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Can yoga become a full-time career? Can you study psychology after engineering? And what does it really take to build an unconventional career in wellness and mental health?

In this episode of Unblur the Path, Lakshmi speaks with Swathi, a yoga teacher and counselling psychologist, about her journey from engineering and IT to yoga teaching, psychology, counselling, and mind-body healing.

Swathi explains how yoga first became part of her personal recovery, how she trained professionally as a yoga teacher, and how she later studied MSc Psychology to deepen her understanding of the human mind. She also shares the realities of freelancing, financial uncertainty, building a client network, burnout in mental health careers, and the difference between a counsellor, counselling psychologist, clinical psychologist and psychiatrist.

This episode is useful for students, parents, career changers, and anyone exploring careers in yoga, psychology, counselling, wellness, mental health, or holistic healing.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Introduction
01:58 Swathi’s work as a yoga teacher and counselling psychologist
03:47 From engineering and IT to yoga
07:59 How to study yoga professionally
12:19 Life after yoga certification: training, observation and teaching
14:43 Studio teaching, freelancing and building a network
19:28 The real challenges: money, uncertainty and risk
26:06 Yoga, science and the mind-body connection
28:09 COVID, upskilling and the shift towards psychology
34:01 Studying MSc Psychology after engineering
38:41 Combining yoga and counselling in practice
45:39 Counsellor, psychologist, clinical psychologist and psychiatrist explained
54:27 Advice, work-life balance and Swathi’s life mantra

Listen to Swathi’s career journey on Unblur the Path.

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