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Writing, musing & Podcasting from our Founder, Sushma Sagar
How I became a shamanic practitioner
No one ever tells you how the spiritual path is going to be. You hear a whisper one day which you don’t understand, it becomes a gentle call which you ignore, so you can carry on with your comfortable life and then one day something traumatic happens, the call becomes a scream that propels you to finally listen … View Article
A bit about me
I’m Sushma Sagar, a second-generation British Indian doctor’s daughter. My family hail from Hyderabad, but I was born in London and brought up in The Wirral in the north west of England. I’ve had many different lives before The Calmery, starting out as a woven textile designer, a stint as a DJ, before moving fully… View Article
New Years Journalling Exercise
I’ve moved away from the idea that everything starts afresh on the first of January, that we need to somehow put pressure on ourselves to be active and healthier. It’s the middle of winter and it’s cold; this is time to rest and reflect. My advice would be to hibernate, regenerate and build up energetic… View Article
The “less equals more” phenomenon
It’s been tough couple of years for most and even more so for the small business owners. I have client let’s call her Amira who was complaining that life felt like moving against the tide, no matter how hard she pushed she felt like her business wasn’t responding. However, recently things took a positive turn… View Article
How does a Marketing Director handle stress?
In my heyday about to go to the 2015 Glamour Magazine Awards It’s been six years since I left my role as Marketing Director for the global fashion brand Kate Spade and I remember, like yesterday, what it was like to be in that senior position. Every day was stimulating and I felt extremely… View Article
Faith and finding a new home for The Calmery
One of the biggest spiritual lessons I’ve learnt over the years is how to train my faith muscle. It needs working out just like any other, to flex and support you when life makes you weak. When things go awry, we need our faith muscle-memory to engage. We must recall all the times when things did… View Article
The Wellbeing Lab with Will Young Podcast: Sushma Sagar, Author, Healer, and Founder of The Calmery – Episode 13
“This week I experience Reiki for the first time. “What’s Reiki?” I hear you ask. Well, my guest Sushma Sagar, who is a Reiki Master and founder of The Calmery, tells me all about the healing and energy practice in this episode, plus you’ll also hear what happened when I went along and tested… View Article