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