As a founder and business owner, the line between work and life often blurs.

Building Anupaya from the ground up has been one of the most rewarding journeys of my life, but the relentless pace has led to, at times, some real burnout. Somewhere between the late nights and the (seriously) eeeeendlessssss tasks, I've found myself running low on the very thing we hope to give others through Anupaya: a sense of peace and renewal.

That’s when I knew I needed to take a minute. I needed to take a step back, recharge, and essentially, practice what I preach.

Enter Wander Home.

Wander Home is a multifunctional wellness platform that specializes in optimizing human potential through immersive, reflective, and expensive experiences. Bringing folks together to explore, indulge and practice yoga in the most gorgeous places around the world.

And HOLY HOT SAUCE, did I ever need it.

We headed to Menorca, Spain (a tiny, beautiful island in the Balearic Sea) for a week and it was SUCH a needed reminder that true restoration doesn’t come from crossing another task off the list but from giving ourselves permission to pause. To just slow the hell down and take in all the beauty around us.

And to be honest, taking this time to nourish my own spirit felt like a homecoming of sorts. I just kinda came back to myself.

And it made me stoked again!!! Made me grateful for my life and my people and lit me up with ideas and plans for work.

It’s so easy to feel guilty or indulgent as a founder stepping away, but I realized that taking care of myself is so essential to taking care of my work, my family and those we hope to serve through Anupaya's mission.

So here’s to embracing rest as much as we embrace work. It’s a lesson I’ll try carry forward and a reminder that maybe the most important journey is the one that brings us back home to ourselves.

xx Shan