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I (Shweta) feel so much awe when I refer to Save the Unity as a "business" because it was never a part of our plan. it started as story of two people who had to lose each other & their old selves, to find a truth worth sharing with the world.
My Lover (Anant) & I have been in each other's lives since we were in school. For a long time, we weren't "good" for each other. We were young, we were what people call "toxic," & there were a lot of breaks, breakups, there were other lives lived & there was a profound period of distance that felt like a final thing, the end of us.
But that long break was actually the start of our healing. Around 2016, I started looking at my own patterns. I realized that the way I was living & the way I was loving weren't working. I had to unlearn everything I thought I knew about being a woman & being a partner (around that time, I was dating someone else & that relationship felt like a wake up call for real. Of course, I heard it & answered it! THANKING THE GODDESS!
Over the years, as our relationship evolved, we slowly stopped seeing ourselves as just "people in love" & started seeing ourselves as the archetypal play of Shiv & Shakti. In those stories, they separate & reunite, constantly moving through cycles of death & rebirth. That is exactly what happened to us. Every time we broke up & came back together, we were "born again" as better, healthier versions of ourselves. He became the steady support that allowed my creative energy to explode.
During late 2019 there were big protests in India regarding NRC & CAA & it generated a lot of restlessness & helplessness within. I felt so useless. At that time, I was studying for a government exams (UPSC) because that’s what my parents wanted for me. But I felt trapped. I didn't want to wait for a "job title" to make a difference.
I am an artist & a seeker! I realized I could teach children. I wanted to teach them about their rights, their bodies, minds & how to stay united in a world that felt very divided. We wanted to seed a new kind of awareness, one that wouldn't be easily manipulated by external systems. My Sister & my Lover were right there with me, pitching ideas. The name "Save the Unity" was born from a late-night discussion between me & Anant, it was a response to the helplessness of seeing a world divided. It started as a small art class, but it was the seed for something much bigger (we did not know it back then) one thing led to another.
Around the same time, I discovered how our bodies & cycles actually work & it blew my mind. I realized that if women understood their own bodies & minds, they would be unstoppable (Damn! so much was happening around 2018-2019, it was all a groundwork for building a foundation in 2020) so, I started sharing this through online sessions called "The Butterfly Effect." I wanted people to see that even small changes in how we think & live can create a massive shift in our lives. Basically, what started as art classes for kids turned into a community for women, workshops & retreats. & now here we are.
We built Save the Unity to share the tools that saved us. We moved from a place of confusion & pain to a life of purpose & peace (lol PEACE! one that gets disturbed every now & then because we are engaged with the material world haha BUT now we at least have tools & resources to navigate the disturbances & create our own peace again & again) We are the living examples of the fact that no matter how "broken" things feel, you can always begin again.
By the way, we live in a world that is obsessed with titles, degrees & certificates. It’s a very "high masculine" way of thinking, it values a piece of paper from a building over the wisdom in someone's soul. People often told me I should get a certificate or a degree in the things I was teaching. For a moment, I even tried to follow that path, but since I already had a problem with the Indian education system I turned to other mediums, I got a Udemy certificate just for the sake of having one because of the pressure I felt. But I realized very quickly that my path is different. My real degree comes from my own body, my own journey & my own exploration.
I am not here to give you the "ultimate truth." I am here to hold a space for you to explore your own. In this space, you are the expert on your own life. You have to find your own answers through your own experiences. When you read 'you are the expert of your life', you might wonder: "Why do I need Shweta & Anant? Why choose Save the Unity if I can do this on my own?" The truth is, you can do it on your own. But we live in a world that has spent years teaching you to ignore your own voice. We are taught to look at degrees to feel validated, follow social scripts & live in a way that feels "safe" but empty. Sometimes, we get so lost in the noise that we can't even hear ourselves anymore.
I am here because I have been through the fire. I am not your "guru." I am a facilitator. My purpose is to create a safe, unscripted space where you feel brave enough to look at your own truth. I provide the tools, the mythology & the community that I used to save my own life. Think of it like this: You are the one doing the walking, but I am the one holding the mirror. I help you see the patterns you might be missing. I help you remember the power of your own body & your own rhythm.
I am here because my journey from "toxic" to "healthy" taught me how to hold space for others to do the same. I don't give you the answers, I give you the environment where your own answers can finally emerge & for this I am forever grateful to my lover, for he has always held that space for me to remember my truest self. I know how to hold because I was held by him & now, by myself.
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"You are the entire ocean, in a drop." — Rumi
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See you, when I see you.
"You are the entire ocean, in a drop." — Rumi
The power is within.
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