Men sitting in a circle around a small fire in a forest

For millennia, men sat in circles.Shoulder to shoulder. Heart to heart.

Today, most men sit in silence.

Bringing Twelve men together at a similar stage of life. One room in Bengaluru. Three hours on a Saturday morning where nobody performs, nobody fixes, and every man is heard.

Not therapy. Not coaching. Just us Men who notice.

Batch 1 begins 1st November 2026 (Sunday). Twelve seats. When the circle is full, it closes.

The circle
12 men, 35 to 53. Similar stage of life.
Where
Bengaluru in person. WhatsApp in between.
First step
The Super Reset. From ₹1,499.
Access
By invitation. Chatham House Rule.
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Three ways in

One circle. Three ways in.

Start with six days. Go deeper when you are ready. Every way in leads to the same place: men at your stage who will notice if you let it go.

01Live now · Batch 1 from 1 Nov

The Super Reset

5 days virtual + 1 day in real life, Bengaluru

Five evenings on WhatsApp, about 30 minutes each: sleep, stress, focus, energy and connection. Then three hours in person on Saturday with up to 11 men at your stage, and a pod of four who keep you to it.

From ₹1,499 · Pay after your seat is confirmed · 14-day refund

02Launching soon

Private Sessions

One to one, with a certified Unwynd host

For what you are not ready to say in a circle yet. A trained host, a past member who has sat where you sit, meets you one to one. Peer support, not therapy.

Launching soon · Waitlist open on WhatsApp

03Launching soon

Retreats

A few days away with your circle

Out of the city, phones away, with men you already trust. Treks, rides and nights by the fire, where the conversation goes further than one Saturday allows.

Launching soon · Waitlist open on WhatsApp

Quarterly Access members get early access and priority booking when Private Sessions and Retreats open.

For men 35 to 53 in Bengaluru · Batch 1 starts Sunday 1 November · Twelve seats

Reset your sleep, stress and focus in six days, with men who will hold you to it.

Five evenings on WhatsApp, about 30 minutes each. Then three hours in person on Saturday with up to 11 men at your stage. You already know what to do. Here, someone notices if you don't.

Better nightsA one-page sleep planA pod of four who check in dailyA Saturday circle
From ₹1,499No app, just WhatsApp14-day refundBuilt in Bengaluru

Sound familiar?

Awake at 3 AM in midlife

You are 45, successful by every measure, and awake again.

You know the fixes: phone out of the bedroom, no coffee after two, one less drink, call your old friends. At work everything is tracked and someone always follows up. For yourself, nobody does. Surrounded, yet alone.

Racing thoughts at nightWaking at 3 AMCan't fall asleepWaking up exhaustedThe phone-in-bed loopLate-night anxiety

The real gap

You don't need another course. You need a peer who asks, "Did you do it?"

Sharp men at 45 rarely lack information. What changes behaviour is someone at your stage, facing the same thing, who notices.

A mentor

"Here is what I did."

Stands above you. You defer, then forget.

A coach or an app

"Here is the method."

You are the client, or a notification. Easy to ignore.

A peer at Unwynd

"I kept mine. Did you keep yours?"

Beside you, not above you. You keep your word because a man you respect is keeping his.

"Giving comes easy for men in midlife. Asking for what we need takes a lot of courage."

The five evenings

You have read the research. Five evenings to finally live it.

Each evening at 8 PM on WhatsApp: one idea worth sitting with, one practice, and one promise to a man who will ask about it tomorrow. About 30 minutes, start to finish.

Evening 1

Sleep

The practiceA three-line shutdown on paper: done, parked, first move tomorrow.
Your promiseLights out at one fixed time, finished or not.

Evening 2

Stress

The practiceA 90-second breathing pattern that lowers the alarm, and a script for the waking.
Your promiseOne deliberate downshift between the last call and the front door.

Evening 3

Focus

The practiceAn honest audit of where yesterday's attention actually went.
Your promiseThe phone sleeps outside the bedroom.

Evening 4

Energy

The practiceMorning daylight, an earlier last meal, warm feet and a cool room.
Your promiseA 20-minute walk in daylight, or no drink after nine.

Evening 5

Connection

The practiceName five men you could call at 3 AM. Write your one-page plan.
Your promiseCall one of them before Saturday.

Saturday · 9 AM to 12 PM

The Circle

In personUp to 12 men, phones in a box, central Bengaluru.
You leave withYour pattern, your plan, and men who will check on you.

What lands on your WhatsApp

Built for the end of a long day, not the start of another project.

Drawn from CBT-I, the gold-standard non-drug approach to poor sleep, and built for the Indian evening: late dinners, family rhythms, summer heat.

8 PM · Audio

A guided voice note

Seven minutes or less. Lights low, in bed.

