Hyderabad: There is a quiet serenity radiating from her and the toned body has been an envy of many. Nuthan Manohar, wellness expert and brand consultant, smiles and reveals the secret, Yoga. She runs MeMetMe where she guides one to ‘self discovery’ through yoga, food and plain, simple fun.
An MBA in marketing, Nuthan was into brand consulting and advertising for global brands, and is based out of Hong Kong. But she decided to chuck her corporate lifestyle and dedicate herself to yoga after she discovered the healing power of the practice. She even coordinated the largest yoga conference in Asia in Hong Kong.
Talking about the leap from the corporate to the yogic world, Nuthan says, “I loved the corporate madness but I was going through severe health issues. The only time that I felt some semblance of peace was when I practised yoga. I found my calling through yoga and decided to take it up.”
In 2010, Nuthan took off to an ashram in Kerala to pursue yoga further and to her bewilderment it was like she knew exactly what postures to do there. “I used to have a dream of a man wearing a white dhoti and when I visited the ashram, the founder was the same man!”
But the road to her dreams was not smooth. Some people thought she was practising witchcraft. But Nuthan keeps her calm and says, “In yoga, you have a concept of eshwara, to whom you submit and people with a particular view of God cannot understand that.”
Initially, Nuthan had no idea about getting clients but her corporate experience helped her. She says, “I had gone through my share of corporate stress and that’s why I could identify with some of my clients’ problems.”
She held a public workshop in 2012 where she got a lot of queries. One thing led to the other and she found herself training contestants for the Miss Kerala pageant and players of from the Celebrity Cricket League and doing a couple of TV shows.
She reveals, “Most of my glamorous clients are stressed out and have to deal with negativity on a daily basis. They are also subject to negative body image and have problems with criticism.”
She now conducts workshops for women and plans to create an urban ashram for her clients.
