Anoopama Mukerjee Lohana charts varied and multi-faceted personal and professional life paths with elan. She is one of the first, internationally-accredited sound and somatic healing practitioners in India, Kriya Yog and meditation mentor, forest-healing shaman and corporate well-being mentor – all rolled into one. After majoring in English literature, Ms Mukerjee Lohana – a post-graduate in Journalism and Communication and Bajaj Institute of Management alumna – worked at Ogilvy and Mather.

A visit to Kamakhya Shakti Peeth in 1993 was a turning point in her life. Ms Mukerjee Lohana visited the akhada home of Panda Jogi, Dada Thakur, a disciple of Bama Khepa, the revered Bengali saint. Her metaphysical conversations with the saint and her family’s spiritual leanings (courtesy her mother, Vedanta scholar Meena Mukherjee), reinforced her pursuits of holistic and spiritual inner technologies and wellness.

Thus was born Maha Tattva Wild Earth Wellness, a holistic concept that emphasises on regenerative and restorative health by combining Siddhar and Yoga Tantra traditions and shamanic teachings. Her endeavours caught the attention of the Baidyanath Ayurveda Group. The business conglomerate invited her to join Siddhayu Wellness, its wellness experiences venture, as its COO and Experiential Wellness Director.       

In a lively chat with Sharmila Chand, Ms Mukerjee Lohana provides interesting nuggets of her personal life and the enchanting world of spiritual wellness. 

How would you like to define yourself?
A student of consciousness, constantly learning, unlearning and curious, a little bit of a Spirit Nomad

What is your philosophy of life?
Being completely and wholly-conscious and present in what life presents to me; Kripa or Grace leads me. Karma or Action guides me. I am protected by the Absolute. 

What is your passion in life?
Life itself! Being passionately engaged but never entangled in life

What is your management mantra? 
Appoint, empower, and lead from the heart. But evaluate deliverables ruthlessly.

Five tips that work the best for you to maintain work-life balance 

·         Mind your nights to make your days empowered.

·         Make conscious time for your daily self-care AM-PM rituals.

·         Shed the ego of being a workaholic or super multi-tasker… be a whole-tasker instead

·         Digital detox is a must. Fix hours in the day, including mealtimes and bedtimes to go device-free.

     Plan indulgent dates with family, friends and yourself. And show up!

What do you like to do in your free time?
Study, read, write, binge-watch at times, potter around re-decorating or organising home, cuddle with the furries and, yes, a lot of the art of doing nothing

What is the secret of your success?
Absolute 100 per cent truth in what I offer. I always put myself in the experience field, when I offer my work.

A business leader you admire the most
Ratan Tata, with no doubt

Your source of inspiration
Swami Vivekananda’s message: Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached.

What dreams remain to be fulfilled?
Holding spaces where ancestral wisdom and well-being life sciences from around the world are offered for deeply-transformational experiences.

Chand.sharmila@gmail.com