8 PM · Reading

A one-page note

Just enough to trust tonight's practice.

Tonight · Ritual

One small action

A warm foot soak, a breath count, a written line.

8 AM · Check-in

One question

How did you sleep? Your plan is built from your answers.

How the accountability works

Nudge, not nag. Thirty minutes an evening, nothing more.

8 AM daily

Your number

Sleep from 1 to 5 and one word, posted to your pod of four.

10 PM nightly

One promise

Tomorrow's single action, sent to your buddy.

Midweek

Pod check-in

A two-minute voice note. What held, what slipped.

Saturday

Report back

Out loud: I said, I did, what got in the way.

The multi-sensory method

Six inputs. One body that learns to rest.

Deep sleep is not built through one channel. Across the five evenings, each practice cues a different sense, chosen for its effect on the nervous system.

Sound

Slow voice notes for low-light bedrooms. Headphones optional. No music swell, nothing performative.

Light

A sunset cue, a 9:30 PM screen-dim ping, and warm light for the last 45 minutes.

Temperature

Warm feet, cool head. A thermal cue your body already knows, pulled from sleep medicine.

Breath

Four-count breath sequences that slow your nervous system in under two minutes.

Touch

A four-minute body scan that closes the day in the muscles, not just the mind.

Story

A one-line written prompt that gives the day an ending, so the night does not have to.

Principle

Smallest viable change

Tiny actions daily beat big resolutions occasionally.

Principle

Where your attention already is

WhatsApp, not one more app to remember.

Principle

Built for the Indian night

Late dinners, family wake times, summer heat, the 11 PM work call.

Saturday · And then we meet

You have read about men like you. On Saturday, you sit with them.

Twelve men who lived the same week. The morning starts shoulder to shoulder, doing something together. The talk follows, and nobody performs.

Device-freeWhat is said staysNo advice, no fixingPeer to peerSmall and curatedShow up, don't cancelNot therapy
9:00
ArriveTea. Phones go in a box by the door.
9:20
Report-back roundYour week's number. What you promised, what you did.
9:45
Do something togetherWalk, cook, build or play. Shoulder to shoulder.
10:30
Circles of fourThe element that fought back hardest. Questions only.
11:30
Open reflectionWhat surprised you. Silence is allowed.
11:50
CloseOne commitment, said out loud. Your buddy for the month.

Practice

The Mirror

One speaks. The other reflects only what he heard.

Practice

The Hot Seat

One real tension. The group asks only questions.

Practice

The Compass

Head, heart, gut. What action is emerging?

Practice

The Edge Round

Something you have avoided saying.

Practice

The Ask

"I need..." said without armour.

Who sits in this circle

Men 35 to 53 in Bengaluru who find it hard to open up.

Different lives, same stage. See if one of these is you.

Tap the one that sounds most like you

Successful on paper. Quietly restless.

  • The founder whose mind still runs the company at 1 AM.
  • You sleep six hours and call it fine.
  • Nobody asks how you are, because you look fine.

Use it to

Get the off-switch back, and four men who see past the title.

What six days give you

You arrive with something you have carried alone. You leave with a pattern, a plan and company.

A night that felt differentProof that it can change.
Your patternFive mornings show which input breaks your sleep.
Your SleepOSA one-page plan built from your own week.
A buddy and a podMen who will notice if you let it go.
Illustration of one week's morning numbers. Your own pattern will differ; that is the point.

From an earlier private cohort

What people said after night five.

"I went into this not believing five nights could move anything. By night three I was asleep before 11. By night five I had stopped checking my phone in bed."
A.M. · Founder, B2B SaaS · Bengaluru
"The morning check-in was the thing. Knowing someone would ask me how the night went made me actually do the practice."
R.K. · Product Lead · Gurugram
"I have tried Calm, Headspace and three Indian sleep apps. The reason this worked is the small size of the ask. Ten minutes. WhatsApp. Done."
P.S. · Investment Associate · Mumbai

Two ways in

Same six days. Pay only after your seat is confirmed.

Full refund within 14 days if it has not moved your sleep. One WhatsApp message and the money is back.

Self-paced

₹1,499

  • Five evenings on WhatsApp at 8 PM
  • Audio notes and a daily 8 AM check-in
  • Your one-page SleepOS on night five
  • A pod, a buddy and the Saturday circle
  • Yours to replay anytime

Guided · most chosen by founders

₹3,499

  • Everything in self-paced
  • A 45-minute private call before night one
  • The week tailored to your sleep pattern
  • Direct WhatsApp access all week
  • A 15-minute closing call after night five

After the six days

Stay in the circle

Quarterly Access at ₹2,499 a quarter: the Monthly Council in Bengaluru, a Playbook and 52 Nudge Cards, a 60-minute one-to-one call with a member who has been there, and treks, rides and field trips each quarter.

