The Haal Chaal Project

The Haal Chaal Project Haal-Chaal means well-being
I help you improve the basis of your well-being through Yoga & Ayurveda

Haal-Chaal translates to well-being in the Hindi language

Well-being, when referring to a person or community, is the state of being healthy, happy, or prosperous. The Haal-Chaal project is an alternate approach to your personal well-being, with a detailed design layout to learn more, produce health benefits, improve your overall wellness and thrive everyday.

If I were in school I’d be asking for a study from home day 😅 Swiping through this week’s dampness in Dublin - Those thi...
24/01/2026

If I were in school I’d be asking for a study from home day 😅 

Swiping through this week’s dampness in Dublin - Those thick droplets clinging to branches, wet ground thats stuck to my boots, air that I can feel weighing me down. Everyone’s layered in rain jackets, umbrellas up, life keeps going anyway.

Rain got you feeling heavy too?

What about balance, I would’ve previously wondered.
But now I’m being soft and intentional as I still go with the flow. Warm chai. Layers. Staying extra cosy. Warm, healthy and filling meals.
Fred is also napping extra cozy, eyes half-closed. My breakfasts have been nourishing from inside - porridge, eggs, carrots, cinnamon, a drop of ghee.

January rain doesn’t cancel the day; it just asks for warmth to match it.

If you live in Ireland how are you coping with rainy days? Help us out! ☔📸

Ireland is windy. And wet. And? Is that bad? Qualities are value-neutral. Windy. Wet. These are all just plain qualities...
20/01/2026

Ireland is windy. And wet.
And? Is that bad?

Qualities are value-neutral. Windy. Wet. These are all just plain qualities.
Wind brings movement, change and breath.
Wet is nourishing, cooling and balancing.

Ireland is cold, wet, windy is over simplifying it.
Ireland offers movement, moisture and softness.

A quality becomes challenging only in excess, or without contrast. What feels heavy and hard in one place is light and easy in another.

So this weather doesn’t need fixing, it just needs responding to with care and meaning.

I love these pictures from a walk at Powerscourt waterfall in the winter. This place is buzzing in the summer, on a sunny day when everyone’s got a bbq going. I didn’t realise I’d enjoy the quiet stillness in the winter.

Fred LOVED it. Too many people and children all around makes him nervous. So there you go, it’s all contextual.

Everyone is romanticising 2016. So why not jump on the trend. 2016 was lighter, for sure. But 2026 feels truer!! You kno...
18/01/2026

Everyone is romanticising 2016. So why not jump on the trend.
2016 was lighter, for sure. But 2026 feels truer!! You know what I mean?
I had only been living in London one year. My ma would ask to send her pictures of me often (we really missed each other ok) and so I had loads of work selfies. Also work was life so… 🤷‍♀️

I was starting my peak travel era. I loved it, was always my dream. But I was doing it recklessly, always rushing. I once booked a flight to New York return for 4 hours only (was supposed to be 2 weeks) because my brain was absolutely fried. I don’t even want to think about how much money I spent 🫥

Like most people in their 20s I drank a lot. Nothing unusual. Nothing impressive either.
My average weekday meal was chillangos burrito bowl with all that cheese (they still wouldn’t start a loyalty program, I asked) and Guinness + wine for dinner.

We did the quick-after-work-drinks often, especially summer evenings to make most of the long days. Except most days “after-work” only started after 12ish hours at 9.30pm!!! I’m in bed by that time now.

Fitness and “wellness” never even occurred to me. Hence the picture next to “well road” cause I thought it was hilarious. I signed up for the JPM 5k run twice. I didn’t make it either time. One year I went straight to drinks instead.

I also moved houses in 2016 and I couldn’t take time off work to move. So I moved at night.
Every night.
For two weeks.
One night I fell asleep in the uber at midnight and the driver felt bad for me and helped carry two boxes up.

I was starting to notice bits of toxic work environment and the downside of hustle culture.
But I didn’t have the language for it yet.

I loved my 20s. When I was in my 20s. None of these look extreme. It’s why it lasted so long. And also why I crashed so hard.

Irish winter challenges my bodies natural rhythms. But within that rude disruption is a chance to move differently. Seas...
15/01/2026

Irish winter challenges my bodies natural rhythms.
But within that rude disruption is a chance to move differently. Seasonally. Softly.

Rhythm isn’t fixed, it’s responsive. It’s also built internally. And that’s how rhythm becomes medicine.

Before Ireland I lived in Hong Kong. And before that I lived in London. And BEFORE ALL THAT, it was southern Indian (Bangalore). So I’ve been swinging between very different winters.

Why is this important Naomi?!
Great qn, I’m glad you asked.

Desha refers to your habitat in Ayurveda and geographical land (bhumi desha) influences your health and wellness.

Understanding the qualities in tour environment is so much better than blindly following winter Ayurvedic remedies.

The dominant dosha in Irish winter is Vata (followed by kapha). This generally causes an aggravated nervous system. Your Agni (fire 🔥) is also quite suppressed. And the seasonal length feels long and dragging.

Eiré-Veda (Ayurveda in Ireland) asks you if you can stay regulated while everything slows down and darkens ❓

Yes, boss!!

This is not a guide on how to manage Irish winters. This is me sharing my observations and knowledge while I make sense of life after burnout, in my 30s, in Ireland! 🇮🇪

You will see me:
☀️sharing pictures of sunshine whenever I capture it (because light exposure for pitta energy)
🏃‍♀️moving gently (slow running and yoga) because gentleness is key
⏳ prioritising routine over intensity (because Vata is already so high)
🍲 having warm, cooked food (already craving my carrots oats for breakie tomorrow) because 🔥 Agni has to be protected.

