Founder of ThePleasureRevolution.com. Inspiring and teaching people around the world to live a life of pleasure and to shift state from pressure to pleasure. Because life is too damn short!
Anshu did her Masters of Engineering in India and moved to Silicon Valley to pursue her career in Software Engineering. She worked in the corporate environment in Software Engineering and management roles for over 20 years never really having the time to think about herself or what she really wanted from life. She lived a life of stress and pressure for most of her life starting from her childhood and living her life to please others.
Anshu was always keep to learn ways to combat stress in her daily life. She practiced yoga and meditation for many years. As Anshu's life shifted, She decided to pursue her life purpose of making a difference in health and wellbeing of people around the world and since then she has dedicated herself to studying, teaching and exploring various ways to live an optimum and vital life.
She founded 'The Pleasure Revolution' to inspire people to live a life of Pleasure, Vitality and Aliveness. Anshu is a writer, public speaker and entrepreneur living her optimum life and she aspires to bring her work to the world. She teaches yoga, meditation, facilitates breath work sessions for trauma and emotional release and holds her signature workshops and retreats in various locations through out the world.
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A Seven Pillar approach to living your Best Life
Practical tools to help you shift your life - from feeling weighed down with pressure, towards greater pleasure and energy to live stress-free optimum life
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We live - and we die. If death is our final fate, why aren’t our lives filled with more pleasure?
Why do we place so much pressure on ourselves and others?
Why do we remain stuck in a daily grind? Why do we not fully enjoy our life journey?
What might the world look like if we replaced our stress with pleasure?
These are some of the questions Anshu poses in her book, Pressure to Pleasure: A Seven Pillar Approach to Living your Best Life.
According to the American Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), up to 90% of all illness and diseases are stress related.
The pressures and stress of life have affected us as a society. Anshu's mission is to inspire individuals around the world to optimize their time on earth; by transforming the burdens and pressures of modern life into one filled with pleasure. To guide you on this path, Anshu provides a very simple framework of Seven Pillars; an alchemical toolbox brimming with ancient methodologies like shamanism, yoga, and tantra; combined with modern scientific research. This unique set of tools helps you live your optimum life in every moment.
We cannot control what happens in our lives, but we can shift from pressure to pleasure using these methods.
A former Silicon Valley executive, Anshu grew up in India. From an early age, pressure dominated her life. At the age of 40, unhappy, unemployed, and on the brink of depression, Anshu began to question the meaning and purpose of life. Through her readings and explorations over many years, Anshu discovered that pleasure was the key to creating and sustaining a fulfilling, satisfying and joyful life. The kind of pleasure that makes us feel alive, vital, vibrant - and in some cases, even looking and feeling younger!
This book will motivate you to adopt tools and thought processes that can infuse greater pleasure into your life.
Introduction
Pleasure is not just about sex. In childhood, it is a primal concept, encouraging our sense of curiosity and exploration. In adulthood, pleasure remains an essential nutrient, meant to contribute to our well being, each and every day.
Chapter 1 - The State of Pleasure
The book opens with Anshu’s journey; including the high levels of stress & pressure that she first encountered in childhood. By embarking on a new path in adulthood, Anshu realized that life is meant to be experienced in a state of pleasure.
Chapter 2 - Life In Modern Times
The majority of adults around the world are living in the intense shadow of stress. Global statistics confirm that depression, anxiety, and lifestyle diseases - like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes - are on the rise. This chapter explores how human beings have manufactured a world almost too stressful to bear.
Chapter 3 What is ‘Real’ Pleasure?
An exploration of different meanings and perceptions of pleasure. Why is pleasure so necessary for us humans? How does a search for a life of pleasure also empower us to feel more alive? A survey of scientific research on pleasure hormones, and an examination of various kinds of pleasure.
Chapter 4 Misconceptions and Limiting Beliefs
When people talk about pleasure, the usual reference is to sexual pleasure. However, the meaning of pleasure is broader, covering much more ground that is often overlooked. This chapter delves into the misconceptions and limiting beliefs we hold about pleasure, as well as their origins.
