Sahej Bhatia
Sahej Bhatia
Meet Sahej. A multi disciplinarian, a healer, a guide on a mission to help people slow down, find their inner peace and rediscover balance in today's hectic world.
Through her own journey, she's found a profound passion for supporting others in reconnecting with the wisdom within their bodies.
Whats in a name?
My name "Sahej" originally comes from the sacred Sikh textbook called Guru Granth Sahib and in it Sahej means:
- Derived from Sanskrit: "Saha: Together" & "Ja: Born"; meaning born together or innate
- state of mental and spiritual harmony
- slow and easy
- where emotional turbulence ceases
My Journey
I spent the first 20 years of my life in India. I grew up without knowing much about life itself. I knew what I was told, which is to be someone with great list of achievements no matter what. This resulted in a highly competitive upbringing with this idea of constantly outperforming others.
After I moved to Vancouver, Canada in 2009 I started slipping into deep depression and found great anxiety within me. The cultural shock, the loss of community connections, the very different climate and weather patterns here really shocked my systems.
I felt so disconnected with my roots, my home, my sense of self.
Over a span of 15 years which included going back to school, sexual assault, getting a job in tech, climbing the corporate ladder, getting married, trying to have a full life - and I realized that the more I focused on the outside the deeper my disconnect became.
Western medicine told me I had burnout, depression, anxiety, complex PTSD and ADHD. At this point I had lost all sense of self, was suicidal and could not carry on with life.
I had become so numb, built so many walls around me, afraid to feel any feelings, could not trust anyone, and found myself full of fear.
This disconnect isolated me from my loved ones, even from myself.
Until I found my way back to MYSELF through Yoga, sound and breath.
Within these depths there was a path of self-discovery unfolding.
Yoga, Breathwork, Sound Medicine, Chanting meditation - all embodied experiences taught me how to safely start connecting with myself again. I deepened my spirituality over time, discovering the subtle realms residing within me already.
Yoga & Chanting & meditative movement helped me reconnect with my Indian roots, something I had abandoned upon moving to Canada. Through the softness of yoga, yogic wisdom and philosophy I realized I had the wisdom in me all along and was absolutely transformed as I rediscovered this path.
Sound Healing helped me open my heart up, through resonance, reconnecting the physical, emotional and mental dimensions of myself. sacred sound helped me nurture an inner harmony, helped me become whole.
Breathwork made me whole again, by helping reprocess grief, loss and my PTSD. It helped me deepen my healing and brought peace and deep calm to my life.
I learnt how to hold myself softly, how to feel and heal from my traumas.
I gained clarity.
I found the strongest connection to myself as I walked my own path.
Through this journey, I'm getting to know who I am- the gentle, the soft, the sensitive and the abundance of love that I've discovered within my own depths.
This is an ongoing journey of alchemy- alchemy of my heart.