How Conscious Breathing Transformed My Health, Family & Career | Inspiring Success Story

My life was no different than any other IT professional. It ran over coffee overload, gossips with the friends, on the movies, politics, scrolling over mobile for a longer time. Everything on the outside, everything looks normal, but stressed, anxious, and overthinking. My life is slipping out of my hands. One day while scrolling over the Facebook, something caught my attention. A simple ad, ₹99, 2-day workshop. Which is promising me to heal from the sinus and then allergies. I felt it could be a fake or some kind of scam, so I avoided clicking the link. Just within 2 weeks after joining the Silver Membership, slowly I started healing and then recovering from my sinus and then dust allergies. I transformed from zero to becoming a superhero, the Rajesh Chimiri The new me was born. But today, this speaker is somebody who has been consistently working on himself, and because of his consistency, he has tasted success. So without further ado, I request all of you to get up and cheer for my speaker number 1. I request all of you to please get up. With claps, I invite our speaker for today, please welcome Mr. Rajiv Doey. 7:40 AM, kids becoming my project managers, pull drop as deadline, no zero snooze options. Well, my life was no different than any other IT professionals. It ran over coffee overload, 3 to 4 cups a day, and gossips with the friends on the movies, politics, cars, etc. And then scrolling over mobile for a longer time, stretched into the late-night dinners beyond 10 PM, and frequent parties. Everything on the outside, everything looks normal, but a busy job and then steady life. But inside, pressure slowly kept piling up. I was constantly stressed anxious and overthinking. Negativity became my habits, and small things triggered into irritations. Conversations at home often turned into arguments. I found myself that I was talking harsh with my wife, raising my voice on my kids. My life is slipping out of my hands. Even though having the strong technical skills, fear of public speaking, and social discomfort slowed my growth down. I was successful on paper but exhausted within. My life looked nothing less than a live project, always busy, never stable. Dear friends, this is not a story of laziness. It's a story of how a busy life slowly disconnect us from the discipline, health, and clarity. I remember those days I was struggling with sinus and dust allergies. Countless hospital visits, 2 sinus surgeries, guaranteed pain, but there is no real gain. I always thought that this will be my last treatment, though the problem returns back. So physically I was drained, and then mentally I was frustrated. I remember with the health deteriorating on one side, sinus and allergies flaring up on the— flaring up, and relationships slowly weakening up on the other side, I felt my life was slipping out of my hands. Finally, I decided to take control over my life, destiny introduced me to my teacher, Badarinath Gella. So one day while scrolling over the Facebook, something caught my attention, a simple ad which is Badarinath Gella's ₹99 2-day workshop which is promising me to heal from the sinus and then allergies. Initially I felt it could be a fake or some kind of scam. So I avoided clicking the link. After watching the ad 4 to 5 days continuously, I decided let's give it a try. After all, what is the risk in just ₹99? So I felt even if I learn few breathing techniques, which is really worth. So I signed up and paid the money. So while attending the session on the day 1, entire my family, myself, my wife, and kids sat together and then attended the session. We listened carefully and realized how our daily breath habits were wrong. And I still remember my daughter, she was next to me, and then she was teasing me when Badarinath Gella asked how many breaths you take per minute. And also she was complaining me that I was making lot of noise while breathing in and then breathing out. So with that learning, the day 2, we are so much excited and then keep on checking the time. We are just eagerly waiting for the day 2 session to start. The same like day 1, we all sat together and then attended the session. After the session, when Badarinath Gella announced the prize of the Lifetime Sealer membership, So without a second thought, I signed up immediately. That's when I vividly remember my daughter again was shouting at me saying, "Daddy, are you mad? Why are you wasting your money? He is just doing his marketing gimmick. Don't fall for a trap." Do you guys think the same way? So I smiled and then calmly questioned my daughter, "Don't you Do you want to look at your daddy wake up without a running nose and sneezing? She said, "Yeah, of course." Then I told her, this could be an opportunity for us. If at all, think positive. If at all, either we lose ₹7,000 money or we gain the benefits worth lakhs. So that's where I found my most priceless moments. Healing within me started after Janmashtami. The Silver membership. 