Chapter 5 The Seven Pillars of Aliveness
This chapter introduces the seven foundational pillars of aliveness that establish a foundation for living an optimal life of pleasure. These seven pillars are a thoughtful and workable combination of ancient wisdom, modern scientific research and personal stories that have been proven to help us live our best life. Subsequent chapters introduce each pillar in detail.
Chapter 6 The First Pillar - Self love and Acceptance
The notion of self-love has been broached by self-help gurus and proponents of new age philosophies. But we continue to live in contempt of ourselves, rather than in full acceptance. This chapter identifies specific tools that readers are invited to explore, while ushering more self-love and acceptance into their lives.
Chapter 7 The Second Pillar - Feel All Your Emotions
From an early age, many of us have been taught to keep our emotions to ourselves. Carrying this message with us into adulthood, we learn to suppress many of our emotions, including joy and pleasure. This chapter describes techniques that help you reconnect with your emotions every day, as a way of feeling more alive.
Chapter 8 Third Pillar - Release The Blocks
Shame, fear and guilt are major blocks due to which we stop feeling pleasure. Imagine creating a life for yourself that is devoid of shame, fear and guilt. The tools in this chapter will help you release those blocks, so you can start to feel pleasure in everything you do.
Chapter 9 Fourth Pillar - Awaken Your Senses
We absorb our environment through the senses. Since our eyes (for those who can see) dominate all other senses, we have adapted by taking in most information from what we perceive visually. This chapter teaches you techniques to slow down and enhance each of your senses - including an innovative way to enjoy your food. A promise, that food will never taste the same!
Chapter 10 Fifth Pillar - Get out of your head.. into Your Body
The feeling of aliveness is felt in the body, not in the mind. Learn tools to get out of your mind and get into your body. Prepare your body to feel more pleasure whether its enjoying a piece of chocolate or some fun in the bedroom.
Chapter 11 Cultivate Your Life-Force Energy
The crux is this: Our bodies are composed of energy; so is our environment, our food and our breath. In this chapter, you will learn techniques that sages have used when living in harsh environments, without access to food. In order to survive, they harnessed energy from within themselves and from the environment. By adopting these techniques, you can reach a state of high energy in only a few minutes. But a daily practice is the best way to cultivate a sustained and optimal level of energy
Chapter 12 Design Your Life for Pleasure
Our home, work and external environment needs to be conducive to living a life of pleasure. I will teach you how to design your life around pleasure and feeling alive and how that can help you with living your most optimum life.
Chapter 13 The Pleasure Formulas - Shift state quickly from pressure to pleasure
In this chapter, specific formulas are provided which are proven to deal with stressful situations such as breakups and other traumatic situations. Other scenarios in which such a shift can happen include preparing for a date or a high-stakes business meeting.
Chapter 14 Simple Pleasure Practices for Daily Life
Are you looking for a simple way or a shortcut to getting started? If so, begin by following the daily practices set out in this chapter, and watch your life begins to unfold.
Chapter 15 - The Journey Continues... Live a Life of Pleasure
The book concludes with an invitation to take 100% responsibility for living your life in a state of pleasure. This chapter shows you how to create your own Pleasure pledge, and integrate rituals and practices into your daily life ; all based on the tools and techniques that appear in this book
According the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, up to 90% of all illness and disease is stress-related. This shows how big a part of our lives stress is, and how seriously it’s affecting us.
Stress is the underlying cause of most lifestyle diseases, depression and in some cases even cancer. Rate of depression and lifestyle diseases is increasing at alarming rate throughout the world. According to WHO report in 2015, 322 million people are living with depression worldwide and nearly half of them live in South East Asian and Western Pacific region, reflecting relatively large populations of India and China. 50% of corporate India is under stress, these are the educated class of India.
