To view this newsletter in the browser, click here                 Issue #155       A newsletter from Creativegarh to help you live a life of passion, purpose and meaning.         You never really arrive in life.                     The proverbial ‘arriving is life’ is when you live a life of reward, not wonder; a life of hoarding, not giving; a life from a scarcity mindset, not abundance; a life governed by the goals, judgements and achievements that ego puts on you, not the wholeness and completeness that the soul asks of you.           Because, in life, there really is no station where you arrive. You keep chugging along, once in a while hooting to celebrate the wins over personal demons and sometimes letting off steam from the expectations of all the passengers who have tagged along on your journey as you pull them along, losing your own fuel and drive.           Healing is not a journey where you are meant to get to some place as soon as possible. It’s a marathon, not a sprint; a pilgrimage, not a touch-and-go for a family album and an Instagram story.           As you take the seat by the window that reflects you back at you and as the landscape of your life’s experiences keeps changing in the background, one day the journey takes you deep inside into your personal catacombs and the nooks and crannies of your disappointments, wounds, burdens and fears. At the next turn, as the cloud of dark smoke lifts, all this turns into magical landscape through the power of awareness and realisation.           As life hurls itself over tall, scary bridges connecting the dots, cold, dark tunnels going into your shadow, through snow and hail, through rain and sunshine, you realise that the ends are often the beginnings. As one sight ends, it gives way to the new. On the unending and winding track of trials, setbacks and sorrows, fears and frustrations, doubts and disappointments keep passing by - but you keep going.           Not always is this journey comfortable like lounging out in an executive chair car. Often, it’s finding a place to sit on the wooden berths of third class. Healing is a pilgrimage that will tear down everything - every roadblock that is holding you back. It’s an upheaval of emotions, a place you will resist. But in the end, it’ll set you free and you will arrive.           At yourself.           And then, you show yourself the green light and hit the track yet again. This time into another land of enchantment.                 Whenever you do something with love, you heal.                     See, even in this very moment you are healing.           It’s time to let go of the narrative that you only heal when you are in your uncomfortable zone. When you are down and out, battered and bruised, with war paint on your face and anger in your heart.           You can heal even when you are in the tight, loving embrace of your comfort zone.           You heal when you have a heartwarming conversation with someone all night over endless cups of tea. You heal when you lovingly make a cup of tea for yourself with abundant ginger, elaichi and love. You heal when you read a good book or watch a good movie. You heal when you move to the music playing in the background as white noise. You heal every time you laugh or make others laugh and forget their miseries in that one moment. You heal when you genuinely smile at someone and you heal double when they smile back. You heal when you get your hands dirty and choose to fix your car yourself instead of taking it to a garage. You also heal when you take it to a mechanic and he blesses you for your patronage.           You heal when you create something that brings your inner child alive. You heal when you get so engrossed in something you love doing that you forget to look at your phone for hours. You heal when you get the call you were waiting for. You also heal when you call someone for no reason other than to just hear their voice.           You heal when you go to the spa. You also heal when you get your nails done. You heal when you get the haircut that makes you look a few years younger. You heal when you take a bath and wash off the grime of a long day. You also heal when you give your pet a bath.           You heal when you bake bread in the morning. You heal when you watch the sun rise. You heal when you watch the yeast rise. You heal when you break bread with someone.           You heal when you just hold space and listen to someone who is simply wanting to be heard without judgement. You heal when you listen to yourself without judgement. You heal doing everything you love and you heal doing nothing but just being in the present moment.           When you respond to life fully in your beingness, you heal. When you show up with love even for the smallest thing, you heal.           See, you are healing right now.             Our upcoming retreats                         Kolhapur Full 10th to 16th August     Escape the city's clamor, reconnect with your inner light. Indulge in a life changing retreat, experiencing the discovery of your true self, within the arms of nature.   More details         Udaipur Last 6 Seats Left 29th October to 4th November     Discover joy at a 400-year-old fort nestled in the peaceful hills of Bambora. For souls in search of a purpose, it provides a perfect space to just be.   More details     Reignite conversation     Andretta Registrations Open 16th to 22nd November     To reconnect to your inner child at a beautiful hillside retreat with 14+ soulful individuals will make this a life-transforming experience. See you at Andretta!   More details     Reignite conversation           This week, let's revisit     Andretta June 2025                         Experience a life full of purpose                     The purpose of my life is to support individuals in finding joy in their creative process.   Anupama Ramachandran Goa March, 2022         The entire purpose of my existence is to build a world of joyful learning experiences.   Nusrat Abbasi Kasauli April, 2022               For a daily dose of Creativegarh and our retreats, follow us here:                           Mantra Gold Coatings & The White Paper Creative         Sunita Somani         Pedal On               View Our Collabs for Joy                   creativegarh.com             You are receiving this newsletter because either you have subscribed to it through our website, interacted with us by filling an invite form or because you have asked us to put you on the database. 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