I learned that rest is not laziness.
Siddharth V.
Chennai · Age 45
I hadn't taken a real rest in fifteen years. Not because I didn't want to. Because I'd convinced myself I didn't deserve it. The Born Again Zone taught me that rest is not a reward. It's a right.
Fifteen years of building a company. Fifteen years of the voice in my head saying: not yet, not enough, keep going, you can rest when it's done.
The problem is it's never done.
My doctor told me to slow down. My wife told me to slow down. My body told me to slow down in ways I preferred not to listen to.
I came to HOPE because I'd run out of arguments against trying something different.
The Born Again Zone session I attended was the first time I'd sat in genuine stillness in — I honestly don't know how long. And what happened in that stillness surprised me. I didn't feel guilty. I didn't feel restless. I felt, for the first time in fifteen years, like I was allowed to be here without doing anything.
That felt like the most radical thing that had ever happened to me.
— Siddharth V.
Born Again Zone · Chennai