Workshops and Courses

Meditation and Stress Relief Fundamentals

6-Week Course

Week 1: The Breath–The Gateway To Mental Quietude

  • Mind-breath connection.
    • Why and how.
  • Deep breathing for relaxation.
    • 3 parts to every breath
    • Breathing into the upper and middle parts of the lungs
  • Meditation—Focus: Body
    • Posture
    • Stillness of the body and mind

Week 2: Vital Life Energy

  • The connection between cosmic energy (prana) and your breath
    • The benefits of prana
  • Yogic breathing
    • Engaging the abdomen while breathing
  • Meditation: Focus: Breath
    • Watching the breath
    • Your meditation seat
    • The best time for meditation

Week 3: Balancing The Energy Flow

  • The Sun and Moon energy channels in the right and left nostrils
  • Alternate nostril breathing
    • Hand posture and benefits
  • Meditation: Focus: Mind
    • Learning how to harness the thoughts
    • Use of affirmations

Week 4: Aligning Body, Breath And Mind

  • Putting it all together: Yogic breathing and Alternate nostril breathing
  • Meditation: Focus: Body, Breath & Mind
    • Setting up a sacred space for meditation
    • I am the silent observer

So, I’m A Spiritual Being, Now What?

5-Week Course Outline

Week 1: Basics Of Spiritual Life – The Big Picture

  • Appreciating the rarity and sanctity of a human birth
  • The goal of Human existence
  • The four stages of life

Week 2: Learning How To Slow Down And Taking Time For What Matters

  • Understanding how the fast pace of our lives keeps us high strung and unable to make constructive changes
  • Four step spiritual transformational practice
  • Managing our time as we keep the big goals in mind

Week 3: The Spiritual Lifestyle – Spirituality In Daily Life

  • Daily habits of a spiritual being
  • The importance of daily ‘Satsang’ – association with all that is high and positive

Week 4: Living In Alignment With Our True Purpose Through Right Action And Right Choice

  • We don’t have to change what we do, just how we do it
  • How to make the right choice. Taking the Path of the Good over the Path of the Pleasant

Week 5: Meditation Basics

  • How to set up your own personal sacred space for quiet reading, contemplation and finding inner peace
  • Learning simple meditation techniques
All workshops will begin with some kind of body exercises such as:
  • Longevity exercises’ combining Foot Reflexology with Taoist body movements
  • Yoga
  • Breathing techniques
  • Guided meditation
  • Chakra opening exercises
Program:

45 minutes : Exercises to limber up the body and mind
45 Minutes : Presentation and Discussion on the Vedantic
Topic of the day

Spiritual Living 101

6-Week Course

Week 1: What Is Going On Here? Understanding The Status Quo

  • What is ultimate end of all pursuits?
  • The 2 main impulses of life
  • The nature of the world we live in

Week 2: More Things = More Happiness?

  • A deep analysis on why having more and more things does not make us happier
  • How to be happy?

Week 3: Spiritual Re-Programming

  • Living life with a spiritual perspective – how and why?
  • The Goal of Human Existence

Week 4: What Goes Around Comes Around. Understanding The Law Of Karma.

  • How can we prove the Law of Karma?
  • Does believing in the law make me a helpless victim of my past?
  • How to break free

Week 5: Letting The Light Shine In

  • Path of the Good and Path of the Pleasant
  • Suppression vs. Sublimation

Week 6: The Principles To Steer You Through Life

  • Three fundamental disciplines to transform my personality hang-ups
  • A simple yet powerful spiritual practice anyone can do
All workshops will begin with some kind of body exercises such as:
  • Longevity exercises’ combining Foot Reflexology with Taoist body movements
  • Yoga
  • Breathing techniques
  • Guided meditation
  • Chakra opening exercises
Program:

45 minutes : Exercises to limber up the body and mind
45 Minutes : Presentation and Discussion on the Vedantic
Topic of the day

Understanding Yourself As A Spiritual Being

4-Week Course

Week 1: Awakening To Spirit

  • What is Spirit
  • What and why spiritual growth?
  • Spiritual vision of Life
  • Man – A rare combination of matter and spirit

Week 2: Personality Composition – Four Aspects

  • Body, Thinking mind, Feeling mind and Higher Self
  • What is the ego?

Week 3: The Cause Of Stress And Internal Conflicts

  • Mindy and Indy – Personification of the 2 parts of the mind
  • Understanding the nature and interaction between Mindy and Indy through examples and playing out a scenario

Week 4: The Higher Self – The Spiritual Core

  • What is the Higher self? How is it different form my ego?
  • How can I tap into the wisdom of my Higher self?
  • How can I begin to live as my Higher Self?
All workshops will begin with some kind of body exercises such as:
  • Longevity exercises’ combining Foot Reflexology with Taoist body movements
  • Yoga
  • Breathing techniques
  • Guided meditation
  • Chakra opening exercises
Program:

45 minutes : Exercises to limber up the body and mind
45 Minutes : Presentation and Discussion on the Vedantic
Topic of the day

Managing Modern Stress With Ancient Wisdom – Half Day Workshop

A Gentle And Holistic Health Management Program

PART I

TALK

  • ACCORDING TO YOGA, WHAT IS STRESS?
  • THE PHYSIOLOGY OF STRESS
  • THE PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF LONG TERM STRESS
  • THE IMPORTANCE OF CORRECT BREATHING
  • THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE BREATH & MIND

GROUP PRACTICE

  • BASIC YOGIC BREATHING & UJJAI BREATHING
  • THE CORE PRACTICE: 30-MINUTE MEDITATIVE YOGA ROUTINE – Simple stretches & breathing that help reduce stress in the long run

PART II

TALK

  • HOW TO SLOW DOWN
  • 4-STEP SPIRITUAL PRACTICE TO TRANSFORM

Q & A

Other Workshops – For Details, Please Contact Manisha

  • The Fundamentals And Basics Of Foot Reflexology
  • The Fundamentals – Matter And Spirit
  • Meditation Techniques
  • Mindfulness Training For Stress Management
Manisha Melwani

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