2 weeks, just within 2 weeks after I joined the Silver membership, slowly I started healing and then recovering from my sinus and then dust allergies. So medicines could not fix my health issue, but the breathing techniques Badarinath Gella taught me helped to recover. Though healing is bit slow, but every healing moment is truly priceless. So I remember on Ganesh Chaturthi festival, I hope all of you knows what happens during the festivals. During the festivals, often unexpected blessings will come in. So for me, Ganesh Chaturthi is such a special moment for me where Badrinath Gella announced one year diamond membership showcase. So I was busy celebrating the Ganesh Chaturthi in my society community. But still, with the EarPods, I listened entire showcase. And then when Badrinath Gella announced the 1-year membership price, initially I felt for 1 year this price could be very high, but still immediately I decided to take up the membership. I came home and then discussed with my family. My wife supported me immediately, saying that I never say no to anything related to the health. She also told me that if this can heal us, every rupee is worth it. With her support, I signed up for the diamond membership immediately. Just 2 weeks afterwards, Badrinath Gella announced the CBH 3rd anniversary, and then he gave the wonderful opportunity for the new members as a lifetime diamond membership. So initially I felt sad because I just joined as a 1-year membership and I don't know whether I'm eligible for the lifetime or not. So, but my wife, my life, she saw hope in this community and she insisted me to take the lifetime membership and she said that this is the best investment for our health and our life. With her encouragement, I have spoken to the Mamta ma'am, arranged the payment, and upgraded myself to the Diamond Membership. After I joined the Diamond Membership, I must say this, I must say this, I transformed from zero to becoming a superhero, the Rajesh Chimiri 3.0, the new me was born. I saw improvements in all areas of my life. So, from blaming to becoming responsible. I started with a daily sleep routine. I used to start going to bed by 10:30 or 11 PM and then wake up by 5:30 AM in the morning, attend daily Diamond Huddle session. In fact, I stay, I make sure I'm in the session until Sir ends the session. I'll carefully listen all the questions asked by the Diamond members and his answers. Those question and answers might helpful for me to recover my issues quickly. That's how it used to be. And I have reduced the frequency of parties drastically, and then the alcohol also. I have completely avoided taking the soft drinks and canned juices. So I have cut down the frequency of having the tea, coffees drastically, and in fact, we replaced with the detox teas. So I just want to share one thing. Before I joined CBH, we never prepared tea in my home. I always go out with my friends, spend time with them, and have the teas. But after I joined the CBH, my son, he is 12 years old, started preparing a tea in home. Do you know the teas? We are having hibiscus tea, chamomile tea, CCF tea. So he prepares, and then we all sat together and then drink the teas. With all these healthy habits which makes me to avoid mouth breathing completely, and then now I'm comfortable to breathe through my nose. So even while doing the brisk walks or jogging sessions, I generally do a little fast walk, so I complete a kilometer in 8 minutes. So during that time also, now I completely do nose breathing. So with all these things, which helped me to reduce my resting heart rate, which is always 80 above. Now it has come down to 67, now it is around 65. From mindful to being mindful. So I have started learning, adopted mindful eating habits, and from nonsense to full sense, say strict no to Excessive TV and no scrolling over phone. In fact, CBH feed section become my social media. I make sure I spend at least 5 to 10 minutes a day on the feed section, read all the success stories of viewers, which gives me a lot of inspiration and motivation to work on myself. No arguments or shoutings anywhere, even in home or outside, I strictly said no and started practicing calmness myself. Even if it is a health issue or the office crisis, I started practicing calmness without any frustration and then not blaming others. So I also started helping my wife to prepare the kids to go to the school on time and making— I make available in the home most of the times. Before, earlier, I always outside with the community work or spending time with friends, movies, that, etc. But now I'm staying more in home than my kids, and I make— I ensure I'm always available for them whenever they need it. This is what CBHE transformed me from within. From zero recognition to creating meaningful impact. So I'm working as a manager in one of the MNC in Bangalore. So after I joined the Diamond Membership, I have improved my communication style, the way I speak with my team members, and also I have increased my interactions with my team members, which helped my manager to give me a very good feedback. And I have started practicing yoga attitudes Maitri and Mudita in my workspace. I hope you all know the attributes of Maitri and Mudita. Maitri is basically being friend for friend and then treat everybody as a friend. And Mudita, celebrate others' success as my own success. So earlier I used to compare so much with my peers, etc. Now no more comparison. Doesn't matter if it is my peer who is stronger than me or the are very weak than me, if he gets, I go congratulate the person and then celebrate their promotion. That state I have transformed. So this is where basically when I change from within me, the positive started beginning me, finding me. From crisis to confidence, as I said before, I was very shy. I never talk publicly, but after I joined, so My first ever public talk happened in front of 500+ people online in Badarinath Gella's prana healing session. When Badarinath Gella asked me to unmute myself and then share my transformation after completion of LFC 30 days, I was unprepared. I don't know what to talk. I was excited but at the same time nervous too. But still I did it. After that, whenever generally Badarinath Gella Gella asked to raise the hands to talk, ask