The Mask with Abhiveer

The Mask is a podcast about what lies behind success — the discipline, doubt, and identity shifts that shape men chasing greatness.Born from host Abhiveer’s own journey of losing his identity after a career-ending tennis injury, it explores the side of high performance no one talks about: the loneliness, pressure, and inner work required to rebuild.Each episode is an unfiltered conversation with athletes, founders, and creators learning to balance drive with peace — redefining what strength and masculinity look like in today’s world.It’s not about the wins. It’s about the cost of them.

The Mask with Abhiveer is a health podcast hosted by Abhiveer Shekhawat, with 42 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Abhiveer Shekhawat hosts The Mask with Abhiveer, a health show with 42 episodes published.

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  Why Your Brain is Your Only Limit: Yogi on 29-Min Scorpion Pose, True Discipline & Breaking Barriers

  Aug 13, 202612 min

  From Breaking Records to Breaking Limits: The Yogi Who Held Scorpion Pose for 29 Minutes and Discovered That Greatness Isn't About Proving the World Wrong, It's About Pushing Your Own Boundaries What happens when a Guinness World Record attempt becomes a lesson in unlearning everything you thought success meant? When a master tells his student, "I will not let you break that record," not because he doubts him, but because the why behind it was wrong? This is the story of a yogi who went from chasing validation to chasing his own human potential, from holding scorpion pose for 4 minutes to 29 minutes and 4 seconds, seven times longer than the previous world record, all because someone taught him that the goal isn't to prove someone else wrong, it's to break your own limits every single day. In this conversation, he reveals the mindset shift that changed everything: the moment his guru refused to support his record attempt until he found the right purpose, not to make his parents proud or prove the world he was someone, but to discover his true human potential. He explains why people stay stuck not because they can't move forward, but because they choose not to, why fear of failure keeps people paralyzed, why taking the first step is the only way to see the next one, and why pain is not something to avoid but something to choose for growth. He unpacks the difference between the pain you push through for your betterment and the pain you create that you need to let go, why discipline isn't about setting 30 day goals but about listing your top three priorities every night and showing up tomorrow, why he shuts down all devices at 11:11 PM no matter how important the work is, and why one round of Brahmari Pranayam before bed shifts your brainwaves into gamma frequency, the highest state where your mind empties from thoughts, worries, and memories, giving you the deepest sleep quality you've ever experienced. He talks about why greatness is an illusion, why there will always be someone better than you in any field, why comparison is the enemy of progress, why pain is the universe's greatest blessing because it defines pleasure, why tap and sadhana are painful processes you choose for your own growth, and why the moment you stop thinking long term and start thinking about tomorrow, habits become effortless. He shares the exact habit framework he uses: listing the top things he'll do tomorrow before bed, adding his habit to that list, and giving it the highest priority, proving that discipline isn't about willpower, it's about clarity, choice, and showing up one day at a time. ABOUT THE GUEST: A yogi, Guinness World Record holder, and founder who held scorpion pose for 29 minutes and 4 seconds, seven times longer than the previous record of 4 minutes and 20 seconds. Trained under a master who taught him that breaking records means nothing if the purpose is validation, and that true growth comes from breaking your own limits every single day. He believes pain is a blessing, discipline is a daily choice, and that the brain creates every barrier you think is real. He practices Brahmari Pranayam before bed, shuts down all devices at 11:11 PM, and builds habits by thinking only about tomorrow, not 30 days from now. SUBSCRIBE for conversations that unmask the truth: the moment you stop chasing validation and start chasing your own potential, you take your life back. #GuinnessWorldRecord #ScorpionPose #BreakYourOwnLimits #Discipline #YogaPhilosophy #BrahmariPranayam #GammaWaves #PainIsGrowth #Sadhana #Tap #NishkamKarmaYoga #HabitBuilding #MindsetShift #HumanPotential #FearOfFailure #TakeTheFirstStep #AbhiveerPodcast 00:00 Opening: The Biggest Mistake People Make When Building Habits 00:25 The Question That Changed Everything: When Your Guru Says No 01:32 Don't Break Records - Break Your Own Limits 02:49 From 4 Minutes to 29 Minutes: The Scorpion Position World Record 03:37 The Right Kind of Motivation: Purpose Over Proving 04:32 If You're Stuck, It's Your Choice: Taking the First Step 05:56 The Fear of Making the Wrong Choice Keeps You Trapped 06:24 Two Kinds of Pain: The Brain You Need to Choose for Growth 07:33 Tap and Sadhana: Choosing Pain as a Path to Power 08:27 The Secret to Real Discipline: Think Only About Tomorrow 09:40 The 11:11 Rule and Brahmari Pranayam: Shutting Down for Deep Sleep