This book aims to make a difference in lives of the people who are ready to take control of their life by finding alternate ways of reducing stress. 20 minutes a day can make a huge difference. Anshu’s background of her pressureful upbringing in India, her stressful life in corporate America and her decision to make big changes in her life will resonate with many Indians and people in the corporate world motivating them to take charge of their own life.
This book presents a very unique set of tools for people to incorporate in their lives so they can start to find more pleasure in their life thereby reducing stress and pressure.
Anshu has her network of people she has worked with in the past, this includes 1500 people on Instagram, 2000 FB friends and 4500 people on her public Facebook page. Anshu gets invited to teach at festivals. She is scheduled to teach at the Masters of Calm festival in Europe in July 2018 and at Bali spirit festival in 2019. Anshu also holds her workshops and retreats in different countries. In 2018, She is holding her retreats in Stockholm, London and Bali.
This book is part of Anshu’s existing business ‘The Pleasure Revolution’, through which she aims to bring a sense of pleasure to millions around the world. Anshu will be promoting this book through her existing network and partnering with other influential networks like Mindvalley and Tony Robbins.
1. How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like by Paul Bloom. W. W. Norton & Company; Reprint edition (June 20, 2011).
Why is an artistic masterpiece worth millions more than a convincing forgery? Pleasure works in mysterious ways, as Paul Bloom reveals in this investigation of what we desire and why. Drawing on a wealth of surprising studies, Bloom investigates pleasures noble and seamy, lofty and mundane, to reveal that our enjoyment of a given thing is determined not by what we can see and touch but by our beliefs about that thing’s history, origin, and deeper nature.
2. Stress: The Psychology of Managing Pressure by DK. DK (December 5, 2017).
This dynamic infographic program, founded on cutting-edge psychological research, enables you to deconstruct and deal with stress head-on. Stress: The Psychology of Managing Pressure helps you identify external and internal sources of stress in your life and reframe unhelpful patterns of thought into powerful psychological solutions that you can apply every day. Underpinned by psychological theory, with relevant findings from psychologists, doctors, and teachers, this book will help you smash the shadow of stress in any area of your life and emerge happier, healthier, and more productive.
3. The Pressure Principle: Handle Stress, Harness Energy, and Perform When It Counts by Dr Dave Alred MBE. Penguin Life (6 July 2017).
Pressure is a constant in all our lives. The pressure to hit a deadline, deliver a speech, cook for a dinner party. But how would life look if we could harness pressure and turn it to our advantage? Dealing with pressure is a skill just like any other. Even sports stars rely on tried-and-tested strategies when the stakes are high.
4. Beyond the Pleasure Principle by Sigmund Freud. W. W. Norton & Company; The Standard edition (April 17, 1990)
Freud delivered these lectures on psychoanalysis, pointing to the interplay of unconscious and conscious forces within individual psyches.
5. Pleasure: A Creative Approach to Life by Alexander Lowen. The Alexander Lowen Foundation (February 1, 2013)
Shows how the experience of pleasure or pain determines our emotions, thinking, and behavior. Examining the psychology and the biology of pleasure, he explores its roots in the nature of the body and shows that emotional health means that we are in a state of pleasure - that is, we feel good in our bodies.
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Excerpt from Chapter 1 - My Journey
The Wakeup Call
"The greatest thing happening in your life at this moment is that you are ALIVE" - Sadhguru
I didn’t want to live. I was depressed and sad; an Indian woman living in America, in an abusive marriage, with nowhere to go. The words of my father and Indian society were etched in my mind: Indian women do not get divorced. Before I got married, I even signed a paper stating that I would never get divorced. When my marriage started to fall apart, I felt completely stuck, imagining that this was IT; this was how the rest of my life was going to be like.
I wanted to kill myself. My life was meaningless, and I was unworthy. Each day I felt as if I was drowning in a whirlpool, caving under too much stress and pressure. I questioned the reason for my existence.
