Clarity · Awareness · 1:1 Coaching
I'm Savan — a learner, a Vipassana practitioner, an engineer, a coach-in-training. I sit alongside people who are stuck, confused or overthinking, and we find the next clear step together.
Hi, I'm
Savan Navalgi
My journey
I had the resume, the job, the routine. From the outside the picture was sharp. From the inside — too many open tabs and not much clarity. I wasn't burnt out, just something quieter than that: productive, and quietly stuck. That low-grade ache is what set everything else in motion.
I sat my first Vipassana retreat. Ten days of silence. The technique didn't fix me. It taught me to notice — to watch a thought without becoming it, to watch a sensation without running. I've been sitting daily since. Imperfect. Honest. The most useful thing I've ever picked up.
Around the same time I started travelling alone — Karnataka coast for surf, Andhra for the Gandikota canyon, Uttarakhand for Kedarkanth. A year of being a beginner on purpose: surfing badly, sleeping in a stranger's couchsurfing home, standing alone at sunrise on a Himalayan ridge. Being alone stopped feeling lonely. It became the most useful tutorial in my own company I'd ever taken.
I went looking for the edges of what I thought my body could do. Kung fu — earned my yellow belt. Devil's Circuit — crawled through mud and over walls. Two days of training to earn the eligibility to whitewater-kayak a real river. None of this was content. It was me learning that stress is just unfamiliarity, and unfamiliarity is the one thing you can actually practise.
I picked up stand-up. Two years of writing my own jokes, getting on small stages, bombing more than I'd like to admit, getting better. Met a few of my heroes — Abhishek Upamanyu, Anubhav Singh Bassi — at their shows. Comedy taught me what nothing else could: how to put my own honest words in front of strangers and stay standing.
Through all of this, I was being coached myself. Still am. They never fixed me. They asked the questions I was avoiding and waited while I found my own answers. I learned the most useful thing one human can give another: unhurried, non-judgmental attention.
When my last relationship ended, I didn't dramatize it. I just started running. 100 days, 70% consistency. Some mornings honest, some mornings just stubborn. Nothing about it was Instagram-tidy. But it taught me — viscerally, with breath in my throat — that small, daily, ordinary discipline is the kindest form of self-repair.
For the last year I've been hosting open mics — making a small, regular room where people can stand up, be honest, and be heard. It started as fun. It's become a quiet practice in expression: doing the slightly scary thing in public, before you feel ready, just to remind yourself you can.
Co-Active trained. But the real training has been seven years on the cushion, the runs, the surf, the open mics, the solo road. I post raw 2-hour Vipassana sits on @sitwithsavan to keep myself honest about the practice. And in private, I sit with people one-on-one — not as a guru, but as someone who's walked through the noise and learned how to listen at the speed of your actual thoughts.
Just so we're clear
Therapy heals the past — and that work is sacred. Coaching, the work I do, moves you forward. We don't dig through old wounds. We meet what's alive in you now, clear the noise, and find the next honest step. If you need therapy, I'll happily refer you to one of the brilliant therapists I trust. If you need clarity and motion, you're in the right room.
What I offer
Start with a single Clarity Call. Or step deeper. Each space is held with the same care — quiet, real, unhurried.
45 minutes · 1:1
Get unstuck. Take action.
₹500
A 1:1 conversation for when you're feeling stuck, confused or overthinking. We talk through it, clear the noise, and find your next clear step — together.
Only 3 slots per week
21 days · group cohort
Build habits that actually stick.
₹3,000
one-time, for the full 21-day cohort
10 people. Daily accountability. Atomic Habits–based. Pick 1–2 habits, show up nightly at 9 PM for a 15-minute honest check-in, and do a weekend deep-dive together. Real commitment, real cohort, real change in 21 days.
Next cohort: June 1 · only 10 spots
3 months · weekly 1:1 sessions
Real change. Real rhythm. Real you.
By application
Begins with a free 30-min discovery call
For people ready for the deep work — a three-month 1:1 coaching container for honest mind-set and lifestyle transformation, rooted in awareness. We sit together every week, in real conversation, until something fundamental shifts.
I take only 3 clients at a time
Inside the room
Get unstuck. Take action.
45 minutes · 1:1 · ₹500 · Honest, unhurried
Why this exists
Sometimes your head is loud and the next step is just out of reach.
I've been there — and what helped wasn't more advice. It was one honest conversation, with someone willing to listen at the speed of my actual thoughts.
That's all this call is. 45 minutes for you to think out loud, and for the noise to settle enough that the next clear step shows up — yours, not mine.
A simple, honest rhythm
You speak the swirl out loud. I listen — without fixing, without rushing, without judgment.
We separate the real signal from the borrowed worry. The thought-loops loosen.
We name what's actually true for you, beneath the 'shoulds' and the strategy.
You leave with a focused direction, and one clear next step that feels right to you.
What you walk away with
You leave with
The details
Duration
45 minutes
Format
1:1 video call
Investment
₹500
“₹500 isn't the point — it's a small, real commitment so we both show up. If it's useful, we can talk about going deeper.”
This call is for you if
This call is not for you if
Start here · 45 min · ₹500
Send a quick WhatsApp message — I'll reply personally with two or three time slots that work, and we'll lock one in. No forms, no funnel.
Inside the cohort
Build habits that actually stick.
10 people · Daily accountability · Atomic Habits–based · Led by Savan
Why I'm doing this
Breakups. Stress. Distractions. Life hits hard in your 20s and 30s.
I've felt all three. After my last breakup, I ran for 100 days — 70% consistency, some mornings honest, some mornings just stubborn. That small, ordinary streak quietly rebuilt confidence, clarity and discipline from the inside out.