What Unwynd is and is not

Unwynd is

  • Peer accountability for men at midlife
  • Five short evenings, then one Saturday in person
  • Small, private and invite-only
  • Entered through sleep, built on five elements

Unwynd is not

  • Therapy, or a sleep clinic
  • Coaching or mentoring from above
  • A course full of content
  • A networking club

Batch 01 · Bengaluru

Enrolling now

Twelve seats. One circle.

Six days that begin on your phone and end in a room. One batch at a time, so every man is placed in the right pod.

5 of 12 seats taken. 7 left.

Next batch: dates to be announced.

  1. Sun 1 Nov8 PM · WhatsAppWelcome. Meet your pod of four and your buddy.
  2. Mon 2 Nov8 PM · 30 minEvening 1 · Sleep. The day that refuses to end.
  3. Tue 3 Nov8 PM · 30 minEvening 2 · Stress. Arguing with 3 AM never works.
  4. Wed 4 Nov8 PM · 30 minEvening 3 · Focus. Your attention was spent before dinner.
  5. Thu 5 Nov8 PM · 30 minEvening 4 · Energy. The body keeps its own clock.
  6. Fri 6 Nov8 PM · 30 minEvening 5 · Connection. Who would you call at 3 AM?
  7. Sat 7 Nov9 AM to 12 PMThe Circle, in person. Central Bengaluru. Phones in a box. You leave with a plan and men who will check on you.
Shubho Broto Das, founder of Unwynd Peer moderator · Batch 1
Bengaluru18 years in strategy and brandTwo years rebuilding sleep at homeHosts Let's Unwynd circles

Your peer moderator for Batch 1 · Founder, Unwynd

Shubho Broto Das. A peer in the room, not an expert.

"My spouse couldn't sleep. My father woke through the night. The sleep lab had a two-month wait. And I noticed how few men my age had anyone to talk to. So I built the room I wanted to walk into."

He has lived it

Sleep, rebuilt at home

Two years testing small evening rituals with his own family. The ones that held became the five evenings.

He holds the room

Circles and workshops

Hosts Let's Unwynd circles and leadership workshops built for guarded, senior men.

He thinks in systems

Behavioural science

Eighteen years making complex things clear. Every nudge in the six days is designed, not guessed.

Director, Marketing and Strategy2025Sanlayan Technologies · deep-tech defence
Associate Director, Brand and Marketing2023Zetwerk Manufacturing · led brand strategy for India's #2 engineering company
Co-founder and Fractional CMO2021Truleap Ventures · 30+ organisations
Strategy and Advisory, international2015IRC WASH, Netherlands · Xynteo, Norway · Ennovent, Austria
Research Consulting and M&A2009McKinsey & Co. · Essex Lake Group

Executive Senior Management Programme, IIM Ahmedabad · B.Com (Hons), Hindu College, Delhi University · nudgecatalyst.com

Honest answers

Unwynd, in plain words.

Unwynd is a six-day midlife reset for men aged 35 to 53 in Bengaluru: five evenings on WhatsApp covering sleep, stress, focus, energy and connection, then a three-hour peer circle in person on Saturday.

Is this therapy or coaching?

No. It is non-clinical and peer-led. If you have clinical insomnia, sleep apnoea or another condition, Unwynd complements your treatment and does not replace it.

I'm not someone who opens up. Will this work for me?

The evenings are private. Saturday starts with doing something together, and you can pass on any question. Nobody is asked to share more than they want.

When do batches start?

Batch 1 opens with a welcome on WhatsApp at 8 PM on Sunday 1 November 2026. The five evenings run Monday 2 to Friday 6 November, and the circle meets on Saturday 7 November, 9 AM to 12 PM. Twelve seats. The next batch is announced on WhatsApp first.

Where in Bengaluru is the circle?

A quiet venue in central Bengaluru, chosen to be easy to reach from Indiranagar, Koramangala, HSR Layout, Whitefield, Hebbal and JP Nagar. We share the address when your seat is confirmed.

How much does it cost?

₹1,499 self-paced or ₹3,499 guided. You pay only after your seat is confirmed.

What if it does not work for me?

A full refund within 14 days of starting if it has not moved your sleep. No form. One WhatsApp message.

What if I miss an evening?

Pick it up the next day. The messages stay with you, so you can replay any evening. Your buddy will ask, kindly.

Is it confidential?

Yes, Chatham House Rule applies. What is said in the circle stays there. No recordings, no notes, and phones go in a box for the three hours.

Do I need an app? What language is it in?

No app. Everything runs on WhatsApp, in English.

How do I join?

Message +91 98440 90505 on WhatsApp. Each circle has up to 12 men.

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