Then the towers collapsed and more than 3,000 innocent people lost their lives over the course of one dark day in America. That day, the reality of life hit me. I realized that I actually wanted to LIVE. Once I understood that death can happen at any moment, I knew that I wasn’t ready to die. This was my first wake-up call - on Sept 11th, 2001, one of the darkest days of humanity. The untimely and unexpected deaths that had consumed so many lives, jolted me out of the very unhappy hamster wheel that I was on. For the first time the thought occurred to me; if I died that very day , what kind of life would I have lived, and what would the point have been of such an unfulfilled life?
This sudden realization gave me the courage to break the norms and bonds that an Indian woman is never supposed to break. Throughout our lives, we are conditioned to live under fear, shame and guilt. We are taught to devote our lives to our husbands and their families - no matter how abusive they are towards us. The society and families generally condemn women if they decide to take ownership of their lives. More on ‘Fear’,’Shame’ and ‘Guilt’ later in the book.
In the end, I left my abusive marriage and my dream home in Silicon Valley, to move to a little studio in San Francisco. I left with few material possessions. For the first time in my life, in the beautiful, cold, foggy, windy city of San Francisco, I finally experienced the taste of freedom - and the simple pleasure of being ALIVE and feeling free. I decided to dedicate myself to living my BEST life. Most importantly, I developed a LOVE of life and began seeing the world with a different outlook. I still remember walking down the streets of San Francisco - my new hometown, with Toffee, my sweetest dog and loyal companion, feeling happy and full of life. Finally, I was able to live some parts of my life on my own terms....
Excerpt from Chapter 12 - Design Your Life for Pleasure
If I had to recommend just one action that could bring more pleasure into your life, it would be this: 'Slow down'.
Starting from childhood, we are taught to always be doing something. We find ourselves running from one activity to another, one task to another, without stopping to catch our breath. Imagine how many people around the world wake up every morning, get ready, get to work, work all day, come back home, cook dinner, watch TV and sleep. Only to follow exactly the same routine the next day. It’s a non-stop grind. People are stuck in this cycle without even realizing it. They live from one weekend to the next, never stopping to savor the pleasures that surround them. This causes chronic stress and after a while they end up feeling empty inside, as if the life-force has been sucked out. we are left just like a zombie running on the hamster wheel. Does this remind you of someone?
One day you will wake up and life will have passed you by - before you had a chance to experience true pleasure. If you haven’t stopped or slowed down, you haven’t taken the time to feel more pleasure. So slow down. Sure, you may have heard and read about the importance of slowing down; but have you actually given it a try? Why not do it - slow down = for the very sake of feeling pleasure, if for nothing else? Step number 1 in feeling more pleasure is to slow down!!!
What does it mean to slow down? It means there is spaciousness in your day; and that you are present with yourself and your environment. You notice butterflies in your garden or in your stomach. Whether you breathe slowly,or quickly, you observe your breath, taking time to savor the moment. Slowing down means making more time in the day to do nothing, so you can experience pleasure. Try doing different activities at a slower pace: walking, talking, chopping food. Slow down wherever and whenever you can. Take a deep breath - and notice how it feels.
This has been an important learning for someone who is as impatient as I am. I like to be on the go, so I am always multitasking. I always want to be first. But, as part of my pleasure practice, I decided to create spaciousness in my life - which meant slowing down. As I have learned to slow down, I find myself becoming even more productive and less stressed than before even though it felt counter intuitive at first.
Take breaks throughout the day to slow down; notice the state of your body, the state of your mind, and your energy levels. You might find that just by stopping to observe and breathe deeply for a few minutes, is enough to refill your cup of energy, aliveness and pleasure.
From a young age, we are taught to be competitive. Although being first can be beneficial, it’s not true for experiencing more pleasure and aliveness. Nowadays, I walk slowly, I eat slowly, I dance slowly, I breathe slowly, and I drive slowly. I have also found that slowing down doesn’t take away from my time in the day as I am also less stressed. It’s a conscious decision and a choice to not be under pressure and to slow down.
Pleasure Practice -
As a first step in bringing more pleasure in your life - Slow down all your activities and start observing/being more present in your life.
