#The Inspiration Behind Sattvayan: Building with Intention
Before we wrote the first line of code or drew the first wireframe for Sattvayan, something deeper shaped our direction — a need for meaningful alignment between purpose, people, and product.
#🌀 It Started With the "Why"
“People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it.” — Simon Sinek
We took inspiration from Simon Sinek’s Golden Circle:
- Why: We wanted to create a space where wellness, learning, and digital craftsmanship could coexist.
- How: By applying solid software engineering principles to a passion project.
- What: A digital platform for yoga and wellness that includes blogs, forums, jobs, and learning content — all built with Laravel.
Image: The Golden Circle — Start with Why
#🎯 Strategy Rooted in Value
From the start, we followed this strategic philosophy:
- Create Value
- Exchange Value for Money
But not just market value. The goal was to deliver:
- 💛 Human Value: Help people find wellness, purpose, and mindful living
- 🌍 Societal Value: Elevate community conversation around yoga, mental health, and holistic well-being
- 💼 Market Value: Enable monetizable services like workshops, job listings, and paid memberships
Image: Strategy Map — Human, Societal, and Market Value
#🧘♂️ Building Something that Feels Right
Another motivation was beautifully captured in this quote:
“If you don’t know what to pursue in life right now, pursue yourself.”
This became the emotional compass behind Sattvayan. It reminded us: Wellness isn't a luxury — it's foundational. And building something good for the world is also building a better version of yourself.
Image: Uncommon Advice — Pursue Yourself First
#🕐 Time, Mindset & Balance
The 8+8+8 Rule helped frame our thinking around balance — in both life and product philosophy.
- 8 hours of hard work
- 8 hours of rest
- 8 hours of soul, service, and joy (the very soul of Sattvayan)
This approach shaped how we thought about content modules like:
- Daily wellness tips
- Community service threads in forums
- Mindful design patterns (e.g., dark mode, minimal notifications)
Image: The 8+8+8 Rule — Life Balance Sheet
#🌱 The 80/20 Principle in Life
We also internalized the 80/20 Principle (Pareto’s Law) across life and work:
- Health: 80% eating, 20% exercising
- Wealth: 80% habits, 20% math
- Talking: 80% listening, 20% speaking
- Learning: 80% understanding, 20% reading
- Achieving: 80% doing, 20% dreaming
- Happiness: 80% purpose, 20% fun
- Relationships: 80% giving, 20% receiving
- Improving: 80% persistence, 20% ideas
This principle inspired us to focus on the few impactful things that drive most results — in product decisions, code quality, and user value.
Image: The 80/20 Principle in Life
#🛠️ Software Design with Intention
Sattvayan is shaped by timeless software design principles that keep our codebase clean, modular, and maintainable:
- KISS (Keep it Simple, Stupid) — simplicity over unnecessary complexity
- DRY (Don’t Repeat Yourself) — avoid duplication
- YAGNI (You Ain’t Gonna Need It) — build only what’s needed
- Principle of Least Astonishment — intuitive features that don’t surprise users
- Principle of Modularity — well-separated, independent components
- Principle of Abstraction — exposing only what’s necessary
- Principle of Encapsulation — hiding internal details
- Principle of Least Knowledge — minimal coupling between components
Image: 10 Software Design Principles
#🔨 From Intention to Implementation
This isn’t just another Laravel SaaS side-project. Here’s what we’ve actually built so far:
- 🧱 Ideation: Clear "Why," problem space, and architecture diagrams in Draw.io
- 🛠 Tooling: Laravel setup with CI/CD, linting, Husky, Prettier, and Debugbar
- 🔐 SaaS Auth: Laravel Breeze with Blade + Alpine, Pest, and dark mode
- ✍️ Content Modules (Work-in-Progress): Blogs, forums, job board, and yoga tips
#Final Thought
Sattvayan was born from a place of self-reflection, community spirit, and engineering excellence. It’s as much a personal wellness project as it is a digital product — built slowly, mindfully, and intentionally.
Maybe the right product path reveals itself when you pursue yourself.