Mindfulness for Educators by Mr. Shyam Iyer and Ms. Kala Diwanji

Friday Fundamentals, E-MDP

Mindfulness helps improve our concentration and reduce ruminative thinking that contributes to the high levels of stress that is so prevalent in our society. Mindfulness can help ease stress. Mindfulness fosters positive emotions and helps provide resilience against negative experiences. There’s also evidence that the practice of mindfulness promotes empathy and a sense of compassion.

Mindfulness describes a moment-to-moment awareness of your thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations. It’s a state of being attuned to what’s going on in your body and the surrounding environment—being in the present moment without thinking about the future or what happened in the past. An essential component of mindfulness is acceptance. Whatever you’re thinking and feeling at that moment is neither right nor wrong. You notice it, and accept it, and move onto the next moment without getting caught up in judging what you’re thinking or feeling.

Some alarming statistics:

• Job stress is more strongly associated with health complaints than with financial issues or family problems.
• 80 percent of workers feel stress on the job, and nearly half of these workers say they need help in learning how to manage stress; 42 percent say their co-workers need such help.
• 29 percent of workers felt quite a bit or extremely stressed at work.
• 14 percent of workers had felt like striking a co-worker in the past year but didn’t.
• An alarming rate of 9 percent of workers is aware of an assault or violent act in their workplace.

The session will cover:

• What is “Mindfulness”?
• Learn 2 mindfulness techniques to apply it in our Professional and Personal life’s.

The session would be practical, experiential, and highly interactive. Experience Mindfulness in a fun way without any PowerPoint presentation

Facilitators:

Shyam Iyer brings an interesting combination of people and practicality. His entrepreneurial perspective of the HR profession is founded on an unshakeable belief in people—and supported by his in-depth understanding of HR and Organizational Development. He brings 23 years of rich work experience in the HR function across multiple industries: Engineering, Manufacturing, R&D, to name just a few. He has made significant contributions—at various stages of the maturity curve—for all kinds of companies, from startups to well-established multinationals. Shyam is a Certified Professional Facilitator [CPF] from the International Association of Facilitators [IAF], MBTI, NLP, ECR, and ECR 360 Coaching, TA 101, and Mind Power.

Kala Diwanji has worn multiple hats during her career from being a Masters in Organic Chemistry [OC] to being a Creative Facilitator[CF]. Her career graph started from being a Chemistry Teacher, then managing her family-owned chemical business for a decade, then venturing out to start her own two entrepreneurial ventures to Co-founding a Human Resource Management Consulting Firm 60 Bits Consulting. Kala is Certified from Monash University, Australia as a Practitioner of Mindfulness for Well Being and Peak Performance, Certified Trainer from TISS, Certified in AI (Appreciative Inquiry) from Case Western Reserve University, USA, and Certified Process Facilitator [CPF] from the International Association of Facilitators [IAF]. She is also POSH certified.

For more details contact:

Ms. Supriya Patade on 9082205742 – [email protected]  and Ms. Laxmi Gupta on 7738149513 – [email protected]