Notice, how does it feel to become slower. Are you noticing more? Are you feeling more spacious? Are there areas of your life where you need to slow down even more? Every time you feel like you are rushing, stop and wonder what you can do to create more spaciousness in your life.
Try this experiment: Pick something simple that you love to do every day - for example, drinking a cup of coffee in the morning. Just before you pick the cup up from the table, say to yourself, "I'm going to pay attention to this really pleasurable experience for as long as I can." Then bring as much of your attention as you can to taking that first sip. Keep your attention on everything about that first taste and how damn good it feels.
If you are like me, you'll take a really good sip of coffee. That's pleasure. Then your thoughts will start to crowd into your experience, talking about it, wanting more of it, thinking of what else you should be doing instead of enjoying the coffee, and all that.
It's totally fine to have thoughts. Just gently bring your attention back and have another sip.
You can try this with any other activity like going to walks, noticing the beauty in your garden or looking into eyes of your partner. Taking the moment to fully savor the experience and pleasure that arises from it.
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Done!!! Looking forward to catching up soon. Congratulations again 😍❤️😘
Eagerly waiting for your book...
Love you! So excited for this!
Hey, all the best to reach 500 pre-orders for the book !
Can't wait to get your book, Anshu :-)
Done for you gorgeous girl
All the very best, Anshu
love you and see you soon
Welcome to the world of Publishizer, Anshu.. I'm so excited for you! What a way to launch your campaign ;) Wishing you lots of luck on this path towards becoming a published author!
Love you may you have much success
Looking forward to organizing your book launch in Dubai in soon ! All the best Anshu.
All the best, Anshu!
Wish you all the very best !
I am so proud of you Anshu!!!!
All the best Anshu! Respect your decision to make a difference.
Rgds
Raj (fellow BITSian 87-91)
Congratulations Anshu and I look forward to reading your book! Ranjani
Look forward to receiving my copy.
A very interesting topic. Looking forward to the book. Best wishes Anshu.
Anshu , best wishes . Raghu Rajagopal here . So proud of you
Congrats and my best wishes are you embark on this journey!
Wish you the very best, Anshu!
All the best Anshu from both Karthik and myself ..
Good luck meeting your goal and looking forward to the book.
Good luck and best wishes, can't wait to read the book.
Looking forward to the book!!! Best Wishes!!!
Am so thrilled i have the opportunity to have the pleasure of your knowledge with me all the time ...lisa
I am sure like your sessions your book is also going to make a difference in many lives.
Best wishes Anshu and many more to come
Best wishes Anshu. Looking forward to the copy
Best wishes and Good luck Anshu. I look forward to reading the book . Thanks for posting on the BITS whattsup group !
I looooove your work, thank you Anshu!!!!
So excited for you and the amazing avenues this will take!
Kudos on a fascinating journey. I remember that I was not able to pronounce your name right during TCS days. Best of luck on your book mission.
I cannot wait to read your book, Anshu!!! Congratulations, my friend. Sending my love. xo
This is so lovely Anshu! I am very excited for you and I am very excited about this book.
I rarely use facebook, I maybe log in once a week and when I did, your post was one of the first one I saw! I must have logged in for a reason! :)
All the best to you and lots of love from me!
Carola Donato
(attended YTT with Jolie at PONO in 2015.)
Done and good luck ❤️
I hope and wish your journey touch the ultimate experience of bliss within you and the people around you.
From Pressure to Pleasure 🙏❤️
Hey Anahi. I’m good. Looking forward to your book. Tim
Done
You Go girl! Stress is the biggest and fastest growing trend in humanity! And the main cause for diseases! =)
Congratulations Anshu! So proud of your achievement.
Congratulations on getting this done! That’s a huge milestone. :-)
All the best Anshu! 😘
Anshu, Good stuff you are doing.. I just ordered the book. Wish you good luck
All the best, let me know if I can be of any help. I am sure you'll do great.
Ok - I just ordered my copy! Now the sharing will begin!!! Cheers and Hugs!!!
My best wishes Anshu. Can’t wait to read the book!!
