Well Being Workshop at Auroville

This is my favourite workshop and it is was very special for me to offer it during the birthday celebrations of Auroville. There is magic in the air of Auroville in the week starting with the Mother's Birthday on 28th February. The atmosphere is charged with celebration and it is amazingly festive.


This workshop was the largest ever in term of member of people participating - 38. On the Birthday of Auroville, there were actually 51 people in the session!

I feel satisfied and fulfilled to be the chosen one to offer this event!

Presentations on ‘Reinventing Yourself’- M4 (PGL, IIMI)

This module was an opportunity for the participants to reinvent themselves and present their new vision and mission. Wow, it was one of the most inspiring, satisfying and fulfilling experiences for me to listen to the vision and the value that the participants created in PGL. Thank you!

Stress Management workshop at GMR

The event was organized by the Training and Development Division of GMR for 28 middle level Mangers of GMR.


The participation and interactions were a source of joy for me and I would remember this workshop for a long, long time. I am grateful to the participants and the Training and Development Division of GMR for arranging the event.

My experience in facilitating Stress Management Workshops gives me a sense of the acute stress most people appear to be going through and I am grateful for the opportunity to share some tools and techniques to manage stress.

I forgot my Camera and regret that there are no pictures of this extraordinary event.

Communication – Module 3 (PGL, IIMI)

We tried out an interesting experiment in this Module. It is based on a concept that I have been thinking  for some time. Many people think of communication as what we talk to others (and perhaps to oneself) and as a result many communication courses deal with the form and content. My concept is that the source of communication is who you are being. Communications include the way we relate to the Earth, Environment,  values and vision for your life. I tried this out in the communication module and my sense was that it was very well received. It was very interesting and inspiring experience for me and I am grateful to all the participants.

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The academic block of IIMI is in an annular shape and very pretty. I am sharing a couple of pictures.

Technical Project at Auroville

When I came to Auroville, I had no intention to work in technical areas. But, I saw an opportunity to contribute in developing the approach to ICT in Auroville, I decided to go for it. I saw it as a way of expressing my gratitude for the education given to me: by my parents, teachers, the places I worked and the society. It is a bold approach with many new concepts such as convergence of fixed and mobile communications, controlling electromagnetic pollution, eco-friendliness, creating a sustainable bioregion ..... . It culminated in a presentation at Auroville on 29th Jan. We call it ICITI (like iphone)Integrated Communication & IT Infrastructure.

If it interests you to know more about it, click on http://www.aurovilleradio.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1480&Itemid=1

or click on http://www.aurovilleradio.org/
 and look for the artcile "Integrated Communication & IT Infrastructure"

Freedom - Personal Growth Lab Course at IIM, Indore

This module is about Freedom – freedom from the emotions that sometimes tend to overwhelm you, freedom from conditioning as well as the baggage of the past and freedom from those things which block you from being happy. The work focuses on shifting the consciousness. It was an unforgettable and deeply satisfying experience for me to work with 81 young men and watch the flowers of awareness slowly blooming. Sometimes we (including me) want them to bloom faster! I feel so blessed to have the opportunity to offer these programs.

In this visit, I had a room at IIMI with balcony facing the east. I am sharing some pictures of unbelievably gorgeous sun rise I have ever seen. The picture may not have captured its real grandeur, but I hope you get some idea of it.

 

 

Wellness - Personal Growth Lab Course at IIM, Indore

I love IIM, Indore campus. It is beautiful, perched on a hillock and I feel a sense of elation and exuberance when I walk around the campus. I also feel very excited as I come here to facilitate Personal Growth Workshops – fulfilling the purpose of my life. This visit was very special as I was facilitating Personal Growth Lab for the first time. It is the ‘Magnum Opus’ of my work. The objective of this course is to experientially explore awareness and awaken to life’s purpose. I had a lot of fun designing the course, creating an evaluation system and pouring it into the academic framework. The biggest challenge was the evaluation system as it attempts to measure the immeasurable to make awakening manageable by the participants. It was offered as elective for the final semester students of PGP (what we normally refer to as the 2 year MBA) and 81 students opted for it! I really celebrated this and my excitement went by a few more notches as it offered me to work the large group of young, interested and committed participants.


The course is dividing into four modules, each of about a week long in duration. The first module is Wellness and is quite similar to Well Being workshop. We added Meditation and Stress Management to Well Being. It was one of the most joyous and fulfilling experiences for me to facilitate this workshop. I took written feedback and was delighted to read the impressions. The summary of quantitative rating s are

Extremely Valuable 39%

Very valuable 54%

Valuable 7%

Somewhat Valuable NIL

Not Valuable NIL

I feel a deep sense of gratitude to the PGP Chair, Office and all the participants for giving me this opportunity to share and experience the joy of sharing Wellness.

I am looking forward to be in IIMI Campus next week for the next module, Freedom. Freedom form emotional overwhelm and freedom from the baggage of the past.
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Acadamic Block

Reminds me of the treee on Mt. Sinai in Ten Commanments