Peace comes from living a simple life, close to nature, and rooted in giving back.

I learned that:

I used to live for the next vacation.

Vacations were my method of escaping stress and anxiety. But each time I returned, they always emerged from their hiding place and started nibbling away at my sanity again. The relief never lasted.

At the time, I had a stable job and was living a “good” life, but inside, I was drained, burnt out, and kept continuing the same old routine of work-eat-sleep-repeat. Being busy distracted me from confronting the constant state of uneasiness from being a stranger in my own life.

Death has a way of jolting you awake. After losing my grandmother to a heart attack and my grandfather to COVID, I snapped out of my brain fuzz and desperately wanted to start living.

I flew to Sikkim with no itinerary. I stayed for weeks, then months. I listened to the stories that nature had for me and observed the lives of the Sikkimese people.

Then, it hit me. I wasn’t tired from working; I was tired of the way I was living.

I learned that peace comes from living a simple life, close to nature, and rooted in giving back.

Taking a leap of faith, I left my job and created Feels Like Om out of deep gratitude and love.

Feels Like Om exists for three groups of people.

  • First, for Sikkim, who continues to teach me what really matters.

  • Second, for the weary city dwellers who are burnt out and searching for peace.

  • Third, for you, because whatever reason brought you here, I hope you stay.

With Feels Like Om, you get slow, intentional journeys rooted in nature, community, and connection, far from the tourists and crowds, deep in the heart of Sikkim.

These journeys are an invitation into the relationships I’ve spent years nurturing, into the wisdom that can’t be taught but must be felt, and into the healing that comes when we live in harmony with nature.

No two journeys are the same, and you don’t need to have it all figured out.

Just come with an open heart.

Sikkim and Feels Like Om will take care of you.

— Zi Hui, Founder