Thank You, Albertsons! Off to beginning a new journey....

It's been a while I have posted something on LinkedIn.

May 27th, marked my last day at Albertsons Companies, a leader in grocery retail with continuous innovation in technology space, where I worked for 9 years 9 months. It has been wonderful journey all along, many life events took place during those years and I’m thankful to each and everyone who supported me as a friend as a well wisher and as a mentor. Thanks to Chris Jennewine , Dick Corso, Chelsea Horn, Seetharaman Gudetee, M.B.A ,PMP, ITIL, CSBB (Yes, I’m hiring), Steve Veio, Chris Michaelson who I directly reported and who supported me in every way with my career growth and with my immigration needs and I feel wonderful to have have worked for each one of you.?Thanks to Nerozel Calpito for her immense support when needed from the offshore.

Many thanks to Dick Corso who has been my mentor throughout my time at Albertsons/Safeway.

Also, would like to thank Shanti Vellanki who I knew all my time at Safeway, a person with a smile always, very active and energetic, with full of life,?also who inspires me with his travel blogs.

Thanks to Shelby Brooks who helped me with legal immigration needs.

I miss all the great time I had at Albertsons.

Now, I get questions as to which company I will be joining next or have joined already.

Yes, it's with immense joy I would like to share that I started completely a new path in my life, starting June 16th, as a Sadhanapada Volunteer at Isha Yoga Center, Coimbatore.

Isha Yoga Center a Non-Profit Organization founded by Sadhguru (Unofficial Page) (a Yogi, Mystic and Visionary) has presence throughout the world with a vision to offer the science of inner wellbeing to every human being – a science that helps a person realize the ultimate potential within.

"Sadhanapada" means volunteers who have come as participants for Sadhanapada Program, an offering by Isha Foundation, for transformation through focused sadhana - yogic practices and seva (volunteering). Every year thousands of participants apply and few get selected. I'm lucky to be one of them.

Why leaving high paying job, and the US which is a dream destination for many and deciding to volunteer without any monetary benefit?

It’s just that I feel that gave too much of my time fulfilling my external needs and comforts and now is to give some time to look inwards for inner growth and willing to giving back, by being part of something bigger than myself and it’s towards Sadhguru’s vision.

So, I thought nothing can be better thank to join Sadhanapada, program which is a well structured and intense 7-month residential program designed by Sadhguru (Unofficial Page) for ones inner transformation.?

I feel very blessed and excited for getting an opportunity to be at a very spiritual, energized, and consecrated space, and to focus on self and give back in the form of volunteering (Seva).

My Seva started with various departments and IT Infrastructure being one of them but it wont end there... as one gets to volunteer in one or few departments (IT and non-IT) as part of the program. Yes, Its very intense with both Sadhana and Seva and I started enjoying it.

Sadhanapada In Sadhguru’s words:?