Travel + Leisure - India & South Asia
WELLNESS CHAMPION
Malaika Arora
Actor, Model, Entrepreneur
Many Bollywood actors love posting gym selfies of their toned bodies, but few encourage their followers to pursue holistic well-being. For Malaika Arora, however, “wellness is a way of life.” For the past few years, she has been looking at investing in relevant brands, and now Arora has decided to bring them all under one roof: Malaika Arora Ventures (malaikaaroraventures.com). “The past two years have taught us to not put wellness on the back burner,” Arora points out. “The current boom [in the wellness industry] is a result of gradual awareness among people,” she adds. Among her entrepreneurial ventures, Nude Bowls (nudebowls.eatsure.com) is a pan-India delivery-only restaurant that facilitates clean eating for its patrons. “Just working out and eating unhealthy is a journey to nowhere,” says Arora. With SARVA (sarva.com), a yoga and mindfulness app that Arora co-founded, she has reasserted her belief that “yoga can be done even when travelling” and that it is a “functional and efficient” fitness regime. Arora is also a firm believer in the power of meditation, especially in the midst of a global pandemic. “It is the ultimate tool to cope with mental stress,” she says. “Don’t forget to take care of yourself! Self-love and self-care are extremely important to achieve mental well-being.” Consider us onboard!