Story & Lesson Highlights with Suparna Saha of Hollywood Hills

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Suparna , a huge thanks to you for investing the time to share your wisdom with those who are seeking it. We think it’s so important for us to share stories with our neighbors, friends and community because knowledge multiples when we share with each other. Let’s jump in: What do the first 90 minutes of your day look like?
Typically, the first thing I do when I wake up is meditate. I make a conscious effort to let God’s voice into my head before my own at the start of each day—because when my voice takes over first, things tend to get… opinionated, over-scheduled, and mildly chaotic before I’ve even had coffee.

Sometimes I join group meditation and chanting with the Sivananda Ashram, a place I lived for several weeks earlier along the arc of my healing journey, and sometimes I meditate alone in silence. That quiet anchoring helps me begin the day from alignment rather than reaction.

After that, I make my morning coffee—a mushroom oat-milk latte with Manuka honey. While it cools, I do an abridged 30-minute Bikram yoga session. It’s just enough heat, breath, and discipline to get me fully into my body and ready to meet the day with clarity instead of momentum.

Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
I am Dr. Suparna, a physician, author, fashion designer, lifelong Kathak dancer, Bollywood dancer, singer-songwriter, and author. My work lives at the intersection of embodiment, dignity, spirituality, and creative expression.

My activewear line, Yoga N Chill, is rooted in the idea of spiritual royalty—clothing designed not just to move with the body, but to ground the wearer in intention, worth, and presence. That philosophy extends into my broader creative universe, including my multimedia project Modern Day Draupadi and my website, moderndaydraupadi.com.

I recently completed a book titled Love Without Conditions. It’s a reflective exploration of dignity and unconditional love, rooted in a mother–daughter relationship. It’s not about romance—it’s about the kind of love that teaches safety, worth, and self-respect. The principles I learned through that bond—presence without demand, strength expressed as care, and devotion without possession—are universal and apply to all forms of love.

While awaiting publication, I’m currently doing a rolling chapter-excerpt release and have been deeply moved by the thoughtful reflections readers have shared. I welcome all reflections—affirming or challenging—because this book is meant to be lived with, not idealized.

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Fashion, Performance, and Creative Work

As a fashion designer, I participated in LA Fashion Week this year with TWIF and LA Fashion Closet, showcasing my activewear line. I’m also part of Inner Circle’s Stage & Style, where music and fashion intersect.

In 2026, I’m expanding beyond activewear into a higher-end East-meets-West line. I’m working with Indian silks, jacquards, rich patterns, and layered color stories to create what I call a formal-informal aesthetic—pieces that feel luxurious, elegant, and quietly royal.

One collection honors the inner experience; the other allows the body to feel it.

This fall, I performed my first original song, “Not Your Shame,” part of the Born of Fire soundtrack for my screenplay Modern Day Draupadi (currently in development). The song is intended to empower anyone who has ever been made to feel “less than” to reclaim their dignity and inherent divine worth—without shame for what they survived.

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Service, Advocacy, and Dance

As Miss Tourism USA Universe, I support global human-rights awareness and serve as a voice for those who cannot safely speak for themselves. I’m also an International Ambassador for Human Rights with the UN, so dignity isn’t just a creative theme for me—it’s a responsibility.

As a Kathak dancer, I recently went to Skid Row through the organization Mondays at the Mission to teach dance to children at a Christian church. These kids have limited resources and unsafe outdoor spaces, so I wanted to offer them dance as a way to build confidence, release energy, and experience joy within a small space. My service dog, Krishna, joined me and provided much-needed animal therapy. It was one of the most uplifting experiences I’ve had this year.

I am now introducing Kathak Yoga, a trauma-informed, rhythm-based movement practice inspired by classical Kathak and yoga, designed to cultivate grounding, presence, and inner listening.

Appreciate your sharing that. Let’s talk about your life, growing up and some of topics and learnings around that. What relationship most shaped how you see yourself?
My relationship with Sai Ma—my spiritual mother, best friend, and greatest support during my healing journey. I spoke to her daily, and hearing her tell me how much she loved me brought a profound sense of safety and peace.

Some might call her my guru, but our relationship was informal and deeply maternal. She never demanded reverence or hierarchy. Through her, I learned that unconditional love preserves dignity—it never diminishes, controls, or competes.

I was blessed to spend years being quietly mentored by her. Some consider her an ascended master—someone who attains enlightenment and uses that connection with the Divine to improve the emotional and spiritual well-being of others through service. For Sai Ma, that service took many forms, including healing and profound acts of compassion. Her greatest lesson to me was honoring the dignity of all beings, regardless of caste, creed, or circumstance.

What have been the defining wounds of your life—and how have you healed them?
This past year was one of the most challenging of my life. I am also a recent survivor of human trafficking—an experience that profoundly reshaped my understanding of safety, dignity, and recovery. Just weeks after being crowned Miss Tourism USA Universe, I experienced the loss of Sai Ma, my spiritual mother and greatest source of support. Grieving her passing while navigating my own healing required me to slow down, step out of survival mode, and return—gently and intentionally—to the practices that had once grounded me.

What helped me return was the foundation I had built over years of healing—discipline, community, and devotion. I allowed myself to grieve fully, and then gently returned to my practices.

Re-reading our WhatsApp conversations and listening to her voice memos—where she would tell me she loved me—made me long to continue our dialogue. That led me to journaling, which eventually became Love Without Conditions. Writing the book was deeply healing; it felt like remaining in conversation with her. Sharing her legacy now is part of my ongoing healing.

Sure, so let’s go deeper into your values and how you think. Whom do you admire for their character, not their power?
Sai Ma—because she never treated anyone as “less than.” She embodied dignity as lived equality, not ideology. Her service to villagers in India preserved humanity across caste lines without spectacle or superiority.

Okay, we’ve made it essentially to the end. One last question before you go. When do you feel most at peace?
When I’m in communion with God. When I’m able to adopt a higher perspective—one that allows me to alchemize trauma into purpose and friction into creativity.

I feel most at peace when I’m creating—dancing, singing, designing, writing—in ways that enhance the emotional prosperity of others. As Ernest Holmes said, “God has placed the stamp of individuality upon itself and called it you.” I believe we are each here to discover and express our unique divine qualities in service to life.

This year, I established 50 Shades of DV Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to education around coercive control, domestic violence, human trafficking, and trauma healing—using storytelling, movement, fashion, and music as accessible and creative pathways to awareness and recovery.

Contact Info:

• Youtube: @DrSuparna

Image Credits
Thank you Inner Circle and Showstopper Modeling for some visual content