Circle is a monthly reflective retreat — a shared space where conditioning loosens, perception opens, and habitual patterns begin to soften.
This June edition introduces Smile as our monthly orientation within the 5×5 framework. Led by Hari Nair and two Leela Life specialists, the morning is designed to loosen fixed ideas around what joy actually requires — and to recover two of the most neglected sources of it: the quality of how we relate to the people we are close to, and the quality of how we relate to ourselves, through the elements of Intimacy and Personal Care.
To smile is to live with inner lightness, care, and connection. In Indic traditions, the state of joy is reached not only through the mind but also through the body, relationships, service, and devotion. Smile gathers the practices that sustain a cheerful, radiant presence.
Intimacy: The deep meeting of two beings — physical, emotional, and spiritual — where presence and vulnerability allow genuine connection to arise.
Personal Care: A daily ritual of respect for the body, seen as a sacred vessel — the most foundational act of self-respect from which inner lightness naturally flows.
Hari Nair is the creator of the Leela Life Method, a structured approach rooted in Indic knowledge that helps modern lives hold both success and joy. His session introduces Smile as this month's orientation — exploring the deeper "why" behind joy as a cultivated state rather than an earned reward, and what it means to recover lightness through the quality of how we tend to ourselves and connect with others.
Dr. Shivani Sood is an internationally recognised Ayurvedic doctor with over 21 years of experience, specialising in Ayurvedic psychology, emotional wellbeing, and the relational dimensions of personal development. Co-founder of Shivani Ayurveda, she has conducted thousands of one-on-one consultations and led over 40 international projects across Europe and the United States. What distinguishes her work is its attention to the interior life of relationships — she approaches intimacy not as a skill to be mastered, but as a quality of presence that can be consciously cultivated or quietly lost. Her session is an invitation to notice whether one is experiencing intimacy, or simply performing it.
Dr. Namrata is a highly experienced Ayurvedic specialist with over 28 years of dedicated practice, based in Mumbai. Her area of deep expertise is Ayurvedic skin and hair rejuvenation — grounded not in cosmetic convention but in the ancient understanding that the body's outer radiance is an expression of its inner balance. A distinguished educator, she has trained medical professionals and individuals worldwide in Abhyanga, Mukhabhyanga, Shiroabhyanga, and the use of natural formulations rooted in the Charaka Samhita and Ashtanga Hridayam. Her session offers a brief, direct encounter with what it means to tend to the body as a sacred vessel — and the shift in how one inhabits oneself that follows.
Beth Giersch is an executive operator and strategist with over 20 years of experience in fitness, wellness, and personal growth. She guides the Circle as host, creating an environment of warm connection and collective reflection to help translate insights into lived experience.
A morning of shared learning on Smile — guided by Hari Nair and two Leela Life specialists — designed to shift how you relate to joy, self-care, and the quality of your closest connections.
Arrival, co-presence, softening inner speed to set the tone.
Orientation to the pillar, the five elements, and the deeper "why" behind joy as a cultivated state rather than an earned reward.
Physiological break, attention reset, clean transition.
Landing a single premise — that intimacy is the capacity to feel, and that this capacity can quietly narrow without anyone deciding it should.
Break and transition.
A direct, embodied encounter with what it means to tend to the body as a sacred vessel — through the ancient Ayurvedic practice of Abhyanga and skin and hair care.
Naming shifts in perception, identifying one opening to carry into the month, and clarifying questions.
This June’s Circle is a paid gathering. The contribution of $50 is a gesture of respect for our specialists’ time and presence — and a way to sustain this shared space of reflection and connection.
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