste life events.
There you are.
Speaker 3 (17:45):
There we are.
Speaker 2 (17:48):
Yeah, I go every month I go to.
There's a full moon gatheringhere in the neighborhood in
Cooper City.
It's right behind FloridaNursery Mart on Griffin.
I don't know if you're familiarwith the big plant nursery on
Griffin Road.
Right behind there in theneighborhood there's a place
called Botanica Organica and agroup called Soul Fire.
(18:08):
Alchemy comes and we do breathwork, we do sound healing,
meditation, ice bath always afun time, wonderful space.
Speaker 3 (18:17):
What was it called?
Speaker 2 (18:19):
Botanica Organica.
They actually did this lastmonth.
I missed it, but they didn't doit there this month.
They changed the location.
I don't know if they're goingto continue it at Botanic
Organic, but they have awonderful natural fruit market
there Fruits and Cahoots.
They do smoothies, they havelike exotic fruits and things
like that.
But it's such a wonderful space, oh I love that.
Love the people Love the space.
I'll send you information nexttime we have an event there, but
(18:51):
I will, of course.
You're going to send me overall of the information for the
next life market, all yourinformation, obviously, your
contact information, yourwebsite.
We're going to put that on ourwebsite.
We're going to share it outthere.
We need to spread the word,chana, because we are doing good
work here in the community andpeople need to know about it.
Really do.
Speaker 3 (19:01):
Thank you, I appreciate that.
I just want people to know andcome and experience.
That's it.
Speaker 2 (19:07):
Yep, all right, very cool.
Well, shana, pleasure meetingyou.
Great having you on the show.
Looking forward to connectingwith you again in the near
future.
Speaker 3 (19:16):
Yes, thank you so much for having me, thank you
for this opportunity, and I justreally appreciate it.
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (19:22):
Our pleasure and have a wonderful Thanksgiving you
too.
Take care.
Everyone, thanks so much fortuning in and we will catch you
all next time on the nextepisode of the Good Neighbor
Podcast.
Everyone, take care and have ablessed day.
Speaker 1 (19:36):
Thanks for listening to the Good Neighbor Podcast
Cooper City.
To nominate your favoritefavorite local business to be
featured on the show, go tognpcoopercitycom.
That's gnpcoopercitycom, orcall 954-231-3170.
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