the career. the accolades. the competence everyone depends on.
you performed flawlessly.
and lost yourself in the performance.
if you’re here for another framework to fix this—leave.
if you’re ready to dismantle the architecture—you know what to do.
you traded chaotic, messy aliveness for predictable, sterile achievement.
you mastered the rules of a game rigged against your own heart,
silencing the parts that craved connection, vulnerability, or stillness.
the high-functioning anxiety isn’t a bug—it’s the engine noise of the machine you’ve become.
the gnawing emptiness isn’t proof you’re broken—
it’s the echo from the void where your real self suffocates
under the weight of expectation.
family honor. societal approval. “what will people say?”
your own relentless inner critic.
you’ve optimized. you’ve journaled. you’ve done the therapy.
you understood it all intellectually, but nothing fundamentally shifted.
most people stop here.
they accept the intellectual insight as the cure.
but you know it isn’t.
we offer no techniques to happiness. no affirmations.
no strategies to become a ‘better you.’
that game is rigged.
we don’t offer coping mechanisms for the asylum.
we offer the keys to escape it.
this is not:
• another self-improvement program
• a masterclass in resilience
• a space to “hold” your feelings
• therapy for high achievers
• a checklist disguised as philosophy
• a ‘high-performance’ hack to optimize your emptiness
instead, we offer nine steps into the terrifying, liberating void
where your true self waits.
nsn is a 21-day surgical procedure designed to dismantle
the architecture of the false self you’ve mistaken for your identity.
it synthesizes existential philosophy, schema therapy, and cinematic immersion
into an intellectual and somatic demolition.
what if the only way back to life
is through the wreckage of the life you built?
this is a supervised descent into the chaos of meaninglessness.
because only when you risk everything you think you are,
can you discover what is truly yours.
this is not therapy. it is a rigorous philosophical container.
a clinical process, not a comfort circle.
over 21 days, through nine structured sessions, we dismantle the architecture of the self you inherited:
week 1: confronting the constructed self.
we map the cognitive patterns that unconsciously organize your perception of reality.
you see how your identity is not who you are—it’s a structure you were conditioned to build.
through schema theory and cinematic inquiry,
we expose the frameworks that limit what you believe is possible.
week 2: facing existential questions and the inner narrative.
we challenge the certainty you have about your own history, your memory, and your “self.”
this is the most destabilizing phase.
we confront the illusion that there is a fixed, continuous “you” beneath the performance.
this week includes a pivotal catharsis session—
a guided process to revisit the origin points of your self-limiting beliefs
and dismantle their hold on your present.
week 3: embracing freedom and authenticity.
you integrate what remains after the dismantling.
you engage in reshaping narratives from your past—
to dissolve the ideas that still constrain you.
you craft a declaration of your authentic self—
not borrowed from philosophy, therapy, or tradition.
yours.
we don’t fix the architecture.
we give you the blueprint so you can finally see it.
that is where the performance ends.
this is designed for:
this is NOT for:
we require baseline stability precisely because the work is destabilizing.
this is advanced calculus for the soul. honesty is mandatory.
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“I didn’t need another ‘tool’ or ‘habit.’ I needed a scalpel.
the work didn’t add anything; it removed the frameworks I was hiding behind.
for the first time, I’m not performing competence. I’m just… present.”
— Senior Analyst, 38, Mumbai
shaurya singh has spent the last eight years guiding people through the most confronting kind of freedom—
the kind that begins when there’s nothing left to fix.
as the creator and facilitator of nine steps to nothing,
he has led 28 batches of seekers, artists, professionals, and thinkers
through a process that dismantles inherited meaning and restores authentic self-authorship.
his background as a theatre-maker, philosopher, and experiential educator
gives nsn its rare combination of depth and precision.
drawing from schema therapy, existential philosophy, and cinematic immersion,
the workshop offers a 21-day journey designed for those who’ve outgrown therapy and self-help alike.
participants don’t become “better versions” of themselves—
they see, often for the first time, what was never broken.
through rigorous dialogue, guided catharsis, and carefully chosen films,
shaurya creates a container where intellect and emotion meet without defense.
his approach is unflinchingly honest,
rejecting spiritual performance in favor of lived truth.
over the years, his participants—
often high-functioning individuals who’ve “done everything right”—
discover that their success story is also their prison.
shaurya calls this work a sacred rebellion:
a chance to stop performing competence and start inhabiting reality.
his role is not that of a guru, but of a boatman—
someone who helps you cross the waters of your own undoing,
and then disappears when you no longer need him.
for those standing at the edge of burnout, clarity, or awakening,
nine steps to nothing is where the masks fall away—
and life finally becomes real.
21 days. nine sessions.
live via zoom with camera on. witnessing is required.
sessions are held twice weekly (monday and wednesday, 7–9 pm)
with a longer immersion on saturdays (5–9 pm).
between sessions: curated assignments, daily practices, guided reflections.
this requires time you don’t have. make it anyway.
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you have already spent decades and a small fortune
building your current life.
₹24,000 is not a cost.
it is the final investment in seeing if that life is actually yours.
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the selection process.
you apply. we assess fit. we reject approximately 40% of applicants.
this is not because you’re “not ready.”
it’s because timing matters. instability matters. context matters.
we filter for three things:
intellectual rigor, emotional honesty, and the capacity to sit with nothing.
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what happens after you apply.
within 48 hours, you’ll receive a response.
if there’s potential fit, you’ll be invited to a final conversation with sneha.
you stand at a threshold.
behind you lies the meticulously constructed, predictable, and hollow life you know.
it is safe. it is respected.
it is a slow death.
ahead lies the terrifying unknown—
the possibility of dismantling the facade,
meeting the void,
and discovering what remains when you stop performing.
it will demand courage. it will cost you your illusions.
it might be the only path back to yourself.
the choice is simple, but not easy.
remain the ghost in your own success story,
or pay the price for a life unlived.
if you’ve read this far, you know.
either this is precisely what you need—
or it’s not for you at all.
there is no middle ground.
warning: this 21-day process is an act of cognitive and existential demolition.
it is designed to unravel you.
proceed only if your hunger for truth outweighs your fear of annihilation.
your application will be reviewed within 48 hours.
we’ll be honest about fit.
if this isn’t the right time, we’ll say so.
if it is—the work begins immediately.
confidentiality is structural, not aspirational.
every participant signs a binding agreement before day one:
no names, no stories, no details shared outside the container. ever.
violations result in immediate removal from the cohort.
the group does not become performative because we filter for intellectual rigor,
not emotional display.
these are not people who perform vulnerability for validation—
they are exhausted by that game.
you will recognize each other as fellow architects of your own prisons.
it means using your intellect as a gateway, not a defense.
week one is highly intellectual: schema theory, existential philosophy, cinematic analysis.
you will be in your element.
but cinema does something your intellect cannot:
it creates visceral, emotional resonance before your rational mind can categorize it.
you watch a film. you feel something. only then do we name it.
this is not talk therapy. it is embodied inquiry.
your intellect will try to intervene. we expect that.
the structure is designed to work with your defenses, not against them.
it means using your intellect as a gateway, not a defense.
week one is highly intellectual: schema theory, existential philosophy, cinematic analysis.
you will be in your element.
but cinema does something your intellect cannot:
it creates visceral, emotional resonance before your rational mind can categorize it.
you watch a film. you feel something. only then do we name it.
this is not talk therapy. it is embodied inquiry.
your intellect will try to intervene. we expect that.
the structure is designed to work with your defenses, not against them.
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