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  Bangalore's Party Scene vs. Career: Adil on Tennis Struggles, Dark Thoughts & Fighting FOMO

  Aug 12, 202610 min

  From FOMO to Flight Anxiety: A Tennis Player's Journey Through Mental Health and Sport This episode features a professional tennis player opening up about life in Bangalore's party scene while training at 5 AM, and the discipline it takes to choose focus over distraction. He talks candidly about pickleball's explosive rise in India — matches drawing 500+ spectators compared to tennis's 150, and sponsors rushing toward pickleball while tennis players struggle for support. He warns that without major changes, pickleball could eclipse tennis within five to ten years. The conversation turns deeply personal as he describes a dark period in Germany, where he battled depression with no clear cause despite having a supportive family and a career many would envy. He recounts the guilt of not understanding his own sadness, eventually confiding in his parents and a psychologist, and learning that healing ultimately requires personal responsibility, not just external support. He also shares the traumatic flight experience 18 years ago that triggered lasting flight anxiety: an aborted takeoff in Hyderabad after another aircraft crossed the runway, with cabin crew shouting emergency instructions and his family bracing for impact. That moment left him needing medication just to fly, going so far as to research permitted substances to manage his anxiety before competitions. Topics covered: Balancing party culture with athletic discipline Pickleball's rapid growth vs. tennis's stagnation in India Sponsorship gaps facing tennis players Depression without an identifiable trigger Opening up to family and seeking professional help A near-crash experience and its lasting psychological impact Managing anxiety while traveling for competitions Moving from a victim mindset to taking ownership of healing 00:00 Opening: When the Party Scene Becomes Your Biggest Enemy 00:28 The FOMO Trap: Why Urban Life Makes Discipline Impossible 01:16 Pickleball's Threat: The Sport That's Stealing Tennis Players and Sponsorships 02:43 500 People vs 150: How Pickleball Already Won in India 03:36 You Against You: When Your Mind Becomes Both Friend and Enemy 04:06 The Knife on My Wrist: Dark Thoughts in Germany 05:35 The Victim Mindset Trap: Why Only You Can Save Yourself 06:11 Flight Anxiety and Benadryl: When Fear Controls Your Career 06:43 50 Meters From Death: The Runway Incident That Changed Everything 09:07 Booking Flights Four Days Early: The Banned Substance Desperation

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  Why India Became the Product of West: Malika on AI, Data Sovereignty & AI job security