How/Where are you wintering this winter?

I’m giving myself creative direction and starting January with this series - the art of noticing light. January was mean...
12/01/2026

I’m giving myself creative direction and starting January with this series - the art of noticing light.

January was meant to be about finding light when it’s dark outside.
But honestly, it’s been so easy to find light. Inside and outside.
Suspiciously easy.

Gwan you glorious January.
Shine on.

Let wellness, peace of mind, calm and balance also be this easy to find in 2026 😄✌️

HOW am I connecting a sunny cold day on Bull island to Ayuervda and burnout? It’s quite simple actually. Post-burnout, I...
07/01/2026

HOW am I connecting a sunny cold day on Bull island to Ayuervda and burnout?

It’s quite simple actually. Post-burnout, I experience my day and environment differently.

Pre-burnout me:
• I would’ve rushed the walk
• I would’ve been mentally elsewhere
• I would’ve used the sun and clear day as “motivation” to do something intense.

Post-burnout me:
• I’m noticing the weather
• I’m noticing my own breath
• I adjust pace
• I leave before exhaustion

Also, the day itself is a dosha lesson.

Clear blue sky + sharp cold air = Vata 🌀Clarity, lightness, movement 10/10. But also dryness and over-stimulation if you’re not grounded.

Enter 🪨 Kapha - Wide open beach, steady horizon. This with the water element is grounding, nourishing and can also make you slow and heavy.

So then thank you sunshine 🌞 = Pitta. The sunshine is present but gentle.

So softly speaking, this New Year’s Day on bull island is what nervous system regulation looks like.

Bull island is actually quite iconic - in an obvious Dublin way, and also in a “how do people not talk about this more” way.

Apparently it was accidentally created after the north bull wall was constructed, to prevent silting in Dublin port. I read this somewhere. What a sweet reminder that some of the most beautiful things are unintended outcomes 👏

It is part of Dublin Bay UNESCO Biosphere, putting it in the same global category as places like the Amazon Basin and the Great Barrier Reef 👏👏

Apparently it’s also one of the most important bird habitats in Ireland. I’m now the worst bird watcher possible so I can’t say I’ve seen many birds. But apparently 🦅

If anyone has been to Bull island and seen more than a starling or a seagull please do share 🙏

Here’s to a safer, steadier 2026!! May your inner world feel safer in the new year.🪩✨
02/01/2026

Here’s to a safer, steadier 2026!!
May your inner world feel safer in the new year.

🪩✨

Because not burning out is a big big achievement in itself and I will take that!! Every year!
29/12/2025

Because not burning out is a big big achievement in itself and I will take that!! Every year!

2025 - A year of not breaking!! My 12th obsession of Christmas/December is all the nostalgia and reflection and the also...
28/12/2025

2025 - A year of not breaking!!

My 12th obsession of Christmas/December is all the nostalgia and reflection and the also the opportunity to look at 12 months to see what worked and what you can do better.

Here are most of the soft choices I made to because I am very passionate about not burning out again 🥹🥲

I’m seasonally committed to Irish Christmas traditions. It’s an annual attachment thing. Burnout disconnected me from rh...
26/12/2025

I’m seasonally committed to Irish Christmas traditions. It’s an annual attachment thing.

Burnout disconnected me from rhythm.
Irish Christmas traditions quietly re-taught me rhythm 🎶

They’re not loud or performative. They’re repetitive, inherited, slightly inconvenient and grounding. Exactly why it’s perfect for my post burnout life.

After burnout every choice was tiring. Tradition replaces decision fatigue. What I love about Irish Christmas traditions is that mince pies are made. Food is slow. And walks happen when they do because they always have.

And MOST importantly, collective slowness heals individual exhaustion 👏👏 what a concept!! Radical for someone recovering from hustle culture.

So I’m forever grateful that on the 11th day of Christmas my soft life gave to me (11) Christmas traditions and rituals that reconnect me to time and not urgency !!

Holidays were simple before we started working. 10 days off every year, no questions asked. Once we start working, we do...
23/12/2025

Holidays were simple before we started working. 10 days off every year, no questions asked.

Once we start working, we don’t ever really get a “holiday” the same way again do we? Time off is usually filled, rushed, productive… anything but empty.

So on the 10th day of Christmas, my soft life gave to me: (10) days with my family.

In my post-burnout life, I’ve come to love this kind of time. Slow days. No agenda. Being with family and friends.
And especially this year, having my family here IRL (in real life AND in Ireland lol) has reminded me how nourishing doing nothing together can be.

Happy Christmas Eve eve everyone!

I used to work long hours in December with nothing really happening. In my corporate life the last 2 weeks of December w...
23/12/2025

I used to work long hours in December with nothing really happening. In my corporate life the last 2 weeks of December were always performative.

Barely any real decisions made.
Barely any real movement or progress.
Still, somehow, nevertheless, I did long hours (shorter than usual, longer than needed).

This is what I remember:
• no urgency, yet no permission to stop
• no outputs, yet no release
• nothing happening, yet everything expected

Anyone in corporate please tell me if this is still your reality?

So in my post burnout era, on the 9th day of Christmas my soft life gave to me (9) quiet hours ☺️⌛️🍻
The Irish Christmas slowdown hits different. Here the Christmas period quietly says “We’re not pretending this is a normal work week.”

🙌 🙌

On the 9th day of Christmas my soft life gave to me 🎶🎵

9 quiet hours (no one is really working)

8 Christmas movies

7 crisp mornings

6 cosy pub nights

5 (festive) ffllaavvoouurrss….

4 golden lights

3 cosy outfits

2 warm treats

and a birthday month I take very seriously ✌️

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