questions or talk anything, so I was constantly raising my hand and then he given the opportunity. Without any nervousness, I used to talk so frequently in his meetings. I hope all of you might have seen that. So that is was my most precious moments where I was talking in public without fear, from being passive to becoming active. So yeah, before I go here, I just want to share one thing. So as I said initially, festivals often bring us unexpected blessings. On Dasara day 1, when I open, morning wake up and then see my mobile, I saw a message from Badarinath Gella Gella. So which says that, Rajesh, you are doing amazing, and then what you want to do next? So mentorship is the best role for you, but as you want to experience better. So without a second thought, I responded to Badarinath Gella immediately, yes sir, I'll take the mentorship. And I read the message more than 10 times to make my inner child happy and also to get the motivation. With that motivation, the same time, so during the summer vacation, I participated in my village Gram Sabha, where I met village development officer, Gram Sarpanch, and questioned them about the development, village development happened in the past, and then the future development plan. And also I gave some suggestions. This was my first visit over there, and then along with my family members, my cousins, and everybody.. And then the first time my father saw me talking like this in a public, and it was his proud moment. With that, at the same time, in the month of October or the November end, Badrisar planned CBH potluck various cities. And especially in Bangalore, more than 70+ people has registered to attend the potluck. Then Badarinath Gella is worrying little bit about the venue, how, who can host, and then how could accommodate 70+ people. Then he reached out to me, then immediately I accepted and then told him, sir, don't worry, I will take care of the Bangalore potluck. And then I found out the place and I celebrated the, I hosted the event. It become very successful and I want to take this moment and then share my sincere gratitude to all the members who come to my community and then participated in the Bangalore Potluck event. With this experience, whatever I learned from the CBH Potluck event hosting and my previous visit to this place, part of the Sodarma retreat, my learnings— I learned how Badri Sahib single-handedly made that event such an amazing event. So with all those learnings, I have planned and organized my school friends get-together, which happened in January. So we celebrated our 30-year anniversary. So we completed my school 30 years back. I was successful to pull 32 people out of 38 students where they are settled in different places, etc. I succeeded to pull 32 people and then the full day went as a memorable, including the teachers, the teachers who taught us. They came at 9 AM in the morning, they are with us till 5 AM. Even I thought they might be leaving early. No, they said no, we will be there till end of the session. That is another thing which happened to me. These are all my proud moments in Abhrajang, the CBH. So, from lazy days to learning days. I remember I don't believe myself and I cannot push my limits beyond. But these things changed the day when Badarinath Gella believed me more than what I believed in myself. With his confidence and motivation, I have registered for YCB Yoga Instructor Protocol certification on November 26th. Just 2 weeks before the yoga exam, life threw a curveball on me. I was diagnosed with dengue fever, hospitalized, and then with severe— with a high fever and then severe body aches. Even in that condition, something within me told me to refuse to give it up. I started practicing whenever my body supported. I stayed focused, and even in that condition, I have attempted for the YCP exam. So at that challenging times, I see the real value and difference of the CBH community. Couple of my friends from the CBH They have kept on calling me and then motivated me saying that you can do it, this is nothing for you. With their motivation, I was able to complete my certification. So at this moment, I would like to take this as opportunity and share my heartfelt gratitude to my CBH friends who are supported me and be within me during those challenging times. Today I am proud to say that even in that condition, I have cleared, I have cleared the certification, practical exam with 80% marks. Though I have missed the theory exam with just 2 marks, so, but I'm going to attempt it in March and then clear it out. With that experience alongside, I have started preparing for our own CBH, Breath Healing Certification, Level 1 course. So I have completed all my assignments, course, and including the 5-day breathwork boot camp. I have submitted all the assignments and today I am proud to say that I am going to receive the certificate from our beloved Badarinath Gella's hands in this retreat. So this is the Ishwar Pandidhana. After joining the CBH, I have surrendered my myself completely to the God and my spiritual journey began. These are all the things which I have visited so many temples in last 5 months. So with my transformation and then my change, it is change started my family change also. So I am proud to say that, so as part of the Diamond Membership, all of you guys know, the Badarinath Gella started another wonderful thing is Conscious Children Club. Both of my kids are part of the Conscious Children Club. Initially they refused to join it because why should I start learning the yoga, breathing things at this age instead of watching the TV, etc. So with my motivation they just started attending and just within 