Kavitha Elango - The life changing impact of brain injury
Initially, like many young Indian professionals, Kavitha pursued a career in software. She gave that up in order to bring up her two children. In the process of parenting she practised Yoga and eventually became a Yoga teacher. Over the past 20 years she has learnt from different Yoga traditions and teachers, and evolved her teaching from being about the body to holistically working with the student at all levels of being – physical, mental and emotional. She describes herself as a seeker with a quest for learning the deeper truths of life.
This conversation is a reminder that life has mysterious ways of preparing us for the challenges it has in store, but only if we pay attention. In this conversation Kavitha describes the first turning point that occurred when she turned 40 that laid the foundation for her next big challenge that shook her to the core and turned hers and her family's world upside down. We talk about how she and her husband Elango dealt with their son's life threatening brain haemorrhage five years ago when he was only 17 years old.
The true story of what happened, a step by step account of how they dealt with this crisis and the lessons they learnt in the process is beautifully encapsulated in the book This Too Shall Pass by Elango Thambiah is available on Amazon. It has some powerful learnings for us all, irrespective of the health of our loved ones.
You can reach Kavitha direct via email [email protected].
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