8 min
Sakal WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER and Radio City with Gayatri Vartak, Sports Psychologist and Founder- Samiksha WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER
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- Mental Health
Gayatri is a former international badminton player. She represented India in the prestigious Uber cup. She was a sub-junior national champion and a top 100 singles player in the world. She has also been a state-level swimmer. After her decade-long badminton career, she went on to pursue her Masters's in Psychology from Pune University and held a rank in the university for the same. She then co-founded Samiksha Sports Pvt Ltd along with her colleague Janki. While Samiksha began to grow slowly and steadily she pursued an MSc in Psychology of Sport and Exercise in the U.K. Having done that, Janki and Gayatri became the only sports psychologists in India to be recognized by the British Psychological Society. Samiksha has grown from working within Pune to having offices within 3 major cities, namely Pune, Mumbai, and Bangalore. The consultancy currently caters to prestigious sports institutions in the country. BCCI’s National Cricket Academy, Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy, Olympic Gold Quest, Army Sports Institute, Virat Kohli Foundation amongst many others. They have worked with more than 1200 athletes. Gayatri is currently also pursuing her Ph.D., the results of which are expected to influence the sporting eco-system in India for the better.\
It is a pleasure to inform all our listeners about our latest project with Radio City. Sakal Media Group's current project is to support people through this covid crisis with various mental health initiatives. Our latest initiative is series of podcasts, #WeAreInThisTogether to bring forth positive ideas, new habits, tools regarding self-care, healing practices, etc. To add value, fresh perspective, more energy (physically & emotionally) to all the people who need support in this time of crisis.
We are delighted that Pune's renowned doctors, professionals, artists are giving their time to such an important cause, and we are very thankful.
Following is the list of questions that we have asked Gayatri, to help, motivate, and inspire us in our daily lives.
Q.1- How are you, Really?
Q.2- How do you keep yourself positive throughout the day? Can you share some of your practices?
Q.3- What have you unlearnt, let go off during this covid crisis?
Q.4- What does self-care look like for you?
Q.5- What is the one good news that you can’t wait to tell us?
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sakalweareinthistogether/message
Gayatri is a former international badminton player. She represented India in the prestigious Uber cup. She was a sub-junior national champion and a top 100 singles player in the world. She has also been a state-level swimmer. After her decade-long badminton career, she went on to pursue her Masters's in Psychology from Pune University and held a rank in the university for the same. She then co-founded Samiksha Sports Pvt Ltd along with her colleague Janki. While Samiksha began to grow slowly and steadily she pursued an MSc in Psychology of Sport and Exercise in the U.K. Having done that, Janki and Gayatri became the only sports psychologists in India to be recognized by the British Psychological Society. Samiksha has grown from working within Pune to having offices within 3 major cities, namely Pune, Mumbai, and Bangalore. The consultancy currently caters to prestigious sports institutions in the country. BCCI’s National Cricket Academy, Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy, Olympic Gold Quest, Army Sports Institute, Virat Kohli Foundation amongst many others. They have worked with more than 1200 athletes. Gayatri is currently also pursuing her Ph.D., the results of which are expected to influence the sporting eco-system in India for the better.\
It is a pleasure to inform all our listeners about our latest project with Radio City. Sakal Media Group's current project is to support people through this covid crisis with various mental health initiatives. Our latest initiative is series of podcasts, #WeAreInThisTogether to bring forth positive ideas, new habits, tools regarding self-care, healing practices, etc. To add value, fresh perspective, more energy (physically & emotionally) to all the people who need support in this time of crisis.
We are delighted that Pune's renowned doctors, professionals, artists are giving their time to such an important cause, and we are very thankful.
Following is the list of questions that we have asked Gayatri, to help, motivate, and inspire us in our daily lives.
Q.1- How are you, Really?
Q.2- How do you keep yourself positive throughout the day? Can you share some of your practices?
Q.3- What have you unlearnt, let go off during this covid crisis?
Q.4- What does self-care look like for you?
Q.5- What is the one good news that you can’t wait to tell us?
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sakalweareinthistogether/message
8 min