  Aug 4, 20261h 34m

  From tennis courts to tech sovereignty: an architect on why AI won't take your job, but marketing convinced you it would. 250 million Indians use AI every week, feeding four companies that control the world's infrastructure, while everyone panics about ChatGPT taking their job. What if the panic is the product, the same playbook Google used to train you to search everything? Sam Altman, Microsoft, Meta and Baidu have 1.4 billion people convinced they'll be replaced unless they learn Python. Malika, tech architect and sovereignty advocate who has built digital infrastructure across 30 countries for 20 years, says the quiet part out loud: AI is not new, the chatbot is just marketing, and India is not the market, it's the product. Mistake a dashboard for an engine and you become a digital slave. Her tennis court taught her to read the ball before she hits it, to return to herself after every point, to trust reflex over panic. The universe is not an algorithm. Your qubit is out there. Bharat will not survive by renting someone else's army. In this conversation: why AI is uranium, not cloud. Why Microsoft leased a nuclear plant for 20 years. Why sovereignty means owning the car, not just the steering wheel. Why India sends a billion Canva designs a month while the company doesn't know your name. Why chemistry is not enough and compatibility never won a championship. Why your inner child is your qubit. Why Dharma Rakshati Rakshata means you protect what protects you. Why the NEP and Jadui Pitara are rewriting India's future in 22 languages. And why if you wrestle a pig, the pig enjoys it, and you end up dirty. ABOUT MALIKA Tech architect and sovereignty advocate, 30 countries, 20 years of digital infrastructure. Works on AI, machine learning and proctoring platforms scaling to 20 lakh concurrency, plus education systems for K12 students in 100+ countries. Runs Adput Samhita for IT skilling in rural India, trains coders in regional languages, and believes Bharat must digitize the world consciously, or become someone else's product forever. SUBSCRIBE for conversations that unmask the truth: AI won't take your job, marketing sold you the panic, and the moment you stop performing and start returning to yourself, you take your life back. #Malika #DigitalSovereignty #BharatAI #AIIsNotNew #TechInfrastructure #ReturnToYourself #QubitTheory #TennisPhilosophy #NEP #AbhiveerPodcast 00:00 Opening: AI Won't Take Your Jobs - The Marketing Panic Nobody's Talking About 01:54 The Qubit Mirror Effect: Why You're Never Alone and Science Just Caught Up 04:28 Tennis Ruined Us in the Best Way: What the Court Teaches About Life and Love 09:06 The Ball Theory: Reading People Like Shots and Choosing Your Response 14:28 Red Flags Are Hot: Why This Generation's Dating Language Is Destroying Connection 18:56 Playing Tennis With God: When Your Court Changes But the Rituals Stay the Same 24:07 COVID Revealed Bharat to the World: Modi Ji as Shivavatar in Kalyug 28:38 The AI Infrastructure Trap: Why India Is Building Interfaces Instead of Engines 30:42 Sam Altman's Genius Marketing: How Four Players Convinced the World AI Is New 34:04 India's Youth as the Product: Why Free Access to AI Isn't Free 38:57 Digital Sovereignty Is Not a Mistake Bharat Can Afford 44:50 The Steering Wheel Scam: Why Your LMS Is Not Digital Infrastructure 48:49 250 Million Indian Users Per Week: How We're Funding Their Nuclear Empire 50:47 Stop Being Their Salesperson: Canva, AI, and the 1 Billion Graphics India Gives Away 53:55 Coding in Rural Bharat: Training Sovereign Architects, Not Dashboard Designers 42:43 Real Sovereignty: Owning the Land, Building the House, Making the Decisions 1:01:50 Bharat Is Divinely Protected: Why Souls Are Screened Before Entering This Soil 1:03:21 Dharma Rakshati Rakshitah: You Protect What Protects You 1:03:40 Tennis and Tradition: Why You Can't Draw Lines on Circular Wisdom 1:09:42 Pretending to Be Awake: The Real Danger Isn't Ignorance 1:14:17 Prithvi Shekhar: India's Only Australian Open Singles Champion Nobody Acknowledged 1:15:32 Your Inner Child Is Your Best Friend: Never Outgrow Yourself While Growing Up 1:27:04 The Cerebellum Secret: How Racket Sports Build the Muscle That Governs Character 1:24:32 Trust Is Fundamentally Predictable: Training Your Nervous System to Stay 1:18:37 Your Mirror Is Waiting: Quantum Entanglement, Qubits, and Finding Your Person 1:29:52 One Thing You Can Do Today: Keep the Promises You Make to Yourself 1:30:48 Bharat Will Digitize the World: The Civilization That Does It Consciously 1:31:52 Don't Wrestle the Pig: What You Can Do Differently Starting Now

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  Why Potato Juice Beats $1000 Creams: Malini on Dark Circles & What Brands Hide

