5 day workshop
Day 1
Why are you here?
Gain inner peace, focus, meet new people, control thoughts, stay focused.
All of these narrow down to gaining happiness.
What is belongingness to you?
Closeness, possession...Whatever it is, if you have it you feel happy.
Write down one wish that you want to be fulfilled
Write down things that bother you
Write down what do you want to gain from this workshop
Activities to get to know others
Activity 1
Greet everyone else in the room-- say your name, shake hands with the person and say to each other "I belong to you". It was a little awkward.
Activity 2
Introduce yourself to your neighbor, and after your neighbor introduces themselves to you, you have to introduce them to everyone else based on the information they provided about themselves.
Activity 3
Play the game --Fire in the mountain run run run. Each person had to join a group after it was announced "groups of two/three/four etc"
Group division
After finishing activity 3, everyone sat down at a random spot. Four people sitting next to each other were assigned to one group for the rest of the workshop. Each group had to come up with a group name and a small dance. I being a fan of "Breaking Bad" suggested the name "Heisenberg". So, our group became Heisenberg :-)
Body Layers
Body, breath, mind, memory, self, ego
Just by being aware of the breath and breathing properly, we can be present in the moment and relieve stress.
Ujaye Breath or Victory Breath
We learnt and practised it, and shared our experiences.
Three stage pranayam breathing
Bhashtrika or bellows breath