I look forward to reading Pressure to Pleasure and the tools that can be incorporated into our lifestyle. We never stop learning and growing. Thank you Anshu for sharing your gift and wisdom. Blessings 🙏
Hi Anshu,
Congratulations, we made it :)
Wishing you all the best for this profound book
"Pleasure to Pleasure".
Keep our dreams ALIVE.
"Stay inspired million people at a time"
Best wishes,
Cindy Santavasy (iLAB 52).
Lao PDR.
Power to you, Anshu. You go girl!
Can’t wait to get your book 📖. Congratulations dear lady.
Look forward to reading your book Anshu
Good luck,
Helena
Thank you. Looking forward to read it
Hooray!
Congratulations Anshu!
Wishing you many blessings and I am looking forward to have my copy signed by you, dear friend💜🙏
best wishes for your book and eagerly waiting for my copy
Happy to support you. Good luck with the publishing
Best with birthing this book if passion of yours and in getting the right publisher to reach the right readers! 😉
Congratulations on such a wonderful sounding book Anshu! I can't wait to read it and share it xx
Congrats.
go girl! Love you!
So proud of you dear Anshu. ❤️😘😘
Hi Anshu! Good luck with the book. I’m looking forward to reading it. - Navneet
Looking forward to it.
Great, important work Anshu!
The success is yours, my dear!!! I’m so happy for you. I’m looking forward to read your book when will be published !!! You are amazing!!!!!
You are amazing!
All the best, Didi and keep up the excellent work!
Congratulations Anshu! “When we want something the whole universe conspires to help you achieve it”. X
Eagerly awaiting to read your book.
😉
So proud of you beautiful!
Good luck Anshu! I can’t wait to read it 💕
Good luck anshu!
Hi Anshu, Congratulations on your book. Wish you the best success.
Radhika
Happy Birthday beautiful lady hope you have fantastic day.Lots of love from all of us.🙌😘💞🍀
Happy Birthday Didi ! Love you :)
Stay awesome! :)
Good Luck Anshu. Looking forward to reading your book
Anshuuuuu I just received your email this morning and was a pleasure for me to help you with this!
You are such a sweet heart ♥️
I hope you get the 500 copies you need to publish you book. I can't wait to read mine 🙏
Much success Anshu!
Anshu di, all the very best! May you succeed superlatively in your new purpose.
Love,
Dolly
Looking forward to read it. Also a very happy b'day to you - Manish M
With love from Zuda!
Hey Anshu, Good to get connected with you after so long. Would love to learn your story of life and get enlightened too.
Excited to read your book!
Best of luck, Anshu! Love, Girija
All the best xxxx
Best of luck Anshu!! looking forward for reading your book.
Wonderful to see you taking this courageous leap. Excited for all you will learn and encounter during the process. Lots of love!
Wishing you all the very best Anshu!!
Congratulations, Anshu. I am sure your hard work and tenacity would get you lots of Success. Best.
Best wishes dear Anshu
Best wishes!!
Best of luck. Can't wait to read the book.
Hi My friend Karen recommended the book. Hope it goes well
Looking forward to hearing about your journey. Good luck!
Best of luck with your launch Anshu.
Good luck, dear Anshu!
Thanks Anshu
Looking forward to reading what I am sure will be an awesome book. Good luck 👍
Rinku
I am so proud of and happy for you and hs project!
Hey Anshu!
Proud of your efforts and pursuit to your inner calling.
Best wishes,
Chitra
Best wishes for your book launch! Look forward to reading it. Great job!
Ser you in Stockholm!
Love katha
Got your note - of course I remember you! Best wishes with everything!
Wish you all the best
Any friend of Ileanas is a friend of mine :) god luck with everything :)
I am so excited to read your book! You are such a magnificent being... thank you for being an inspiration! Much love to you & blessings on this journey!
Congrats on your book launch! Excited to read it!
on May 31, 2018, 9:07 a.m.
Good luck my dear! Looking so much forward to read your book! 😊🙏💖