  Jul 28, 20261h 12m

  From $200 Billion Industry to Your Kitchen: The Ayurvedic Expert Who Says Your Skin Isn't Broken, the Beauty Industry Just Convinced You It Was What if 70% of skincare products contain parabens, mineral oil, and formaldehyde? What if the "natural" almond oil sold for 200 rupees is 95% paraffin, and the cream you trust reaches your bloodstream in 20 minutes, bypassing your liver and heading straight for your kidneys, hormones, and DNA? Malini Ori has spent 50 years proving the real medicine is already in your kitchen: potato juice erases dark circles overnight, haldi and mustard oil heal wounds the army hospital couldn't, and fermented rice water lightens pigmentation better than any serum. Your grandmother's recipes weren't old wives' tales. They were biochemistry we forgot how to read. In this conversation, Malini unmasks the industry: the sunscreen that leaches vitamin D and weakens bones while promising protection, the baby oil that's just mineral oil from petroleum, the ingredient list where formaldehyde and silicones hide at the bottom while brands market the top two lines. She explains why Botox betrays the natural philosophy she's built her life on, why baking soda strips pesticide residue better than any wash, why sea salt and neem clear scalp buildup in 10 minutes, why aloe vera and jojoba mimic your skin's own sebum, why multani mitti with yogurt and orange peel clears acne in two weeks, and why your skin absorbs 100% of what touches it while your stomach's acid actually filters what you eat. She talks about her daughter Mishti surviving meningitis when doctors predicted permanent damage, about Giloy crushed with almonds and black pepper breaking an eight month fever in three days, about her mother choosing haldi and sarsong ka tel over the army hospital, and about walking away from salon reps pushing paraffin. She studied under Shahnaz Husain for three years, trained in aromatherapy in the UK, and now teaches at India's government essential oil institute in Kannauj, where she discovered Ayurveda and aromatherapy are cousins, not competitors. ABOUT MALINI ORI: Health and beauty consultant, aromatherapist, Ayurvedic practitioner, Reiki master, and reflexologist based in Dubai. She ran a Dubai salon for 25 years before selling it to build natural skincare rooted in Ayurveda, using bakuchiol, white willow bark, jojoba, almond, and flaxseed. Her core belief: your skin absorbs everything within 30 minutes, natural doesn't always mean safe, toxicity shows on your face no matter your budget, and the moment you stop learning, you get old. SUBSCRIBE for conversations that unmask the truth: the beauty industry profits from convincing you that you're broken. The moment you stop outsourcing your skin to chemicals and start trusting your kitchen, you take your face back. #MaliniOri #AyurvedicSkincare #NaturalBeauty #KitchenRemedies #PotatoJuice #AloeVera #Aromatherapy #EssentialOils #ParabenFree #Oxybenzone #NeemPowder #JojobaOil #MultaniMitti 00:00 The $200 Billion Lie 00:49 The Potato Juice Protocol 02:01 Haldi and Tel vs Army Hospitals 05:15 What Goes On Skin Enters Blood 12:21 The Almond Oil Scam 14:22 Essential Oil Rules Nobody Tells You 10:21 The Beeswax Death 15:33 Healing Burns With Potato and Aloe 20:31 Shahnaz Husain's Only Student 22:00 Can You Really Lighten Skin? 24:16 Why Indians Faced the Sun Through Water 25:39 Why Malini Quit Sunscreen 27:04 Toxicity Shows On Your Face 29:13 The Freckles That Taught Self-Love 30:20 Why I'm Against Botox and Fillers 31:53 Escaping the Calorie Counting Prison 33:00 Paratha vs Puff Pastry 34:26 Ingredients Destroying Your DNA 35:47 Read the Bottom Two Ingredient Lines 37:45 Why Sunblock Does More Harm Than Good 39:08 Ayurveda Did Retinol First 41:17 Jojoba Oil Mimics Human Sebum 42:26 Seeds That Build Hyaluronic Acid 43:01 The 2,600% Search Spike Explained 44:49 Kannauj: 5,000 Years of Essential Oils 45:43 Sanjeevani Booti and Hanuman Ji 47:15 Why Cats Don't Age Like Humans 48:48 Live Recipe: Acne 51:22 Live Recipe: Pigmentation 52:26 Live Recipe: Aging Skin 54:04 Rock Your Baby: Dancing for Joy 55:19 Dubai's Hair Fall Crisis 59:10 Scalp Scrub: Sea Salt and Neem 59:40 DIY Aloe and Flaxseed Ice Cubes 1:01:09 Potato and Baking Soda, Underused 1:02:23 Soaking Produce in Baking Soda 1:04:09 Few Friends, No Bling, Good Thoughts 1:06:24 Give Without Expecting the Phal 1:09:39 Giloy Cured Eight Months of Fever 1:11:00 Your Grandmother's Kitchen Was a Pharmacy

