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Anandoham Health
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When meditation has never worked for you

Book a first call 20 minutes, ₹299, credited to your first full session.

People often tell me that meditation has never worked for them, and that breathing techniques have never worked for them. It is almost always because they were doing it wrong, or doing it impractically, without appropriate guidance. One has to find the appropriate method. Because I have studied yoga, prāṇāyāma and meditation as well as the Western techniques, I teach them categorically and systematically: specific prāṇāyāmas and specific meditative practices, chosen for the individual.

— Devdarshan Bastola

In sessions the practice is chosen for the person and taught one step at a time, starting with something short enough to do that same evening.

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Reviews

In their own words

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Based on 13 Google reviews Read them on Google

Shri Devdarshan is one of the best and honest counsellor I have met. He is very kind and a humble person and his counseling sessions were lovely and peaceful.

SiD
Google · 2026

Had a very positive experience with Dr Dev, I felt listened to and supported from the very first session. Highly recommended.

Nilanjana Gurung
Google · 2026

Excellent service and counseling. I have witnessed positive change and improvement in my spouse. Thank you.

PEMA SHERPA
Google · 2026

Practical questions

What actually happens in a first session?

We spend most of it on what brought you here and what you have already tried. Towards the end we agree what the work would involve and whether it is a fit. You will usually leave with one practice to try before we next speak. There is no assessment battery and no diagnosis handed down.

Do I need to be religious, or interested in the Gītā?

No. The clinical tools are evidence-based and entirely secular in application — CBT, ACT, Person-Centred and Gestalt. Vedic frameworks may inform how your patterns are understood, and no practice or belief is ever required of you. Plenty of clients have no interest in that side of it at all.

How many sessions will I need?

It depends on what you bring. A focused concern often takes six to ten sessions. Longstanding patterns take longer. We review it openly as we go, and you are free to stop at any point.

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This page describes how therapy is approached here. It is not a diagnosis and it is not a substitute for urgent care. If you are in immediate distress or thinking of harming yourself, please contact Tele-MANAS on 14416 (India, free, 24/7), or your local emergency services.