On The Brightside with Atmosphere Studios

An interview series featuring founders who are making a big impact in areas of wellness, wellbeing and mental health and working towards building a brighter future.

Meet Rebekah and Ariella - sisters and co-founders of Atmosphere Studio. They are a warm, passionate duo with a line of products packed with the goodness of probiotics + prebiotics and an Instagram page full of fun recipes, health-related myth busters, vibrant images, and more!

More importantly, through their business, Rebekah & Ariella have been able to create opportunities and support livelihoods for a growing team of women from diverse backgrounds. For many of them coming from difficult backgrounds, Atmosphere provides a sense of belonging, financial independence and a chance to dream.

We are honoured to have them as our first guests on “On The Brightside”.

Atmosphere Studio is a labour of love - we’d love to know what the journey that led you both to start something like this?

That’s very kind of you to say. A labour of love that in turn brings so much love to so many. Ariella and my journey started in the Himalayas in a peaceful and natural environment. When we moved down to Delhi we realised the grave need for cleaner products that brought the serenity of our childhood homes into people’s lives. Led by empathy for our own gut health struggles, we launched Atmosphere to bring an innate sense of well being through gut health.

What are your favourite things about each other that you’re grateful for?

We are sisters and make a great team! Rebekah is strategic and organised while Ariella is efficient, creative and wild to be around! 

Can you take us through a regular Tuesday in the founder office of Atmosphere Studio?

Our office is Atmosphere Studio’s factory so we’re always keeping an eye on our kombucha as it brews. Ariella comes in early to dispatch orders and plan logistical operations, whereas Rebekah focuses on the production of the kombucha, constantly tasting and monitoring the flavour and planning our upcoming orders. At 11 am we usually have our team meetings where we get together on the same page, set our agendas in alignment, and get ready to brew and broadcast gut-health goodness! For our lunch we often go home as we live nearby and quickly recharge before the rest of the workday. Afternoons are often when we do our shoots, marketing meetings and product development.

What does sustainability mean to you - how do you incorporate it into your personal and professional lives?

Hailing from the Himalayas, being environmentally sensitised to clean production practices for our planet. As plastic use has become a rising concern for not just India but globally, we seek to do our part with each product we bring out- reducing use as well as waste in packaging. 

Is there something about entrepreneurship that you figured out later on in your journey that has made you better entrepreneurs that you wish you'd known earlier?

This year we’ve been really harnessing the power of discipline and organisation in our work and it's been extremely helpful. In the beginning, we were super creative but didn’t focus so much on sustainable organised systems- as our business has scaled exponentially, we’ve had to grow in this area. Starting out as young leaders, we have kept our thinking caps on to learn and grow as we do in this business. We seek to lead the way with not just vigour but kindness and as effective leaders who nurture mutual growth-based environments.

What are some of your go-to grounding rituals or routines? 

I like to wake up early and be without doing anything for an hour in the morning; This moment of Dolce Far Niente is usually accompanied by sipping a cup of chai and playing with my furry babies. Creating an intention list at the beginning of the day and week is also super helpful to me. Apart from that, daily movement is high up on my grounding priority list- it helps me get out of my head and come home into my body, giving me a space to cultivate peace.

Which is the one product from Atmosphere Studio that you use in your daily routine?

All of them! But right now I’m definitely obsessed with the Fudge. It is a great workday snack that soothes my sugar cravings and gives me sustained energy throughout the day. Plus I’m also on keto and this pack of chocolatey goodness is really a jack-of-all-trades.

Brightside Note

We loved interacting with this dynamic duo, and we love their products even more! If you’d like to try out a few products from Atmosphere, we highly recommend their pancake mix and chocolate fudge!