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  Why Pain Doesn't Mean Game Over: Sidhart Uniyal on ACL Tears, 4 Surgeries & the Hunger to Fight

  Jul 21, 20261h 32m

  From Three Surgeries to a Fourth Pending: The Footballer Who Learned That Injury Doesn't End a Career, It Teaches You to Become the Smartest Player on the Field At 18, a professional footballer tears his ACL. He's told surgery is his only option. He comes back in four months instead of the usual eight or nine — only to get hurt again in a college match, because nobody ever taught him how to actually heal, just how to perform. This is Sidharth Uniyal's story: three knee surgeries before the age of 25, a fourth one still pending, and a hard-won understanding that the sport you love doesn't always love you back. In this conversation, Sidharth talks candidly about the different faces athletes put on — the guy who works harder than anyone in the room and still ends up injured, the player who rushes back because a doctor gave the all-clear, the young athlete torn between chasing his passion and supporting his family, the competitor who keeps playing hurt because stopping feels like losing. He explains why almost no one tells injured athletes they can come back, why doctors lead with an MRI scan instead of reassurance, why ACL tears in sports like football and tennis are so often non-contact injuries, and why he pushed his own return to four months when the standard recovery is closer to nine. He walks through the second injury — a collision with a goalkeeper during an inter-college match in Malapur, Punjab — and the decision that followed: stepping away from professional football entirely. Not because he stopped loving the game, but because he realized love and happiness aren't the same thing, and sometimes walking away is what survival looks like. He describes football as more than a sport — a battlefield, in his words, where everything is fair game. Now, with a fourth surgery still ahead of him, Sidharth is still training, still running, still convinced he'll be the strongest version of himself even decades from now. He talks about how each injury, rather than breaking him, sharpened his understanding of the game — turning him into a more intelligent, more deliberate player every time he returned. Player IQ, he argues, is built in the recovery room as much as on the pitch. This episode covers: what nobody tells you about ACL tears, the disconnect between medical clearance and true readiness, why non-contact injuries are so common in pivoting sports, the pressure of balancing financial survival with athletic ambition, and why he believes an injury can teach an athlete more than years of winning ever could. ABOUT SIDHARTH UNIYAL: Sidharth Uniyal is a professional footballer who has undergone three knee surgeries and is preparing for a fourth. He started playing football at a young age and quickly became known as one of the most relentless workers on the field. After his first ACL and meniscus surgery, he returned to professional football in just four months — well ahead of the typical recovery timeline. A second injury during a college match in Malapur, Punjab, led him to step back from professional football, after coming to terms with the idea that passion and happiness don't always align. He now sees his injuries not as setbacks but as the foundation of a smarter, more resilient approach to the game — and to life. SUBSCRIBE for honest conversations that challenge how we think about setbacks: injury doesn't end you, it rebuilds you and the moment you stop chasing happiness for its own sake and start chasing growth, something shifts. 00:00 His Injury Story: 4 Surgeries, Doctors and the Truth They Don't Tell You 06:52 The Real Science of Pain: Biological, Psychological and Social 15:44 Testing Yourself: Simple Ankle and Hip Mobility Checks at Home 20:30 Busting the "Functional Training" and Muscle Isolation Myths 28:59 Belief Systems and Blame: Why Doctors, Physios and Patients All Get It Wrong 37:41 Real Problems vs Created Problems: The Business of Fear 45:02 Load vs Capacity: The One Rule Behind Every Injury 56:59 No Exercise Is Wrong: Deadlifts, Spine Training and Gym Myths 1:08:31 Weekend Warriors, Warm-Ups and How Athlete Training Has Evolved 1:20:06 Training Anywhere and the Final Lesson: Just Keep Breathing

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