Life Coaching
Living is an Art and a Science.
Coaching helps you set the right Sankalpa or Resolution to challenge your status quo and keep discovering your true self, possibilities and happiness.
Sometimes we become blind-sided to the direction of our own life. It takes a passionate yet dedicated professional perspective, to realise our own full potential. We have one life to live and 'quality of life' is our most precious experience!
Design the life you were always meant to live!
Through personalized coaching, we help you reconnect with your values, clarify your direction, and take meaningful action.
We will combine strategy and soul using deep listening, breathwork, vision mapping, and creative tools to help you:
Break free from patterns that no longer serve you
Build emotional resilience and mental clarity
Align your work, wellness, and relationships with your true self
What you’ll gain
Clarity in life and career direction
Increased emotional resilience and focus
A renewed sense of purpose and confidence
Mindful tools to reduce stress and cultivate balance
Support to make meaningful change without overwhelm
The Process
Discovery Consultation
Understand your current state, dreams, and hidden roadblocks.
Uncover your inner compass.
Personalized Life Map
Co-create a roadmap anchored in your values, strengths, and passions
Creative Activation
Use creative tools (art, journaling, visioning, breathwork) to unlock deeper insights.
Empowered Action
Structured goal setting, step-by-step plans, weekly recalibrations.
Sustained Growth
Mindset upgrades, confidence building, lifestyle redesign for long-term success
Meet your Teachers
Dedicated professionals driving our success
Manish Pole
Lead Teacher
Co-Founder of Awaken · Yoga Wisdom & Meditation Teacher since 2003 · Life Coach
22+ years experience as a Yoga Wisdom & Meditation Teacher.
After graduating in Psychology in 2003, Manish continued studying the ‘Mind’ through Yoga and Meditation. This led to a 7 year internship, where he lived with his then guru - renowned Himalayan yogi, Bharat Thakur; eventually leaving in 2010 as the CEO of Artistic Yoga.
He then co-founded the Total Yoga school sharing Yogic wisdom through branches in India, USA, UK, UAE, Singapore & NZ. Moving on in 2020, he co-founded the 21st Century Yoga virtual school.
Manish currently serves as the co-founder of the Awaken school and teaches globally at wellness festivals, Middle Eastern conferences and leads Retreats and Teacher Trainings in Bali and the Himalayas. Awaken also serves communities through social leadership events and projects.
Manish is a podcaster, blogger and a keynote Speaker in the area of ancient Wisdom meeting Wellness science.
Rana Abihayla
Teacher
Co-Founder of Awaken · E-RYT 500 · Life Coach (ICF-Certified) · Educator & Author
After completing her Executive Education at Harvard and spending over 20 years in corporate health consulting, Rana turned her focus toward integrative wellness. Her early career spanned multinationals and public health systems across the Middle East and GCC, where she specialized in chronic disease prevention and mind-body integration.
Rana then deepened her path in holistic healing becoming a certified 500-hour yoga, 200-hour meditation teacher, 200-hour kids yoga teacher and life coach. Her work combines science and soulful strategy to guide individuals through burnout, life transitions and inner reinvention.
As co-founder of Awaken Wellness, Rana now leads retreats, trainings and mindfulness workshops across India and the Middle East. Her creative offerings include Art therapy, Poetry based breathwork and movement sessions that help individuals and teams reconnect, regulate and express.
She has spoken on stages such as the ICCA Global Congress and Dubai 30X30, Dubai Active Show and continues to serve diverse communities including refugee groups, cancer patients and women affected by displacement. Her fundraising and social impact efforts support crisis-affected regions like Lebanon, Gaza and others alongside environmental wellness initiatives.
Born in Lebanon and raised in Sierra Leone, Rana speaks English, Arabic, French and Spanish. She brings deep cultural empathy to every space she holds rooted in care, inclusion and global connection.
Inclusions
Variety of Tools, recordings
Practices reflective prompts
WhatsApp/messages support
Want to explore which path fits you best?
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Coaching helps you set the right Sankalpa or Resolution to challenge your status quo and keep discovering your true self, possibilities and happiness
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