Keeping in view the critical situation due to COVID 19, Amity University Jharkhand in association with the Heartfulness team, organized a Yoga and Meditation Workshop for the students, faculty, and staff of Amity University Jharkhand. The idea behind this Workshop is to promote positive health. This program titled-" Heartful Living", will be conducted over a period of 5 days, Tuesday-Saturday, and has started on April 28th, 2020, from 8 AM-9 AM.
The Workshop aims to enable all members of Amity University Jharkhand to acquire and experience a simple set of life-long practices, grounded in yoga and meditation that will help to develop themselves as balanced individuals. This program rejuvenated all participants and enabled them to bounce back with vigor. The topics to be addressed in the Workshop are issues pertaining to day to day aspects of a Youth's life -starting from discovering one’s own personality to dealing with uncertainty and developing a healthy life-style and heartful relationships.
The workshop will be conducted by senior industry professionals, from different walks of life, who have dedicated themselves to self-development by using Yoga and Meditation as foundational elements.
The facilitators of the workshop are as follows:
1) Mr. Ramesh Krishnan- Director Intel Corporation
2) Ms. Veronique Nicolai - Director Heartfulness Yoga School
3) Mr. Harpreet Bhan - Vice President -Adizes Institute (enabling complete organizational transformation)
4) Ms. Snehal Deshpande- Life coach, Women empowerment coach- Trainer director HFN, CME ILP & Family Connect Programs of Heartfulness
5) Mr. Gyaneshwar Sarin - Director(Coordination), Heartfulness Education Programs
6) Mr. Vishnu- Yoga Trainer, Video Editor- Kanha Shantivanam (Heartfulness Global Headquarter –Hyderabad)
The inaugural session of the Workshop began with the heartfelt message of Honorable Vice-Chancellor, Amity University Jharkhand, (Prof.)Dr.Raman Kumar Jha, who said, “Being unified through technology at this time, courtesy Amity University, has given us all an opportunity to come together on this platform and achieve peace which is the need of the hour”.
The program progressed with an interactive session of the students with Mr. Ramesh Krishnan on developing one’s personality. It then led to a few breathing exercises demonstrated by the expert Yoga Trainer. The participants were introduced to relaxation exercises as part of Meditation by Mr. Gyaneshwar Sarin with a brief discussion on the importance of internalization. The first day of the workshop concluded with a recap of the session, a brief speech by Registrar, Amity University Jharkhand, Mr. Prabhakar Tripathi, and a Vote of Thanks by Director, Amity University Jharkhand, (Prof) Dr.Ajit Kr Pandey.