2 to 3 sessions they started loving it. That's the way Hamid Ma'am takes care of the Conscious Children Club, and then the way she teaches, and then she's so kind to the kids. So that's what attracted them, and then they loved it. Now if at all I don't share the link to them, they will call me, please share the link. That is the way they loved it. And the— my most parent, uh, proud parenting moment is on the Children's Day, Badarinath Gella gave the wonderful opportunity to the children to come on his prana healing session to teach one breathing technique. My son taught abdominal breathing and my daughter, she taught Anulom Vilom teaching, Anulom Vilom breathing technique. So I was amazed the way she presented and I was bit emotional also the way she presented that day. So that was my most proudful moment. After that, my son, he is like me, he is very shy, he never open up outside. He talks in home, he shouts on us and fights with mother and sister, but outside he is dead silent. But after the CBH, just 2 weeks back in the school, he acted as an elephant, so where he prepared his own craft, and his own speech himself, and in front of 70+ parents, he stand very confident and acted as an elephant. That is another proud parenting moment came from the CBH. So I hope all of you know that Badri Sahib recently started the monthly challenges. He shown some of the challenges in the morning also. You guys remember what was the challenge in the December? It is a weight loss challenge. Do you guys think I need to go for the challenge? No, absolutely. Yes. So Badarinath Gella is kind enough. He gave the opportunity for my wife. She participated in the challenge and then she actually listened everything and then she successfully gained— she lost weight. So after that, yeah, so, so far I talked about the CBH, what we gained and then transformed. And then the Diamond University, as all of you know that there are a lot of additional courses we get from the, uh, CBHI Diamond membership. I would like to share some of the my transformations from the Diamond University. The first thing is financial knowledge. So along with me and my wife, we both, our financial knowledge is improved, and now we both have very meaningful conversations in home especially in terms of the equities and then the stocks. Following with that, the gut health restoration. So we both have gone through the gut health restoration course, and then my wife knows the best foods to cook, which is healthy for us. And also now, the final thing I want to say that my daughter is going through the flute classes, and then she can do the basic flute things. Yeah, so with that, I would like to share one thing, guys. I'd like to say that, dear friends, I'm excited to share that our CBH, our Conscious Breathing Hub, is crossing the borders. I have gifted I Can Heal, the powerful book, to my manager. He stays in US and then shared how CBH is transforming the lives through the breath and awareness. After that, during my last month, I traveled to the US. During that, in the KLM flight, I got an opportunity to meet the air hostesses, and I gave them the 21-day breath planner cards to them. They were so happy to share this. With this, that day, I realized that We are not just learners, we are ambassadors because breath doesn't have the borders and healing has no limits. So with this, I would like to conclude myself. I came to CBH seeking breath techniques, but I received a transformation. The yoga practices Badarinath Gella taught helped me to move in harmony and, and transition and rise in all dimensions of life. Thank you. Thank you, Bhatti sir, for helping me to heal myself and then given me this opportunity. And also I want to thank you everyone for listening my story so patiently.

Hello.

Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you. Please, please give a standing ovation, standing ovation to Rajesh. Wow. What a journey, what a journey. Thank you, thank you so much, Rajesh, for coming here and sharing. How many of you are inspired? Yes? Yes.

Yes, yes.

Please, please have a seat, please have a seat. So I've seen your journey from the day you joined and I saw in Swadharma you are uncomfortable. Yes, sir. In Yatra Garden you are alone. You are not moving with anybody and day 2 I saw like you became more comfortable, day 3 you became more comfortable and from there like where you are here, I am really proud of you and your family. This is a story like how the whole family worked together, right? So not only him, his wife, his children, all of them are working together and he, he also has his work like he also started reaching to as many people as possible to take this Forward. And, um, like, this is a perfect of my mission because I always tell you it's sustainable family health, one of our code of honor, right? Because if one of our family members gets sick, we'll also be upset. That might affect our health also. Agree? Because of their worrying about themselves. So that's a very, very important to work along with the family members. And you have made it happen, Rajesh. Thank you, thank you so much. And more power to you.

Sir, with your permission, I just wanted to share one thing. Okay. Yeah. So I hope all of you seen today how Badarinath Gella started this session, right? So he started with a small prayer to salute Sage Patanjali with the prayer Yogena Chittasya. Yeah. So he shared the meaning of it also. Yes. So for me, Mahapatanjali Badrinath Gella. So he, our CBH founder, he introduced me to the breathwork and then yoga. So I wanted to take this opportunity and then salute Mahapatanjali Badrinath Gella. Thank you, sir. Thank you for this.