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IN FREE FALL MY EXPERIMENTS WITH LIVING
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In this frank portrayal of her extraordinary life, Mallika doesn’t hold back
in talking about her ‘thirty-year obsession with being thin’; her addictions
like smoking and how she ‘hypnotised’ her way out of it; her fascination with
alternate therapies like Pranik healing, Ayurveda and colour therapy, and
the beauty treatments she uses for ‘future-proofing’ her body so that she can
continue to dance and perform for years to come.
She speaks with equal candour about her battles with grief and depression—
when she lost her beloved father, the space scientist Vikram Sarabhai, in 1971;
a painful break-up with a man she loved; and her ups and downs with her
children, due, in part, to her own relationships. The loss of her mother, dancer
Mrinalini Sarabhai, in 2016, left her bereft; yoga, dance, transcendental
meditation and NVC—Non-violent Communication—were some of the ways
that she coped.
Laced with humour and an earthy wisdom, In Free Fall is all about coming to
terms with yourself and your body and finding the lifestyle that works for you.
And how to make mistakes, pick yourself up and carry on. Never preachy,
this ‘self-help’ memoir delivers an immensely useful message for anyone who
wants good health—and happiness
In this frank portrayal of her extraordinary life, Mallika doesn’t hold back
in talking about her ‘thirty-year obsession with being thin’; her addictions
like smoking and how she ‘hypnotised’ her way out of it; her fascination with
alternate therapies like Pranik healing, Ayurveda and colour therapy, and
the beauty treatments she uses for ‘future-proofing’ her body so that she can
continue to dance and perform for years to come.
She speaks with equal candour about her battles with grief and depression—
when she lost her beloved father, the space scientist Vikram Sarabhai, in 1971;
a painful break-up with a man she loved; and her ups and downs with her
children, due, in part, to her own relationships. The loss of her mother, dancer
Mrinalini Sarabhai, in 2016, left her bereft; yoga, dance, transcendental
meditation and NVC—Non-violent Communication—were some of the ways
that she coped.
Laced with humour and an earthy wisdom, In Free Fall is all about coming to
terms with yourself and your body and finding the lifestyle that works for you.
And how to make mistakes, pick yourself up and carry on. Never preachy,
this ‘self-help’ memoir delivers an immensely useful message for anyone who
wants good health—and happiness
176 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 16, 2022
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December 19, 2022
There are few memoirs which leave you with so much to ponder...
Book reads like as if a close friend whom you have met after long long time is narrating life as it went by... However, to appreciate it deeply, one must be open to alternative realms of understanding life and its challenges beyond what mainstream paradigms force us to think as true!
On a personal note, at the end of the book, I was left asking myself if this is a memoir of single life or several lifetimes clubbed together!
Book reads like as if a close friend whom you have met after long long time is narrating life as it went by... However, to appreciate it deeply, one must be open to alternative realms of understanding life and its challenges beyond what mainstream paradigms force us to think as true!
On a personal note, at the end of the book, I was left asking myself if this is a memoir of single life or several lifetimes clubbed together!
January 30, 2023
A really sweet memoir of Sarabhai's path to feeling a harmonious relationship with her body, eating habits, and health. The exploration of alternative therapies is very interesting and it's clear that Sarabhai believes in a world where healing is more holistic and novel approaches to health are more respected. I admire the honesty and candidness that this memoir was written with.
November 3, 2025
Light, breezy, but a little more depth could have taken the narrative to the depths of the heart. Yet, I did get some valuable tips...
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