Now I want to support 10 people who are genuinely serious about doing the same — pick 1–2 habits, show up daily, and get them to actually stick.
Habits we can build
What we'll do (daily)
15-min honest check-in
your commitment for today
no excuses · just truth
a single, honest correction
Weekend structure
Atomic Habits · 1-hour deep dive
Your commitment
One-time fee
₹3,000
Cohort size
10 people
Container
21 days
"The fee isn't really the point. The point is showing up — every night, for 21 days, in a small room of people who decided to take their life seriously together."
The cohort
10 spots only
10 spots only. Small enough that I see you. Small enough that you can't hide. Big enough to feel a real group pull you forward.
This is for you if
This is not for you if
Next cohort starts · June 1
The next cohort starts June 1 — 10 spots, first come first locked. Comment "LEVEL UP" on the pinned Instagram post or message me directly on WhatsApp. I'll send the joining details and confirm your spot.
Why work with me
I'm rooted in 7+ years of Vipassana meditation practice, have been exploring contemporary movement for the past 2 years, and host open mics that create spaces for honest expression and connection. I don't pretend to have figured it out — I'm in the work too. What I do bring is years of practice in the one craft that matters most in this room: listening without fixing, holding without rushing, asking the question you've been avoiding.
Seven years of daily sitting has trained me to listen without judgment, hold silence without flinching, and notice what's underneath the words.
I've been on the other side of this conversation for over six years, with coaches and mentors who are still walking with me. I know how it feels. I know what helps.
I'm trained in Co-Active Coaching — globally regarded as the most rigorous coach-training. The skill of bridging thought into honest, embodied action.
100 days of running after a breakup (70% consistency). A year of hosting open mics. Daily 2-hour Vipassana sits posted raw on @sitwithsavan. I keep my own practice visible — so the work I ask of you is the work I'm doing too.
Is this you?
From the people I've sat with
Real reflections, recorded by the people themselves and shared on Instagram. Tap any card to play — unscripted, unedited, in their own time.
More on Instagram
@savannavalgiBeyond coaching
(not paid offerings — just spaces I curate)
Some of how I think about people doesn't fit inside a 1:1 call. So I host gatherings — small, well-held rooms where strangers slow down, drop the script, and connect honestly. None of these are coaching products. They're how I practise creating spaces — and they're where a lot of my way of seeing comes from.
Monthly · BangaloreSpeak your heart, find your tribe.
A small, regular room where people can stand up and be honest — songs, poetry, standup, a story they've been sitting on. Some perform. Some just listen. Everyone leaves feeling more met than when they walked in.
Running for a year. Quietly, consistently.
Intimate · 20 spotsPlay. Move. Express.
An immersive evening to slow down and connect beyond surface-level conversation. We move together to arrive in our bodies, play improv games to drop the awkwardness, share over warm drinks, and end with real, personal stories.
Come as strangers. Leave feeling more seen, open, and human.
3 days · Western GhatsMore than a trek.
A weekend trek (with @bengaluru__trekkers) framed not as a hike but as a space to meet strangers, share stories on the trail and under the stars, and feel human again — first crushes and wild detours, dreams we're chasing and fears we hide, little wins and quiet losses.
More than a trek. A space for real connection.
Want to be at the next one? Follow @savannavalgi or send a DM. I post each new gathering there.
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7+ yrs
Vipassana practice
6+ yrs
Being coached
1:1
Always personal
From @sitwithsavan
Raw observations from the daily 2-hour sit.
No edits. No commentary. Just what comes up — fear, anger, drowsiness, the quiet bits in between. This is the practice from the inside.
“I realised I have always been shrinking myself just to avoid conflict.”
“A lot of anger came up today. I just observed. Realised I had been suppressing it all along.”
“Noticed something quietly running in the background today — fear. Fear of being alone. Fear of losing my job. Fear of falling sick.”
“I still get lost in thought. But now, I don't fight it. I notice, smile, and gently start again.”
“Anxiety with thoughts of life not going the way I imagined. I observed the sensations in my chest, and they slowly began to change — a quiet reminder that everything is always changing.”
“Felt a lot of drowsiness. I observed. Drowsiness — the body's way of resisting meditation, resisting change, resisting letting go. I did not give up.”
“Meditation is slowly making me emotionally independent — will it distance me from people, or help me build deeper, stronger connections?”
“My body was charged with sexual energy today. I observed it. It slowly spread through the body, becoming a calm, steady energy.”
“Procrastinated for 45 minutes figuring out how to meditate and record on a moving bus. Realised procrastination isn't laziness — it's usually confusion in disguise.”
“Back in my hometown — my parents make everything feel so easy, my only safe haven. A thought arose: even this won't last forever.”
“So many thoughts of self-judgement were floating in my mind. I observed. I realised I judge myself far more than anyone else ever does.”
“Today my coach told me — self-judgement is draining my energy. And I can't afford to lose that energy when it has a higher, more meaningful purpose of serving others. That stayed with me.”
“Missed a day of meditation because of the open mic event I was organising. The practice is real. So is life.”
The practice is real. So is life. Some days I miss too.
Frequently asked
No — and I want to be honest about that. Therapy heals the past and is the right place to do that work. Coaching, what I do, helps you move forward in the present. We work with what's alive for you right now, clear the noise, and find your next clear step. If you need therapy, I'll gladly point you toward therapists I trust.
Let's talk
Send me a message — even one line. Tell me what's pulling you here, and I'll personally reply with the next step (a Clarity Call slot, a discovery call, or just a heads-up when the next 21-Day cohort opens).
WhatsApp · +91 87623 52136
Reply usually within 24 hours · India time zone
Or find me on Instagram —
@savannavalgi
